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• Email lists, aka listserv, aka mailing lists
  • Not all FOSS projects have these
  • Some have multiple (-dev, -new, -user, etc.)
• Many options, but 2 most common:
  • mailman
  • Google Groups
• Good resource for learning how a community interacts
  • lurking on the listserv
  • reviewing the archives
• Moderated or not?
• How to (un)subscribe?
  • Check (link to how to ask questions) page for your project
  • For mailman…
• Etiquette
  • Inline replies vs. top replies
  • text-only vs. html replies
• Archived and publicly available (read: don't be a dumbass)