What is a mail-server/list-server?

     Mail servers are a family of programs that answer email
     automatically.  These programs are also called list servers (or
     listserv, from the original BITNET LISTSERV list management program)
     when the automatically maintain mailing lists, or info-servers or
     netlibs if they permit automatic software retrieval).  Most mail
     servers will tell you all about themselves if you send them
     a message with no Subject: and the one-line body
		help
     (without the indentation, of course!)

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