I briefly describe the nature, content, scope, history, and culture of PHYS-L and related electronic mailing lists dedicated to the teaching and learning of physics (including PHYSHARE, TAP-L and PhysLrnR). I also describe etiquette and writing guidelines for contributing to discussions on mailing lists. Finally, I review technical guidelines for controlling physics list subscriptions and related archive software.

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