The
Linux-Kernel mailing list is a
email-based listed created to aid
Linus Torvalds and various other developers in the late
80s in the discussion
and trading of
patches for the
kernel of
Linux.
Linux-kernel is run from vger.rutgers.edu using the Majordomo brand
mailing list software (send "help" in the body of a message to
majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu for more information).
Many developers stopped using the list around 1998 (including myself)
because the signal-to-noise ratio grew far too high. Private emails
sent between developers is now (or used to be) the primary method
of exchanging important ideas; though the list still plays an
important role for random folks wanting to submit patches.