In my old MM 2 lists I used the second form (without "lists") and I still want to use that form with MM 3.

Are there any reasons why I shouldn't use the second form?

In my opinion, the second form may be easier for inexperienced mailing list users, but, on the other hand, the first form makes it a bit clearer that the addressee is a list, not an individual.

Another factor may be the actual list name, e.g.,

grads-list@mycollege.org

versus

grads@mycollege.org

or other forms of a list name.

I would appreciate any comments on your real-world experiences and how you prefer to handle such list naming.

Best regards,

-Tom