Innovate Mail Studio is a program which automates the management of Internet mailing lists and provides an "out of the office" utility with forwarding and messaging functions. Settings can be either directly edited (in single user mode or over a network) or commands can be sent to the Mail List Manager via e-mail to handle subscribers, unsubscribers and absences. Once a list is set up, it can be easily administered and users can be given permissions to send messages to the whole list or just to recieve messages. The program incorporates a task manager which schedules checks by the mail studio.