WHAT
IS A MAILING LIST?
A mailing list is a way to
share information via electronic mail with many people, usually on a specific
topic or for a specific purpose.
This is how a mailing list
works:
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A message is sent to a single e-mail
address, which is referred to as the mailing list address;
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This same message is then re-distributed,
or “reflected” to all of the people subscribed to the list.
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The single, central e-mail address
for the list is also referred to as a mail reflector.
Some of the more common
mailing list management programs are:
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Lsoft’s
LISTSERVTM
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majordomo
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ListProc by CREN (Corporation
for Research and Educational Networking)
