A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. The term is often extended to include the people subscribed to such a list, so the group of subscribers are referred to as "the mailing list", or simply "the list".

At least two quite different types of mailing lists can be defined: the first one is closer to the literal sense, where a "mailing list" of people is used as a recipient for newsletters, periodicals or advertising. Traditionally this was done through the postal system, but with the rise of e-mail, the electronic mailing list became popular.

When similar or identical material is sent out to all subscribers on a mailing-list, it is often referred to as a mailshot or blast. A list for such use can also be referred to as a distribution list.

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@alncl but it would at least be a list, there are so may groups, mailing lists and websites, a lot of people don't know where to start
barryearnshaw (barryearnshaw) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:50:13 -0000
@alncl but it would at least be a list, there are so may groups, mailing lists and websites, a lot of people don't know where to start
Feeling bummed about the lack of an active Chicago area SIGCHI chapter, dead mailing lists and stale blog too. Why am I paying for this?
csixty4 (Dave Ross) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:29:11 -0000
Feeling bummed about the lack of an active Chicago area SIGCHI chapter, dead mailing lists and stale blog too. Why am I paying for this?
Yikes! Partnership with magazine just paid off - just made one of our mailing lists 6 times bigger.
JackLeblond (Jack Leblond) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:34:15 -0000
Yikes! Partnership with magazine just paid off - just made one of our mailing lists 6 times bigger.
Sustainable Mail - items returned from previous mailings must be recorded & removed from future mailing lists within 3 months of receipt.
Mailreturns (Tim Craig ) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:27:48 -0000
Sustainable Mail - items returned from previous mailings must be recorded & removed from future mailing lists within 3 months of receipt.
Urgh, I hate 'web forums'. What idiot decided that mailing lists were a bad thing? 1993, please come back, all is forgiven!
mjturner (Michael-John Turner) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:18:49 -0000
Urgh, I hate 'web forums'. What idiot decided that mailing lists were a bad thing? 1993, please come back, all is forgiven!
Courtesy of @jds2001: #Fedora mailing lists are about to be migrated! Details here: http://ow.ly/16gerA
stickster (Paul W. Frields) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:05:44 -0000
Courtesy of @jds2001: #Fedora mailing lists are about to be migrated! Details here: http://ow.ly/16gerA

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