E-mail List Services
(E-mail Exploders)

A mailing list is a group of users who share information on a common topic. Mailing lists allow messages to be distributed to all of the list’s subscribers by submitting a message to a single address. When a message is sent to the list address, it is forwarded to all subscribers of the list, who each receive a copy of the original message.

Mailing lists are similar to bulletin board services (BBS) and the Internet’s USENET newsgroups, except that they use the medium of e-mail. A mailing list can be used for something as important as company-wide information distribution, or as trivial as a television sitcom fan club.

A typical application for a mailing list is the creation of an employee list. For example, the MegaHuge, Inc. company might have a mailing list that includes all employees of the company, and which has the address all@megahuge.com. All employees of MegaHuge receive messages that are sent to this address.

Mailing lists are administered by one or more list owners, who are responsible for the operation of the list. List owners can set a wide range of subscription and posting policies, and also have the option of moderating all messages submitted to the list.

List owners have responsibilities, which may include (some are optional):

·        Deciding who can and can’t subscribe to the list

·        Adding or removing subscribers

·        Approving or rejecting subscription and unsubscription requests

·        Deciding who can and can’t post messages to the list

·        Approving or rejecting posted messages

·        Editing submitted messages before they are posted

·        Creating long and short descriptions of the mailing list

·        Creating welcome and farewell messages

·        Setting the available delivery options

·        Setting a schedule for digest deliveries

·        Setting rules for access to the subscriber list

·        Setting finger information

·        Setting text to be added before and after the body of all posted messages

·        Specifying e-mail headers to be added or removed from posted messages

Contact Us!

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas?
E-mail us at mail@CleveNet.com

CleveNet Information

CleveNet Discussion Discuss this site with others!
CleveNet Info Page Get more information about this site!
CleveNet Sign Up!  Get your own Web Site NOW!