mailing list

mail·ing list

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mey-ling list]
- /ˈmeɪ lɪŋ lɪst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mey-ling list]
- /ˈmeɪ lɪŋ lɪst/

Definitions of mailing list words

noun mailing list a list of addresses to which mail, especially advertisements, can be sent. 1
noun mailing list Computers. a list of email addresses to which messages, usually on a specific topic, are sent. an online discussion group whose messages are distributed to subscribers through email: the early American history mailing list. Compare list server. 1
noun mailing list list of contacts to whom mail is sent 1
noun Definition of mailing list in Technology (messaging) (Often shortened in context to "list") An electronic mail address that is an alias (or macro, though that word is never used in this connection) which is expanded by a mail exploder to yield many other e-mail addresses. Some mailing lists are simple "reflectors", redirecting mail sent to them to the list of recipients. Others are filtered by humans or programs of varying degrees of sophistication; lists filtered by humans are said to be "moderated". The term is sometimes used, by extension, for the people who receive e-mail sent to such an address. Mailing lists are one of the primary forms of hacker interaction, along with Usenet. They predate Usenet, having originated with the first UUCP and ARPANET connections. They are often used for private information-sharing on topics that would be too specialised for or inappropriate to public Usenet groups. Though some of these maintain almost purely technical content (such as the Internet Engineering Task Force mailing list), others (like the "sf-lovers" list maintained for many years by Saul Jaffe) are recreational, and many are purely social. Perhaps the most infamous of the social lists was the eccentric bandykin distribution; its latter-day progeny, lectroids and tanstaafl, still include a number of the oddest and most interesting people in hackerdom. Mailing lists are easy to create and (unlike Usenet) don't tie up a significant amount of machine resources (until they get very large, at which point they can become interesting torture tests for mail software). Thus, they are often created temporarily by working groups, the members of which can then collaborate on a project without ever needing to meet face-to-face. There are several programs to automate mailing list maintenance, e.g. Listserv, Listproc, Majordomo. Requests to subscribe to, or leave, a mailing list should ALWAYS be sent to the list's "-request" address (e.g. [email protected] for the IETF mailing list). This prevents them being sent to all recipients of the list and ensures that they reach the maintainer of the list, who may not actually read the list. 1
countable noun mailing list A mailing list is a list of names and addresses that a company or organization keeps, so that they can send people information or advertisements. 0
noun mailing list a register of names and addresses to which advertising matter, etc, is sent by post or electronic mail 0

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mailing list popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for mailing list

noun mailing list

prospects — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.

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