Mailing+Lists

Mailing Lists are a way for people to send something to multiple recipients. They are made up of names and addresses of people that are a part of something. Some examples are students in a class, shoppers of a store, teachers of a school, members of a neighborhood,etc. Mailing lists send the same e-mail or news update to everyone on the list. They are an organized and efficient way to send something to a group of people. Mailing lists are widely used by companies all over the world. They are a way for companies to advertise, spread word of sales/ rebates, etc. They allow companies to update people on certain things. Mailing lists can also be used for the spread of important information in an emergency. For example, at the University of Delaware, emergency notifications and procedures are emailed to everyone on the mailing list. Mailing lists are a quick and inexpensive way to spread information quickly.

One very easy way to set up a mailing list on your computer is in your e-mail address book. You can place people in different groups and then request that a particular e-mail is sent to a certain group. Also, you can send e-mails to multiple groups at one time. Mailing lists can save time and be very effective in making sure that everyone that needs to receives a particular e-mail.

Another benefit to group mailing lists is the "reply all" option. When responding to an email, "Reply all" sends the response to all the people the original email was sent to. This allows for relatively easy communication between a large group of people. It can be useful in professional settings, and also in personal settings; for example, when trying to plain a reunion or get together with a large group of friends.

Although mailing lists may be helpful to large coporations, they can have their disadvantages. If a company gets your email or home address, they often send what is known as "junk mail." If you receive unwanted junk mail, usually there is a link at the bottom of most emails. This will remove your name from the corporation's mailing list.

many websites including gmail, yahoo mail, even aim and Microsoft outlook has address books, within the address books you can group your contacts into seperate categories, such as family, classmates, work. If a teacher were to send out an email to all parents in her fifth period englih class bout a field trip she could just group together her parents in a group label the group fifth period english 07 and when she needs to send a "bulk" list she would click the group and that would be that, it makes emailing large groups much easier for the teacher