On 8/18/2019 11:01 AM, cshenk wrote:
> Gary wrote:
>
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>> There is software to run an email list.
>>
>> Thunderbird does it as all email programs do.
>>
>>> You just address to the
>>> designated address and the server sends it to all members. Makes it
>>> much easier when you have 10 or 200 members.
>>>
>>> Different that replying to a group email you got where you have a
>>> choice.
>>
>> I don't understand your point, Ed.
>> If you use a bcc, you address it to yourself and all recipients
>> see an email just to them from you without seeing the others.
>>
>> A mailing list is meant to work as a private group chat. Even
>> then though, you can respond privately or to a few others.
>
> No Gary, you don't understand the difference here. Ed is 100% point on
> as is S Viemeister. You are talking the client end. Ed, VM and I are
> talking the other end.
>
> If you use Thunderbird, live mail or anything else, your ONLY choice to
> reply to is the LISTSERV address which will be the ONLY 'From' you have
> to send a reply to. Now to make it more confusing, not all LISTSERVs
> are set to a digest mode, some people set to individual messages and in
> that case, it is a blended solution and may be operating a little like
> a contact group, but not a true blue LISTSERV. Confused yet? Such
> blended types were a YahooGroup approach and many LISTSERVs moved to
> Yahoo to exist today.
>
With Listserv you do not see who the members are either, unless the
person running it chooses to do so. You only reply to one email address
and the serves does the rest, be it 10, 100, 10,000.

If you are not an approved member, your cannot send an email to the list
without it being rejected. Prevents spamming.