Corn Fritters
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> 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.
Yup.
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