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Definitions of e-mail list:

A list of target e-mail recipients usually contained within your e-mail program enabling you to send bulk e-mail to many recipients at one time. You build up e-mail lists in particular categories usually after each "subscriber" has specifically asked to be on your list via a web page guest book or a notice that says "Join our list". Otherwise if you start sending out e-mail ads to unwilling recipients you may suffer the reputation of being an annoying spammer. (See also - spam). ...
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A list of people with their e-mail addresses.
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Electronic mailing lists are a special usage of email that allows for widespread distribution of information to many Internet users. Software is installed on a computer which processes incoming email messages, and, depending on their content, either acts on them internally or distributes the message to all users subscribed to the mailing list. Popular examples of mailing list software include GNU Mailman, Listserv and Majordomo. ...
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