Personal E-Mail Distribution Lists
A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. The term is often extended to include the people subscribed to such a list, so the group of subscribers are referred to as "the mailing list", or simply "the list".
The simplest mailing list to manage is one that has a single distribution point on a desktop computer, where the e-mail application is something like Outlook or Outlook Express.
Hiding Recipient List
If you wish to hide the list of destination addresses from other recipients, you need to put your e-mail address in the "To" field and the recipients’ addresses in the "Bcc" field.
For example:
To: your.address@yourhost.usask.ca
Bcc: all recipients
Subject: ...
Variations may exist for different e-mail clients.
Archiving Lists
Mailing lists can be archived into a form that can be retrieved via the web. The MHonArc program is used to convert e-mail to web pages. For example, campus announcements may be archived and stored on the web. It works by setting up a special e-mail address on www.usask.ca. Any mail sent to that address is archived on www.usask.ca. More information is available at the MhonArc webpage.
