Leif,
Thanks for responding to this -- but I still can't find it.
LG> On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 at 11:56:22 [GMT -0400], you wrote:
Jan>> I can't find anything in Help or in the FAQ (or am overlooking
Jan>> it?) that tells me how I can distribute a newsletter to everyone
Jan>> in an address group by placing the name of that address group in
Jan>> the BCC.
LG> Overlooked! <grin> I have written a very comprehensive tutorial
LG> covering mailing lists and discussion list using TB. You can read it
LG> here:
LG> <http://www.pcwize.com/thebat/howdoi.shtml> under the
LG> Discussion/Mailing Lists section.
I had seen your comprehensive and excellent tutorial, but it
seemed (and still does, looking at it again) to be devoted
to discussion lists, with only the following comment made
about simple distribution lists (the latter being what I am
interested in at the moment):
"What is a mailing list?
"There are basically two types of mailing lists. The first is
a distribution type, and the second is a discussion type.
The distribution type is basically a list where you are
providing information in one direction. Typical lists of
this type are announcements, newsletters and well, SPAM.
These lists are very simple to set up, as about the only
thing you have to do is to create an address group with all
of the recipients in it."
My question concerned BCC-ing that group as a unit.
You then, in your fine FAQ, go on to say:
"A discussion list is quite a bit more complex to set up.
Basically, people send posts (e-mail) to a single e-mail
address. From there the post is processed and then sent to
everyone in an address book group. The complexity lies in
setting up the Reply To:, From:, POP3 accounts etc.
"General setup for discussion mailing lists
"The easiest way to run a list is to have a separate POP3
account, and as a major plus a forwarding e-mail address
(This is a really nice option to have. If you have a
forwarding address set up, the e-mail address that . . . "
And from there you launch into a thorough treatment of how to
create one of those. Some day that may well be appropriate
to me, but not yet.
Thanks for your response. (Am I still missing something? Is
there an answer to my question buried in the labyrinth of
this discussion-list FAQ?)
Be well,
Jerry Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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