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| In a mailing list, the e-mail address to which you send commands, such as the address that you use to subscribe to a list. |
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| A collection of messages posted to a mailing list. |
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| A message posted in a newsgroup. |
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| A mailing list in which the list's administrator approves requests for membership. |
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| In a mailing list, a request for the list server to take a prescribed action. |
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| An e-mail address that represents a group of individual e-mail addresses. Also called a mailing list. |
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| A database that is stored in multiple physical locations, with portions of the database replicated in different locations. |
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| Software that runs on a server that manages and automates the functions of a mailing list. |
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| A Usenet topic category. Also known as a newsgroup or an Internet discussion group. |
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| Internet discussion group |
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| A Usenet topic category. Also known as a newsgroup or a forum. |
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| The e-mail address to which you send articles and replies in a mailing list. Also called a list name. |
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| In a closed mailing list, the person assigned to oversee the mailing list and who is authorized to accept or reject requests to join the mailing list from prospective members. |
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| The person who moderates a mailing list to ensure that the list always receives and sends appropriate and relevant information to its members. |
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| The e-mail address to which you send articles and replies in a mailing list. Also called a list address. |
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| The administrator who controls a mailing list. |
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| A server that runs e-mail list software that automatically manages users' requests to join or leave a list and receives and reroutes mail messages posted to the list. |
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| The process of observing messages posted to a mailing list, newsgroup, or chat room without contributing to the discussion. |
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| An e-mail address that represents a group of individual e-mail addresses. |
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| An e-mail message posted to a mailing list. |
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| A single message sent from a mailing list that contains a collection of messages posted at the mailing list, thereby reducing the overall number of messages a list member receives from the mailing list. |
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| A mailing list that has a list moderator who is responsible for discarding any messages that are inappropriate for or irrelevant to the list's members. |
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| Network News Tranfer Protocol (NNTP) |
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| The Internet protocol that handles newsfeeds. |
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| The person at a news server site who specifies which other news servers will be newsfeed providers and newsfeed recipients. |
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| The server that stores a newsgroup; the collection of news servers connected to the Internet that make up Usenet. |
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| The process of storing and forwarding newsgroup articles to maintain the currency of newsgroup article inventories. |
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| A Usenet topic category. Also known as a forum or an Internet discussion group. |
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| A program that handles the communication between a client and a news server. Microsoft Outlook Express and Netscape Mail have built-in newsreader software. |
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| A mailing list in which membership is automatic. |
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| The act of sending a message to a mailing list. |
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| The act of joining a mailing list. |
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| A series of messages in a mailing list or newsgroup that are replies to a single, original message posted to the list or newsgroup. |
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| A mailing list in which there is no moderator; messages are sent to list members automatically. |
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| the process of canceling your membership in a mailing list, thereby stopping the delivery of messages to you. |
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| A network that allows users to post information and responses to that information. The network predates the Internet, but is now available through the Internet. |
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| A network that allows users to post information and responses to that information. The network predates the Internet, but is now available through the Internet. |
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