Mail Lists

How they work

By using a mail list, you can broadcast a message to all members of the list with a single e-mail address. This is useful in a number of scenarios such as broadcasting a newsletter to a subscription list, or hosting an e-mail based discussion forum. MailSite includes an integrated mail list processor which provides this capability.

Types of mail lists

Registry Lists

List membership is stored in the registry. You can modify members through the console or by subscribing and unsubscribing.

SQL Lists

List membership is stored in the SQL Server database. You can modify members through the console or by subscribing and unsubscribing.

NT Lists

List membership is derived from an NT Group. This type of list is useful for sending mail to all users of a particular NT Group in your domain.

Text File Lists

List membership is stored in a text file. You can modify members through the console, by subscribing and unsubscribing, or by editing the text file directly.

Database Lists

List membership is stored in a table or view in an ODBC database. You maintain list membership with your database program outside of MailSite. This list type is ideal if you want to create a web-based tool for subscribing and unsubscribing users from lists.

Server Lists

List membership is derived from selected mailboxes on the server itself. This type of list is useful for broadcasting messages to all users on your server, all users in a particular domain, or all users of a particular privilege level. Filters also allow you to exclude certain mailboxes from this list.