Subject: E-Mailing lists

From: "Shawn D. McPartland, M.D." <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 22:37:39 -0500 (EST)

Hi!

How can I put together a mailing list of 20-30 of my closest
friends so that I don't have to enter each one's name
one by one?

Shawn

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From: "H. Bork" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 15:51:57 +0100 (CET)

_How can I put together a mailing list of 20-30 of my closest
_friends so that I don't have to enter each one's name
_one by one?
Q: What is a mailing list ? 
A: pine-info is a mailing list. 

Probably, you do not want to establish that sort of a mailing list, 
the address of which can be used by others in the internet 
as a distribution address (to all your personal friends).
If so, cf. appendix.

Instead, you probably want to establish something in 
your address book, something like a 'group address'.
Choosing this group address,
Pine would distribute your mail to your friends.
The group's nickname is NOT an email address.
A group address in your addressbook
is only accessible to you.

a. Establishing a group address:

m ain menue
a ddressbook
a ddnew			(i.e. new menu opens)
			
(nickname, short single string of letters) <enter>
(full name, e.g. my friends) <enter>
<enter>
<enter>
(1st friend's address) ,
(2nd friend's address) ,
(3rd friend's address) ,          
	et cetera.....
(last friend's address, hopefully not really your last friend's one) 
^X			(i.e. eXit/save the address book)
m ain menu

You may ease establishing the 'group address'
by referring to single addresses that you've previously entered.
While in the 'addnew' menu / address field
just take a hop the single address list with ^t
and select the address you would like 
to introduce to your 'group address'

b. using a group address:

When composing, 
write the group's *nickname* into To: or Cc:
and <enter>
Immediately the group unfolds.

If you do not remember the group's nickname  
you may scroll the addressbook by ^t
Choose the group address by <enter>

By default, all your friends will find
all your other friends' addresses in their From: 

Instead, you may use the 'rich header' when composing: ^r
Enter your own address in the To:
and the group's nickname into Lcc:
Thus, everyone will get the mail
only with his own address.

Kind regards, hal :-)
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N.B.
A single address can be transferred directly
from incoming mail to the address book 
without retyping it.
When reading the mail, enter ^t 
(i.e. 'take').

P.S.
Simple mailing lists accessible to everyone by an alias mail address 
may be established, if you have a Unix machine (e.g.Linux) 
at your full disposal, and e.g. sendmail as your mail server.
For more information type at the system prompt  
	man newaliases