#Mass mailings definition Pc#

Otherwise, think hard about how many of those 100 people are likely toīe interested in the email, and how many others are likely to delete the

That is truly of interest to 100 people consider getting a mailing list. Recipients on a CC or BCC list have no such choice. Postpone their mail or unsubscribe from the list when they choose. Recipients? We will cover this in more detail below, but the differenceĬomes down to choice-mailing list members join by choice, and can The distinction between a mailing list and 100 individually specified Mass mailing, since the sender sends to one recipient-the list. Under thisĭefinition, email to a mailing list with more than 100 members is not a The latter is usuallyĪssociated with receiving a large, often unsolicited, mailing from aįriend or associate, but this has also happened as a result of incorrectlyįor purposes of this article, a mass mailing will be defined as emailĭestined to more than 100 recipients on the CC and BCC lines. When reading email on an RCS workstation. Common problems faced by people reading mail areĬlient timeouts because of slow networks, and running out of disk quota If you don't regularly read email via aĭialup modem connection it is difficult to appreciate just how fast the The latter case, the time to transfer a message may be long compared to RPI network, or increasingly it might be done from a home account. Mailbox on the server to its own hard disk. When reading mail, the recipient's desktop machine must copy it from the This is standard practice on most mail servers. Only if the recipient is rejected by the destination machine, or ifĭelivery fails for 5 days, will the message be returned undeliverable.Ĭurrently, as a convenience to the sender, messages that have transient deliveryĮrrors send a notice to the sender after sitting in the outgoing Because of transient network problems and otherĭelays a failure to deliver a message will result in retries for 5 days. When the recipient is not local, that is, does not have address or has mail to their addressĪutomatically forwarded, the mail server contacts one or more additional A smaller but still significant number never read their Rensselaer computing system, about 4,000 to 5,000 never read their email inĪny given week. To the recipient, it is left on the server to be read later, maybe much Mail server and the recipients desktop machine. When he or she next checks for new email. Local mailbox.'' The message can then later be read by the recipient The computer appending the message to the end of a file called ``the Takes that message and either places a copy of it in the local mailbox ofĮach recipient, or forwards it to another machine for delivery. Remote access machines, requests the server machine to deliverĪ message to one or more recipients.

#Mass mailings definition Pc#

The client machine, typically your desktop PC or workstation or one of our How EMail WorksĮlectronic mail operates on a ``store and forward'' client-server technology. To send out a mass mailing, please read this document carefully. Led to more people considering doing so, and some who do it heedless The technology on their desktop to send a mass mailings. Increasing use of email for communication has led to more people having Server, or the response a mass mailing is likely to bring from the Operates, and is not aware of the effect of a mass mailing on the Mailing is sent because the sender has an incomplete idea of how email Which may better serve you in the long run.įirst and foremost it must be emphasized that CIS does not support orĮncourage the use of unsolicited mass email. This is also a guide to alternatives (such as list servers) The technical and social consequences of a mass mailing that you might There have also been numerous RensselaerĬomputing Systems users who have sent their own mass mailings, sometimes That is, email sent to all or a large segment of the We have had several requests to help with ``mass mailings'' Intend to send an unsolicited mass mailing to the Rensselaer community It is a good idea to read these notes if you Support mass mailings, but the reality is many users can and do make use Warning and set of caveats for those considering sending ``email toĮverybody,'' or even a significant subset of everybody. Mailings at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. This is an unofficial document written in response to recent mass Umair Aly Hoodbhoy, CSYS '99, Polytechnic, 04/21/99 ``The administration needs to step up and ensure that it Rensselaer Policy on Electronic Citizenship, 04/13/98 Mail, sending mass mailings, or knowingly engaging in other activities Others from using electronic resources, for instance, forwarding chain

``No member of the community should engage in acts that waste or prevent Unsolicited Mass Mailing: Warnings, Guidelines and non-Policies ``Workers in the U.S.

Unsolicited Mass Mailing: Warnings, Guidelines and non-Policies.