mailing listˈmailing list noun [countable] 
Examples
I have included you on my mailing list for new EFL software.2a list of names and email addresses kept on a computer so that you can send the same message to a group of people at the same time
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Thesaurus- Consideration should be given to extending an invitation to those on the mailing list.
- Majordomo allows a group of people to join or quit a mailing list dedicated to a specific topic.
- New members join by requesting to participate or to be put on the mailing list.
- Scratch me off your mailing list.
- She refused to say how many solicitations were mailed to names on the mass mailing list.
Longman Language Activatoremail► email
1a list of names and addresses kept by an organization, so that it can send information or advertising material by poston a mailing list also e-mail electronic mail; the system that allows people to send messages and documents to each other by computer, or a message or file that has been sent using this system: · Email has revolutionized the way we all think and work.email address: · Give me your email address and I'll send you directions to the party.send an email: · I sent him an email two weeks ago, but I haven't heard anything back.
► email also e-mail to send someone a message or a computer file by email: · We'd been emailing each other for six months before we actually met.email somebody something: · I'll email you my résumé when I get home.
► snailmail the traditional system of collecting and delivering letters, packages etc - use this when you are comparing this system to email: · Sorry about the snailmail - my email's not working.
► mailing list a discussion group on the Internet, which consists of a list of people who can each send messages to the rest of the list by email
► attachment a document or file, for example a document from a word processor or spreadsheet, which is sent with an email so that it can be read and used by the person who receives the email: · I'm sending the document as an attachment. Please let me know if you have trouble reading it.
► attach to connect a document or a file to an email: · I've attached the latest spreadsheet for you to look at.
► flame to send someone a message that criticizes them on the Internet, especially in a rude or angry way: · Flaming your boss really isn't a good idea, however angry you are.
► spam email messages that a computer user has not asked for and does not want to read, for example, messages from advertisers: · I was getting so much spam mail that I changed my email address.
► bounce if an email message that you send bounces or is bounced , it is automatically returned to you because of a technical problem: · She tried to mail him several times but the message always bounced.
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I have included you on my mailing list for new EFL software.2a list of names and email addresses kept on a computer so that you can send the same message to a group of people at the same time