ITPEC IP April 2023 Question 33
Which of the following is a mechanism by which, if an e-mail is sent to a specific e-mail address, the e-mail with the same content is distributed to multiple e-mail addresses that have been registered to the specific address?
Explanation
Mailing list — mail sent to one list address is copied to every member registered to it.
A list server keeps the member addresses registered for the list address. When a message is sent to the list address, the server delivers the same content to every member, so the sender does not have to enter each recipient, and members join or leave by changing the registration. A reply sent to the list address likewise reaches every member.
Answer (c)
Why not others:
- •(a) Web mail — reading and sending e-mail in a web browser instead of a mail program; it does not redistribute messages
- •(b) Chain mail — a message asking each recipient to forward it to others; people spread it by hand, and it should not be forwarded
- •(d) Reply mail — an answer sent back to the sender of a received message
Key rule: A mailing list is one address that fans out to many registered members, so anything sent to it, a reply included, goes to them all.
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