Meaning of mailbase | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of listserv (“electronic mailing list”).

Internet

Examples

“When you join a mailbase, keep all the information you receive from the administrator about leaving the group. You may find in a short while that you are inundated with email of no interest to you, […]”

“The development of mass telephone one-to-one communication seemed to have diminished the social custom of handwritten letters. Yet the Internet with email communications facilities has revived the social habit of written though electronic correspondence. Forums and mailbases lead to instant correspondent broadcasts within specific interest areas.”

“Some of the above are 'virtual colleagues', members of the Victoria 19th-Century British Culture & Society mailbase, and I would once again like to record my thanks both to the listmembers and to Patrick Leary, who as listmaster creates and maintains both the content and the atmosphere of this haven of scholarly collegiality.”

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