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== Common Lists ==
 
== Common Lists ==
 
A public list that includes mailing lists can be found in the [https://bitmessage.org/forum/index.php/topic,1689.0.html forum].
 
A public list that includes mailing lists can be found in the [https://bitmessage.org/forum/index.php/topic,1689.0.html forum].
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== Alternatives ==
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An alternative are [[Decentralized Mailing List|Decentralized Mailing Lists]]. They lack any form of protection agains impersonation but do not require a central address.

Revision as of 12:46, 6 June 2013

A mailing list is an address that has been configured to broadcast all messages it receives.

Usage

Mailing lists in Bitmessage are used the same way mailing lists in a regular E-Mail system is used. members of a list write messages to it and the list server sends a copy of the message to everybody in the subscription list. In Bitmessage clients can send messages to a list without being a member.

Become a member

This is easy, a user needs to add an adress to his Subscriptions.

Create a list

To create a list, an address must be generated first. In the official PyBitmessage client, an address can be promoted to a Mailing list by right click on it and then change the special address behavior to "Behave as a preudo-mailing-list address". A name can be defined, this is used as prefix for broadcasts made by this mailing list, so if a client sends a message with the subject TEST to a list named YAY, it will look like this in response: [YAY] TEST.

Common Lists

A public list that includes mailing lists can be found in the forum.

Alternatives

An alternative are Decentralized Mailing Lists. They lack any form of protection agains impersonation but do not require a central address.