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ELECTRONIC MAILING LIST Definition & Legal Meaning

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A list of email addresses. Retained electronically by the email user to send email to a group of users or to easily find the addresses of a selected user. Some companies buy and sell email addresses to businesses, or maintain a distribution list of a media company. These list can often times have more demographic information that just a user’s email address. Lists may include a person’s name, address, phone number, and other descriptive information.

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