mailbase

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mailbase

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From Mailbase, the name of a specific system for this purpose founded in 1989 and used in UK higher education and research.

noun mailbases

Internet Synonym of listserv (“electronic mailing list”). 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, […]
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@misc{mailbase_2026,
  title = {mailbase},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mailbase},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}