We've gone through similar discussions.   Individuals didn't want their 
mailbox associated with messages to such large groups.

We said "No problem".  We'll give you a way to spam your students that 
is nice to our mail systems (using Listserv), and we'll give you a 
generic mailbox to send messages and receive/handle any replies.  Having 
seen the results, they (my student spammers) are very happy with the 
setup.  There sometimes *are* important replies!  Sometimes there is a 
"kill the messenger" mentality.

cheers, wayne

Winship wrote, in part,  on 8/10/2006 2:50 PM:
> Petrus J Martins wrote:
>   
>>> The reason I asked is cause we're trying to send out an email to
>>> students giving them information and we don't want our email to get
>>> bulked up with replies, instead we want students to come in or call if
>>> they have any questions. I ended up setting up an account used for
>>> just sending like suggested. Thanks for all other suggestions
>>>       
>
> Well, they *are* going to reply, and they *will* be upset that you didn't
> read their replies (you said you don't want to read any replies) and
> respond.  Doesn't matter what you say in the "noreply" email, they *will*
> do it and *will* be upset at their replies being ignored.  They would much
> prefer sending an email reply over physically going to your office or
> hanging around for lord knows how long trying to wade through your
> automated phone system (if you have one), or being "on hold" for ten or
> fifteen minutes.
>
> I think that you should accept email replies.
>
> Douglas Winship    [log in to unmask]
>