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] >