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> It would mean customizing the message for each 
> recipient, and Sympa doesn't do that.

     Indeed, that is not a traditional mailing list function.
     When we send out a message to all students, or a specific
     group of students, we want the students to understand we are
     addressing them as a group, so the "To:" address being the
     list address is appropriate.

     When sending mail to students as individuals, then the "To:"
     should indeed be the student's own e-mail address.  But in
     this case, the software being used would generically be
     called a "mail merge" program.  There are some systems, like
     Lyris, which call themselves "List Mangers" but what they
     really are is an e-mail marketing system or e-mail campaign
     management system.

                                                    ...BC

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