From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmailing listˈmailing list noun [countable] 1 TCMBBAa list of names and addresses kept by an organization, so that it can send information or advertising material by poston a mailing list I have included you on my mailing list for new EFL software.2 a list of names and email addresses kept on a computer so that you can send the same message to a group of people at the same time
Examples from the Corpus
mailing list• Majordomo allows a group of people to join or quit a mailing list dedicated to a specific topic.• She refused to say how many solicitations were mailed to names on the mass mailing list.• New members join by requesting to participate or to be put on the mailing list.• Consideration should be given to extending an invitation to those on the mailing list.• Scratch me off your mailing list.From Longman Business Dictionarymailing listˈmailing listMARKETING a large collection of customers’ names and addresses, used by companies to send products, advertisements etc to each onePlease add me to your mailing list for all future events.the newelectronic mailing list → list 