Answers.Body: <p>The main difference is that the mails are sent "synchronously", when you save it, that sets a limit of max 50 emails, whilst the mailings are sent in the background via a cron (so you don't get any timeout and can send it to millions) </p>
  
  <p>The BAO/DAO for emails are into CRM/Core</p>
  
  <p>if you have installed civi from buildkit (or from git) you have a xml/schema folder that defines the structure of the tables and where the DAO are (it's from there it's generated). I find it more convenient to search than the CRM code</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>This link will explain you about Email and Mailing in details 
  <a href="http://book.civicrm.org/user/current/email/what-you-need-to-know/" rel="nofollow">http://book.civicrm.org/user/current/email/what-you-need-to-know/</a> give a quick read</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>E Mail is a mean of communication which is used for purposes such as send/receive/forward and reply to text / audio or video messages.
  It is sent to specific persons whom we want to send the message.
  All sorts of messages/interests can be shared and discussed.
                                Whereas,
  Mailing list is a group o people with similar interest.Their E mail addresses are collected in a group which is known by a single name.
  Whenever a person sends a mail , everyone in the group gets a copy of the mail.
  We can subscribe to a mailing list of our interest and then sens/receive mails to/from the group.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I found that if I want to send mail to an individual, I need to use Email while in order to send mail to a group, I need to use mailing. Is this the main difference? Are there ways to schedule Email like in case of Mailings?</p>
  
  <p>Also I could not find a folder for Email in Civicrm folder. Are there DAO and BAO files for Email?</p>
  
Tags: <civimail><email><gsoc>
Title: What is the difference between Email and Mailing?
ThreadText: # What is the difference between Email and Mailing?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-26)
  
  I found that if I want to send mail to an individual, I need to use Email while in order to send mail to a group, I need to use mailing. Is this the main difference? Are there ways to schedule Email like in case of Mailings?
  
  Also I could not find a folder for Email in Civicrm folder. Are there DAO and BAO files for Email?
  
  **Tags:** civimail, email, gsoc
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-05-26. Score: 4
  
  The main difference is that the mails are sent "synchronously", when you save it, that sets a limit of max 50 emails, whilst the mailings are sent in the background via a cron (so you don't get any timeout and can send it to millions)
  
  The BAO/DAO for emails are into CRM/Core
  
  if you have installed civi from buildkit (or from git) you have a xml/schema folder that defines the structure of the tables and where the DAO are (it's from there it's generated). I find it more convenient to search than the CRM code
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-05-26. Score: 2
  
  This link will explain you about Email and Mailing in details
  <http://book.civicrm.org/user/current/email/what-you-need-to-know/> give a quick read
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Throughout StackExchange, good practice is to provide a short excerpt or summary along with a link when providing an answer. This provides readers to preview the solution before clicking, and helps protect againt link rot for future visitors.  
  > **username_2**: thanks for the advice and will correct this from next time  
  > **username_3**: No problem, but note that you can [edit](http://civicrm.stackexchange.com/posts/2689/edit) this post as well. For additional guidance, I encourage you to take the [site tour](http://civicrm.stackexchange.com/tour) and to review the [help center](http://civicrm.stackexchange.com/help) :).  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-09-09. Score: 0
  
  E Mail is a mean of communication which is used for purposes such as send/receive/forward and reply to text / audio or video messages.
  It is sent to specific persons whom we want to send the message.
  All sorts of messages/interests can be shared and discussed.
  Whereas,
  Mailing list is a group o people with similar interest.Their E mail addresses are collected in a group which is known by a single name.
  Whenever a person sends a mail , everyone in the group gets a copy of the mail.
  We can subscribe to a mailing list of our interest and then sens/receive mails to/from the group.
  
  
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