recipientlist

Recipientlist is a collection of recipients designated to receive a message, alert, or notification. It can be static, defined by an administrator, or dynamically generated based on criteria such as group membership, subscription status, language, or user role. In practice, a recipientlist is used to determine who should be reached and can be applied to emails, push notifications, system alerts, or other broadcast communications.

Composition and representation typically involve a list or array of recipient records. Each record may include contact details such as name and email address, and may also carry metadata like preferred language, opt-in status, delivery method, or personalization tokens. Depending on the system, the recipientlist may reside in memory, be fetched from a database, or be produced by a query against directories or CRM data.

Generation methods include static lists, dynamic queries, or event-driven subscriptions. Static lists are fixed and require manual updates. Dynamic lists are built from criteria, such as all users in a particular group, all customers who opted in to a campaign, or all users with a specific attribute. Hybrid approaches combine both.

Delivery and privacy considerations are important. Recipientlists must respect consent, opt-out options, and legal requirements for data protection and anti-spam rules. Systems often implement deduplication, rate limiting, and personalization using placeholders tied to recipient metadata.

In software contexts, recipientlist objects are passed to messaging or notification services and may support features such as segmentation, prioritization, or localization. They are a common abstraction for managing who should receive communications in both email campaigns and application alerts.