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A type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers
A brand of email list management software
(n ) See also "majordomo " A commercial electronic mailing list server application, developed in 1986 and marketed by L-Soft International The word "listserv" is sometimes (incorrectly) used to refer to the general category of electronic mailing list management application software
A Listserv is a program that automatically redistributes e-mail to names on a mailing list Users can subscribe, unsubscribe, and send messages to everyone on the list by sending notes to a specific email address
A program commonly used to facilitate discussion lists via e-mail Listservs usually focus on a central theme or common interest of participants
Mailing list program for communicating with other people who have subscribed to the same list Using e-mail, you can participate in listservs pertaining to your topics of interest When you submit a message to the server, your message is relayed to all those on the listserv You receive messages from other participants via e-mail
A brand name of an electronic mailing list typically used by a broad range of discussion groups When you subscribe to a mail list, you will receive periodic email messages about the topic you have requested The University of Wyoming uses Majordomo as its mail list program
One of the earliest types of e-mail discussion lists, and still in widespread use, although there are many other types now, too It is often incorrectly used as a term for all types See our E-mail Discussion List FAQ and our Guide to Subscribing, Unsubscribing, and Searching Mailing Lists for more help with these mailing lists
An automated mailing list distribution system
A family of programs that manages mailing lists by distributing messages posted to the list, adding and deleting members automatically
An automated e-mail distribution system If you find a SIG that is of interest to you, send e-mail to the listserver with "Subscribe <listname>", where <listname> is the name of the list " Until you unsubscribe, all postings to that group will show up in your e-mail box If you reply to a listserv message, the message goes to everyone on the listserv
A discussion group which you subscribe to through messages to a "listserver" computer This is a kind of robot moderator that controls distribution of messages on the list In many cases, it also maintains indexes and archives of past postings in a given discussion group, which can be handy if you want to get up to speed with a discussion or just search for some information
Software which enables a distributed electronic discussion group to function Each subscriber to a particular LISTSERV receives the submissions of all other subscribers The electronic discussion group is itself referred to as a LISTSERV Other softwares that perform similar functions include Listproc, Majordomo
The most common form of mail list, "Listserv" is a registered trademark of L-Soft International, Inc Listservs originated on BITNET but they are now common on the Internet
An automatic mailing list server which broadcasts e-mail messages to every e-mail address subscribed to the list
Stands for List Server, a program that allows you to subscribe to a mailing list which distributes e-mail to members, usually on a specific subject matter
An electronic mailing list typically used by a broad range of discussion groups When you subscribe to a listserv, you will receive periodic email messages about the topic you have requested
A popular automatic mailing list server People sharing an interest may "subscribe" to a given discussion, and other subscribers' contributions to the thread are distributed to the entire subscriber base via e-mail The result is similar to a newsgroup or forum, except that the messages are transmitted as e-mail and are therefore available only to individuals on the list Although LISTSERV refers to a specific mailing list server marketed by L-Soft International, the term is sometimes used incorrectly to refer to any mailing list server Another popular mailing list server is Majordomo You can access up-to-date mailing list information for the entire Internet from Liszt They compile all mailing lists into a single directory, and offer a convenient search mechanism so it's easy to find the mailing lists that interest you Back to Top
A listserv facilitates electronic distribution lists These mailing lists can focus on any type of discussion, for example one list may be dedicated to discuss a particular subject or a list can enable electronic discussion of a particular group or committee Members of a listserv generally subscribe by sending an electronic mail message to a special account name Correspondence is generated by sending mail to the listserv address and it is then redistributed as an E-mail message to all list members
An e-mail list server A computer program that maintains lists of e-mail addresses in order that users can participate in an electronic discussion or conference There are thousands of listserve on all imaginable topics
A discussion group that uses e-mail to distribute messages and postings to its members There are thousands of listservs on the Internet on a variety of topics
An automated mailing list distribution system originally designed for the Bitnet/EARN network Listserv allows users to add or delete themselves from mailing lists without (other) human intervention
a computer program that allows a group of people to send and receive e-mail from each other about a particular subject
A listserv maintains a mailing list of subscribers Whenever a query or comment is sent to the listserv, the listserv e-mails a copy to each subscriber This is a good way to disseminate information when the subscribers want all comments and are scattered around the world This function has been largely supplanted by news groups on the Internet SIUC once ran a listserv on its mainframe computer; it has since been moved to a Unix-based server You can read about the how to join the listserv at this link
A mailing list software program that automatically distributes mailing lists on a particular subject Listserv is sometimes used as a synonym for mailing list
An automated mailing list distribution system Listservs exist for a multitude of professional, educational, and special interest groups Usually, you have to send an email to a Listserver with the subject SUBSCRIBE listname or something to that effect You are then subscribed to that mailing list and (depending on the service) will receive regular mail from a single source or from all members who send email to the Listserver Listserv was originally designed for the Bitnet/EARN network
An automated electronic mailing list, managed by a listserv program Listservs are commonly used by discussion groups