Mailing Lists or LISTSERV

A mailing list or "Listserv" is a way of sending an electronic message to a large number of people. They often combine the characteristics of a newsletter and a discussion group. You can use this web form to create a mailing list for your department, organization, class, research project and other functions.

Create a Mailing List (Owners)

Creating a Mailing List involves contacting the people who are responsible for the ListServer.  There are two (one for the Academic and one for the Medical campus) people who will handle creating the Mailing List.  Indicate the campus associated with the person maintaining the Mailing List when you create the Mailing List.

Subscribing to a Mailing List (Owners)
As an "Owner", you have the responsibility of subscribing users to your list.   This can be done one user at a time by submitting mailing list management commands or add or delete large numbers of subscribers from a text file that can be downloaded through your web browser with a web interface.  A Web page is also available that describes how Mailing List "Owners" can allow people to subscribe to and unsubscribe from their mailing lists from the owner's Web page.

Management and use of a Mailing List (Owners and Users)
A Web form is available for  submitting mailing list management commands to the mailing list server.

Join the Sysalert Mailing List (Owners and Users)
Anyone concerned about the status of our various computer systems and networks can join the Sysalert mailing list to be warned of scheduled outages.

Frequently Asked Questions (Owners and Users)
More information on Mailing Lists can be found in the FAQ on Mailing Lists.

This web page allows you to:

Online documentation:

 

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