LISTSERV at Fort Lewis College

What is “LISTSERV”?

• LISTSERV® is a system that makes it possible to create, manage and control electronic "mailing lists" on your corporate network or on the Internet.

• Different from a Distribution List in Outlook.– Folks can subscribe to or remove themselves from

a listserv, but have less control if someone has them on a Distribution List.

Distribution lists in Outlook

• You add people to your list. Choose that list from Contacts. (Other people can’t “join” or “subscribe” to your distribution list.)

Scroll up to see Contacts.

Distribution lists, continued

• All the people you added to your distribution list will be added to this email. They may not have a similar list to put you on.

LISTSERV lists in Outlook

• Denoted by “-L” like FLC-ADMINCOUNCIL-L or FLC-ANNOUNCE-L

• You would need to know the name of the listserv you belong to, or want to send to.

• Use the Search box at the To option of the new email message.

LISTSERV lists in Outlook, cont’d.

• I know I belong to “flc-ClientServices-l”. I can send an email to all members of that LISTSERV without having to create my own Distribution List. People can subscribe or drop, and I am not managing who is in or out.

OFFICIAL – FACULTY – ANNOUNCE

• FLC-OFFICIAL-L includes all employees. This Listserv is moderated, meaning, someone reviews content for standards, then sends it.

• FLC-FACULTY-L includes all Faculty, fulltime and adjunct. This Listserv is moderated, meaning, someone reviews content for standards, then sends it. (Same for STUDENT)

• You can choose to be on FLC-ANNOUNCE-L

Logging into LISTSERV

• If you are on-campus, type “listserv” in the address bar of your browser window.

Logging into LISTSERV, cont’d.

• Enter your FLC email address as the username.• If you have changed your network password,

you will need to change it here, as well.

Logged in, now what?

• Top menu bar for:• List Management – lists that you “own”• Subscriber’s Corner – lists you are

“subscribed to”• Email Lists – view all the existing lists

List Management

• My dashboard shows only one list I am the “owner” of, FLC-MOODLE-L.

• View subscribers or configure list title and description.

Subscriber’s Corner

• Lists all the lists I am subscribed to.– I chose FLC-ANNOUNCE-

L (we’ll see how, later)– Other people added me

to their lists, manually or through an automated process: OFFICIAL, FACULTYEXEMPT, STAFFEXEMPT, IT, CLIENTSERVICES, etc.

Email Lists

• Find out which lists are out there, and subscribe to them.

• Click to apply.

Email Lists, cont’d.

Choose Digest

Email Lists, cont’d.

• Receive the confirmation email.

Help and User Guides• Click the ? In the upper right

corner for a link to download the User Guide.

• Click any of the links at the bottom of the main page for links to documentation.

• Quick Start is a good reference tool.

Thank you.Tom Schillaci