Mailing Lists, Discussion Groups, and Listserver

A mailing list (sometimes referred to as a discussion group) is a centrally maintained list of e-mail addresses. When a user sends a message to the mailing list, the message is redistributed to all the e-mail addresses in the mailing list.

Many UCSD-relevant mailing lists are maintained by ACT (formerly Network Operations) using the program 'Listserver'.

Listserver allows you to:

Get a List of Mailing Lists
To find out which mailing lists are available on the UCSD machine via Listserver, send an e-mail with a blank subject line to listserv@ucsd.edu with only the following line in the body of the message:

INDEX

Subscribe to a Mailing List
To subscribe to a mailing list, send an e-mail with a blank subject line to listserv@ucsd.edu with only the following line in the body of the message:

add (your email address) (mailing list name)

Example: add somestudent@ucsd.edu student-flyers
will add somestudent@ucsd.edu to the student-flyers mailing list.

Unsubscribe From a Mailing List
To unsubscribe from a mailing list, send an e-mail with a blank subject line to listserv@ucsd.edu with only the following line in the body of the message:

unsub (your email address) (mailing list name)

Example: unsub somestudent@ucsd.edu student-flyers
will unsubscribe somestudent@ucsd.edu from the student-flyers mailing list.

Note: Your ACS account name (only 8 characters) may not match your campus email address (may be more than 8 characters). To unsubscribe from pre-subscribed mailing lists like student-flyers, you'll need to use the untruncated version.

Get Help on Using Listserver
To get a list of commands for Listserver and instructions on how to use them, send an e-mail with a blank subject line to listserv@ucsd.edu with only the following line in the body of the message:

HELP

Create a new Mailing List
ACT (formerly Network Operations)' mailing list page includes a form to request a new mailing list.