ARCHIVED: On my LISTSERV list, how do I add subscribers?

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Note: IU retired its LISTSERV system in spring 2012, replacing it with IU List, a new mailing list service. See About IU List

In LISTSERV, as a list owner, you can add subscribers by sending a command to the LISTSERV server, or at Indiana University, by using the LISTSERV web interface.

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Using LISTSERV commands

To add subscribers to your LISTSERV list, send the following command in the body (not the subject) of an email message to the LISTSERV server:

  ADD listname userid@host.domain firstname lastname

Replace listname with the name of your list, userid@host.domain with the full email address of the new subscriber, and firstname and lastname with the full name of the new subscriber.

Notes:

  • When sending commands to the LISTSERV server, format your messages as plain text rather than HTML.
  • Use the ADD command when subscribing someone else to the list. Use the SUBSCRIBE command only to subscribe yourself; see ARCHIVED: At IU, how do I subscribe to a LISTSERV list?

Note: For Indiana University LISTSERV mailing lists, send all commands to the appropriate address for your list:

  Campus Server address
  IU Bloomington listserv@indiana.edu
  IUPUI listserv@iupui.edu
  IU Kokomo listserv@iuk.edu
  IU Northwest listserv@iun.edu
  IU South Bend listserv@iusb.edu
  IU Southeast listserv@ius.edu

Never send commands to the address of the mailing list (e.g., to listname@indiana.edu). Send only messages intended for members of the list to the list's address.

Subscribers will receive individual notices that they have been subscribed to the list. If you don't want the subscribers to be notified, use the following command instead, making the same substitutions:

  QUIET ADD listname userid@host.domain firstname lastname

You can issue several of these commands in a single mail message to add multiple people to your list at one time.

Another method of adding multiple subscribers to your list is to use the IMPORT option. To do this, send a command to LISTSERV in the following format:

  ADD listname DD=X IMPORT
  //X DD *
  userid1@host1.domain1 firstname lastname
  userid2@host2.domain2 firstname lastname
  userid3@host3.domain3 firstname lastname
  userid4@host4.domain4 firstname lastname
  userid5@host5.domain5 firstname lastname
  /*

Replace listname with the name of your list, useridX@hostX.domainX with the full email addresses of the new subscribers, and firstname and lastname with the full names of the new subscribers.

Subscribers will receive individual notices that they have been subscribed to the list. If you don't want the subscribers to be notified, change ADD in the above example to QUIET ADD, as illustrated below:

  QUIET ADD listname DD=X IMPORT

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Using the IU LISTSERV web interface

Individual subscribers

To add individual subscribers to your list:

  1. For IU LISTSERV lists, visit the menu for your campus:

    Log in using your IU email address and LISTSERV password. From the List Management menu at the top, select List Dashboard. Under "List Name", find the list you wish to manage, and next to the list name, click View. If you do not have a LISTSERV personal password, see ARCHIVED: In LISTSERV, how do I set or change a personal password?

  2. Under "Subscriber Management", next to "Add Subscriber", use the text box to enter the email address of the subscriber, using the following format:
      userid@host.domain (firstname lastname)

    Replace userid@host.domain with the full email address of the new subscriber, and firstname and lastname with the full name of the new subscriber.

  3. When you are finished, click Add Subscriber.

Multiple subscribers

To add multiple subscribers:

  1. Create and save a text file that contains each individual subscriber's email address and first and last name on a separate line, for example:
      userid1@host1.domain1 firstname lastname
      userid2@host2.domain2 firstname lastname
      userid3@host3.domain3 firstname lastname

    Replace useridX@hostX.domainX with the full email addresses of the new subscribers, and firstname and lastname with the full names of the new subscribers.

  2. Log into the LISTSERV web interface, and from the top, select List Management, and then Subscriber Management.
  3. Select the Bulk Operations tab.
  4. Select Add, click Browse... to locate the text file you created, and then click Import to add the subscribers to your list.

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