Listserv is an electronic mailing list software that allows senders to send a single email to a list of users. Users can join email lists that appeal to their academic and extracurricular preferences. Anyone with a UConn email address can join a Listserv. Before anyone can subscribe or unsubscribe from a UConn Listserv, they must first create an account.
This article is for students, faculty, and staff who want to add or remove themselves from a UConn Listserv mailing list.
Creating a Listserv Account
Navigate to listserv.uconn.edu.
Select Log In at the upper right-hand corner of the page.
Select Get a New LISTSERV Password.
Enter your UConn email address and create a password.
Check your UConn email, and follow the provided link to verify your account.
To send an email to a Listserv, you must use [listserv name]@listserv.uconn.edu as the address.
Subscribing to a UConn Listserv
Navigate to listserv.uconn.edu.
Log in with your Listserv account.
Find the Listserv you would like to subscribe to. Click on it.
Click the Subscribe or Unsubscribe option.
Click Subscribe.
To subscribe to an Open subscription list, UConn or Non-UConn users, do not have to create a password with Listserv to just subscribe to a list.
Instead, from their mailbox such as UConn, Gmail etc. they can send an email to listserv@listserv.uconn.edu with the following in the body of the email:
Subscribe NameOfList NameOfUser
Example: Subscribe TestList-L Tim Garcia
In the above example, TestList-L is the name of the list that the user Tim Garcia would like to Subscribe to.
Please note that the Subject should be empty.
If the setting on the list for subscription is Open, Confirm, the email address that the subscriber sent the email from, will receive a response from Listserv to confirm that the email address is valid. The subscriber can click through and this will add the user as a subscriber to the list.
Unsubscribing from a UConn Listserv
Some Listserv subscriptions are mandatory; even if you unsubscribe, you may find yourself subscribed again within the next few days. In that case, you may need to set up a filter to direct the Listserv email to Junk or Trash.
Navigate to listserv.uconn.edu.
Log in with your Listserv account.
Click Subscriber’s Corner on the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
Find the Listserv you wish to unsubscribe from and select the checkbox. Then select Unsubscribe in the drop-down menu.
Click Submit.
The page will refresh, and you will be able to see that the Listserv is no longer listed.