LISTSERV is the original and industry standard email list management software. Continuously developed to meet the latest demands, LISTSERV provides everything you need to manage all of your opt-in email lists, including email newsletters, announcements, discussion groups and email communities. A user can send a single email to a list (e.g. UCForum-l@listserv.uconn.edu). Listserv will copy that email and send to everyone that is subscribed to that particular list.
How does Listserv work?
For security reasons, Listserv tries to confirm, based on a list’s configuration, whether or not the sender of an email is allowed to send to a particular list. Listserv verifies access by crosschecking the senders email address (e.g. From: Someone@somewhere.com) with its subscriber database. This is important to understand because the email address must match exactly with the one in the Listserv database.
Key Features
Web interface can be used to maintain lists as well as personal preferences.
List archives are available on the web or through an RSS feed.
Users can set personal preferences including start page, experience mode, navigation styles and more.
List owners can view dashboards to provide “at-a-glance” summaries of their lists.