Adding Subscribers to a Listserv

Students, faculty, and staff can add and delete subscribers through, both, the Listserv site and by emailing Listserv. All methods of adding subscribers are listed below to accommodate personal preference. 

Using the Listserv Website

1. Go to listserv.uconn.edu and select Log In at the upper right.

2. Enter your login information. 

3. Click on the List Management menu.

4. Click Subscriber Management.

5. Choose a list to perform the operations on.

6. Under the Single Subscriber tab, enter the email and name of the desired subscriber in the Add New Subscriber box.

7. Choose whether or not to notify the user about their new subscription to the list.

8. Click on the Add to (ListName) button.

Emailing Listserv

1. Using the same email address as the one you use to sign into Listserv, create a new email addressed to listserv@listserv.uconn.edu.

2. Leave the subject blank.

3. Enter the following command in the body of the email, filling it in with the respective information:
   ADD listserv_name email_address@example.com Firstname Lastname

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4. Wait for Listserv to send a confirmation email to your email account.

5. Reply to the confirmation email with OK, or click the confirmation link sent by Listserv.

Adding Subscribers in Bulk

1. Click on the List Management menu.

2. Click on Subscriber Management.

3. Choose a list.

4. Click on the orange Bulk Operations tab.

5. Select the Add option.

6. Attach a file containing the email addresses you wish to remove.
   Note: The file must be in a .txt (text file) format.

   1. Click Browse. 

7. Click Import.

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