NIH LISTSERV Facility
List Owner's Guide
October 2001

What is LISTSERV?

Who May Use LISTSERV?

Who's Who on LISTSERV?

About This Document

For Further Information

Setting Up a New List

Filling Out the Online Application Form

List Name

List Description

List Owner Information

List Settings

Submitting the Form

You've Created a List. Now What?

Sending Mail (Posting) to Your List

Advertising Your List

When to Ask for Help From the LISTSERV Administrators

The NIH LISTSERV Home Page

Accessing the List Management Interface

Login and Passwords

Confirming a Request for Confirmation

Managing Subscribers

Accessing the Account Management Screen

Adding Subscribers

Examining or Modifying a Subscription

Deleting a Subscription

Changing Your List Settings (Modifying the List Header)

List Settings

List Control Keywords

Editing the List Header

Making Your List an Edited List

Changing Owner Addresses for Your List

Changing Editor Addresses for Your List

Turning Off Owner Mail

Turning On "Hands-Off" Bounce Processing

Changing Where Replies Are Sent

NIH-Only Lists

HHS-Only Lists

Layout

Template Management

Mail Templates

WWW Templates

Bulk Operations

Available Functions

The Input File

Sending Commands

Commands You May Wish to Use

Mail-Merge

Instructions for List Owners

Create a LISTSERV List

Create a LISTSERV Password

Delete a List

Change a Subscriber Address

Extract Addresses from the Exchange Global Address List

System Requirements

Installation instructions

Instructions for Use

For Further Assistance

Sending Commands to LISTSERV

The Importance of Your E-mail "From:" Address

How to Email a Command to LISTSERV

The QUIET Prefix

Command Conventions

General Commands

Archive Commands

Requesting a List of Available Archive Files

Searching List Archives for Specific Terms or Topics

Instructions for List Owners