Listserv Technology | Listserv Policy
Frequenty Asked Questions | List of Listservs
The School of Government manages a number
of listservs primarily for local government officials
and employees. These listservs allow local government
to share information with peers and faculty experts
at the School of Government.
Listserv Technology
A listserv is an application that collects individual
e-mail addresses under a single e-mail address,
allowing members of the listserv to send a message
to all members using the designated e-mail address
of the listserv (listname@listserv.unc.edu). This
technology works with the most basic Internet application:
e-mail. Any municipal or county official or employee
that has a computer with a modem, connection with
that modem to a phone jack, and an e-mail account
can join any of the listservs appropriate to their
area of work and participate in the statewide conversation.
Listserv
Policy
Since the listserv technology is managed and supported
by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
a public institution, all listservs are open to
be viewed by any visitor. Membership is restricted
to people who work for local government in the area
of administration and service that the listserv
represents.
The School of Government hosts this listserv. Listservs are valuable tools for enabling you to pose questions to, and share information, with others who share your interests. Here are some user points that can enhance the value of a listserv.
(1) Please remember that messages posted to the listserv are public record and are subject to public inspection.
(2) Please send personal messages for individuals directly to those individuals, rather than to the entire list.
(3) Please refrain from sending content unrelated to the listserv's purpose. Such messages can discourage others from reading the listserv regularly and diminish its usefulness.
(4) Please compose your message in a way that's helpful to readers. Examples are using a descriptive subject line that immediately identifies your topic and writing text with a succinct, complete description of the question you are posing or the information you are sharing.
Thanks for contributing productively to the listserv.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the proper netiqutte for email and listservs?
What are my choices to receive messages from the list?
What is the Listserv Web Interface?
How do I Login to the Listserv Subscriber Web Interface?
How do I get my list passwords?
How do I search for postings in the Listserv Web Interface?
How do I unsubscribe from a list?
Listservs
Problems With or Viruses On the Listservs
If you encounter a problem with the listserv, contact
the Listserv Administrator. Members, if you discover
a virus being transmitted from a member account,
please contact the Listserv Administrator immediately. Since
the listserv is a public venue, no filtering is
applied to e-mail sent from a member to the listserv.
If a member account sends an infected e-mail through
the listserv, that account will be removed until
it has been determined that the infected machine
and account have been cleaned. Once the member machine
has been cleaned, the account can be requested to
be reinstated.
For More Information about
the Listservs
Visit the UNC pages on Lyris (the listserv application).
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