LISTSERV® at The University of Oklahoma

UPDATE: The new distribution list software uses a new password scheme. Before you can send owner or user commands to listserv@lists.ou.edu you will need to go to the Password Registration Page and register a new password. This password will be the only password you need to manage your subscriptions or any lists that you own, edit, or moderate.

Lists.ou.edu is an email distribution list system sponsored by Information Technology at the University of Oklahoma.

As email has become an increasingly important medium of communication at the University of Oklahoma and throughout the word, the email distribution list has become an powerful way for groups to communicate. Lists.ou.edu facilitates the creation and maintenance of these distribution lists with LISTSERV®, version 1.8e from L-Soft international, Inc.

Lists.ou.edu is used as an aid to class discussions, faculty committees and student organizations. With greater than 400 mailing lists, Lists.ou.edu is used by almost every unit of the University of Oklahoma for simple and reliable email based communication. For more information on mail distribution lists at OU call the IT Helpdesk at (405) 325-HELP, if you are faculty or staff, or (405) 325-INFO if you are a student

Web Archives Page

OU's LISTSERV® Front Page

LISTSERV® General User's Guide

List Owners' Page

Password Registration Page

LISTSERV® List Owner's Manual (PDF)

LISTSERV® Online Help (HTML)

Complete LISTSERV® Reference

Requesting a new list.

To request the creation of a new list, go to the Support Center at http://support.ou.edu and search on the keyword "OUlists".
You will find information about how to request a listserv and other helpful articles.

The request should come from a faculty or staff member of OU and contain the following information:

1. The OU ID of the requesting faculty or staff member
   
2. The list name
   
   • Must be less than 30 characters
     
   • No special characters ( !, @, #, $, %, &, *, (, ), +, /, ", ', _, space)
     
   • "-L" will be appended to the list name
     
3. A brief description of the list
   
   • Must be less than 50 characters
     
4. The email addresses of all list owners
   
   • Must contain the email of requesting faculty or staff member
     
5. Which, if any, owners should be silent owners.
   
6. Should everybody, only the list subscribers or only the owners be able to send email to the list.
   
7. Who should be able to add/remove subscribers to the list.
   
8. Should the list be moderated.
   
9. If the list is moderated, who should be the moderators. (Owners is fine.)
   
10. Should the list be listed on OU's Web list of lists.
    

OU's List Manager will create the list as soon as possible. An email will be sent to all owners when the list has been created.