LISTSERV
List Creation Request Form

About this form

If your web browser is not forms-capable, you can save the form as text, fill it out using an editor, and send it to listsmnt@uconnvm.uconn.edu.

Please allow 5-7 working days for creation of the list. You will be notified via e-mail when the list is created.

Policies

List Owners

Note: Owners email address listed below means the address from where you plan on managing your list. If you are going to use CMS commands to manage your list then you must enter your VM account address here, otherwise, enter the email address from where you will be sending commands from.

• Primary list owner:

  Name:         
  Title:        
  Department:   
  Phone:        
  E-mail:       
  

  Signature:
  Date:

• Second owner (optional):

  Name:         
  Title:        
  Department:   
  Phone:        
  E-mail:       
  

  Signature:
  Date:

List name and service area

• Names for discussion lists should end in the characters -L, for example MATH-L. Departmental lists should end with -DL, for example MATH-DL. Departmental graduate student lists should end with -GL, for example MATH-GL. When selecting a name for your list try to be as descriptive as possible, for example, instead of MATH-L try MA120-L. Also, you should avoid using dates or seasons as a part of the name, for example MATH98-L.

  Primary list name (required; up to 8 characters including the -L):

  Alias (optional; up to 32 characters including the -L):

• Service area defines the target audience for the list, by defining the Internet hosts or domains which are recognized by the list. Defaults include UCONNVM and the UCONN.EDU domain. To allow subscriptions from anyone outside UConn.Edu, check *.
  UCONNVM UCONN.EDU domain
  UConn Health Center * (anyone outside UConn.Edu)

  Please list any other service areas required:

• The Confidential keyword indicates whether a list should be hidden or not; that is, it determines whether the list will appear when a user issues the LISTS command to display the list-of-lists.

  If you check Service, only those in the defined service area (i.e. potential subscribers) will see the list. A setting of Yes means the list will be completely confidential. A setting of No means the list can be seen by anyone, even those outside the service area (i.e. a list known on the global LISTSERV list-of-lists)

  Note: If the Service Area is *, you must still check Confidential=No to make the list seen world-wide via the LISTS GLOBAL command. Also note: with Service=* and Confidential=Service the the list will be seen by anyone issuing a LISTS command directly to LISTSERV@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU but not to someone issuing the LISTS GLOBAL command.

  The default setting for Confidential is Service.
  Service No Yes

• Please enter a short one-line description of this list, which will appear to anyone issuing the LISTS command (contingent on the setting for Confidential).
  

• Optional: Please enter a long description (1-10 lines) for this list, which will appear to anyone issuing the LISTS DETAILED command (contingent on the setting for Confidential).
  

Subscriptions, postings, and replies

• The Subscription keyword defines who may perform subscriptions. Please select one of the following settings. The default is Open,Confirm. This means that anyone within the defined service area may subscribe themselves. The Confirm parameter means that subscription requests outside the local domain (UCONNVM) must be confirmed before they take effect.
  Open,Confirm By owner Closed

• The Send keyword defines who may post to the list. Private indicates that only current subscribers can post to the list. Editor indicates that all postings will be forwarded to the first editor defined for this list, or to the list's moderators, if defined. Owner indicates that only list owners may post to the list. Please select one of the following. The default is Private.
  Private Editor Editor,Hold Owner

  If you check Editor, the postings are sent to the editor, and posting can be approved by forwarding them back to the list. For Editor,Hold postings can be approved using reply and ok.

• If you checked Editor, please enter e-mail addresses for one or more list editors. The first editor listed will receive postings to the list. All editors can post directly to the list.
  Editor 1:
  Editor 2:
  Editor 3:

• The Reply-to keyword defines where replies to the list should go to, by default. Please select one of the following settings. The default is List.
  List Sender

Notebooks and digests

• Should a notebook be kept for the list, which may be searched using LISTSERV search commands? The default is No. If Yes is selected, the notebook will be monthly.
  No Yes

  Notebooks will be kept on the LISTSERV machine for up to 12 months.

• Should a digest be kept for the list? Users who set their subscription to digest will get one piece of mail containing all the posts to list over the period of time you select. The default is No.
  No Yes,Daily Yes,Weekly Yes,Monthly

Where to get more information

From CMS, enter the command HELP LISTSERV. From the world wide web, go to http://vm.uconn.edu/~listserv/.

Done

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