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Last updated: August 22, 2023

Subscribing to a ListServ List

For a complete list of the mass mailing list addresses, who they reach, and policies for the use of each, please refer to the LITS Policies, Procedures Plans, and Standards page.

NOTE: You may not subscribe to a mass email list if you are not a member of that group. For example, a student may not subscribe to the faculty lists and an administrator may not subscribe to one of the student class lists. You may request an exception by writing to exceptions@hamilton.edu.

To subscribe to a special interest list (e.g. student organization list, departmental list, college initiative list, etc.), please follow the instructions below:

  1. Open a new message window in your preferred email program and address your message to listserv@listserv.hamilton.edu.
  2. In the body of the message, type the following on the first line:
    subscribe listname First Last (replacing listname with the name of the list to which you are subscribing and “First Last” with your first and last name).
    • For example, to subscribe to a list called "tabletennis-list" you might type the following: subscribe tabletennislist Mary Smith
  3. If you use an automatic "signature" in your email software, it must be disabled before you send your subscription request. 
  4. Send your message.
  5. Once your subscription is successfully processed, you will get  an email message that contains information regarding how to unsubscribe from the list, how to turn mail off temporarily, and how to change to digest mode. Save this message for future reference.

For most special interest lists, this is all that is required. Some lists will also require you to confirm your subscription request. If that occurs, you will receive an additional message from the Hamilton College LISTSERV Server with a subject line similar to the following: Command confirmation request (EA25BB42).

  1. Open the confirmation message and click on the web link near the top. This will open a web page in your browser that indicates whether your confirmation was successful.
  2. Once your subscription is confirmed, you will receive an e-mail message that contains generic information describing how to unsubscribe from the list, how to turn mail off temporarily, and how to change to digest mode. Save this message for future reference.

Unsubscribing From a Listserv List

  1. Open a new message window in your preferred email program and address your message to listserv@listserv.hamilton.edu.
  2. In the body of the message type the following on the first line: unsubscribe listname (replace listname with the name of the list from which you are unsubscribing).
    • For example: unsubscribe events-all.
  3. If you use an automatic “signature” in your email software, it must be disabled before you send your subscription request.
  4. Send your message.

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