The englstuds listserv

A listserv is essentially an automated mailing list through which you can easily communicate with others who have signed on to the listserv.

I have created the englstuds listserv to facilitate communications with & between the students enrolled in sections 19, 35, 42 & 43 of English 100.

Joining the listserv is simple:

  1. Get an email account
  2. Send an email message to 'listserv@listserv.arizona.edu' (without the quotation marks) with the message 'subscribe englstuds firstname lastname' where firstname is your first name and lastname is your last name.  For example, I joined the listserv with the message 'subscribe englstuds Paul Burkhardt' (without the quotation marks, of course).
  3. You should receive confirmation of your listmembership shortly along with some instructions on how to use listservs.  Please read the instructions!
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Please keep in mind that there are something like 80 students on this listserv.  It is a valuable resource for sharing ideas between all the sections of English 100 that I teach.  On the other hand, a great deal of message may be generated.

To send a message to the listserv:

  1. Send a message to 'englstuds@listserv.arizona.edu'
  2. Type whatever message you wish.
  3. This message will be distributed to all students who have joined the englstuds listserv.
  4. note: to send messages to the listserv use the 'englstuds@listserv...' address, but to send commands to the listserv (e.g., to subscribe, change options, etc.) use the 'listserv@listserv....' address.
If you find yourself receiving too many messages on this listserv, consider subscribing in "digest mode".  In digest mode, you will only receive one message per day with a summary of all the postings.

To change to digest mode:

  1. Send an email message to 'listserv@listserv.arizona.edu'
  2. The text of the message should read 'set englstuds digest'
  3. To change back to the individual message mode send the command 'set englstuds nodigest'.
For more information & help on using listservs, please visit