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  Listserv

  the brand name for one of the most common internet list servers.
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  listserv

  noun

  a service on the internet that provides an electronic mailing to subscribers with similar interests

Listserv

American  

[list-surv] / ˈlɪstˌsɜrv /

Trademark.

1. the brand name for one of the most common internet list servers.

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noun

1. any similar software program.

2. an email discussion group; an online mailing list.

listserv British  

/ ˈlɪstˌsɜːv /

noun

1. a service on the internet that provides an electronic mailing to subscribers with similar interests

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Etymology

Origin of Listserv

First recorded in 1985–90 Listserv ( for def. 1 )

Example Sentences

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Array Crew began as a big list that became a Listserv, that ended up growing into a database.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

Sellers can also locate buyers through the neighborhood Listserv, occasionally within a few hours of their posting.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2018

In Hyattsville, she said, book-club conversations included philosophy and theology, and continued afterward, on the Listserv.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 24, 2017

I’m sure there’s been a story about me on a Listserv.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2013

Send mail to [email protected] with a body of subscribe INFO-L Your Full Name Listservs for more information on using the Listserv system.

From Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe

“It was a parade of letters that were being posted on a directors’ listserv, because every state has a humanities council, and so it seemed like they were going alphabetically,” Noguchi said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

Reges then wrote to an Allen School listserv saying he would continue putting his parody land acknowledgment in syllabi.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024

Then, on the evening of 27 February, while McCann was still in the tiny hospital in Corowa, Thorburn read a message posted a day earlier on Ozbug, a listserv of Australian infectious disease physicians.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 21, 2023

PST last Thursday, the listserv of 200 or so founders was on fire.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2023

For a full list of the available listserv commands, write to [email protected], giving it the command help.

From Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe