any similar software program.
an email discussion group; an online mailing list.
First recorded in 1985–90 Listserv ( for def. 1 )
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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
On Thursday, lawyer after lawyer shared with the defense bar Listserv similar stories of the unwavering support, energy and time Bregman had given them over the years.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2021
“Well, on the men’s Listserv we talk about trading tools,” Roberts said, to general laughter.
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 Kehoe, Brendan P.
“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
Ten years ago, she had learned about a “sort of famous” listserv in Seattle and joined it looking for a nanny share after she’d had her daughter.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2025
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
On a Jewish social justice listserv, Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, an Israeli-born New Yorker, called Shimunov’s video “an abomination.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
It will tell the listserv to add the sender to a specific list.
From Zen and the Art of the Internet by Kehoe, Brendan P.
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