LISTSERV

n. mailing list server, server which allows one to build electronic mailing lists on computers which are connected to the Internet (Computers)

This article is about a specific electronic mailing list software application known as LISTSERV. See electronic mailing list for description of the generic email-based mailing lists. LISTSERV is the first electronic mailing list software application, originally developed in 1984 by Ira Fuchs, Daniel Oberst, and Ricky Hernandez for the BITNET computer network. It quickly became a key service on that network. An updated version, originally called Revised Listserv, was issued by Eric Thomas in 1986. Later it was ported to a variety of platforms and taken up by the Internet community. By the year 2000, LISTSERV was assisting more than 30 million users by transmitting more than 20 million messages per day.
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n. LISTSERV, mailing list server, server which allows one to build electronic mailing lists on computers which are connected to the Internet

LISTSERV, mailing list server, server which allows one to build electronic mailing lists on computers which are connected to the Internet (Computers)

<messaging> An automatic mailing list server, initially written to run under IBM's VM operating system by Eric Thomas.
Listserv is a user name on some computers on BITNET/EARN which processes electronic mail requests for addition to or deletion from mailing lists. Examples are listserv@ucsd.edu, listserver@nysernet.org.
Some listservs provide other facilities such as retrieving files from archives and database search. Full details of available services can usually be obtained by sending a message with the word HELP in the subject and body to the listserv address.
Eric Thomas, has recently formed an international corporation, L-Soft, and has ported Listserv to a number of other platforms including Unix. Listserv has simultaneously been enhanced to use both the Internet and BITNET.
Two other major mailing list processors, both of which run under Unix, are Majordomo, a freeware system, and Listproc, currently owned and developed by BITNET.
(1995-02-22)