Information Technology maintains many email lists (a.k.a. “listservs”) for use by Mercer faculty, staff, and students. The purpose of listservs is to facilitate the dissemination of information to specific, targeted members the Mercer community.
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Sending Emails to a Listserv
You can send email messages to a listserv by addressing them to listname@mercer.edu (replacing “listname” with the listserv name, such as TestList-L). Character case (upper/lower) does not matter in the listserv mailing process. It is used here for readability purposes only. Note that some listservs restrict contributors to certain individuals or certain email addresses (such as @mercer.edu). Review contribution restrictions in each of the listserv descriptions below.
Class Listservs
Faculty and students use class listservs to communicate information about a particular class, group, or project. Class listservs are automatically generated based on course enrollment in the Student Information System. The instructing faculty member's Mercer email address and the students' Mercer email addresses will be used to create these lists. The lists will be updated daily using the current course enrollment; as students are added to or removed from class rosters, the lists will be updated accordingly.
The listservs are automatically named by the following pattern: course section term @mercer.edu. For example, Spring 2009 listservs for ACC 204.004, FYS102.012, and BIO 465.002 are ACC20400409S, FYS10201209S, and BIO46500209S, respectively.
To send a message to your class, address the message to listname@mercer.edu, replacing “listname” with the actual name of the list (e.g., ACC20400409S@mercer.edu). Only those people subscribed to the list will be allowed to send messages to it. No subscriptions from non-Mercer e-mail accounts will be allowed.
To create additional class listservs, contact the Mercer IT Help Desk.