ListServ - How To: Add Subscribers

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How to Login to UTRGV Listserv

  1. Go to https://listserv.utrgv.edu
  2. On the main page click on Log In, located upper right corner.

LISTSERV homepage showing the Log In link located in the upper‑right corner.

 

3. Input your UTRGV email address & password.

LISTSERV login page prompting for an email address and password.

 

How to Add Subscribers to a ListServ: (Owners Only)

1. Sign into LISTSERV at https://listserv.utrgv.edu

LISTSERV List Dashboard displaying available mailing lists with subscriber counts and list titles.

 

2. Click on “List Dashboard” on the list management menu along the left-hand side. You’ll view all the lists you’re currently the owner of. Some owners may only manage 1 list while others may manage several.

List Management Dashboard showing list details including subscribers, owner, and moderation settings.

 

3. Under Subscribers double click on “2” (each list will have different subscribers, new lists will show 0). Example list being used "utrgvtest@listserv.utrgv.edu" which only has 2 subscribers,

List Management Dashboard highlighting a specific mailing list and its subscriber count.

 

4. You will then be directed to “subscribers reports.” This will show all the subscriber’s email addresses that will receive emails when one is sent to the list.

Subscriber Reports page displaying the current list of subscribed email addresses.

 

5. Under “Add Subscriber” type in users email address and name, you can check mark the “send a notification” if you wish to notify the person being added. Click on the Add Subscriber button.

Subscriber Reports page showing the Add Subscriber field with an email address entered.

 

6. A confirmation message will appear that the subscriber has been added increasing the subscriber count. 

Subscriber Reports page displaying a confirmation message that a subscriber has been added to the list.

 

Adding several subscribers using the Bulk Operations Option:

1. Open Notepad to create a text file and add all the email addresses that will be uploaded to the list. 

Windows Start menu search results showing Notepad with the Open option selected.

 

2. Save the list and name the file any name but remember where it has been saved to. Ex. "listtest.txt"

Notepad window showing multiple email addresses entered on separate lines.

 

3. Sign into LISTSERV at https://listserv.utrgv.edu

4. Click on "List Dashboard" and choose the list that was just created to import several subscribers, by clicking on "subscriber count".

5. Currently there are 2 subscribers on this list. Click on "Bulk Operations"

Subscriber Reports page showing the Bulk Operations option selected for adding multiple subscribers.

 

6. Click on "Add" > "Choose File" > Select the file that was saved (Ex."listtest.txt") > Click "Import"

Bulk Operations window showing the option to add imported addresses, a Choose File button, and an Import button.

 

7. A message will then appear saying that the recipients have been added. 

Bulk Operations window displaying a message indicating recipients were successfully added with no errors.

 

8. Click the "x" to close out of the pop-up and now the subscriber count will reflect the added subscribers.   

Subscriber Reports page showing the updated subscriber count and newly added email addresses.

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