North Dakota State University

New list requests can be made by submitting the online List Request Form

Filling out the form:

• University Affiliation
  • The University Affiliation becomes a part of the list name
  • Select the University you are affiliated with
  • Example: If the University Affiliation is NDSU, then the list name will be NDSU-listname@listserv.nodak.edu
  • Select Other if no affiliations apply
• Enter the desired list name
  • List names cannot be duplicated so if the requested list name is already taken it will either be modified during creation or the requester will be contacted to provide a different name
  • Do not use spaces or special characters. Only use a dash (-) to separate words
• List Title
  • This should be a brief title describing the nature of the list
  • Limited to 80 characters
• Reply to
  • List (Discussion Mode)
    • All replies will be sent to subscribers
  • Sender
    • All replies will be sent to the sender of the message
• Subscription
  • Open
    • Allows anybody to subscribe to the list
  • By-Owner
    • The owner of the list will have to accept subscribers
• Send
  • Public
    • Anybody can send to the list
  • Private
    • Only owners and subscribers may send to the list
  • Moderated Editor Hold
    • Moderators - people who approve messages before they are sent
    • Editors - people who can send to a moderated list without moderation, messages are sent right away
  • Moderated Editor Hold Confirm
    • Same as Moderated Editor Hold except the sender of a message will need to confirm they sent the message by clicking on a link in an email they will receive after sending the message
    • Reduces the amount of spam sent to the list
• Owner
  • Per NDUS Policy, there must be at least one University System email address listed as an owner for the list
  • If the list is for a Student Organization, the advisor for the Organization must be listed as an owner
  • Primary Owner
    • Responsible for managing the list and receives any error messages pertaining to the list
    • Only one primary owner per list
  • Secondary Owner - Optional
    • Has the same access as the Primary Owner but will not receive error messages