Email Lists & Targeted Messaging

Introduction

An electronic mail list is a tool that distributes a single electronic mail message to multiple recipients, whose email addresses are maintained in one central list. This service relies on the LISTSERV technology.

Capabilities, Benefits, and Key Features

• Communication and collaboration
• Send email to a defined list of people
• Electronic mail lists can meet a variety of communication needs, including information dissemination (such as distribution of news and announcements) and asynchronous dialog & discussion
• Miami University primarily uses LISTSERV which is an opt-in email list management software from L-Soft international, Inc explicitly designed to manage electronic mail lists
• Additional LISTSERV Features:
  • Control the character and behavior of their list(s)
  • Allow subscribers to alter their subscription settings, or owners to alter them on the subscriber’s behalf
  • Distribute email to all list subscribers
  • Save list messages in a searchable archive
  • Report on the activity of mailing lists
• Instructional uses of electronic mail lists at Miami University include:
  • Distributing course syllabus, lecture notes, assignment information, and schedule changes
  • Facilitating dialog between students and instructors between class sessions
  • Discussing class lectures
• Research uses include:
  • Communicating among project team members across the University and around the world
  • Disseminating and discussing research methodologies and results
  • Facilitating discipline and interest-specific discussions
• Administrative uses include:
  • Distributing news across the University and within specific departments, committees, and other groups
  • Facilitating group and interest-specific discussions
• Miami University also uses email list management software, such as Mail Chimp and Constant Contact

Who may use it?

• Students, faculty, and staff

How do I get started?

• Use one of the service offering buttons on this page