Listserves are among the most useful Internet power tools. Use a list serve to "push" your message to your target audience. List serves have many different uses and users:

• Associations use list serves to notify their members of meetings and events
• Special interest groups use list serves to exchange ideas and discuss issues
• Information Technology groups use lists to notify clients of maintenance or system outages
• Software companies use list serves to notify their registered users of product updates
• Politicians use list serves to communicate with their constituents
• Groups with members in diverse locales use list serves to communicate efficiently & economically
• Educational institutions use list serves to communicate with students
• Departments and Agencies utilize ListServ services to communicate with other departments, branches of government, municipal governments that often reside on diverse e-mail systems.

 DII: Network Engineering provides hosting of ListServ services. To establish a list you must provide: list name, contacts for administrators and an initial clients list. A new list can be started by creating a work order in the Footprints Help Desk Support System. If you do not have an account on this system one can be created by contacting the DII helpdesk at 802-828-3544.