LISTSERVERS

ISPE Networking Listservers

What is a Listserver | Etiquette and Rules | ISPE Listserver Groups

What is a Listserver? The ISPE Listservers are an internet mechanism that allows you to network with engineering professionals from all over the state, in one common place. This mechanism is an Internet e-mail computer program that subscribes individuals with e-mail addresses to a common "discussion" group.

Many ISPE members take advantage of this exclusive member benefit and use the ISPE List Servers daily to share valuable information with peers state wide. To participate in the discussion groups, you must "subscribe." When a message is sent to the "group," the List Servers takes the message and sends it to each subscriber.

There are four (4) ways in which to receive postings from the ISPE List Servers:

Mail: receive mail as it is contributed - as soon as someone contributes a message to the mailing list, the user will receive a copy of that message. This option is commonly known by other programs as "mail."

Digest: periodic digest - each night, around 12:00 am, the user will receive a single email message containing all the messages contributed to the mailing list that day. At the top of the message will be a numbered list of the subjects in that digest, followed by the complete messages themselves. This option is commonly known by other programs as "digest." Note that the 12:00am mailing time is not configurable.

Index: periodic index of subject - each night, around 1 in the morning, the user will receive a single email message containing all the subject lines of all the messages contributed to the mailing list that day. If any of the messages interest the user, the bottom of the index gives the email command that will retrieve the bodies of the messages.

Nomail: receive no mail - no email is sent to the user. The user is free to go the web interface whenever they want, and read the full text of the messages there. This setting is also useful for people who want the ability to contribute to a mailing list, but do not care to see the contributions to the mailing list. This option is commonly known by other programs as "nomail."

Disclaimer
The ISPE Listservers are meant to be a service to our members. The thoughts, ideas and opinions shared through the Listservers are not necessarily those of ISPE administration or Board and ISPE accepts no responsibility for information or opinions posted on this site by others.

ISPE does not actively monitor the Listservers for inappropriate postings, but does reserve the right to remove any posting deemed inappropriate. ISPE reserves the right to terminate access to any member not following the rules and guidelines posted for these Listservers.