ListServers

With newsgroups, you are relying on someone reading your message and replying to you. ListServers can be used in the same way as newsgroups, however, with ListServers you know your message will be sent to everyone who has signed up to receive messages from a certain group.

A ListServer is simply a list of email addresses, used by a mail exploder, to forward messages to groups of people with similar interest. Generally, a mailing list is used to discuss certain set of topics, and different mailing lists discuss different topics. A mailing list may be moderated. This means that messages sent to the list are actually sent to a moderator who determines whether or not to send the messages on to everyone else.

There are many listservers covering a wide variety of architectural and engineering topics, such as transportation, seismic, structural analysis, geotechnical, hydrology, etc. You pick the topic of your choice and type "subscribe" to all future email mailings on that topic. Mailings are sent to you automatically. When you want to stop receiving automatic mailings about a certain topic, email the ListServer and simply type "unsubscribe".

 

Listname: TRANSIT Address to subscribe: listserv@gitvm1.gatech.edu; Message to send: subscribe transit; List owner address: Nick Donaldson, ndonald@ccm.umanitoba.ca>; List topic(s): Transit Issues Discussion List; Note: Gatewayed to Usenet newsgroup misc.transport.urban-transit. Listname: RAILROAD Address to subscribe: listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu; Message to send: subscribe railroad; List owner address: Geert K. Marien, or ; List topic(s): railroads. Listname: TRANSP-L Address to subscribe: listproc@gmu.edu; Message to send: subscribe transp-l; List owner address: Jonathan Gifford, or ; List topic(s): transportation; Note: Hosted by the George Mason Univ. Institute of Public Policy. Listname: ALT-TRANSP Address to subscribe: listserv@uci.edu; Message to send: subscribe alt-transp ; List owner address: Bob Noland, ; List topic(s): Issues and policies pertaining to alternative and non-motorized transportation modes, eg. car-free cities, bicycles, etc. Listname: TRANSIT-ALTERNATIVES Address to subscribe: majordomo@bga.com; Message to send: subscribe transit-alternatives; List owner address: owner-transit-alternatives@bga.com; List topic(s): personal rapid transit, RUF, peoplemovers, monorails, etc. Listname: IVHS-L Address to subscribe: majordomo@mailhub.ornl.gov; Message to send: subscribe ivhs-l ; List owner address: Demin Xiong, or Stephen Gordon or Cecil Goodwin ; List topic(s): Intelligent vehicle highway systems. Listname: UTSG Address to subscribe: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk; Message to send: join utsg; List owner address: tsg-request@mailbase.ac.uk; Sponsor: Universities Transport Study Group, Univ. of Leeds, United Kingdom ; List topic(s): This list aims to promote the exchange of views, news and information between researchers, academics and practitioners working in the field of transport. Also to promote links, collaborative working, joint problem-solving and mutual support. Note: Add a "stop" command after the "join" command if you have a signature file. Listname: GIS-L Address to subscribe: listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu; Message to send: subscribe gis-l your_name; List topic(s): Geographic Information Systems; Note: Gatewayed to Usenet newsgroup comp.infosystems.gis. Listname: GIST-L Address to subscribe: listserv@ukacrl.bitnet; Message to send: subscribe gist-l ; List topic(s): GIS and transportation. Listname: DOT List owner address: Kevin M. Andres ; Address to subscribe: listserv@vm1.nodak.edu; Description of the list: This group consists of public organizations which are part of the transportation industry. City/county road commissions, state/provincial DOTs, federal agencies, etc. are encouraged to participate in this discussion group. Also, private consulting firms and vendors who provide hardware/software solutions for the transportation industry are welcome to participate in this group. This is not restricted to any discipline, and includes both rank&file and management. How to subscribe: send the message SUBSCRIBE DOT first_name last_name Listname: ELDNET-L Address to subscribe: listserv@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu; Message to send: subscribe eldnet-l yourfirstname yourlastname; List topics: for engineering and related subject-area libraries and librarians; Notes: Subscription is open, but the list is moderated. ELDNET-L is sponsored by the Engineering Libraries Division. (ELD) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). For non-ASEE ELD members: As a result of your subscription to ELDNET-L, you will automatically be mailed an ASEE and ELD membership application packet. Listname: AUTOCAD Address to subscribe: listserv@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu; Message to send: subscribe autocad yourfirstname yourlastname; List topic: the AutoCAD drawing editor. Listname: SEWER-LIST Address to subscribe: listproc@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu; Message to send: subscribe sewer-list yourfirstname yourlastname; Topic(s): design, construction and maintenance of sewerage systems, detention basins, lift stations and sewage treatment plants. The emphasis is on practical solutions, rather than theory/academics. Listname: ENVENG-L Address to subscribe: listserv@vm.temple.edu; Message to send: subscribe enveng-l; Topic(s): environmental and geotechnical engineering. Listname: Concrete Engineering Address to subscribe: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk; Message to send: subscribe concrete-engineering yourfirstname yourlastname. Listname: CIVIL-L Address to subscribe: listserv@unb.ca; Message to send: join CIVIL-L yourfirstname yourlastname organization. Listname: Built-Environment Address to subscribe: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk; Message to send: join Built-environment yourfirstname yourlastname organization. Listname: W78.ITCON Address to subscribe: maiser@fagg.uni-ly.si; Message to send: sub w78.itcon yourfirstname yourlastname; Topic(s): construction, engineering, trades, building; maintained by International Council for Building Research and Documentation. Listname: Hydrology Address to subscribe: listserv@eng.monash.edu.au; Message to send: sub HYDROLOGY yourfirstname yourlastname. Listname: Structural Engineers Association of California Address to subscribe: majordomo@seaoc.org; Message to send: subscribe seaoc Listname: engineering-geotech Address to subscribe: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk; Message to send: join engineering-geotech first_name last_name Listname: STAAD USER GROUP Address to subscribe: listserv@mecheng.asme.org; Message to subscribe: SUBSCRIBE STAADUG-L; Topic: this group catalogs "bugs" in the software program STAAD-III.

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