Listservs at GWUMC
- General Listserv Information
- General Subscribe Commands
- All Students Listserv
- MED School Listserv Guidelines
- MED2011
- MED2010
- MED2009
- MED2008
- PAS2009 (Physician Assistants)
- PAS2008(Physician Assistants)
- PDAUSERS Listserv
- SPHHS (School of Public Health and Health Services)
General Listserv Information
Listservs are software programs which manage discussion groups by disseminating messages to many people at one time. There are student listservs available which provide information on school activities and policies. Click on the appropriate group listed above for instructions on joining.
Discussion groups communicate messages to all people who have joined the group. When you reply to a listserv message, check carefully to whom you are sending the message. Most often, you will want to reply to the individual who sent the message, rather than the entire listserv.
There are discussion groups that cater to diverse interests. In public health and medicine, hundreds of groups exist that focus on research issues, health promotion, patient and consumer education, and basic science. The instructions for joining other listservs will be similar to those given below for the GWUMC listservs.
To send a message to a list, address it to the list name. Example: to send a message to the MED2008 list:
To: med2008@hermes.gwu.edu
One message can be sent to several lists; just separate the addresses with commas:
To: med2009@hermes.gwu.edu, med2010@hermes.gwu.edu
General Subscribe Commands
To subscribe to GW listservs:
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Send an email message to the listserv software at:
listserv@hermes.gwu.edu
- Leave the Subject line blank.
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In the body of the message, type:
subscribe (name of the discussion group) your name
For example, if John Doe wanted to subscribe to the discussion group called health, he would type this message:
subscribe health john smith
Joining the Med2011 Listserv
Go to your email program and choose Compose.
Type the bolded text below:
TO: listserv@hermes.gwu.edu
MESSAGE TEXT: subscribe med2011 your-first-name your-last-name
Joining the Med2010 Listserv
Go to your email program and choose Compose.
Type the bolded text below:
TO: listserv@hermes.gwu.edu
MESSAGE TEXT: subscribe med2010 your-first-name your-last-name
Joining the Med2009 Listserv
Go to your email program and choose Compose.
Type the bolded text below:
TO: listserv@hermes.gwu.edu
MESSAGE TEXT: subscribe med2009 your-first-name your-last-name
Joining the Med2008 Listserv
Go to your email program and choose Compose.
Type the bolded text below:
TO: listserv@hermes.gwu.edu
MESSAGE TEXT: subscribe med2008 your-first-name your-last-name
Joining the PAS2009 Listserv
Go to your email program and choose Compose.
Type the bolded text below:
TO: listserv@hermes.gwu.edu
MESSAGE TEXT: subscribe pas2009 your-first-name your-last-name
Joining the PAS2008 Listserv
Go to your email program and choose Compose.
Type the bolded text below:
TO: listserv@hermes.gwu.edu
MESSAGE TEXT: subscribe pas2008 your-first-name your-last-name
Joining the PDAUSERS Listserv
The PDAUSER Listserv is an unmoderated listserv about Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) in the Medical and Health Sciences Community.
Go to your email program and choose Compose.
Type the bolded text below:
TO: listserv@hermes.gwu.edu
MESSAGE TEXT: subscribe pdausers your-first-name your-last-name
Joining the SPHHS Listserv
To subscribe to the SPHHS Listserv:
Contact Robin Delk, SPHHS Office of Student Academic and Career Development Services Executive Coordinator.
Joining the Global Public Health Listserv
- Address an email to listserv@hermes.gwu.edu
- Leave the subject box blank
- Write in the text box ONLY the following: Subscribe Globalpubh Firstname Lastname
