Definitions

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  • noun Internet An electronic mailing list using the medium of e-mail.

Etymologies

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From LISTSERV (a trademark), the first electronic mailing list software application, launched in 1986.

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Examples

  • Another thing they complain about on the listserve is the eyesore apartment building being constructed on Mission and 10th.

    Mercy Housing Dodie Bellamy 2009

  • Another thing they complain about on the listserve is the eyesore apartment building being constructed on Mission and 10th.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Dodie Bellamy 2009

  • A little background: There is a weekly question provided to the listserve which is intended to create discussion and promote community.

    Wonderfully Complex Belinda 2008

  • A little background: There is a weekly question provided to the listserve which is intended to create discussion and promote community.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Belinda 2008

  • In the early 1990s, I used "distributed genius" to describe an email "listserve" group I joined that included a number of military reservists, a retired Marine, a military historian and at least two men on active duty.

    StrategyPage.com 2008

  • For example, on a private listserve that I share with other professionals in the business, I mentioned a positive comment another professional had received from an editor of an online publication.

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2010 » May » 06 2010

  • I think my family would find it inappropriate of me if I were to respond to the entire listserve with my thoughts.

    cowardice versus diplomacy « paper fruit 2009

  • I think my family would find it inappropriate of me if I were to respond to the entire listserve with my thoughts.

    2009 May « paper fruit 2009

  • Here are some notes from a listserve the contents of which I think have some credibility, given that well known biographies are quoted:

    2009 March 30 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

  • For example, on a private listserve that I share with other professionals in the business, I mentioned a positive comment another professional had received from an editor of an online publication.

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Online Networking 4 (Networking Part 10) 2010

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