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LISTSERV Organizations worldwide count on LISTSERV® email communications software and services. Welcome to the LISTSERV and L-Soft community, we’re here to help!

Curious about the origins of LISTSERV® mailing list management software – the original? Explore its history and legal foundation:

🔗 LISTSERV History
https://www.lsoft.com/corporate/history-listserv.asp

🔗 Official Overview
https://www.lsoft.com/corporate/legal.asp

🔗Eric Thomas, L-Soft Founder and CEO, Inventor of LISTSERV
https://www.lsoft.com/corporate/ericthomas.asp

Still updating list membership manually?Dynamic Query Lists can retrieve subscriber information directly from your exist...
10/06/2026

Still updating list membership manually?

Dynamic Query Lists can retrieve subscriber information directly from your existing data source. Less manual work. More time for everything else. 😉

See how it works. Link in the comments. 👇

It started with a simple problem.In 1986, Eric Thomas was an engineering student in Paris looking for a better way to ma...
10/02/2026

It started with a simple problem.

In 1986, Eric Thomas was an engineering student in Paris looking for a better way to manage group email. His solution became LISTSERV.
Forty years later, that idea has connected people and communities around the world.
Take a look back at where it all began. Link in the comments. 👇

Sometimes an email list becomes much more than a way to communicate.For people affected by rare cancers, ACOR created co...
09/29/2026

Sometimes an email list becomes much more than a way to communicate.

For people affected by rare cancers, ACOR created communities where patients, caregivers, researchers and physicians could share information, experiences and support.
Many of those communities continue today on LISTSERV.

Read the ACOR story. Link in the comments. 👇

What does it take for an online community to last 30 years?Since 1995, RedIRIS has used LISTSERV to connect universities...
09/22/2026

What does it take for an online community to last 30 years?

Since 1995, RedIRIS has used LISTSERV to connect universities, researchers and academic institutions across Spain.
Today, thousands of mailing lists are still in use, supporting communication and collaboration across the research and education community.

Read the RedIRIS story. Link in the comments. 👇

What happens when email becomes too successful?Back in 1988, LISTSERV traffic at the University at Buffalo was growing f...
09/17/2026

What happens when email becomes too successful?

Back in 1988, LISTSERV traffic at the University at Buffalo was growing fast. So fast, in fact, that the infrastructure was pushed to its limits.
What happened next? It’s one of the stories in our special 40th anniversary issue.
Take a look back. Link in the comments. 👇

Forty years. Countless conversations. Communities spanning generations.For 40 years, LISTSERV has helped people connect ...
09/15/2026

Forty years. Countless conversations. Communities spanning generations.

For 40 years, LISTSERV has helped people connect around shared interests, professional challenges and common goals.

Thank you for being part of the story.

Our special anniversary issue of LISTSERV at Work celebrates some of the people, organizations and communities behind four decades of LISTSERV. As with any 40-year story, there are many chapters.

📖 Read more:

📧🌍 Distance may separate people, but communication brings them together.On International Day of Friendship, we're celebr...
07/30/2026

📧🌍 Distance may separate people, but communication brings them together.
On International Day of Friendship, we're celebrating the connections, conversations and communities that LISTSERV helps make possible around the world. 🧡

📧😀 Happy World Emoji Day!Do emojis belong in email subject lines?👍 Yes, often😊 Sometimes🤔 It depends👎 NeverVote with the...
07/17/2026

📧😀 Happy World Emoji Day!

Do emojis belong in email subject lines?

👍 Yes, often
😊 Sometimes
🤔 It depends
👎 Never

Vote with the emoji that matches your answer in the comments below! 👇

🌍 Happy World Population Day! Today, we celebrate the people, communities and connections that bring our world together....
07/11/2026

🌍 Happy World Population Day!
Today, we celebrate the people, communities and connections that bring our world together.
For 40 years, LISTSERV® has helped connect people to share ideas, knowledge, and support across communities, organizations, and borders. 🎉
Learn more about LISTSERV's 40-year journey in the comments 👇

💙 Forty years ago today, Eric Thomas sent a message with the subject line “Test mail” to LSTSRV-L.That message marked th...
06/30/2026

💙 Forty years ago today, Eric Thomas sent a message with the subject line “Test mail” to LSTSRV-L.
That message marked the beginning of LISTSERV®, the first software to automate mailing lists. Forty years on, LISTSERV still does what it has always done best:
Group email simply works. 📧
Want the full story? Visit the LISTSERV 40 page ➡️ link in the comments.
Happy 40th, LISTSERV! 🎉

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