A listserve is a tool for an on-line group discussion. You send your words of wisdom in an email to a computer server, which then "serves" your email to a "list" of recipeints, which could be a 100 or a 1000 or more. Whoever chooses to can then respond, either to you or to the entire group. You may ask a question (Anybody know a good book on...), express an opinion, announce a job opening, or simply read the dicussions of others.
The APA has a large number of listserves, as do other institutions.
Joining a listserve is easy. If you are a member of any of the APA divisons, you may join that listserve by sending the following messages:
If you are a member of Division 38 and would like to join the healthpsych listserv, please send a message to listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu with the following information:
For the email adress, enter: LISTSERV@LISTS.APA.ORG
For the subject, enter: subscribe
For the Health Psychology Divison, enter as the message:
subscribe div38 yourfirstname yourlastname
(e.g.subscribe div38 John Smith)
If you are an APA member, but do not belong to the Health Psychology Division, you may request to join by sending an email to Barbara Keeton, the DIV 38 Administrative Officer at APADiv38@erols.com.
If you are a member of Division 22 or a graduate student in psychology, and would like to join the RehabPsych listserv, please send the following message:
For the email adress, enter: listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
For the subject, enter: subscribe
For the Health Psychology Divison, enter as the message:
subscribe rehabpsych yourfirstname yourlastname
(e.g.subscribe rehabpsych John Smith)
Contact John D. Corrigan at corrigan1@osu.edu for more information.
For the email adress, enter: LISTSERV@LISTS.APA.ORG
FOr the subject, enter: subscribe
For the Clinical Psychology Divison, enter as the message:
subscribe div12 yourfirstname yourlastname
(e.g.subscribe div12 Mary Jones)
For professionals who are not APA members, you can join another clinical psychology listserve, hosted by the University of North Dakota. To join, enter the following:
To: listserv@listserv.nodak.edu
Subject: subscribe
Message: subscribe clinical-psychologists
Psychology-Developmental Disabilities (Psych-DD): There is also an electronic list which will provide an opportunity for psychologists and allied professionals (interdisciplinary behavioral scientists) to share ideas encompassing the area of developmental disabilities. This list is affiliated with the Psychology Division of the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) and the Behavior Analysis (Behav-An) electronic list.
To subscribe to the new list, Psych-DD, send the following to listserv@listserv.nodak.edu: subscribe psych-dd yourfirstname yourlastname
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PSYCHOLOGY INFORMATION AND RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET AND WWW: A comprehensive Internet database on psychology resources is maintained by Dr. Joseph J. Plaud at the following URL:
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To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list, just send mail to DIV38@LISTS.APA.ORG. This is called "sending mail to the list", because you send mail to a single address and LISTSERV makes copies for all the people who have subscribed. This address (DIV38@LISTS.APA.ORG) is also called the "list address". You must never try to send any command to that address, as it would be distributed to all the people who have subscribed. All commands must be sent to the "LISTSERV address", LISTSERV@LISTS.APA.ORG. It is very important to understand the difference between the two, but fortunately it is not complicated.
The LISTSERV address is like a FAX number that connects you to a machine, whereas the list address is like a normal voice line connecting you to a person. If you make a mistake and dial the FAX number when you wanted to talk to someone on the phone, you will quickly realize that you used the wrong number and call again. No harm will have been done. If on the other hand you accidentally make your FAX call someone's voice line, the person receiving the call will be inconvenienced, especially if your FAX then re-dials every 5 minutes. The fact that most people will eventually connect the FAX machine to the voice line to allow the FAX to go through and make the calls stop does not mean that you should continue to send FAXes to the voice number. People would just get mad at you. It works pretty much the same way with mailing lists, with the difference that you are calling hundreds or thousands of people at the same time, and consequently you can expect a lot of people to get upset if you consistently send commands to the list address.
You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF DIV38" command to LISTSERV@LISTS.APA.ORG. You can also tell LISTSERV how you want it to confirm the receipt of messages you send to the list. If you do not trust the system, send a "SET DIV38 REPRO" command and LISTSERV will send you a copy of your own messages, so that you can see that the message was distributed and did not get damaged on the way. After a while you may find that this is getting annoying, especially if your mail program does not tell you that the message is from you when it informs you that new mail has arrived from DIV38. If you send a "SET DIV38 ACK NOREPRO" command, LISTSERV will mail you a short acknowledgement instead, which will look different in your mailbox directory. With most mail programs you will know immediately that this is an acknowledgement you can read later. Finally, you can turn off acknowledgements completely with "SET DIV38 NOACK NOREPRO".
Following instructions from the list owner, your subscription options have been set to "REPRO SUBJECTHDR" rather than the usual LISTSERV defaults. For more information about subscription options, send a "QUERY DIV38" command to LISTSERV@LISTS.APA.ORG.
Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX DIV38" command to LISTSERV@LISTS.APA.ORG. You can then order these files with a "GET DIV38 LOGxxxx" command, or using LISTSERV's database search facilities. Send an "INFO DATABASE" command for more information on the latter.
This list is available in digest form. If you wish to receive the digested version of the postings, just issue a SET DIV38 DIGEST command. Please note that it is presently possible for other people to determine that you are signed up to the list through the use of the "REVIEW" command, which returns the e-mail address and name of all the subscribers. If you do not want your name to be visible, just issue a "SET DIV38 CONCEAL" command.
More information on LISTSERV commands can be found in the LISTSERV reference card, which you can retrieve by sending an "INFO REFCARD" command to LISTSERV@LISTS.APA.ORG.
This list will provide an opportunity for the world-wide community of clinical psychologists to share ideas and data encompassing the broad area of clinical psychology. This list is affiliated with InterPsych.
Discussion is welcomed regarding: 1) clinical cases (please pay careful attention to issues of confidentiality), 2) research and treatment issues 3) professional practice concerns 4) the governance of clinical psychology around the world and other related topics. The list will also provide an opportunity to communicate with other members regarding issues relevant to clinical psychology. A committed group of individuals willing to share their ideas and interests will enhance the scope of this List.
To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list, just send mail to CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU. This is called "sending mail to the list", because you send mail to a single address and LISTSERV makes copies for all the people who have subscribed. This address (CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU) is also called the "list address". You must never try to send any command to that address, as it would be distributed to all the people who have subscribed. All commands must be sent to the "LISTSERV address", LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU. It is very important to understand the difference between the two, but fortunately it is not complicated.
The LISTSERV address is like a FAX number that connects you to a machine, whereas the list address is like a normal voice line connecting you to a person. If you make a mistake and dial the FAX number when you wanted to talk to someone on the phone, you will quickly realize that you used the wrong number and call again. No harm will have been done. If on the other hand you accidentally make your FAX call someone's voice line, the person receiving the call will be inconvenienced, especially if your FAX then re-dials every 5 minutes. The fact that most people will eventually connect the FAX machine to the voice line to allow the FAX to go through and make the calls stop does not mean that you should continue to send FAXes to the voice number. People would just get mad at you. It works pretty much the same way with mailing lists, with the difference that you are calling hundreds or thousands of people at the same time, and consequently you can expect a lot of people to get upset if you consistently send commands to the list address.
You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU. You can also tell LISTSERV how you want it to confirm the receipt of messages you send to the list. If you do not trust the system, send a "SET CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS REPRO" command and LISTSERV will send you a copy of your own messages, so that you can see that the message was distributed and did not get damaged on the way. After a while you may find that this is getting annoying, especially if your mail program does not tell you that the message is from you when it informs you that new mail has arrived from CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS. If you send a "SET CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS ACK NOREPRO" command, LISTSERV will mail you a short acknowledgement instead, which will look different in your mailbox directory. With most mail programs you will know immediately that this is an acknowledgement you can read later. Finally, you can turn off acknowledgements completely with "SET CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS NOACK NOREPRO".
Following instructions from the list owner, your subscription options have been set to "REPRO SHORTHDR MIME" rather than the usual LISTSERV defaults. For more information about subscription options, send a "QUERY CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU.
Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU. You can then order these files with a "GET CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS LOGxxxx" command, or using LISTSERV's database search facilities. Send an "INFO DATABASE" command for more information on the latter.
This list is available in digest form. If you wish to receive the digested version of the postings, just issue a SET CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS DIGEST command.
Please note that it is presently possible for other people to determine that you are signed up to the list through the use of the "REVIEW" command, which returns the e-mail address and name of all the subscribers. If you do not want your name to be visible, just issue a "SET CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS CONCEAL" command.
More information on LISTSERV commands can be found in the LISTSERV reference card, which you can retrieve by sending an "INFO REFCARD" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU.
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Send a message to LISTSERV@Listserv.NoDak.Edu (with no subject line) and the following command as the body of the message:
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