Introduction

To use the UTORlist service, you can use your U of T email address or any other email address. The LISTSERV software extracts your email address from the email message you send and uses this address to distribute mail to you.

Lists have different settings and therefore you may or may not be able to self-subscribe. You can contact the list owner to request to be added/subscribed to a list. Below are the three most common methods to subscribe to a list at U of T.

Method 1

1. Send a message to the list owner at the list’s -request address. For example: mylist-L-request@listserv.utoronto.ca, and ask the list owner to add your email address to the list.

Method 2

Send a message from your own email account to the machine listserv@listserv.utoronto.ca with this command in the body of the message:
sub listname-l firstname lastname

• Replace listname-l with the name of the list that you want to subscribe
• Replace firstname lastname with your first and last names

Method 3

Open a web browser, go to https://listserv.utoronto.ca and click Subscriber’s Corner. You will be presented with a Login Required window. Fill in the Email Address and Password fields with the information you previously set up when you created your LISTSERV password. (Note: This will be different from your UTORid password). Click Log In.

2. Click Subscriber Options in the left hand sidebar. You'll be taken to Subscriber's Corner where you will see a display of all lists you're currently subscribed to (if any). 
3. Select Customize Report on the right hand side. 

4. A window will open with options. Under the Show All Lists menu, select Show All Lists.

5. You'll be taken to a menu of all lists. Select the list you'd like to subscribe to. You'll be taken to a new window. Select the drop down menu at far right and select Subscribe or Unsubscribe.

6. A browser window will open saying that a confirmation request has been sent to your email. Your subscription will not be completed until you respond to the request.

7. Go to the email and click on the confirmation link. You're all set!