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Listservs

The listservs are a forum for communicating information about events, issues, and jobs and internship opportunities, supplemental to milanoschool.org and My.Newschool.

All students are strongly encouraged to join the Milano listserv, and should consider joining program specific listservs also. Subscribers will receive emails from members of the online community and can also share their own information with the group via email. When sending an email to the listserv no confirmation email is sent, but a bounce message indicates if there has been a problem.

Listserv Descriptions

  • Milano—This listserv is the main Milano communications list and is reserved for communications of educational and professional matters. This includes notifications regarding courses, Milano and GPIA sponsored events, and other program related announcements. It also includes select internship and job announcements, as well as events in New York that subscribers to the list feel would be relevant to Milano. Current students, faculty members, and administrators are encouraged to subscribe to this list.
  • GPIA—This list supplements the Milano listserv and offers subscribers the opportunity to share information that is specific to International Affairs. It is the main GPIA communications list and is reserved for communications of educational and professional matters.
  • EPSM—This list supplements the Milano listserv and offers subscribers the opportunity to share information that is specific to Environmental Policy and Sustainability. It is the main EPSM communications list and is reserved for communications of educational and professional matters.
  • Squibslist—Subscribers can post announcements about apartments and books for sale or to trade. Squibslist is similar to a classified section but does not include job information.
  • Community—This listserv is for everything else; for instance, discussions about current events or debates about what is going on with The New School, our programs, and the world. This is also the forum where you should send news articles that you would like to share with the Milano/GPIA community.

Instructions

To subscribe:

  • Send an email from the address that you want to subscribe to: [email protected]
  • Subject: (LEAVE THIS BLANK)
  • Type in the body of the message either “subscribe milano,” “subscribe gpia,” “subscribe epsm,” “subscribe squibslist,” and/or “subscribe community”
  • That is all it should say in the body: you must send a separate email for each listserv you would like to subscribe to.
  • Make sure your signature is not included in your message.

To send a message via the listserv:

To unsubscribe:

    • Send e-mail, from the address that you want unsubscribed, to [email protected]
    • Subject: (LEAVE THIS BLANK)
    • Type in the body of the message either: “unsubscribe milano,” “unsubscribe gpia,” “unsubscribe epsm,” “unsubscribe squibslist,” OR “unsubscribe community”
    • that is all it should say in the body and you have to send a seperate email for each listserv you would like to unsubscribe to.

NOTES:

1. Yahoo occasionally rejects emails that are sent with more than 500 recipients. Since the Milano and GPIA listservs have more than 500 recipients, messages are sometimes not delivered to yahoo email addresses! We therefore strongly encourage to use alternative email providers to subscribe (e.g. your New School email account).

2. Majordomo is a software program that is used to manage mailing lists. It is not a person, so it must be communicated with according to strict rules! The command must begin the first line of the message area, and you must leave the subject blank (as above). Never use the majordomo address when you want to send mail to an individual or to the list serve itself.

3. Unfortunately, the New School list hosting services do not include automatic digest format. Several people have requested this feature, and these suggestions have been passed along, but for the moment it is not possible to receive a weekly digest of mail sent to the listservs. The Listserv are unmoderated lists! Please use common sense, courtesy, and discretion in sending announcements, comments, and responses to the list. Users who act irresponsibly or illegally  are subject to removal from the list.

Want to help us improve the listserv? Have opinions about the emails you get? Don’t really care one way or the other? Let us know! Email us at [email protected].  It’s your listserv. Make it work for you.