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Listserv vs Listserver - What's the difference?

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Listserver is a related term of listserv.



As nouns the difference between listserv and listserver

is that listserv is a type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers while listserver is a server that distributes messages to members of an e-mail list.

listserv

English

(wikipedia listserv)

Alternative forms

* listserve

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Internet) A type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 29, Jennifer Medina, Backers of Mayoral School Control Face Resistance, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Rather than producing flashy television spots, it has placed simple ads on Web sites of news organizations and urbanbaby.com, and tried to spread its positions by posting on education and community listservs and blogs. }}

    listserver

    English

    Alternative forms

    *list server *list-server

    Noun

    (s)
  • (computing) A server that distributes messages to members of an e-mail list.
  • *{{quote-journal, 1998, date=July 3, Brian Shmaefsky, Software: Order at the End, Science citation
    • , passage=EndNote also has a well-established discussion group on a listserver maintained by the company. }}

    Related terms

    *listserv

    See also

    *(Electronic mailing list)