ListServ discussion list review

The Department of Education reviews all discussion lists regularly to determine whether each list is being used to a level that satisfies the continued utilisation of a ListServ licence.

Review Process and Criteria

The Department reviews the discussion lists to determine whether each list has:

• been active in the preceding three-months (exceptions are made for lists that are for annual, biannual and biennial events);
• 15 or more subscribers (except for lists that are less than three months old); and
• a valid departmental owner (i.e. active @eq or @qed addresses only).

After the review, School Applications will contact list owners to recommend appropriate action. This may include the closure of the list or the consolidation of the list with another discussion list. Communication to list owners will use listname-request@discussions.eq.edu.au where listname is the name of the discussion list.