I wondered just who was receiving email on the various school lists - we were never provided with list of recipients, so it was all just a mystery. At certain times, during certain classes, we were instructed to communicate either via discussion board (with no email component whatsoever). At other times, we were asked to communicate using one of the email distribution aliases. Aside from the logistics of tapping into these disparate sources of information, I really wanted to know...exactly how were our email messages being distributed?
It took me about an hour of searching before I solved the DPSC email mystery. I had been looking for an actual "listserv" reference but realized that, like "kleenex", the word extends beyond its own brand. In fact, the school's system was based on Majordomo, a leading open source alternative. Sending an email to majordomo-at-csis.pace.edu will pass back (or process) a set of list commands, and from there, you can find out which lists are available at Pace's School of Computer Science and Information Systems...and who is using them. Having discovered this, I wonder if I should change my list membership listings to a more disposable email account. I think someone (or something) could easily harvest addresses this way.