Dear Woefully Confused and Ignorant ;-)
 
>wondering if it is possible to tell the listserv to distribute to the list
>(or to an address) a file (or series of files) found in the library.  I
...
>       However, I judge myself woefully confused and ignorant on this
>command and I was hoping someone could help me out.
 
It is better to GIVE than to GET ;-)
 
From the Reference Card:
 
GIVE   fn ft <filelist> <TO> user     Sends a file to someone else
 
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