Turning Vision into Action: Your Communications Impact Our World

Join us in celebrating L-Soft's 30-year milestone as the provider of LISTSERV® email technology and discover how email communities are making a difference worldwide. Thank you for being subscribed to the L-Soft News List and for being a part of our continuing shared story.

See a firsthand sampling of voices from site administrators, list owners and subscribers, showing how communications are making an impact. From rare disease support communities to professionals collaborating with key stakeholders, discussion lists continue to be a powerhouse when it comes to bringing people together and driving positive change.

Save the Bees, Save the World: The Story of the Oldest Bee Discussion List

Can email groups help sustain our planet? Welcome to the extraordinary story of the BEE-L LISTSERV list. It's the oldest Internet bee list and has spawned many new bee forums and blogs over the years. It has about 1,000 members, who continue to try to work out how to best keep bees – sometimes to save the bees and sometimes to save the world from what we'd all be if we didn't keep bees.

"Only a few species make enough honey to be kept under management for honey production, but bees are all valued for pollination, and some species are managed strictly to pollinate specific crops. The economic production of many familiar foods and spices is either partly or entirely dependent on insect pollination."

Allen Dick
BEE-L List Owner

See the Impact + Legacy of LISTSERV Groups for the Most Challenging Times

Not all support groups are created equal, nor are all of the patients that benefit from them the same. GIST Support International (GSI) has members facing this rare cancer from around the globe – including the United States, United Kingdom, Austria, India, Netherlands, China, Australia, Mexico, Italy, Canada and beyond – to benefit more and more patients.

"GSI (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Support, International) is truly a patient-driven organization, held together by the bonds of our email groups, which serve as our support system. Patients come and go, either because of death or long-term survival, but each and every person who associates with GSI through our LISTSERV discussions leaves a lasting piece of information and history for those who will follow in the future."

Ginger Sawyer
GSI Board Member and Treasurer

Email Lists Help NeighborImpact Deliver Shelter, Food, Hope and Opportunity

For more than 30 years, NeighborImpact has been providing people in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties in Oregon with a diversity of services that not only meet basic human needs for food and shelter but enrich lives through access to increased education, skills and hope for the future.

"Our services assist people to become more independent and self-sufficient, recognizing there is a continuum of support that all people need throughout their life. We envision a Central Oregon where residents, regardless of their income status, have hope and optimism and access to community resources that see them through times of need."

Michael Hensley
NeighborImpact

Look Inside Jisc, a Top Research and Education Community

When it comes to enabling people in UK education and research to engage, connect, collaborate, discuss, share and champion their work, JISCMail is a leader. In the words of one JISCMail list enthusiast: "JISCMail is a jewel in the crown of Jisc services, an essential part of the collaboration infrastructure for the UK higher education, further education and research."

"The discussions, events and research findings in JISCMail's searchable LISTSERV archives are a huge resource for our customers, telling the story of how education and research has changed considerably over the years."

Lisa Vincent
Jisc

Share Your Thoughts, Experiences and Stories

In today's complex world, climate change, public health, war, human rights, artificial intelligence and many other urgent issues call for reliable, flexible and innovative communication solutions. We appreciate that organizations like yours make a difference every day, and we're here to support your crucial work.

We hope you're inspired by the creative and impactful ways customers, users and subscribers are driving positive change. We would love to hear your thoughts, experiences and stories, even if it's just a short comment.

"LISTSERV and email fulfill a fundamental human need – the need to form communities and share ideas, experiences, joy and pain. People have been doing this for as long as mankind has existed, but LISTSERV removes the barrier of physical distance."

Eric Thomas
LISTSERV Inventor
L-Soft Founder and CEO