Environmental Health Services (EHS) Listserv

CDC’s Env-Health Listserv was created for environmental health professionals to share information on environmental health situations, issues, and topics. Learn how to subscribe and tailor your subscription.

To subscribe, send an e-mail as follows:
TO: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
MESSAGE: subscribe env-health-general

After you subscribe, you can send questions and share information with other environmental health professionals using ENV-HEALTH-GENERAL@LISTSERV.CDC.GOV.

The Listserv cannot be used for commercial purposes.

To unsubscribe from the Listserv, send an email TO: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
MESSAGE: signoff env-health-general

Set up your subscription to send and receive messages to your specifications.

The default setting for the Env-Health Listserv is no acknowledgments and no copy of your message.

To get a copy of your entire message, send an email TO:  listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
Message: set env-health-general repro

To get an acknowledgment of your message, send an email TO: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
Message: set env-health-general ack norepro

To reset (no acknowledgment and no copy of your message), send an email TO: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
Message: set env-health-general noack norepro

To find out what your subscription options are, send an email TO: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
Message: query env-health-general

Request archived messages or search the Listserv.

To search a keyword or past subject discussion in the archives, send an email TO: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
Message: search env-health-general (example: hand washing protocol)

To request a list of archived messages, send an email TO: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
Message: index env-health-general

To request a specific archived message, send an email TO: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
Message: get env-health-general logxxxx

To search the Listserv database, send an email TO: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
Message: info database

Learn more about Listserv commands.

To get more details on Listserv commands, send an email TO: listserv@listserv.cdc.gov
SUBJECT: [leave blank]
Message: info refcard