There is no charge for List membership, especially if you have an email account already, and as far as I'm concerned, its one of the best resources available on the internet for health professionals. Its important to remember that almost every listserv has a command address that you use to send commands to this automated, robot program and a list address that you use to post or email your message to the List. Most Lists are not moderated but the most popular OT List, occup-ther, is moderated by Barb O'Shea. The moderator , also called the listowner or listmanager, reviews all of the requests to subscribe or join a list and then gives the program permission to include that individual.
Moderators also make the rules for the list.
Listserv afficionados know that the subject line where you describe the content of your message under the subject header of your email program, is a critical part of the post, really important to help people save messages and on busy days, decide which ones to read. Fortunately, the world of OT listservs is a little more manageable. As I mentioned previously, occup-ther is the most popular OT listserv. It has members from most of the English-speaking world, upwards of 23 countries and more than 400 subscribers. Most of the messages relate to obtaining clinical and academic resources and asking advice on clinical issues.