(Change - is this what CSCWers are good at?)
Mailbase to JISCmail Migration: Bulletin No 1
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*** Key action points are marked with 3 asterisks. Please note that the changes
are scheduled to take place on 27th November 2000.
Why JISCmail?
The Mailbase service which provides electronic discussion list management for
the academic community is changing. Following a recent open procurement, the
body (JISC - the Joint Information Systems Committee) which funds the provision
of information systems for the UK higher and further education and research
community has awarded the contract to provide the National Academic Mailing
List Service to the Council for the Central Laboratories of the Research
Councils (CCLRC) with effect from 27 November 2000. The name Mailbase will be
retained by the University of Newcastle, the current Mailbase service provider,
so the new service from CCLRC will have a new name, JISCmail.
The service will be based upon the well known LISTSERV software. This will
result in some changes to the user interface. Details of the differences and
the transition arrangements are available on the JISCmail web site at
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/docs/transition.htm
New addresses from 27th November 2000
***In general, the word "Mailbase" in e-mail addresses & web URLs will be
replaced by "JISCmail".
***Emails to the cscw-sig list should be sent to [log in to unmask]
***User and owner commands should be sent to [log in to unmask]
***The JISCmail helpline can be reached at [log in to unmask]
***If your e-mail address book contains "Mailbase" addresses these should be
changed to "JISCmail" addresses on or about 27th November.
Finding the list's home page on the Web at JISCmail, after 27th November :-
The JISCmail Web is at www.jiscmail.ac.uk
The URL to our lists home page will change from
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/cscw-sig/
to
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cscw-sig.html
Please contact me if you have any queries.
Ross Anderson
(co-owner cscw-sig mailing list)
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