Dear DRS list members
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SAVE THIS INFORMATION
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Mailbase to JISCmail Migration: Bulletin No 1 (*edited by CÓC*)
Why JISCmail?
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The Mailbase service which provides electronic discussion list management
for the academic community is changing. Following a recent open
procurement, the body 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 the 27th of 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. (honest!)
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
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Emails to lists should be sent to [log in to unmask]
User and owner commands should be sent to [log in to unmask]
The JISCmail helpline can the reached at [log in to unmask]
Finding your list's home page on the Web at JISCmail
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The JISCmail Web is at www.jiscmail.ac.uk
If your lists is accessible via the web the URL to its home page will
change from http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/LISTNAME/
to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/LISTNAME.html
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You can get more infromation at the web addresses above.
I will try to keep you informed as this saga unfolds.
COC
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Conall O Cathain
Senior Lecturer in Architecture
Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland
http://143.117.118.42
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tel: +44 (0)28 90274485
fax: +44 (0)28 90682475
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