Happy New Year! Welcome to January 2010 JISCMail newsletter which has been created using the Morning Bell LISTSERV 16.0 newsletter template.

JISCMail would like to invite you to be among the first to preview and test our LISTSERV 16.0 upgrade which will be released on JISCMail in March. The changes which are of interest to our subscribers are:

• Professional looking newsletters.
• New online posting options – schedule date to post, send test to self, save draft.
• New archive preferences – hovering descriptions, latest messages on list homepage, default view (HTML/text).
• New default list homepage look.
• Mail merge.
• Downloading subscribers in CSV format (available via list management, reports).
• Reports downloading in CSV.

If you would like to test the new version, please send an email to [log in to unmask].

We would like to introduce you to a new list on JISCMail called MECCSA-CCES which is the MeCCSA Climate Change, Environment and Sustainability Network.

Joining this public list, you can post to the network, share ideas, new work, and play an active role in the development
of a set of actions and interventions focused on strengthening the ability of MeCCSA and its members to respond to and lead the worldwide academic contribution to understanding media, communication and cultural studies where they meet issues of climate change, environment and sustainable development.

If you would like to join this list, go to https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/MECCSA-CCES and click on join or leave MECCSA-CCES.

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MOBILE-SIG is a new JISCMail group for discussion of all aspects of mobile computing, including mobile websites, mobile application development and increasing access to services from mobile devices. It is intended to be a forum to discuss any and all aspects of catering for mobile users in a HE setting. An example of items that may be discussed on this list:

• Mobile computing.
• Mobile websites.
• Mobile application development.
• Increasing and improving access to services from mobile devices.
• Mobile browser and capabilities detection.
• Mobile-friendly CSS.
• Inter-institutional collaboration and code-sharing.
• Geolocation and mapping.
• Design.
• Implementation.
• Testing.
• Best practice.
• Success stories.

If you would like to join this list, go to https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/MOBILE-SIG and click on join or leave MOBILE-SIG.

A new JISCMail Group called FOODDESIGN is used by the International Food Design Society to make announcements about conference calls and to stimulate the research community to share knowledge and create a network of people interested in the emerging Food Design discipline.

If you would like to join this list, go to https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/FOODDESIGN and click on join or leave FOODDESIGN.

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Your JISCMail group home page is made up of many modules. Did you know that you can change the position of various elements of your page?

Start by going to List Management, Customization, Web Templates and type LAYOUT-GLOBAL in the Search Template: box, click the Search button. Click on the Edit Template button.

In this file, every line that starts with +IM is a module.


i.e. +IM &+LOGGEDIN; outputs the line on your page that says “Logged in as: [log in to unmask] (Owner)”.

If you wanted to, you could move this to just after the line ‘+IM &+PAGETITLE’ to get it to appear under the title.

N.B. When moving modules, do not move any after the lines:
+EB
+BB &+BODY-MESSAGE;

If you do, the module you are moving will not be displayed on every page.

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You can link in your own website's CSS to your JISCMail group homepage.

Start by going to List Management, Customization, Web Templates and type LAYOUT-GLOBAL in the Search Template: box, click the Search button. Click on the Edit Template button.

Anywhere in the ‘head’ of this page add:

An example of a customised list - SCOT-PG-PHIL

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Occasionally, there can be confusion over the address you are signed up to a JISCMail list with. For example, your email may be [log in to unmask] and you will join the list using that address, only to find that when you attempt to post to the list, you receive a rejection message as follows:

Listserv does not recognise you as a subscriber to the LISTNAME list using the [log in to unmask] address so your message is unable to be distributed. You may be subscribed with a different email address and if you know what that is, re-send from there.

If you still have problems, go to www.jiscmail.ac.uk/LISTNAME and subscribe to the list from the link Join or Leave NEWSLETTER or please contact the list owners at [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]

This is because your institution actually delivers your address differently to how you would expect - in this case [log in to unmask] instead of [log in to unmask]

To rectify the problem, contact us at [log in to unmask] and we will change the subscription address to match how your email is sent.

Alternatively, just subscribe again with your alias address, setting it to the 'Nomail' option to avoid duplication of postings. This will be the easiest option to choose if you have already registered a password, as you will then be able to log in and post successfully.

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On Tuesday 9th February, during the normal 'At Risk' period between 07:00 and 10:00 am, software upgrades to the router will be performed at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory site where JISCMail is based. Although the JISCMail service itself will be unaffected, and acceptance / delivery of mail will take place as normal, there will be short interruptions to access of the JISCMail web during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

The JANET 'at risk' period applies to the JISCMail service and occurs every Tuesday morning between 07:00 and 09:00. Wherever possible, all maintenance will be conducted within this period.

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