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The quickest way to get started with JiscMail is to find an appropriate mailing list and subscribe to it. You can use the search tools on this page to help you find JiscMail lists to join. You can be subscribed to as many mailing lists as you like. However, you can only make 9 subscription requests in a 24hr period. If you attempt to subscribe to more, all subscription requests are likely to be rejected and your access to the service will be barred for 24hrs.

How to subscribe to a mailing list?

To subscribe to a mailing list you can either:

  1. Go to the mailing list homepage, by adding the list name to the box below (replace any spaces in the list name with hyphens, e.g: JISCMAIL-NEWSLETTER)
    http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/
    On the list homepage, choose the 'Subscribe or Unsubscribe' link, complete your details on the subscription page and select the Subscribe option. If the subscription requires the mailing list owner's approval, your request will be forwarded to the mailing list owner, otherwise, you will receive a confirmation email which you will need to respond to.
  2. Alternatively, you can send an email request to LISTSERV@JISCMAIL.AC.UK with a subscribe "command" - which needs to be formatted as described below:

    In each case, replace LISTNAME with the name of your mailing list, and Firstname Lastname with your first and last name.

    Subscribe to a mailing list:

    SUBSCRIBE LISTNAME Firstname Lastname
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To protect the service from malicious activity, you can only subscribe to 9 mailing lists in a 24hr period. If you attempt to subscribe to more, all subscription requests are likely to be rejected and your access to the service will be barred for 24hrs.

Depending on the configuration of the mailing list your subscription request may go to the list owner for approval. You will receive an email asking for you to confirm your request. This is known as an "OK Confirmation". Either click on the link provided in the email, or reply to it with the word "OK" in the message body. Note: Your subscription will not be activated until you have done this. If you do not receive this confirmation request promptly, email help@jisc.ac.uk with the date and time of the subscription request and we will check our server logs. The OK confirmation will expire after 48 hours if it is not confirmed.

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