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Subscribing to IxD Discussion

You can subscribe to IxD Discussion either by sending us an email message or using our Web form.

Note: Your subscribed email address is the address at which you’ll receive list postings and the only address from which you can post messages to the list. However, you can subscribe from multiple email addresses. See Using Multiple Email Addresses.

Subscribing by Email

To subscribe to IxD Discussion by email:

1. Send an email message to discuss-subscribe@ixda.org.

   Note: The email address from which you send your subscription request is the address at which you’ll receive list postings and the only address from which you can post messages to the list.

   You’ll receive an email message from our list administrator, requesting you to confirm that you want to subscribe to the discussion list.

2. To confirm that you want to subscribe to IxD Discussion, reply to the confirmation email message, leaving its subject line intact.

   Important: The process of subscribing is not complete until you reply to the confirmation email message.

Subscribing by Web Form

To subscribe to IxD Discussion using our Web form:

1. Go to the Subscribe to IxD Discussion page.
2. Optionally, type your name in the Your name box.

   Privacy Policy: The list of IxD Discussion subscribers is available to only our list administrator.

3. Type the email address at which you want to subscribe in the Email address box.

   Note: The email address at which you subscribe is the address at which you’ll receive list postings and the only address from which you can post messages to the list.

4. Optionally, type a password in the Choose your password box.

   Note: To prevent anyone else from changing your subscription information, choose your own password. This password provides only minimal security, so do not use a valuable password. If you do not provide a password, once you’ve confirmed your subscription, we’ll automatically generate one for you and send it to you in your Welcome message. You’ll also receive a monthly reminder about your subscription, which includes your password.

5. If you provided a password, confirm your password by typing it in the Confirm password box.
6. If you want to receive a daily digest rather than individual messages, under Receive messages, click In a daily digest.
7. To specify the language in which you want to view the Mailman site, select it from the Language drop-down list.
8. Click Subscribe.

   You’ll receive an email message from our list administrator, requesting you to confirm that you want to subscribe to the discussion list.

9. To confirm that you want to subscribe to IxD Discussion, reply to the confirmation email message, leaving its subject line intact.

   Important: The process of subscribing is not complete until you reply to the confirmation email message.

Confirming Your Subscription

Whether you subscribe by email or using our Web form, you’ll receive an email message from our list administrator, requesting that you confirm your subscription. The process of subscribing is not complete until you reply to the confirmation email message. If for any reason you do not want to subscribe to the list, simply disregard the message. Once you’ve confirmed your subscription, you’ll receive our Welcome message, which provides instructions for using the mailing list and your password.

Posting Messages

Before posting a message to IxD Discussion or replying to a message for the first time, please read our Discussion Guidelines.

Posting Messages to the List

Once you’ve subscribed to IxD Discussion, you can post messages to the mailing list at discuss@ixda.org. You must send messages from the same email address that you specified or used when subscribing. Always indicate your topic of discussion on the subject line.

Replying to a List Posting

When replying to a list posting, you can send your reply to either the entire discussion list or only the person who posted the message, as follows:

• To reply to the entire discussion list, click Reply All.
• To reply privately to a person who posted a message to the list, click Reply.

Important: If necessary, please edit the addressees in the To and Cc boxes to ensure that others do not receive duplicates of your message.

Using Your Password

You’ll need your password if you want to

• change your membership information or subscription options

  For information about configuring your subscription, see Configuring Your Subscription.

• unsubscribe

  For information about unsubscribing, see Unsubscribing from IxD Discussion.

You’ll receive your password in your Welcome message. You’ll also receive a monthly reminder about your subscription on the first of each month, which includes your password.

Recovering Your Password

If you no longer have either your Welcome message or a monthly reminder message, you can still recover your password.

To recover your password:

1. Go to the Change Your Subscription page.
2. Type the email address at which you’re subscribed to IxD Discussion in the Email address box, then click Unsubscribe or Edit Options.
3. On your Member Options page, under Password Reminder, click Remind.

You’ll receive a reminder message, containing your password, at your subscribed email address.

Changing Your Password

If you subscribed by email or didn’t choose your own password when subscribing using our Web form, you’ll initially have an automatically generated password. You may want to change this password to something that is easier to remember.

To change your password:

1. Go to the Change Your Subscription page.
2. Type the email address at which you’re subscribed to IxD Discussion in the Email address box, then click Unsubscribe or Edit Options.
3. On your Member Options page, type your current password in the Password box, then click Log In.
4. On your Membership Configuration page, under Change Your Password, type your new password in the Password box.
5. Type your new password again in the Again to confirm box.

   Important: Do not select Set globally.

6. Click Change My Password. If your password change was successful, the message “Password successfully changed.” appears at the top of the page.
7. To ensure that you have a record of your new password, on the same page click Email My Password to Me.

You’ll receive an email message, containing your password, at your subscribed email address.

Unsubscribing from IxD Discussion

You can unsubscribe from IxD Discussion either by sending us an email message or using our Web form.

Unsubscribing by Email

To unsubscribe from IxD Discussion by email:

1. Send an email message to discuss-unsubscribe@ixda.org.

   Note: Be sure to send this message from the email address that you want to unsubscribe. You’ll receive an email message from our list administrator, requesting you to confirm that you want to unsubscribe from the discussion list.

2. To confirm that you want to unsubscribe from IxD Discussion, reply to this message, leaving its subject line intact.

   Important: The process of unsubscribing is not complete until you reply to the confirmation email message. If for any reason you decide that you do not want to unsubscribe from the list after all, simply disregard the message.

Unsubscribing by Web Form

To unsubscribe from IxD Discussion using our Web form:

1. Go to the Change Your Subscription page.
2. Type the email address that you want to unsubscribe in the Email address box, then click Unsubscribe or Edit Options.
3. On your Member Options page, click Unsubscribe. You’ll receive an email message from our list administrator, requesting you to confirm that you want to unsubscribe from the discussion list.
4. To confirm that you want to unsubscribe from IxD Discussion, reply to this message, leaving its subject line intact.

   Important: The process of unsubscribing is not complete until you reply to the confirmation email message. If for any reason you decide that you do not want to unsubscribe from the list after all, simply disregard the message.

Configuring Your Subscription

You can change your email address, name, and subscription options, including mail delivery and digest options, and configure subscriptions for multiple email addresses.

Changing Your Email Address and Name

If your email address is changing and you want to continue receiving postings from the IxD Discussion mailing list, please change your current subscription email address before it becomes inactive. Otherwise, you’ll have to resubscribe and configure your subscription from scratch. You can also add your name to the subscriber list or notify us that your name has changed.

To change the email address at which you’re subscribed to the discussion list or add or change your name:

1. Go to the Change Your Subscription page.
2. Type the email address at which you’re subscribed to IxD Discussion in the Email address box, then click Unsubscribe or Edit Options.
3. On your Member Options page, type your password in the Password box, then click Log In.
4. On your Membership Configuration page, under Changing your discuss-interactiondesigners.com membership information, type your new email address in the New address box.
5. Type your new email address again in the Again to confirm box.
6. Optionally, type your name in the Your name box.

   Important: Do not select Set globally.

7. Click Change My Address and Name.

Changing Your Subscription Options

To change your subscription options:

1. Go to the Change Your Subscription page.
2. Type the email address at which you’re subscribed to IxD Discussion in the Email address box, then click Unsubscribe or Edit Options.
3. On your Member Options page, type your password in the Password box, then click Log In.
4. On your Membership Configuration page, under Your discuss-interactiondesigners.com Subscription Options, select the options you want.

   Important: Do not select Set globally for any of the options.

   • For information about configuring your mail delivery, see Mail Delivery Option.
   • For information about setting up digest mode, see Digest Mode Option.
5. Click Submit My Changes.

Mail Delivery Option

When you subscribe to IxD Discussion, mail delivery is enabled by default. If you are going away on vacation or business, please set your Mail Delivery option to Disabled.

For information about setting up Mail Delivery options for multiple email addresses, see Using Multiple Emailing Addresses.

Digest Mode Option

When you subscribe to IxD Discussion, digest mode is off by default, and you’ll receive individual list postings throughout the day. By turning on digest mode, you can receive all of the list postings for an entire day in a single email message. You can choose either of the following types of digests:

• MIME—The MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) option supports Rich Text and HTML email messages. If you select this option, you’ll receive an email message containing a summary table of contents of each day’s postings, with the postings attached.
• Plain Text—The Plain Text option does not support either Rich Text or HTML email messages. If you select this option, you’ll receive a daily email message that contains all of the day’s postings in plain text.

Note: Because IxD Discussion allows Rich Text and HTML email messages, but the Plain Text option supports neither, Rich Text or HTML messages may not appear properly in a plain-text digest.

To set up digest mode:

1. Under Set Digest Mode, click On.
2. Under Get MIME or Plain Text Digests?, select either MIME or Plain Text.
3. If you’ve finished changing your subscription options, click Submit My Changes.

Using Multiple Email Addresses

Mailman, our mailing-list manager, allows only postings from subscribed email addresses. Therefore, if you want to post messages to IxD Discussion from multiple email addresses, you must subscribe to IxD Discussion from each of those addresses. See Subscribing to IxD Discussion.

To prevent your receiving duplicate email messages at multiple addresses, you can disable mail delivery on all but one of your email addresses. For each email address at which you do not want to receive IxD Discussion postings, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Change Your Subscription page.
2. Type a subscribed email address in the Email address box, then click Unsubscribe or Edit Options.

   Note: Be sure to log in using the email address at which you do not want to receive postings.

3. On your Member Options page, type your password in the Password box, then click Log In.
4. On your Membership Configuration page, under Your discuss-interactiondesigners.com Subscription Options, set your Mail Delivery option to Disabled.

   Important: Do not select Set globally.

5. Click Submit My Changes.

Viewing the IxD Discussion Archives

To view the IxD Discussion archives:

1. Go to IxD Discussion Archives.
2. On the IxD Discussion Archives page, you can
   • search the archives
   • view the archive for a specific month and year, sorted by thread, subject, author, or date
   • download an archive for a specific month and year

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