NA Digest Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


Contents


Overview

What is NA Digest?

NA-Digest is a weekly collection of articles on topics related to numerical analysis and those who practice it.

Who should I contact for help?

Please read this FAQ before emailing any questions. If you can't find the answer here, please contact nadigest.editor@gmail.com.


Subscription

How do I subscribe?

Go to the NA-Digest LISTSERV page (Join or Leave the NADIGEST List). Enter your email address and name to subscribe.

How can I tell that I'm subscribed?

Go to the NA-Digest LISTSERV page (Login Required). Type your subscription email address into the box on the page and enter your password if you have one. You can then elect to get a new password here Register LISTSERV Password. If you are not subscribed, you will get a message that says so.

How do I get my password?

Go to the NA-Digest LISTSERV page (Register LISTSERV Password ). Type your subscription email address into the box on the page and click the "Register Password" button. You can then elect to send a password reminder to yourself.

How do I change my email address?

Go to the NA-Digest LISTSERV page (Join or Leave the NADIGEST List). Type your subscription email address into the box on the page and click the "Leave NADIGEST" button. Then go to the same URL and enter your new email address and click the "Join NADIGEST" button.

How do I unsubscribe?

Go to the NA-Digest LISTSERV page (Join or Leave the NADIGEST List). Type your subscription email address into the box on the page and click the "Leave NADIGEST" button.


Delivery

How often is NA Digest sent out?

The NA Digest is sent out about once a week.

Why haven't I received my NA Digest in a while?

The most likely cause is that your email address is incorrect, so please check your subscription.

The second most likely cause is that your institution's spam filter has blocked the NA Digest. You need to have them add nadigest.editor@gmail.com to their white list have your NA Digest sent to a different account.

Why was my NA Digest truncated?

We don't know! This seems to happen from time to time for a subset of the messages. To catch up on what you missed, see the archives.


Archive

Where can I find past issues of the NA Digest?

Go to the NA Digest Home Page (http://www.netlib.org/na-digest-html/).

How do I search through old issues of the NA Digest?

Go to the NA Digest Home Page (http://www.netlib.org/na-digest-html/) and select "Search".


Submissions

How much does it cost to submit an advertisement to NA Digest?

Submitting an announcement (including job advertisements) is free.

How do I submit an announcement to NA Digest?

Go to http://nadigest.icl.utk.edu/ and complete the web form.

Why was my announcement edited?

All submissions are edited for appearance and length. We try to edit announcement to around 30 lines, but it is often guesswork as to what can be trimmed. You can help by sending as short an announcement as possible. We recommend including in your submission a pointer to a web page with more complete information.

Why didn't my announcement appear?

Rarely, it happens that a message is submitted but somehow gets lost in the system. If you have submitted your message at least twice and it still hasn't appeared, please contact the editor (nadigesteditor@gmail.com) for guidance on how to proceed.

How will I know if my submission has appeared in NA Digest?

You should see your announcement in the next digest. If you don't subscribe to NA Digest, visit the archives to see if your message has appeared.

Can I submit my announcement by email?

If possible, use the web form submission at http://nadigest.icl.utk.edu/ because it avoids problems with formatting and attachments.

How can I make the editor happy?

  1. Check the FAQ before asking us questions.
  2. Use the web submission form at http://nadigest.icl.utk.edu/ and keep your message short because then the editor has less editing to do!
  3. When including URLs in submission, please include the http:// prefix and use the shortest URL possible to obtain the additional information. Longer URLs are often split into two lines in some email systems.
  4. If you have an assistant submit your announcement, please route all questions about the submission through yourself.

Last updated May 1, 2011.
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