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The JRSO leverages TAMU's email services. There are limitations for particular kinds of usage. These are outlined in

• Ship/Shore Communication Policy (ship link)
• Ship/Shore Communication Policy (shore link)

The most notable restrictions are designed to maintain awareness and efficient management of costly, limited bandwidth to the mission platform.

• 5 megabyte limits on attachments originating on shore destined for ship. Larger attachments will bounce.
• 20 megabyt megabyte limits on attachments originating on ship destined for a shore address.

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• Select the People application
• Select the search field--supply dg-iodp as the search term.
• Click the search icon.

In addition, the JRSO shore and ship distribution lists are available from shore-based web sites

• Google sites -- nota bene presently broken: Shore - https://goo.gl/3UshU4 and Ship - https://goo.gl/q8aGR6
• Credentialed access via JRSO shore internal wiki (BANFF) required - Ownership and usage intent of email distribution lists

Submissions to JRSO Shore and Ship Distribution Lists

Not all distribution lists may be addressed from outside the JRSO and TAMU. Those that can be accessed publicly The publicly accessible lists are termed open--i.e. accepting email from any address. A few of these are listed further below.

The Exchange email system also allows for distribution groups to be moderated. Email sent to a moderated list goes to selected personnel (the moderator aka or distribution list owners) for review. Moderators may release the content to the rest of the list at their discretion. At present, no JRSO lists are moderated.

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• change_of_address@iodp.tamu.edu

• daily_report@iodp.tamu.edu

• lab working group distro lists: 
  lwg_curation_core@iodp.tamu.edu
  lwg_geochemistry@iodp.tamu.edu
  lwg_geology@iodp.tamu.edu
  lwg_geophysics@iodp.tamu.edu

• distribution lists for recent expeditions.--this is a typical pattern for such an address
  
  

In the shipboard environment, the JR address book (global address list) only shows contact entries for JR distribution lists and open shore distribution lists. This reduces clutter in the address book and reduces confusion over which addresses to use.

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• Science participates preparing for an expedition should in general route questions and concerns through the Expedition Project Manager and the Co-Chiefs.
• Science participates on an expedition should in general route questions and concerns to the on-board Expedition Project Manager, Co-Chiefs, and Operations manager. Specific laboratory, curatorial, and compute questions should be routed through the Lab Officer and Assistant Lab Officers, ultimately (in general) to on-board staff.
• External participants in Lab Working Groups (LWG) should be made aware of the distribution group for the LWG in which they participate.
• Participants in post-cruise meetings and editorial work should be in contact with the Co-Chiefs, Expedition Project Manager, and the assigned publications staff.

Credits

The above is taken from information provided by Jim Rosser in a 16 July 2018 email message to staff.

Initial rework for public consumptionCredits for this document are given in the page history.