At some point in the coming weeks, we’re launching email digests.

To allow everyone sufficient time to change their delivery preference, we’re announcing this now.

Those who have used CIX in the last week have been automatically set to not receive digests. If you’re a regular user who would like to receive digests, you may need to change your delivery preference.

To change your delivery preference, go to https://forums.cixonline.com/secure/settings.aspx . Under ‘Receive Email Digests’, select either daily, weekly, monthly, or never.

We’ll post here again with more details of the digests when they’re ready to be sent out.

Shaun Donnelly
CIX Online

Today we’re releasing a major update to CIX Forums, available at https://forums.cixonline.com/

Thanks to all our members who have given up their time to beta test and provide feedback to many of these features during development.

If you have any questions or support queries related to this new version, don’t hesitate to contact us in cix:cix.support .

You can discuss these changes in cix:cix.customer .

Here is a non exhaustive list of the changes it brings:

Message Viewing
The thread page has a redesigned UI
The thread pane can now be pinned to the top of the browser

Notifications
Users of Forums now receive instant notifications of new replies to their posts
A new notification area allows you to view and manage your notifications

Search
The search page has been replaced with a new version that is faster and yields better results
CIX short links can now be entered into the search box to go directly to certain forums, topics or messages

General
The header bar navigation has been improved
The ‘username’ and ‘Settings’ dropdowns have been merged
You can now press ‘?’ at any time to view keyboard shortcuts
You are now able to sign in using the email address set in your profile
‘mark all as read’ button has been added to the home page
Your browser will now remember your preference for the left column on the home page
Reposted messages now include CIX links to the original post
There is now an interactive tutorial to explain how to use Forums
Several bug fixes

Note – If you go to Forums and it displays strangely, you can simply clear your browser cache and everything should clear up. Instructions on how to do that are at http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser’s-Cache

We have many more plans to make CIX Forums even better in the coming months, so stay tuned for further updates!

CIX has teamed up with RITLabs to offer reduced priced software for our customers. RITLabs are the author of the popular mail client The Bat! (Unofficial CIX conference at cix:the_bat)

The Bat! is a feature rich award winning Windows email client used by many CIXen with full support for threading, multiple identities and advanced mail rules.

For more information on The Bat!, please see the web site at

http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/thebat/index.php

Please note the following pricing information

The Bat! Professional Edition

RitLabs Price £27.00 plus VAT
CIX Price £25.00 plus VAT

The Bat! Home Edition

RitLabs Price £21.00 plus VAT
CIX Price £19.00 plus VAT

There are further discounts available for other RITLabs products.

To order your copy of The Bat!, please email solutions@cix.co.uk requesting this and we will bill your account accordingly, and send confirmation of the license via email.

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