# Ukfortran - mailing list? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 10, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/ukfortran-mailing-list/9846 "2025-06-10T07:20:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Arjen](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Arjen)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/ukfortran-mailing-list/9846/1 "2025-06-10T07:20:01Z")
I received an email about confirming my subscription to a mailing list “ukfortran”. As I do not remember requesting such a subscription, nor do I know this mailing list, I wonder if anybody here can enlighten me about it. The suffix “fortran” sounds familiar and trustworthy, but nowadays one has to be careful 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![themos](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/themos/32/521_2.png) [@themos](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/themos)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/ukfortran-mailing-list/9846/2 "2025-06-10T08:31:22Z")
Could it be this one [JISCMail - COMP-FORTRAN-90 List at WWW.JISCMAIL.AC.UK](https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=comp-fortran-90) ---
**Author:** ![NormanKirkby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/normankirkby/32/1091_2.png) [@NormanKirkby](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/NormanKirkby)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/ukfortran-mailing-list/9846/3 "2025-06-10T08:32:50Z")
Speaking as but one UK resident… never heard of ukfortran, I checked my emails, advise extreme caution, stop; end program ---
**Author:** ![Arjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Arjen](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Arjen)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/ukfortran-mailing-list/9846/4 "2025-06-10T08:42:56Z")
Hm, the name I see in the title is [ukfortran@accu.org](mailto:ukfortran@accu.org) - so nothing like @themos 's suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![ivanpribec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/ivanpribec/32/3290_2.png) [@ivanpribec](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/ivanpribec)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/ukfortran-mailing-list/9846/5 "2025-06-10T09:38:01Z")
There is a programming organization (with a C++ focus) called ACCU: [https://accu.org/](https://accu.org/) * * * On the [WG5 Email List](https://wg5-fortran.org/emlist.html) webpage there is a paragraph saying > The UK and USA mailing lists also maintain indexes for their own messages which include sc22wg5 messages. These indexes are continually updated but cover a shorter period than the sc22wg5 index. These links give access: [UK](https://lists.accu.org/mailman/private/ukfortran/) (available only to members of the UK list), [USA](https://mailman.j3-fortran.org/pipermail/j3/). The UK link points to the address `https://lists.accu.org/mailman/private/ukfortran/` but visiting it I get a 403 Forbidden error. It does sound a bit suspicious. ---
**Author:** ![Arjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Arjen](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Arjen)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/ukfortran-mailing-list/9846/6 "2025-06-10T09:53:29Z")
Thanks everyone, with this information I can safely ignore the email. ---
**Author:** ![Brady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Brady](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Brady)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/ukfortran-mailing-list/9846/7 "2025-06-13T12:21:55Z")
Bit late replying, but [ukfortran@accu.org](mailto:ukfortran@accu.org) is the mailing just for the BSI IST/5/-/5 Fortran standard committee. Your email might be a fake, but the list is real enough.