From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Wed Sep 04 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UNM.EDU!ssnyder From: ssnyder@UNM.EDU (scott d snyder) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: schistosomatid specimens Date: 5 Sep 1996 15:00:19 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 25 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I am beginning a research project at the University of New Mexico that will attempt to use molecular characters to develop a genus-level phylogeny of the Schistosomatidae. My primary concern at the moment is the collection of specimens for use in this analysis. I have access to members of the genus Schistosoma and am working on aquiring representatives of other genera in the family. If you have any such specimens that are or can be properly preserved for molecular analysis please contact me. I will (of course) accept donations but will also be willing to try to work out some sort of specimen exchange if any of the North American parasites I can collect are of interest to anyone. I also have money available for travel to collecting sites and would very much appreciate information about areas where the examination of snails, birds, and/or mammals would likely yield schistosomatids. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Sincerly, Scott Snyder NSF/Sloan Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA Phone: 505-277-2743 FAX: 505-277-0304 email: ssnyder@unm.edu From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Sun Sep 08 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CCR.DSI.UANL.MX!pearl From: pearl@CCR.DSI.UANL.MX ("Dr. Paul R.Earl") Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: Biomx-----Call for papers Date: 9 Sep 1996 09:29:00 -0700 Organization: UANL Lines: 5 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <323462A1.2E24@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Please enter Biomx under Yahoo search to see home page. Thank you. Dr Paul R Earl From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Thu Sep 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!puknet.puk.ac.za!DRKGJJL From: DRKGJJL@puknet.puk.ac.za (Loubser, GJJ) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: joining bulletin board Date: 13 Sep 1996 05:31:31 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 28 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9609131224.AA23750@pukrs7.puk.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear sir / madam We got the info regarding the schisto net via Dr. Nuttal WHO and would like to be included on your mailing list for current and upcoming events regarding schisto research. We have moved into the epidemiology and prevention field of schisto in South Africa - study area Northern Province. Corrie T. Wolmarans - DRKCTW@PUKNET.PUK.AC.ZA Kenn‚ N. De Kock - DRKKNDK@PUKNET.PUK.AC.ZA Jaco Loubser - DRKGJJL@PUKNET.PUK.AC.ZA Kind regards and we look forward to hear from you Jaco Loubser Department of Zoology Bilharzia Study Group Private Bag X6001 Potchefstroom University for CHE Potchefstroom 2520 South Africa International Tel: 27 148 2992367 Fax: 27 148 2992370 E-mail DRKGJJL@PUKNET.PUK.AC.ZA From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Fri Sep 13 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!PIXIE.UDW.AC.ZA!dpillay From: dpillay@PIXIE.UDW.AC.ZA ("D Pillay", Gansen) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: Parasitology Research Date: 14 Sep 1996 01:22:12 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 20 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear members Could someone provide me with an e-mail address/fax/telephone number for correspondence to the editor of Parasitology Research. Kindest regards -- D Pillay (Gansen) PhD Department of Microbiology University of Durban-Westville P Bag X54001 Durban 4000 South Africa Tel.: 00 27 31 8202401 (Office) Tel.: 00 27 31 8202405 (Secretary) Fax : 00 27 31 8202809 E-mail: dpillay@pixie.udw.ac.za From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Mon Sep 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!demos!Gamma.RU!srcc!Radio-MSU.net!news.dfn.de!news.ruhr-uni-bochum.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!news.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de!usenet From: Andreas Kampkoetter Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: parasitologists on WWW Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:09:19 -0700 Organization: Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf Lines: 204 Message-ID: <323EF75F.6AC9@uni-duesseldorf.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.99.200.34 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------2AF22B2433B3" X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2AF22B2433B3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear parasitologist, as you know perhaps, we have established a WWW service for parasitologists. Under the following URL http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/MathNat/Parasitology/paen_ags.htm you will find a compilation of parasitological research groups and societies which are present on WWW. If you missed your own URL, please send me your location. Peter Schuessler Genetic Parasitology Institute for Genetics Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf Universitaetsstrasse 1 D-40225 Duesseldorf , Germany Tel: +49 211 81-12408 Fax: +49 211 81-12333 or 12279 E-Mail: schuessl@.uni-duesseldorf.de --------------2AF22B2433B3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; name="paen_ags.htm" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="paen_ags.htm" Content-Base: "http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/Math Nat/Parasitology/paen_ags.htm" Parasitological Research Groups and Societies

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Dear Parasitologist, if you missed your own URL, please send me your location. --------------2AF22B2433B3-- From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Tue Sep 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!mgz.fgg.EUR.NL!velema From: velema@mgz.fgg.EUR.NL (Johan P VELEMA) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: Evaluation of Tropical Disease Control (Course) Date: 18 Sep 1996 08:00:26 -0700 Organization: Erasmus University Rotterdam Lines: 68 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: Reply-To: velema@mgz.fgg.EUR.NL NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net "QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR THE EVALUATION OF TROPICAL DISEASE CONTROL" A course organized by the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES) and the department of Public Health, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 17-27 March 1997. BACKGROUND Decision making on how money can be spent most effectively for the control of tropical diseases should be supported by a systematic comparison of the available control options. Mathematical, quantitative models are developed to organize the available evidence in a coherent framework and permit estimation of short and long term effects. PROGRAMME * The public health burden of disease in different parts of the world and ways to reduce it * Different types of quantitative models for the evaluation of tropical disease control and their application * Different measures of duration and quality of life and how to use each one appropriately * Interpretation of the information generated by mathematical models, including an understanding of their limitations * Ways in which interventions can affect disease transmission and disease occurrence both on the short term and on the long term * Measuring the costs incurred by the individual and the community as a consequence of disease * Modelling approaches for specific diseases such as Leprosy, Schistosomiasis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Lymfatic Filariasis * Students will learn to work with the user-friendly software ONCHOSIM, a computer simulation programme for the transmission and control of onchocerciasis (river-blindness). TARGET GROUP This course is designed for those who are involved in the planning, management or evaluation of tropical disease control programmes and those who do research in this area, whether in their own country or in an international context, and who are interested in the systematic reasoning which the use of disease control models stimulates. For students wishing to develop mathematical models themselves, this course should be considered as a first introduction to the subject. Participants are assumed to be familiar with basic concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics. A general familiarity with computers is an advantage. FACULTY Prof. Dik Habbema, Drs. Willem-Jan Meerding, Drs. Bram Meima, Dr. Gerrit van Oortmarssen, Dr. Anton Plaisier, Dr. Kitty van der Ploeg, Dr. Johan Velema (course co-ordinator), Drs. Carina van Vliet and Dr. Sake de Vlas, who are all staff members of the Center for Decision Sciences in Tropical Disease Control, dept. of public health, Erasmus University Rotterdam. In addition, guest lecturers from other institutions will contribute to the course. FURTHER INFORMATION For more information contact: Ms. Gerda Bathoorn, Admissions Co- ordinator, the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences, Room Ee 2185, Erasmus University Medical School, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: + 31 10 408 82 88, Fax: + 31 10 436 59 33, e-mail: NIHES@nihes.fgg.eur.nl From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Wed Sep 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rz.uni-duesseldorf.de!greveld From: greveld@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de ("Dr. Christoph Grevelding") Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: List of participants Date: 19 Sep 1996 05:37:43 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 229 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199609191234.FAA07426@net.bio.net> Reply-To: "Dr. Christoph Grevelding" NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Schisto-members! The following alphabetical list of the participants of our newsgroup is a combination of the two schisto-lists that actually exist in Europe (this includes Africa and Central Asia) and Amerika (this includes the Pacific Rim). If addresses are not actual anymore, please inform me. Sincerely, Christoph Grevelding 1. 16852rlc@msu.edu 2. a.agnew@ic.ac.uk 3. A.Kaukas@nhm.ac.uk 4. aager@mednet.med.miami.edu 5. afzal@hsph.harvard.edu 6. aghaffar@asunet.shams.eun.eg 7. akarim@asunet.shams.eun.eg 8. albrecht@cgl.ucsf.edu 9. alecd@qimr.edu.au 10. andreas.kampkoetter@uni-duesseldorf.de 11. andrew.hall@zoology.oxford.ac.uk 12. anja.michel@uni-duesseldorf.de 13. asher@pop.nih.gov 14. awosman@asunet.shams.eun.eg 15. baynec@bcc.orst.edu 16. bcline@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu 17. bdrasafa@swansea.ac.uk 18. bentz.13@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu 19. bergquist@who.ch 20. berndk@qimr.edu.au 21. bgryseels@itg.be 22. bhaberl@biologie.uni-erlangen.de 23. biladblp@pop.denet.dk 24. birgit.liebe@uni-duesseldorf.de 25. bleasby@dl 26. bos@who.ch 27. bss086@bangor.ac.uk 28. buzs@uic.edu 29. bxh4@ciddpd2.em.cdc.gov 30. c.gordon@cabi.org 31. campbelldb@cdm.com 32. cardtris@umich.edu 33. Carolyn.Behm@anu.edu.au 34. caviedes@servidor.dgsca.unam.mx 35. cchen@usa.healthnet.org 36. chansy@pacific.net.sg 37. chovolou@uni-duesseldorf.de 38. christoph.grevelding@uni-duesseldorf.de 39. craigh@qimr.edu.au 40. cross@usuhsb.usuhs.mil 41. cshoemak@hsph.harvard.edu 42. d.halton@queens-belfast.ac.uk 43. d.rollinson@nhm.ac.uk 44. daj@nhm.ac.uk 45. dam@rullf2.medfac.leidenuniv.nl 46. damian@cb.uga.edu 47. daniell@butler.edu 48. dd@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk 49. denis@ceph.cephb.fr 50. devlas@mgz.fgg.eur.nl 51. dholiday@unlinfo.unl.edu 52. djab@soton.ac.uk 53. dlwilli@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu 54. donato@biocell.irmkant.rm.cnr.it 55. donm@qimr.edu.au 56. dpillay@pixie.udw.ac.za 57. dswbiogal1@aol.com 58. dxc6@ciddpd2.em.cdc.gov 59. e.h.davies@uel.ac.uk 60. ejp2@cornell.edu 61. elida@parasit.lan.mcgill.ca 62. elyasaki@frcu.eun.eg 63. emmanuel@cenargen.embrapa.br 64. epidemia@medicina.ub.es 65. fiocruz@ufba.br 66. fmedina@ns.inter.edu 67. fortiny@ere.umontreal.ca 68. franklin@server.bioqmed.ufrj.br 69. fryers@ava.bcc.orst.edu 70. fxr1@ciddpd2.em.cdc.gov 71. gc860588@netserv.chula.ac.th 72. gcolive@cenargen.embrapa.br 73. gfranco@mono.icb.ufmg.br 74. goldy@ccsg.tau.ac.il 75. gxo@po.cwru.edu 76. hahnu@ava.BCC.ORST.EDU 77. hata@who.ch 78. helen.guyatt@zoology.oxford.ac.uk 79. Herbert@lcr.nl 80. higgins@biology.und.ac.za 81. houin@univ-paris12.fr 82. hsugi@nih.go.jp 83. ieacra@ps.uib.es 84. INGELA@nhv.se 85. ir@nhm.ac.uk 86. j.taverne@ucl.ac.uk 87. jbdaniel@facstaff.wisc.edu 88. jdk@durban.hsrc.ac.za 89. jgfr@itsa.ucsf.EDU 90. jiechen@fudan.ihep.ac.cn 91. jim@parasit.lan.mcgill.ca 92. jinjianF@qimr.edu.au 93. jjs2@ciddpd2.em.cdc.gov 94. jmck@parasite.ucsf.edu 95. jobrien@jaguar1.usouthal.edu 96. johnw@cidm.wh.su.edu.au 97. jonathan_kurtis@brown.edu 98. jonig@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu 99. josterka@biologie.uni-erlangen.de 100. jparra@cenargen.embrapa.br 101. jpbogers@reks.uia.ac.be 102. jrotmans@pobox.LeidenUniv.NL 103. jschmitt@aixterm1.urz.uni-heidelberg.de 104. justine@cimrs1.mnhn.fr 105. katja.kapp@uni-duesseldorf.de 106. kayes@sungcg.usouthal.edu 107. kflia@hkusub.hku.hk 108. kstoll@biologie.uni-erlangen.de 109. kyh7@ciddpd1.em.cdc.gov 110. l.tielens@pobox.ruu.nl 111. ldierick@consultory.be 112. leo1932@svpal.org 113. lidebora@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il 114. lifish@ccsg.tau.ac.il 115. lihazdai@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il 116. lou@BACH.MED.BCM.TMC.EDU 117. lutz.gohr@uni-duesseldorf.de 118. m.blaxter@ic.ac.uk 119. m.doenhoff@bangor.ac.uk 120. m.huggins@lshtm.ac.uk 121. m.taylor@lshtm.ac.uk 122. maha@frcu.eun.eg 123. marcus.quack@uni-duesseldorf.de 124. marika.kullberg@imm2.su.se 125. matthias.eberl@biochemie.med.uni-giessen.de 126. mauricio@ufba.br 127. mberger@post.tau.ac.il 128. meall6@psuvm.psu.edu 129. medley@oikos.warwick.ac.uk 130. MHughes77@aol.com 131. miguel@mono.icb.ufmg.br 132. miralles@unm.edu 133. mkalbe@biologie.uni-erlangen.de 134. mkawan@nih.go.jp 135. mkoerner@biologie.uni-erlangen.de 136. mo@biocell.irmkant.rm.cnr.it 137. morty@gate2.cc.unp.ac.za 138. mott@who.ch 139. mppost@vetmed.tamu.edu 140. mr10019@hermes.cam.ac.uk 141. mrp5@ciddpd2.em.cdc.gov 142. mslade@rna.bio.mq.edu.au 143. mtam@path.org 144. M_Saber@frcu.eun.eg 145. nhi530@aberdeen.ac.uk 146. nicolae@quasar.uvt.ro 147. nutman@nih.gov 148. nuttalli@who.ch 149. ODERMATT@ubaclu.unibas.ch 150. orion@cis.co.za 151. ottesene@who.ch 152. p.darben@qut.edu.au 153. Paul.HAGAN@DG12.cec.be 154. paulb@qimr.edu.au 155. pax@pilot.msu.edu 156. pcz01@students.stir.ac.uk 157. petang@cguaplo.cgu.edu.tw 158. Peter.Mletzko@bio.uni-giessen.de 159. peter.schuessler@uni-duesseldorf.de 160. pgf@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk 161. phelpscy@student.msu.edu 162. pjoyce@ollamh.ucd.ie 163. ploverde@ubmedb.buffalo.edu 164. PLXCKFL@pln1.life.nottingham.ac.uk 165. podesta@uwovax.uwo.ca 166. psk@hsph.harvard.edu 167. pt112@hermes.cam.ac.uk 168. pwoo@uoguelph.ca 169. qwjiang@fudan.ihep.ac.cn 170. rabello@dcc001.cict.fiocruz.br 171. ralf.winnen@uni-duesseldorf.de 172. rh9@unix.york.ac.uk 173. ritter@cgl.ucsf.edu 174. S.Barker@mailbox.uq.edu.au 175. s.g.gundersen@ioks.uio.no 176. sa6@unix.york.ac.uk 177. sah@mailserver.nhm.ac.uk 178. salter@itsa.ucsf.edu 179. sblack@vasci.umass.edu 180. schisto-l@usa2.healthnet.org 181. schotam5@wfu.edu 182. selzer@cgl.ucsf.edu 183. sfurlong@warren.med.harvard.edu 184. shimada@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp 185. sjd7@cornell.edu 186. skock@zoologie.uni-kiel.de 187. snail@selway.umt.edu 188. sorensen@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu 189. spena%brufmg.bitnet@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu 190. sr14@unix.york.ac.uk 191. srpkarim@frcu.eun.eg 192. ssnyder@unm.edu 193. syoon@mindspring.com 194. thiboldr@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu 195. thomas@itriav4.mbl.tno.nl 196. tielens@biochem.dgk.ruu.nl 197. tjs16@cus.cam.ac.uk 198. tmansour@leland.stanford.edu 199. tom_wynn@d4.niaid.pc.niaid.nih.gov 200. tplatt@saintmarys.edu 201. tracy@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu 202. tristen775@aol.com 203. tropical@iol.ie 204. u62409@uicvm.cc.uic.edu 205. urbani@fastnet.it 206. vct1@ciddpd1.em.cdc.gov 207. velema@mgz.fgg.EUR.NL 208. vrs@nhm.ac.uk 209. was4@ciddpd2.em.cdc.gov 210. wdegrave@gene.dbbm.fiocruz.br 211. werner.kunz@uni-duesseldorf.de 212. weston@u.washington.edu 213. wetzelej@wfu.edu 214. whaas@biologie.uni-erlangen.de 215. YWAGATSU@PHNET.SPH.JHU.EDU 216. zelmeda4@wfu.edu 217. zwang1@husc.harvard.edu From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Wed Sep 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 19 Sep 1996 02:00:40 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 239 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199609190900.CAA19676@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually and will immensely help us continue to help you. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can post or reply to messages via your Web browser as described in item #1 below. Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term. Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass this message on to your marketing or marketing communications department or other appropriate group. Please ask them to help support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. For those of you with local USENET news systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new newsgroups and recent postings. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: The BIOSCI management does NOT act on subscription/unsubscription requests that are posted improperly to the newsgroups and mailing lists. People who do this only bother everyone on the lists to no avail. Please be sure to follow the proper procedures below. Gory details are in the BIOSCI Information sheets on the Web at http://www.bio.net. Below we give an example utilizing the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list at both of our two BIOSCI sites: Users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries who use the BIOSCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ node at computer net.bio.net: ---------------------------- A) Determine the "listname" which is the <=8 character mail address ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for the group. These can be found in the BIOSCI Info. Sheet. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS group the mailing address is methods@net.bio.net. The listname is the portion of the address to the left of the @ sign, i.e., "methods". The listname is used with the "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" commands illustrated below. B) Mail all commands in the body of a mail message addressed to biosci-server@net.bio.net. Do NOT send commands to the newsgroup posting addresses! Leave the Subject: line blank, any text on it will be ignored. C) In the body of your message put one or more of the following commands with an "end" command on the last line, e.g., subscribe methods unsubscribe methods end Do NOT put your e-mail address or other text on these lines. The server only allows you to cancel your subscription if the address on your mail header matches the address on our mailing list. Please ask for help at biosci-help@net.bio.net if your address has changed, e.g., if you know you are on the list but the server tells you that you are not a member. Users in Europe, Africa, and Central Asia who use the BIOSCI node at -------------------------------------------------------------------- computer daresbury.ac.uk (also known as dl.ac.uk): ------------------------------------------------- To subscribe and unsubscribe to/from the BIOSCI lists, you need to specify the full USENET newsgroup name with "bionet-news." prepended. The USENET newsgroup names are listed in the BIOSCI Information sheet on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list the USENET newsgroup name is bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, thus the appropriate commands are sub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts unsub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts These commands are included in a message addressed to mxt@dl.ac.uk, NOT to the newsgroup mailing addresses. As usual, include the text in the body of the message as text on the Subject: line is ignored. To unsubscribe from all the lists at the UK node, use unsub bionet-news Please note that if the address in the list is different than the one in your mail message header, you will not be able to unsubscribe by this method. If you have problems, please mail biosci@daresbury.ac.uk. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please take this opportunity to add your name, address, and research interest information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Wed Sep 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!SVPAL.ORG!leo1932 From: leo1932@SVPAL.ORG ("Leo J. Sifflet M.D.") Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: (none) Date: 19 Sep 1996 11:02:50 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 1 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net unsubscribe From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Thu Sep 19 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!york.ac.uk!raw3 From: raw3@york.ac.uk (RA Wilson) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: (none) Date: 20 Sep 1996 08:36:35 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 1 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net subscribe