Dear Catherine,
Thanks for the information. It is good to know of the good number of
subscribers and, although not much frequently, to receive some posts from
the forum.
I am also subscribed to some of the other cited forums; to my knowledge
the ccp4bb forum is the one to receive most of the protein crystallgraphy
questions. I can recall sometimes some discussion was performed there
(ccp4bb) with the jargon-title "sorry for the non-ccp4 question" where a
"general" protein crystallography question came along, but I think that is
so due to the way things evolved. But it is possible in the future things
evolve such that a "pure" protein crystallography forum becomes practical.
I myself will be using all forums yet they represent to me a good
opportunity to discuss and to learn from the community. So, long life to the
xtal-log forum !
Jorge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathy Lawson" <cathy.lawson at rutgers.edu>
To: "Jorge Iulek" <iulek at uepg.br>
Cc: <xtal-log at magpie.bio.indiana.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 4:10 PM
Subject: [Protein-crystallography] xtal-log activity
>>> BTW, it seems that the ccp4bb is much more active on discussing
>> protein
>>crystallography. I wonder how much this xtal-log forum is active !
>> Dear Jorge,
>> The xtal-log bulletin board has not so active in the past few years. It
> is easy to see this by looking at the storage size for each month's
> correspondence on the xtal-log archive page:
>http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/xtal-log/. When I took on the job of
> moderating in 2001 there had already been a significant reduction in use,
> in part because of spam problems, but also because other crystallography
> bulletin boards (e.g., for ccp4, cns, o) welcome "off topic" posts.
>> However, there is good news:
>> The xtal-log bb continues to actively used by a number of scientists to
> post job opportunities, conference and software announcements, currently
> reaching more than 150 e-mail subscribers. I would therefore say that it
> is still a very appropriate place to ask questions about protein
> crystallography. To reach a larger set of experts, I would suggest
> cross-posting with one of the other bbs.
>> Moderation has become super easy. The bionet bb's were changed over from
> MRC to the group at Indiana in June 2005, and better moderation software
> was implemented. They must have a terrific spam filter because nearly
> all the messages that come to my attention are list-appropriate. Also, I
> always promote good posters to "automatically accept" status.
>> So ... bring on the crystallography questions!
>> best wishes,
>> Cathy
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