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Information for DEEPSEA/bionet.biology.deepsea (moderated)
USENET Newsgroup name: bionet.biology.deepsea
Status: Moderated
One Line description:
Research in deep-sea marine biology, oceanography, and geology
Moderation address: bionet-biology-deepsea at net.bio.net
(deepsea-moderator at net.bio.net is an alias
for the above)
Moderator: Andrew Grant McArthur
University of Victoria
Mailing list name: DEEPSEA
E-mail posting addresses: deepsea at net.bio.netdeepsea at daresbury.ac.uk
Newsgroup charter:
The DEEPSEA mailing list (hosted by the University of Victoria) has
been in operation for over four years, has a membership exceeding 650
researchers, and has subscriptions from over 35 countries. Frequent
uses of DEEPSEA have included searches for specialist literature or
opinion, specimen exchange, technical discussions, and general
discussions about deep-sea marine biology, oceanography, and geology.
Geologists and oceanographers have been most welcome, but nearly all
of DEEPSEA's subscribers are biologists interested in biological
aspects of the deep-sea. DEEPSEA is not associated with any
professional society. I will be leaving the University of Victoria in
the next year so DEEPSEA requires a stable host network and good
archiving systems. BIONET has these resources. Additionally, I hope
that the inclusion of DEEPSEA on the USENET will result in additional
subscriptions and discussions. I agree to continue as moderator once
our mailing list is moved to the BIONET.
Andrew Grant McArthur
Department of Biology
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 1700
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada, V8W 2Y2
Telephone: (604) 656-8146
Fax: (604) 656-8148
Email: amcarthu at uvic.ca
URL: http://darwin.ceh.uvic.ca/people/mcarthur.html
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SUBSCRIPTION/USAGE INFORMATION
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Subscribing to this group:
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Canceling your e-mail subscription:
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contact biosci-help at net.bio.net if you have problems.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM:
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your location
Address Location
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our personal e-mail addresses as this will delay a response to your
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How to post a message to the group:
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your Web browser is configured properly to send e-mail. Just click on
the appropriate mailto: hypertext links containing the newsgroup
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the moderator for review prior to being distributed.
If you use news, simply post a message into
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"world" (omit the quotes) or else the message might not leave your
site!!
To post by e-mail, mail your message to one of the following addresses
depending upon your location:
Posting Address Location
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deepsea at daresbury.ac.uk Europe, Africa, and Central Asia
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Your message will forwarded to the moderator for review and may or may
not be posted depending upon whether or not your message conforms to
the newsgroup purpose and moderation policy.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND SUBSCRIPTION REQUESTS TO THE POSTING ADDRESSES!
Please use the e-mail server addresses as indicated above.
How to reply to a message on the group:
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To: header line of the message that you are reading if you want to
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response. Please edit out unneeded text to minimize consumption of
hardware and network resources. Your message will be sent to
the moderator for review prior to being distributed.
If you are using a newsreader, simply use the reply or follow-up
command on your newsreader (generally "r" or "f" but these vary from
program to program) to send either private or public replies.
If you are using e-mail, replies to messages that you receive will
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for Internet mailing lists as opposed to BITNET LISTSERVs which often
send all replies back to everyone. You must be certain that your
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original poster of the message to which you are replying. Private
messages addressed to the original poster of the message are not
reviewed by the moderator but postings to the newsgroup address will
be.
ALWAYS be certain that you examine the address on your messages before
you send them!!! Since this is a moderated group, you may be able to
cancel a message sent by mistake if you contact the moderator promptly
before he/she posts the message. On unmoderated newsgroups, there
would be no way to stop a mistaken message.
Some non-Internet compliant mail systems may attempt to send replies
to our error-trapping address called BIOSCI-REQUEST. If yours does
this, please be sure to readdress your message to deepsea at net.bio.net or
deepsea at daresbury.ac.uk if you want to send it to the newsgroup.
How to look at archives of the list:
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Archives for DEEPSEA/bionet.biology.deepsea are available on the
World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net. Please look under the
"Access the BIOSCI/bionet Newsgroups" hypertext link and then click on
the DEEPSEA/bionet.biology.deepsea hyperlink. Each monthly archive
directory is assigned a date such as 9509 for September 1995. You can
read, reply to, or post new messages through our Web site if your Web
browser is configured properly to send e-mail. Postings to
bionet.biology.deepsea are also indexed and can be searched at
our site.
Once again, if you have any administrative questions that require
personal assistance, please address them to biosci-help at net.bio.net in
the U.S. or biosci at daresbury.ac.uk in the UK.
Best wishes for a successful newsgroup!
Sincerely,
Dave Kristofferson
BIOSCI/bionet Manager
biosci-help at net.bio.net
