FW:SUBSCRIBE AROID-L
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- Subject: FW:SUBSCRIBE AROID-L
- From: K* R* <b*@wycol.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 10:43:09 -0500
> WELCOME TO AROID-L.
>
> You have joined AROID-L, a new international electronic discussion
> group. It has been set up at the Missouri Botanical Garden in order to
> provide a forum covering all facets of the study of the aroid family
> throughout the world. Horticultural information, accounts of collecting
> trips, technical info, trips to botanical gardens that have extensive
> collections of aroids will be grist for our discussion mill.
>
> Subscription is free and subscribers will automatically receive
> messages in their computer mailboxes. Messages can be saved, copied,
> printed out, or relayed to someone else. It's LIKE A NEWSLETTER THAT IS
> FREE and published daily.
>
> The primary purpose of AROID-L is to enable subscribers to easily
> communicate. AROID-L is edited by Steve Marak of Springdale, Arkansas
> and Phil Mueller of New Orleans, Louisiana and will rely on advice from
> the Board of Directors of the International aroid Society. It is a
> moderated list, which means that all postings are automatically sent
> to the editors and then to the list
>
> To help others subscribe: Tell them to send this email message via
> Bitnet or Internet to listproc@mobot.org:
>
> subscribe aroid-l YOUR NAME
>
> where "YOUR NAME" is replaced by your first name, surname, and
> affiliation (if any).
>
> There are no dues or fees of any kind for subscribing to this list.
>
> Subscribers only need an address on Bitnet or Internet or an account
> with a commercial company like Delphi or Compuserve.
>
> A. To unsubscribe, send this message to listproc@mobot.org:
>
> unsub aroid-l
>
> B. If you are away from campus for the summer, put a "hold"
> on aroid-l email by sending this to listproc@mobot.org:
>
> set aroid-l postpone
>
> C. After vacation, you can resume by sending to listproc@mobot.org:
>
> set aroid-l noack
>
> D. By sending this message to listproc you can get a current list
> of all subscribers and their email addresses:
>
> review aroid-l
>
> E. Note that mail designed for everyone to read is sent to
> aroid-l@mobot.org while automatic subscription mail is sent to
> listproc@mobot.org.
>
> G. Commercial email operations like Compuserve all have
> Internet connections and can be used as your mailbox (except
> Prodigy which lacks an Internet connection.) If you use
> Compuserve, send subscriptions to:
>
> >Internet:listproc@mobot.org
>
> Contributions to aroid-l can be short questions or long documents.
> Please sign your name and email address to each contribution (we will
> add the name/address otherwise). To send them, use one of the
> following:
>
> A. Send a short email note directly to aroid-l@mobot.org.
>
> B. When you read a message from aroid-l and wish to reply, use the
> reply command (enter reply, type a response, and sent it).
>
> C. Mail a diskette. Save the file on a floppy diskette (we can
> handle 3.5" IBM or 5.25" IBM or Macintosh 1.4 meg format). It
> would be a good idea to save one copy in the original word
> processor format (i.e., Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, etc.) and
> a second copy in plain vanilla ASCII ("text" "dos") format.
>
> For DOS For Macintosh
>
> Steve Marak Phil Mueller
> Rt. 3 Box 382 BB 325 Burdette
> Springdale, AR 72762 New Orleans, LA 70118
>
> D. Eventually we hope to get a scanner to read typescript, but we
> do not now have that capability.
>
> E. You can send a long document via Bitnet or Internet to:
>
> aroid-l@mobot.org
>
> If you use a word processor program like Word Perfect or
> Microsoft Word, save the document as a plain ASCII (or "Text" or
> "DOS") file. Upload it to your mainframe (your computer center
> or departmental guru will explain how). Use the "Sendfile"
> command to send it to aroid-l. AROID-L will adhere strictly
> to copyright protocol.
>
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