Re: FW:SUBSCRIBE AROID-L
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: FW:SUBSCRIBE AROID-L
- From: v*@datatamers.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 19:59:19 -0800 (PST)
Hello, I have just started watching the perenial list and I find the
exchange very interesting; however I can't find anything about Aroid in my
Sunset Western Gardening Book. Please enlighten me.
At 10:43 AM 12/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>> WELCOME TO AROID-L.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> To help others subscribe: Tell them to send this email message via
>> Bitnet or Internet to listproc@mobot.org:
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>> subscribe aroid-l YOUR NAME
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>> where "YOUR NAME" is replaced by your first name, surname, and
>> affiliation (if any).
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>> There are no dues or fees of any kind for subscribing to this list.
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>> Subscribers only need an address on Bitnet or Internet or an account
>> with a commercial company like Delphi or Compuserve.
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>> A. To unsubscribe, send this message to listproc@mobot.org:
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>> unsub aroid-l
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>> B. If you are away from campus for the summer, put a "hold"
>> on aroid-l email by sending this to listproc@mobot.org:
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>> set aroid-l postpone
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>> C. After vacation, you can resume by sending to listproc@mobot.org:
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>> set aroid-l noack
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>> D. By sending this message to listproc you can get a current list
>> of all subscribers and their email addresses:
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>> review aroid-l
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>> 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.
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>> 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:
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>> >Internet:listproc@mobot.org
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>> 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:
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>> A. Send a short email note directly to aroid-l@mobot.org.
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
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>> For DOS For Macintosh
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>> Steve Marak Phil Mueller
>> Rt. 3 Box 382 BB 325 Burdette
>> Springdale, AR 72762 New Orleans, LA 70118
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>> D. Eventually we hope to get a scanner to read typescript, but we
>> do not now have that capability.
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>> E. You can send a long document via Bitnet or Internet to:
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>> aroid-l@mobot.org
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>> 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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