Message-ID: <2.2.16.19980408154349.3e2ffb4c@pop.fas.harvard.edu> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 15:38:52 -0400 From: Tom Parris <mailto:tparris@FAS.HARVARD.EDU> Subject: Announcing EnvPubs-L To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Fellow subscribers (with advance apologies for cross-posting):I am pleased to announce the availability of EnvPubs-L -- an electronic mail discussion list for announcements of environmental publications, web sites, and related information resources. New environmental information resources are published on an almost daily basis. I have established EnvPubs-L as a current awareness service to help students, researchers, practioners, and librarians keep informed about these publications. Note that this list moderated and digested on a *weekly* basis. A full description follows.
With best regards, Tom Parris
Abstract
EnvPubs-L is a mechanism with which members of the environmental science and public policy community may use electronic mail to learn and share information about recent environmental publications, web sites, and related information resources. This document describes EnvPubs-L and provides instructions for its use.
Participation in EnvPubs-L is open to all interested parties.
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Table of Contents
I. What is EnvPubs-L? II. How do I subscribe to EnvPubs-L? III. How do I post a publication announcement to EnvPubs-L? IV. Can I access past messages from EnvPubs-L? V. How do I unsubscribe from EnvPubs-L? VI. How do I change my subscription to EnvPubs-L? VII. How do I obtain additional instructions about EnvPubs-L? VIII. Who do I contact if I have difficulty using EnvPubs-L?
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I. What is EnvPubs-L?
EnvPubs-L is a mechanism with which members of the environmental science and public policy community may use electronic mail to learn and share information about recent environmental publications, web sites, and related information resources.
New environmental information resources are published on an almost daily basis. EnvPubs-L has been established as a current awareness service to help students, researchers, practioners, and librarians keep informed about these publications.
EnvPubs-L is different from most other Internet discussion lists in two significant ways:
1. EnvPubs-L is moderated. This means that all messages that are posted to the list are reviewed by the list owner before they are passed along to the other subscribers. This feature ensures that all messages are pertinent to environmental reference questions and answers.
2. By default, EnvPubs-L subscriptions are "digested." This means that subscribers receive at most one message per week that contains a compendium of all the messages posted to the list during the previous week. This feature significantly reduces the amount of e-mail clutter typically associated with Internet discussion lists.
Participation in EnvPubs-L is open to all interested parties.
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II. How do I subscribe to EnvPubs-L?
To subscribe to EnvPubs-L, send a message to mailto:listproc@environment.harvard.edu containing the line SUBSCRIBE EnvPubs-L <Your Name>. For example:
To : mailto:listproc@environment.harvard.edu Cc : Attchmnt: Subject : ----- Message Text ----- SUBSCRIBE EnvPubs-L Victor Hugo
The subject line should be left blank.
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III. How do I post a publication announcement to EnvPubs-L?
To post a publication announcement to EnvPubs-L, simply compose an electronic mail message containing your announcement and send it to:
mailto:EnvPubs-L@environment.harvard.edu (case is not important)
Please choose a subject line that will serve as a one sentence abstract of your publication announcement.
Your announcement will be sent to the list as part of the next weekly digest.
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IV. Can I access past messages from EnvPubs-L?
Yes! EnvPubs-L archives are available via the Harvard Environmental Information Center World Wide Web home page (http://environment.harvard.edu)
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V. How do I unsubscribe from EnvPubs-L?
If, for any reason, you decide that you no longer wish to subscribe to EnvPubs-L, simply compose an electronic mail message as follows:
To : mailto:listproc@environment.harvard.edu Cc : Attchmnt: Subject : ----- Message Text ----- UNSUBSCRIBE EnvPubs-L
Note: "unsubscribe" messages should be sent to mailto:listproc@environment.harvard.edu, NOT EnvPubs-L@environment.harvard.edu!
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VI. How do I change my subscription to EnvPubs-L?
By default, your subscription to EnvPubs-L has been set with the following options:
DIGEST: You will receive at most one message a day containing a "digest" of all the messages posted to EnvPubs-L the previous week. If you wish to receive EnvConfs-L messages one at a time, as they are posted, send a message to mailto:listproc@environment.harvard.edu containing the line SET EnvPubs-L MAIL NOACK.
If you will not be checking your electronic mail for an extended period of time, you may wish to suspend your subscription by sending a message to mailto:listproc@environment.harvard.edu containing the line SET EnvPubs-L MAIL POSTPONE. Your subscription can be restarted by sending a message to mailto:listproc@environment.harvard.edu containing either SET EnvPubs-L MAIL DIGEST or SET EnvPubs-L MAIL NOACK depending upon which option you prefer.
CONCEAL NO: By default, other EnvPubs-L subscribers will not be able discover your name and electronic mail address by using the "recipients" and "statistics" commands. If you wish not to be an anonymous subscriber, send a message to mailto:listproc@environment.harvard.edu containing the line SET EnvPubs-L CONCEAL NO.
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VII. How do I obtain additional instructions about EnvPubs-L?
Additional instructions about the use of EnvPubs-L can be obtained by sending a message to mailto:listproc@environment.harvard.edu with the line HELP. For example,
To : mailto:listproc@environment.harvard.edu Cc : Attchmnt: Subject : ----- Message Text ----- HELP
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. Who do I contact if I have difficulty using EnvPubs-L?
If for any reason, you need additional assistance regarding your subscription to EnvPubs-L, contact the list manager:
Tom Parris Environmental Resources Librarian Godfrey Lowell Cabot Science Library, Room LL4 Harvard College Library Cambridge, MA 02138
tel. 617-496-6158 fax. 617-496-0440 email. mailto:tparris@fas.harvard.edu
Copyright © 1998 President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Last modified: January 31, 1998
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