kristoff@NET.BIO.NET (Dave Kristofferson) (09/26/89)
Some people are not aware of the full range of services that BIONET
provided and may have been confused about the recent GenBank On-line
Service announcement that mentioned fees for the service. Please rest
assured that, if you are on the BIOSCI newsgroups mailing lists, you
will continue to receive, and can post, bulletins exactly as in the
past. This service will continue without interuption. No fees have
been levied or are planned for this service to users not directly on
the GenBank computer.
The fees mentioned in my announcement apply only to users that request
accounts directly on the GenBank computer. I should note once again
that BIONET was not just a bulletin board service, although some users
outside of North America knew it only in this capacity.
North American BIONET users (i.e., people who had accounts on the
BIONET computer) who have electronic mailboxes on other computers can
also request to have their mailing addresses added to the subscription
lists (latest info sheet below). Please send your address and
selections to biosci@net.bio.net.
Sincerely,
Dave Kristofferson
GenBank On-line Service Manager
kristoff@net.bio.net
----------------------------------------------------------------------
THE BIOSCI BULLETIN BOARD NETWORK
The BIOSCI bulletin board network was developed to allow easy
worldwide communications between biological scientists who work on a
variety of computer networks. By having distribution sites or "nodes"
on each major network, BIOSCI allows its users to contact people on
other networks around the world without having to learn a variety of
computer addressing tricks. Any user can simply post a message to
his/her regional BIOSCI node (see list below) and copies of the
message will be distributed automatically to all other subscribers on
all of the participating networks.
The following is a list of newsgroup topics available for distribution
to sites on the ARPANET/Internet, BITNET, EARN, NETNORTH, HEANET, and
JANET as well as UUCP sites. For each of these bboards, BITNET name
abbreviations and analogous UNIX USENET newsgroup names is provided in
a second list below. Also below is a list of the various sites
(nodes) that distribute the bboards, the address format for posting
messages, and the addresses used for subscription requests.
BBOARD NAME TOPIC
----------- -----
AGEING Scientific Interest Group
AGROFORESTRY Scientific Interest Group
BIONEWS General announcements of widespread
interest to biologists
BIOTECH Biotechnology issues
BIO-CONVERSION Scientific Interest Group
BIO-JOURNALS Tables of Contents of biological journals
BIO-MATRIX Applications of computers to biological databases
BIO-SOFTWARE Information on software for the
biological sciences
EMBL-DATABANK Messages to and from the EMBL database staff
EMPLOYMENT Job opportunities
GENBANK-BB Messages to and from the GenBank database staff
GENOMIC-ORGANIZATION Scientific Interest Group
METHODS-AND-REAGENTS Requests for information and lab reagents
MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION Scientific Interest Group
PIR Messages to and from the PIR database staff
POPULATION-BIOLOGY Scientific Interest Group
PROTEIN-ANALYSIS Scientific Interest Group
RESEARCH-NEWS Research news of interest to the community
SCIENCE-RESOURCES Information from/about the funding agencies
SWISS-PROT Messages to and from the SWISS-PROT database staff
The following list includes BITNET newsgroup names (<= 8 characters)
and also the names of the corresponding UNIX USENET newsgroups.
Messages can be posted directly to any of these newsgroups without
editorial intervention. Use the address format
bboardname@nodename
where "bboardname" comes from either the left or middle column below
and "nodename" is found at the bottom of the respective column.
For example, the BIOSCI node at SERC Daresbury in the U.K. utilizes
the BITNET names and is thus listed below the middle column in the
following list. To post a message to the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS
newsgroup, U.K. users would mail to methods@uk.ac.daresbury.
USENET users can also post news directly to the USENET groups listed
below by using the "postnews" software on their local UNIX computer.
Be sure to set the message distribution to "world." USENET groups are
read using, e.g., the "readnews," "rn," or "vnews" software on UNIX
systems.
BBOARD NAME BITNET/EARN Name USENET Newsgroup Name
----------- ---------------- ---------------------
AGEING AGEING bionet.molbio.ageing
AGROFORESTRY AG-FORST bionet.agroforestry
BIONEWS BIONEWS bionet.general
BIOTECH BIOTECH bionet.technology.general
BIO-CONVERSION BIO-CONV bionet.technology.conversion
BIO-JOURNALS BIO-JRNL bionet.journals.contents
BIO-MATRIX BIOMATRX bionet.molbio.bio-matrix
BIO-SOFTWARE BIO-SOFT bionet.software
EMBL-DATABANK EMBL-DB bionet.molbio.embldatabank
EMPLOYMENT BIOJOBS bionet.jobs
GENBANK-BB GENBANKB bionet.molbio.genbank
GENOMIC-ORGANIZATION GENE-ORG bionet.molbio.gene-org
METHODS-AND-REAGENTS METHODS bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION MOL-EVOL bionet.molbio.evolution
PIR PIR-BB bionet.molbio.pir
POPULATION-BIOLOGY POP-BIO bionet.population-bio
PROTEIN-ANALYSIS PROTEINS bionet.molbio.proteins
RESEARCH-NEWS RESEARCH bionet.molbio.news
SCIENCE-RESOURCES SCI-RES bionet.sci-resources
SWISS-PROT SWISSPRT bionet.molbio.swiss-prot
Node Addresses Node Addresses
for left column location for middle column location
--------------- -------- ----------------- --------
bmc.uu.se (Sweden) irlearn.ucd.ie (Ireland)
net.bio.net (U.S.A.) uk.ac.daresbury (U.K.)
net.bio.net (U.S.A.)
Subscription Requests and other Information
-------------------------------------------
Subscription requests and/or requests for further information about
the BIOSCI bboard network can be sent to the address
biosci@xxxx
where "xxxx" can be any of the node addresses in the list below, e.g.,
biosci@uk.ac.daresbury in the United Kingdom. Interested parties
outside of Europe and North America should contact whichever node is
most convenient. The following list also details the computer
networks serviced by each BIOSCI node.
Europe North America
------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
Sweden bmc.uu.se (Internet) net.bio.net (Internet, but can be
UK uk.ac.daresbury (JANET) accessed by BITNET users)
Ireland IRLEARN (BITNET/EARN)
or equivalently
Ireland irlearn.ucd.ie (HEANET - can
be accessed
from EARN &
Internet)
NOTE TO BITNET/EARN/NETNORTH USERS: Currently LISTSERV service is
available from IRLEARN (NOT from any of the other BIOSCI nodes!!!!).
To subscribe to any of the newsgroups from IRLEARN, send a message to
LISTSERV@IRLEARN.UCD.IE (or LISTSERV@IRLEARN) containing one of the
following lines in your message to select the newsgroup of interest.
Replace your_personal_name in the list below with your own name (for
example: SUBSCRIBE $BIONEWS John A. Doe).
Mail one of the below to LISTSERV@IRLEARN.UCD.IE.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR SUBSCRIBE NOTE DIRECTLY TO THE NEWSGROUP ADDRESS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGEING SUBSCRIBE $AGEING your_personal_name
AGROFORESTRY SUBSCRIBE AG+FORST your_personal_name *
BIONEWS SUBSCRIBE $BIONEWS your_personal_name
BIOTECH SUBSCRIBE $BIOTECH your_personal_name
BIO-CONVERSION SUBSCRIBE BIO$CONV your_personal_name
BIO-JOURNALS SUBSCRIBE BIO$JRNL your_personal_name
BIO-MATRIX SUBSCRIBE $BIOMATR your_personal_name
BIO-SOFTWARE SUBSCRIBE BIO$SOFT your_personal_name
EMBL-DATABANK SUBSCRIBE EMBL$DB your_personal_name
EMPLOYMENT SUBSCRIBE $BIOJOBS your_personal_name
GENBANK-BB SUBSCRIBE $GENBANK your_personal_name
GENOMIC-ORGANIZATION SUBSCRIBE GENE$ORG your_personal_name
METHODS-AND-REAGENTS SUBSCRIBE $METHODS your_personal_name
MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION SUBSCRIBE MOL$EVOL your_personal_name
PIR SUBSCRIBE PIR$BB your_personal_name
POPULATION-BIOLOGY SUBSCRIBE POP$BIO your_personal_name
PROTEIN-ANALYSIS SUBSCRIBE $PROTEIN your_personal_name
RESEARCH-NEWS SUBSCRIBE $RESEARC your_personal_name
SCIENCE-RESOURCES SUBSCRIBE SCI$RES your_personal_name
SWISS-PROT SUBSCRIBE $SWISSPR your_personal_name
* Note the + instead of the $ for AGROFORESTRY.