kristoff@NET.BIO.NET (Dave Kristofferson) (04/11/89)
There have been several complaints from U.K. subscribers and others recently about receiving unwanted copies of bulletins from the BIO-CONVERSION bulletin board. I have requested that each BIOSCI node take steps to ensure that copies of BIO-CONVERSION be sent only to people who specifically request it, and I hope that these measures will be implemented expeditiously. While the discussions on BIO-CONVERSION concern some important real-world problems, it is also apparent from the reader responses that they are not of interest to many who request BIOSCI bulletins in general. I would like to point out once again, however, that the concept of individual newsgroups on BIOSCI should allow each reader to select from a variety of topics instead of simply receiving everything in a "catch-all" mode. The list of topics is included below. If you currently receive ALL BIOSCI bulletins and would like to receive only a subset, please send your selection from the list below to one of the following addresses. Address Location Network ------- -------- ------- biosci@irlearn.ucd.ie Ireland EARN/BITNET biosci@uk.ac.daresbury U.K. JANET biosci@bmc.uu.se Sweden Internet biosci@net.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET AGEING Scientific Interest Group BIONEWS General announcements BIOTECH Biotechnology issues BIO-CONVERSION Scientific Interest Group BIO-MATRIX Applications of computers to biological databases BIO-SOFTWARE Discussions about software for biology 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 about funding agencies, etc. SWISS-PROT Messages to and from the SWISS-PROT database staff