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WHITE HOUSE HEALTH LIST ONLINE



From: Steve Freedkin <sfreedkin>
Subject: WHITE HOUSE HEALTH LIST ONLINE

A new Internet mailing list is now on-line as a conduit through which the
White House sends health-reform announcements directly to health professionals
and others with electronic mailing addresses.

LIST.HEALTHPLAN is on the Institute for Global Communications (IGC) system
and can be subscribed to by sending a message to SFREEDKIN@IGC.APC.ORG in
the following exact format:

Topic:   SUBSCRIBE LIST.HEALTHPLAN
Body:    ADD: your-electronic-address-here (your real name in parentheses)
         Your real name here
         Your postal address (optional)
         City, State
         Profession
         Professional interest in health care (if any)
         Institutional affiliation, if relevant

You will receive a welcome letter describing the list in detail and telling
you how to retrieve items that have previously gone to the list.

If you want ONLY the welcome letter, send a message to SFREEDKIN@IGC.APC.ORG
in the following exact format:

Topic:      WELCOME *ONLY* LIST.HEALTHPLAN
Body:       TO: your-electronic-address-here (your real name in parentheses)
            Please send WELCOME TO HEALTH LIST letter ONLY.

Remember that you will still have to send an ADD message if you want to be on
the list.

To write to the White House electronically about health care or any other
issue, use the addresses PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV and VICE.PRESIDENT@-
WHITEHOUSE.GOV, and be sure to include your postal address if you want a
reply -- only a generic reply letter goes out electronically.  The most
effective letters are very brief and to the point.


Article 2664 of alt.folklore.herbs:
Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!corpgate!news.utdallas.edu!chpc.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!devbn0.triumf.ca!bach
From: bach@devbn0.triumf.ca (Fred W. Bach, Co-ordinator, TRIUMF Operations)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.herbs
Subject: Re: USENET Newsgroup - alt.folklore.herbs
Date: 8 Apr 1994 16:33 PST
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Distribution: world
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References: <30031JEIRFBBLYMTLBV@partyline.com>
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <30031JEIRFBBLYMTLBV@partyline.com>, herbman@partyline.com writes...
# 
#This use group has been added to the BBS I am on but I see no traffic.
#Is there a MAIL-LIST that I can subscribe to for e-mail on this subject?
# 
#Please reply to my Internet address...  herbman@partyline.com
# 
#Thanks
#Bruce Campbell
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  There is an interesting mailing list on HERBS, from Germany, where the
 you-know-what agency isn't looking.

  I would *** really *** like to see alt.folklore.herbs and this
 mailing list merge (the way comp.os.vms and INFO-VAX are merged).

  Here is what the LISTSERV sent me back:

  ********************** begin [edited] letter from HERB LISTSERV ************

     From:	MX%"HERB-Request@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR"  
     To:	MUSIC
     CC:	
     Subj:	You are now subscribed to the HERB list


     Your subscription  to the HERB  list (Medicinal and Aromatic  Plants
     discussion list".) has been accepted.

     Please  save this  message  for future  reference, especially  if  you
     are  not familiar with LISTSERV. This might look like  a waste of disk
     space now, but in 6 months you will be glad you  saved this information
     when you realize that you cannot  remember what  are the  lists you  are
     subscribed  to, or  what is  the command to  leave the list to  avoid
     filling up  your mailbox while you  are on vacations.  In fact,  you 
     should create  a new  mail  folder for  subscription confirmation
     messages  like this one, and  for the "welcome messages"  from the list
     owners that  you are will occasionally receive after  subscribing to a
     new list.

     To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list,
     just send mail  to HERB@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR.  This is  called "sending 
     mail to  the list", because you send mail to a single address and
     LISTSERV makes copies for all the people  who  have subscribed.  This 
     address  (HERB@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR) is  also called the  "list address". 
     You must  never try  to send  any command  to that address, as it would
     be distributed to  all the people who have subscribed. All commands must 
     be sent  to the  "LISTSERV address",  LISTSERV@TREARN.BITNET (or
     LISTSERV@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR). It is very  important to understand the
     difference between the two, but fortunately it is not complicated. The
     LISTSERV address is like a  FAX number, and the  list address is like  a
     normal phone line.  If you make your  FAX call someone's  regular phone
     number by  mistake, it will  be an unpleasant experience for him but you 
     will probably be excused the first time. If you  do it regularly, 
     however, he  will probably get  upset and send  you a nasty complaint. 
     It is the same  with mailing lists, with  the difference that you are
     calling hundreds or thousands of people at the same time, so a lot more
     people get annoyed if you use the wrong number.

     You may  leave the  list at  any time by  sending a  "SIGNOFF HERB" 
     command to LISTSERV@TREARN.BITNET  (or  LISTSERV@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR). 
     You  can  also  tell LISTSERV how  you want it to  confirm the receipt 
     of messages you send  to the list. If  you do  not trust  the system,
     send  a "SET  HERB REPRO"  command and LISTSERV will send  you a copy of
     your  own messages, so that you  can see that the message was
     distributed  and did not get damaged on the  way. After a while you may 
     find that this  is getting annoying,  especially if your  mail program
     does not  tell you that the  message is from you  when it informs you 
     that new mail has  arrived from  HERB. If  you send  a "SET  HERB ACK 
     NOREPRO" command, LISTSERV  will  mail you  a  short  acknowledgement 
     instead, which  will  look different in  your mailbox  directory. With 
     most mail  programs you  will know immediately that  this is an
     acknowledgement  you can read later.  Finally, you can turn off
     acknowledgements completely with "SET HERB NOACK NOREPRO".

     Contributions sent to this list are  automatically archived. You can get
     a list of  the  available  archive  files  by  sending  an  "INDEX 
     HERB"  command  to LISTSERV@TREARN.BITNET  (or 
     LISTSERV@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR).  You can  then  order these files  with a
     "GET  HERB LOGxxxx"  command, or using  LISTSERV's database search
     facilities. Send an "INFO DATABASE"  command for more information on the
     latter.

     Please note that it is presently possible for anybody to determine that
     you are signed up to  the list through the  use of the "REVIEW" 
     command, which returns the e-mail  address and name of  all the
     subscribers.  If you do not  want your name to be visible, just issue a
     "SET HERB CONCEAL" command.

     More information  on LISTSERV commands can  be found in the  LISTSERV
     reference card,  which  you  can  retrieve  by  sending  an  "INFO 
     REFCARD"  command  to LISTSERV@TREARN.BITNET (or
     LISTSERV@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR).

  ********************** end letter from HERB LISTSERV ********************


 Fred W. Bach ,    Operations Group        |  Internet: music@erich.triumf.ca
 TRIUMF (TRI-University Meson Facility)    |  Voice:  604-222-1047 loc 327/333
 4004 WESBROOK MALL, UBC CAMPUS            |  FAX:    604-222-1074
 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., CANADA   V6T 2A3
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 They do NOT necessarily reflect the views of my employer or fellow workers.