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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
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Lines: 112
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <8APR199416335747@devbn0.triumf.ca>
References: <30031JEIRFBBLYMTLBV@partyline.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: devbn0.triumf.ca
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
#Vintage Herbs
#Grown in Sonoma County California
#
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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.