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 are 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
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AGEING Scientific Interest Group
AGROFORESTRY Scientific Interest Group
BIONAUTS Address & other info about biologists on networks
BIONEWS General announcements of widespread
interest to biologists
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
HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM NIH-sponsored newsgroup on human genome issues
METHODS-AND-REAGENTS Requests for information and lab reagents
MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION Scientific Interest Group
POPULATION-BIOLOGY Scientific Interest Group
PROTEIN-ANALYSIS Scientific Interest Group
SCIENCE-RESOURCES Information from/about the funding agencies
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 at 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 at 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. USENET news software is in the public domain and is
available for most UNIX systems. A public domain USENET news software
package named ANU-NEWS is also available for VAX/VMS systems. Your
local BIOSCI node can point you towards acquiring the software for use
on your computer system (BIOSCI addresses below).
BBOARD NAME BITNET/EARN Name USENET Newsgroup Name
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AGEING AGEING bionet.molbio.ageing
AGROFORESTRY AG-FORST bionet.agroforestry
BIONAUTS BIO-NAUT bionet.users.addresses
BIONEWS BIONEWS bionet.general
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
HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM GNOME-PR bionet.molbio.genome-program
METHODS-AND-REAGENTS METHODS bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION MOL-EVOL bionet.molbio.evolution
POPULATION-BIOLOGY POP-BIO bionet.population-bio
PROTEIN-ANALYSIS PROTEINS bionet.molbio.proteins
SCIENCE-RESOURCES SCI-RES bionet.sci-resources
Node Addresses Node Addresses
for left column location for middle column location
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bmc.uu.se (Sweden) irlearn.ucd.ie (Ireland)
genbank.bio.net (U.S.A.) uk.ac.daresbury (U.K.)
genbank.bio.net (U.S.A.)
Subscription Requests and other Information
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There are FOUR main BIOSCI nodes. The BIOSCI nodes in Sweden, UK, and
USA all have managers who can add new members to the Bboards, whereas
the BIOSCI node in Ireland allows for automatic subscription at
LISTSERV at IRLEARN (see detailed instructions on LISTSERV use below).
To make the management/debugging of the BIOSCI network easier and to
minimize network traffic, it would be most helpful if the following
guidelines could be adhered to:
Your Geographical location subscription address BIOSCI node location
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Scandinavia & Cont. Europe biosci at bmc.uu.se Sweden (Internet)
Ireland and Cont. Europe LISTSERV at IRLEARN Ireland (EARN/BITNET)
United Kingdom biosci at uk.ac.daresbury UK (JANET)
North and South America biosci at genbank.bio.net USA (Internet/BITNET)
NOTE: The procedure for automatic subscription through
LISTSERV at IRLEARN (primarily for EARN users) is described further
below. The BIOSCI manager at IRLEARN may be reached by mailing to
BIOSCI at IRLEARN.
Canceling Subscriptions
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If you have subscribed to a Bboard and are now leaving an institution
or changing your e-mail address, then it is IMPERATIVE that you
send a note to one of the addresses above and cancel your subscription.
Non-existant addresses or overflowing mailboxes cause computer mail
programs to send back "daemon" messages which bother everybody on the
Bboard. We will immediately remove any address causing such a problem,
but would prefer it if you would notify us in advance as a courtesy to
the rest of the user community.
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NOTE TO EARN (European Academic Research Network) USERS
Currently the LISTSERV service which allows automatic subscription is
available from IRLEARN (NOT from any of the other BIOSCI nodes!). To
subscribe to any of the Bboards at IRLEARN, send a message to
LISTSERV at IRLEARN containing one of the following lines in the body of
your mail message to select the Bboard of interest. If you want to
belong to many different Bboards then send all the subscriptions at
once in a BATCH mail file.
Replace your_personal_name in the list below with your own name. For
example:
SUBSCRIBE +BIONEWS John A. Doe
SUBSCRIBE BIO+SOFT John A. Doe
etc....
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\ Mail the message to LISTSERV at IRLEARN /
* PLEASE DO NOT SUBSCRIBE DIRECTLY TO THE NEWSGROUP ADDRESS *
#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
If you wish to cancel your subscription to a bulletin board, please
send a similar message to LISTSERV at IRLEARN replacing SUBSCRIBE with
the word SIGNOFF and omit your name, e.g., use simply
SIGNOFF +BIONEWS
It is also possible to cancel all LISTSERV subscriptions with a single
command:
SIGNOFF * (NETWIDE
#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
* PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR SIGNOFF MESSAGE TO THE NEWSGROUP ITSELF *
#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
Both subscription and cancellation requests are to be sent to
LISTSERV at IRLEARN.
Bboard Name Subscription/Cancellation Command
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AGEING SUBSCRIBE +AGEING your_personal_name
SIGNOFF +AGEING
AGROFORESTRY SUBSCRIBE AG+FORST your_personal_name
SIGNOFF AG+FORST
BIONAUTS SUBSCRIBE BIO+NAUT your_personal_name
SIGNOFF BIO+NAUT
BIONEWS SUBSCRIBE +BIONEWS your_personal_name
SIGNOFF +BIONEWS
BIO-JOURNALS SUBSCRIBE BIO+JRNL your_personal_name
SIGNOFF BIO+JRNL
BIO-MATRIX SUBSCRIBE +BIOMATR your_personal_name
SIGNOFF +BIOMATR
BIO-SOFTWARE SUBSCRIBE BIO+SOFT your_personal_name
SIGNOFF BIO+SOFT
EMBL-DATABANK SUBSCRIBE EMBL+DB your_personal_name
SIGNOFF EMBL+DB
EMPLOYMENT SUBSCRIBE +BIOJOBS your_personal_name
SIGNOFF +BIOJOBS
GENBANK-BB SUBSCRIBE +GENBANK your_personal_name
SIGNOFF +GENBANK
GENOMIC-ORGANIZATION SUBSCRIBE GENE+ORG your_personal_name
SIGNOFF GENE+ORG
HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM SUBSCRIBE GNOME+PR your_personal_name
SIGNOFF GNOME+PR
METHODS-AND-REAGENTS SUBSCRIBE +METHODS your_personal_name
SIGNOFF +METHODS
MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION SUBSCRIBE MOL+EVOL your_personal_name
SIGNOFF MOL+EVOL
POPULATION-BIOLOGY SUBSCRIBE POP+BIO your_personal_name
SIGNOFF POP+BIO
PROTEIN-ANALYSIS SUBSCRIBE +PROTEIN your_personal_name
SIGNOFF +PROTEIN
SCIENCE-RESOURCES SUBSCRIBE SCI+RES your_personal_name
SIGNOFF SCI+RES
