Original_To:  JNET%"devel-l@auvm"
Original_cc:  VITA
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.devel-l
Date:         Sun, 10 Jan 1993 14:10:00 EST
Reply-To:     Volunteers in Technical Assistance <VITA@GMUVAX.BITNET>
              <DEVEL-L@AUVM.BITNET>
From:         Volunteers in Technical Assistance <VITA@GMUVAX.BITNET>
Subject:      Greetings from VITA

Hello, DEVEL-L Subscriber . . .

A hearty welcome to new subscribers and greetings to the others.
Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) appreciates your
subscription to the DEVEL-L List and welcomes your postings. A monthly
update of this bulletin will appear on DEVEL-L to remind you how to
get the greatest benefit from your subscription. The topics are: using
the right address, messages to the List, subscribing to the List, and
using other services. I recommend that you keep this message on file.

PLEASE USE THE RIGHT ADDRESS FOR CHANGING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION

Please send all changes to: <LISTSERV@AUVM> or
<LISTSERV@AMERICAN.EDU>. Don't send them anywhere else.
Here is what your e-mail message text (not the header) should say:

[To subscribe]     sub devel-l <your_real_name>
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[To stop List mail temporarily] set devel-l nomail
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Send the appropriate message, as described above. If you are about to
lose or change your e-mail address, please unsubscribe promptly. If
you go on vacation, stop your List mail; please don't arrange for mail
from the List to be acknowledged automatically. It will cause message
loops and needlessly burden the system and VITA.


POST MESSAGES TO THE LIST

Your are invited, even urged, to post messages on DEVEL-L. In this way
you will help your fellow subscribers to benefit from List membership.
If you visit developing countries, attend meetings on international
development, or find interesting announcements, professional
opportunities, articles, or books, tell the rest of us about it. Post
your questions, opinions, and so on, primarily related to the List's
focus: Technology Transfer in International Development. This topic
includes but is not restricted to renewable energy, food production,
storage, and processing, health, distance education, water supply,
irrigation and sanitation, small-enterprise development, credit
programs and marketing, information management, disaster assistance,
and rural communications systems. Argument is welcome; off-topic
postings and political activism are not welcome; "flaming" is not
allowed. The List is not moderated.

To send a message to every subscriber, use the List address:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<DEVEL-L@AUVM> or <DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU> .
Please take care to use this address only to send a message to every
subscriber.

Please remember that no question is "too simple"; questions which are
"too hard" sometimes lead to doctoral dissertations and new products.

Use a brief and descriptive Subject header for your messages. A
Subject such as "Help" is not very informative, but a Subject such as
"Help: {topic}" is very informative and useful.

Please keep your messages short to conserve bandwidth and save the
resources of subscribers who pay to receive messages. If your message is
longer than about 20 kB or 8 pages, post a short summary and invite
interested readers to request the complete version from you or from
VITA's Distribution Service, described below.)

Are you replying to a posting? Please make sure your reply goes to all
subscribers if it should. If you use a Reply command, your reply may
automatically go to the original sender of the message but not to the
List. It is usually important to send your reply to all subscribers,
because the purpose of DEVEL-L is to encourage discussion.

If you have posted a question to DEVEL-L and have received answers that
address your problem, please post a summary of replies back to the List.
Summary postings will be appreciated by the subscribers as they can then
follow your problem and not wonder, "what about the post regarding ...?"
Also, these postings often provide for extensions of the original
question.  A suggested Subject header is the original subject followed
by the word "Summary"; thus: "{topic} - Summary".


HOW TO SEND A MESSAGE TO VITA

To send a message to the VITA staff, use <VITA@GMUVAX> or
<VITA@GMUVAX.GMU.EDU>. Please include name of the addressee in the
Subject line of the message, if you know the name.

You should send a message to VITA if you are having a problem with
your subscription. Your message should explain the problem and what
you have done to solve it. Please, never send such messages to
DEVEL-L.


USING OTHER SERVICES

If you missed and need a particular posting, send a note to VITA
(address as above) with as much information as possible and a manual
search will be made, resources permitting. Requests for single back
issues of DevelopNet News will be fulfilled on the same basis.

As you know, your List subscription automatically includes VITA's
monthly electronic newsletter, DevelopNet News. If you unsubscribe to
DEVEL-L, you can still receive the newsletter electronically. Just
address an e-mail message to <LISTSERV@AUVM> or
<LISTSERV@AMERICAN.EDU> . The message must say "SUB DNN-L <your
real name>" .

To better serve subscribers and authors, VITA offers a free Distribution
Service for longer reports and papers. In this way, people who want the
longer items can get them fast by Anonymous FTP request or a specially
formatted e-mail message without burdening the system, the author, or
VITA. It is important that you help maintain the Service by
contributing documents to its archives. Please ask VITA to send
details.

Invite your friends and colleagues to subscribe to DEVEL-L. If you
have questions, comments, or suggestions about this note or about
DEVEL-L, please contact VITA at <VITA@GMUVAX> or
<VITA@GMUVAX.GMU.EDU>.

  +-----------------------------------------------------------+
  | VITA needs and welcomes help in producing the monthly     |
  | newsletter. Please send stories and book reviews by       |
  | e-mail to the address below. If you wish to volunteer     |
  | editorial skills, they will be welcome.                   |
  +-----------------------------------------------------------+


R. R. Ronkin, Ph.D., VITA Volunteer
List owner, DEVEL-L
Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA)
<VITA@GMUVAX> or <VITA@GMUVAX.GMU.EDU>

VITA's other addresses: 1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 500, Arlington,
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Telex 440192 VITAUI; fax +1 703/243-1865, 24-hour BBS +1 703/527-1086
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