From: xiong@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Bo Xiong)
Subject: How To Sub. To CND/What's Wrong With Bitnet (Re: Can't get CND News)
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:24:56 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.214535.17425@en.ecn.purdue.edu> 
chenwei@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Chenwei Yan) writes:
>I subscribed to CND a few days ago and got the reply that I was accepted.
>But nothing came since. I sent a mail for help to the address specified and
>got no reply.
>
>Anybody know anything about this?
>
>BTW, I subscribed to CND-global.     
>
>Thanks.

CND (Global, US, Canada, EP and CM/HXWZ) is distributed thru bitnet, there 
have been quite some problems in some major bitnet nodes/bitnet-internet
gateways since August 21, that's why some people have not received any
of CND's DAILY broadcast since last Friday (even though they can send
mail to those bitnet addresses).

It's too possible that your subscription got deleted by the automatic
mailing list maintenance program due to presisting network problem or
bounce-back from your gateway/machine, so you may want to re-subscribe 
to CND.  

BTW, if you are in Purdue Univ., Indiana Univ., Ohio State U., SUNY Buffalo,
CMU and etc., you should be able to read CND news from your LOCAL China/CSS-
related newgroups or mailing lists that re-distribute CND, check with your 
local fellow CSS for how to access to it.

The following is a help file on how to sub. to CND:


CND<*>CND<*>CND<*>CND<*>CND<*>CND<*>CND<*>CND<*>CND<*>CND<*>CND<*>CND<*>CND
N                                                                         *
D                    C h i n a   N e w s   D i g e s t                    C
*                                                                         N
C                       (CND Subscription Help File)                      D
N                                                                         *
D   Table of Contents                                         # of Lines  C
*                                                                         N
C   1. Introduction to CND Services ................................. 31  D
N   2. Subscription and Signoff Information ......................... 65  *
D   3. If You Can't Send Mail to BITNET ............................. 14  C
*   4. How to Get Further Help ...................................... 15  N
C                                                                         D
N  ---------------------------------------------------------------------  *
D  1. Introduction to CND Services .................................. 31  C
*  ---------------------------------------------------------------------  N
C                                                                         D
N  China News Digest (CND) is a non-profit broadcasting service based on  *
D  computer networks. All CND members are volunteers. We strive to:       C
*  (1) disseminate in a timely fashion information related to China, or   N
C  other information considered to be of special interests to Chinese     D
N  people, (2) serve the overseas Chinese community, and (3) promote      *
D  Chinese culture and Chinese computing. Subscription to CND services    C
*  if free.                                                               N
C                                                                         D
N  CND offers the following services.                                     *
D                                                                         C
*  1)   Global edition (CND-G) carries news of general interests. It is   N
C       published daily on weekdays, and sometimes on weekends as well.   D
N                                                                         *
D  2)   Regional services carry information about activities of local     C
*       Chinese student organizations, job/immigration information and    N
C       other information possibly of special interests to local Chinese  D
N       communities.  Currently CND offers three regional services:       *
D       CND-US for U.S., CND-Canada for Canada and CND-EP for European/   C
*       Pacific countries.  These regional services are normally          N
C       published one to two times a week.                                D
N                                                                         *
D  3)   Chinese language service carries selected Chinese articles. It    C
*       is published once a week.  The Chinese name of the service is     N
C       Hua2 Xia4 Wen2 Zhai1, while the English name is CND Chinese       D
N       Magazine (CND-CM).                                                *
D                                                                         C
*  4)   CND has also prepared several "packages" (A "package" is a        N
C       collection of files about a special topic, for users' easy        D
N       retrieval).  Most of them are related to the common concerns of   *
D       Chinese students and scholars in the U.S. (Several of them may    C
*       be of interests to people elsewhere as well).                     N
C                                                                         D
N  ---------------------------------------------------------------------  *
D  2. Subscription and Signoff Information .......................... 65  C
*  ---------------------------------------------------------------------  N
C                                                                         D
N  To subscribe to or to signoff from any of the CND services, you may    *
D  send the specified command (see below) via email to the appropriate    C
*  list server address. Leave the subject line of the mail message        N
C  empty; the command should be on one line only; do not write anything   D
N  else in the message. Your request will not be read; it will be         *
D  processed automatically by a program.                                  C
*                                                                         N
C  For example, to subscribe to CND-Global service (for readers outside   D
N  Canada), send a message to:                                            *
D                                                                         C
*                          LISTSERV@ASUACAD.BITNET                        N
C                                                                         D
N  with the content of the message being:                                 *
D                                                                         C
*                      SUB CHINA-NN Firstname Lastname                    N
C                                                                         D
N  which is the command to subscribe.                                     *
D                                                                         C
*  1) CND-Global Service                                                  N
C                                                                         D
N      If you are in Canada, follow the procedure for CND-Canada.         *
D                                                                         C
*      If you are in Western USA, East Asia, or Australia:                N
C          Address:                LISTSERV@ASUACAD.BITNET                D
N          Command to subscribe:   SUB CHINA-NN Firstname Lastname        *
D          Command to signoff:     SIGNOFF CHINA-NN                       C
*                                                                         N
C  2) CND-US Regional Service                                             D
N          Address:                LISTSERV@KENTVM.BITNET                 *
D          Command to subscribe:   SUB CHINA-ND Firstname Lastname        C
*          Command to signoff:     SIGNOFF CHINA-ND                       N
C                                                                         D
N  3) CND-Canada Regional Service                                         *
D          Address:                LISTSERV@UVVM.BITNET                   C
*          Command to subscribe:   SUB CNC-L Firstname Lastname           N
C          Command to signoff:     SIGNOFF CNC-L                          D
N                                                                         *
D      You will receive both CND-Canada regional services as well as      C
*      CND-Global services once you subscribe to CND-Canada.              N
C                                                                         D
N  4) CND-Europe/Pacific Regional Service                                 *
D          Address:                LISTSERV@IUBVM.BITNET                  C
*          Command to subscribe:   SUB CND-EP Firstname Lastname          N
C          Command to signoff:     SIGNOFF CND-EP                         D
N                                                                         *
D  5) CND Chinese Magazine (CND-CM, Chinese name Hua Xia Wen Zhai)        C
*     The Chinese files are sent in encoded form.                         N
C          Address:                LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET                    D
N          Command to subscribe:   SUB CCMAN-L Firstname Lastname         *
D          Command to sign off:    SIGNOFF CCMAN-L                        C
*                                                                         N
C  If your subscription commands are successful, you will receive some    D
N  messages from the listserv indicating the fact. One of the messages    *
D  will say that you have the option to "SET CONCEAL" your subscription.  C
*  _DON'T DO IT_!  Setting your subscription as concealed causes problem  N
C  with our list maintaining software which may cause your subscription   D
N  to be dropped from our lists at random times. Your privacy is well-    *
D  preserved since we do not allow the public to review our lists.        C
*                                                                         N
C  If you can not send mail message to BITNET addresses, please refer to  D
N  section 3, "If You Can Not Send Mail to BITNET" for the appropriate    *
D  Internet addresses.                                                    C
*                                                                         N
C  If you follow the instructions above but can not subscribe/signoff     D
N  successfully, Please refer to section 4, "How to Get Further Help".    *
D                                                                         C
*  ---------------------------------------------------------------------  N
C  3. If You Can't Send Mail to BITNET .............................. 14  D
N  ---------------------------------------------------------------------  *
D                                                                         C
*  The following are the Internet equivalent of the CND subscription      N
C  addresses listed before as BITNET addresses. You may wish to use the   D
N  Internet address if you can not send mail messages to BITNET address.  *
D                                                                         C
*  +----------------------------+--------------------------------------+  N
C  |            BITNET          |             Internet                 |  D
N  |----------------------------|--------------------------------------|  *
D  |  LISTSERV@ASUACAD.BITNET   | LISTSERV@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU          |  C
*  |  LISTSERV@OHSTVMA.BITNET   | LISTSERV@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU  |  N
C  |  LISTSERV@UVVM.BITNET      | LISTSERV@UVVM.UVIC.CA                |  D
N  |  LISTSERV@KENTVM.BITNET    | LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU             |  *
D  |  LISTSERV@IUBVM.BITNET     | LISTSERV@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU       |  C
*  |  LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET       | LISTSERV@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU              |  N
C  +----------------------------+--------------------------------------+  D
N                                                                         *
D  ---------------------------------------------------------------------  C
*  4. How to Get Further Help ....................................... 15  N
C  ---------------------------------------------------------------------  D
N                                                                         *
D  We will be happy to help you if you have further questions after       C
*  carefully reading this file and following relevant instructions. If    N
C  your questions are about reading the CND Chinese magazine (HXWZ),      D
N  please direct them to:                                                 *
D                          cnd-cm@library.uta.edu                         C
*                                                                         N
C  All other technical questions should be directed to:                   D
N                         cnd-help@library.uta.edu                        *
D                                                                         C
*  If you are in Japan, also send a copy of your signoff request to:      N
C                      xu@tsuji-lab.ce.osaka-u.ac.jp                      D
N                                                                         *
D  If you request CND subscription from cnd-help@library.uta.edu without  C
*  specifying the particular service desired, you will be added to CND-G  N
C  and the local regional service in your residing country.               D
N                                                                         *
D  CND Management                                                         C
*                                                                         N
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Bo Xiong in Chicago
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