Finding the correct forum - other statistics lists If you have a message you wish to send, and you are not sure if Allstat is appropriate, you are advised to examine the various outlets available to you . There are mailing lists covering many different areas of statistics, and there are obvious benefits to yourself, and to the recipients of your message, if you ensure it is posted to the correct forum. This is particularly important if your message is of a consultancy nature, or is likely to provoke discussion, and might therefore be more suited to a list other than Allstat. Also, if you have a query about a particular piece of software, you will find that most of the major packages have their own dedicated lists, which you should use. Format for messages Please send messages in plain text format only.
Some mailers have the facility to send encoded messages, which are unreadable until decoded.
Please take care that you do not unwittingly select this option. If you are looking for replies to a message you are sending, you should ensure that your own e-mail address is listed somewhere in the body of the text. Some mailers can have difficulties in handling the automatic header. When sending seminar notices to the list, it would be most effective to do this once at the beginning of term. It is generally not very helpful to send last-minute reminders about seminars to a list which is as geographically spread as Allstat.