From crabtree@dao.nrc.ca Thu Jun 10 12:43:02 1993
To: adass-list@dao.nrc.ca
Subject: Abstract Submission for the ADASS meeting

You have probably received a message containing a LaTeX template
for the e-mail submission of abstracts to the upcoming ADASS
conference. This message was mistakenly sent to the conference
distribution list while testing the abstract submission system.

I am sorry for any confusion which this may have caused.

We will be making the conference announcement available sometime
next week, but since everyone has now received my test abstract, I
am making available the instructions for preparing ADASS abstracts.

The following is an excerpt from the conference announcement and
includes directions for obtaining the material for preparing ADASS
abstracts.

Dennis Crabtree

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ABSTRACT INSTRUCTIONS

The abstract template forms use the LaTeX markup language, but you do not need
to know how to use LaTeX -- there are complete instructions and all the
forms needed to prepare an abstract.  Knowledge of a text editor is all
that is required.

If you can reach the Internet from your computer, you can retrieve the
package using "anonymous FTP" from a computer named haida.dao.nrc.ca.
Recipes for obtaining the package this way are included later on.
If you can't retrieve the package yourself, you can send an 
email message to abs-request@dao.nrc.ca, and the package 
will be returned to you via email.

When you have finished your abstract, mail the filled-in template to
abstract@dao.nrc.ca.  DO NOT SEND A PAPER COPY.  

We will make a reasonable attempt to solve problems in order to make
this work for you, provided that you have made a good-faith effort to
comply with our instructions.  We cannot accept graphics yet.

FILE TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS

The preferred method for retrieval is anonymous FTP on the Internet.
The package is kept on a computer (host) called haida.dao.nrc.ca. The 
The files are located in pub/adass/abstracts.
An ftp session might go like this:

    % ftp haida.dao.nrc.ca                      # you type this
	  ...                                   #  <ftp responds>
      Name (haida: ): anonymous                 # type "anonymous"
      Password:                                 # type your e-mail address
          ...                                   #  <ftp responds>
      ftp> cd pub/adass/abstracts                # type these commands
      ftp> get README
      ftp> get adassab.sty
      ftp> get adassabfrm.tex
      ftp> get adassabsmp.tex
      ftp> get adassabins.txt
      ftp> bye                                  # type this to quit

If you see a message like "haida.dao.nrc.ca: unknown host", you'll
need to use the numeric Internet address of haida.dao.nrc.ca.  You
should type this number on the FTP command line in place of
"haida.dao.nrc.ca".  The number is 134.87.150.9, so you would
have to type 

    % ftp 134.87.150.9

to start the FTP session.

EMAIL REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS

If you absolutely cannot get the package using the file transfer
recipes given above, you can request that the package be sent to you as
email.  Send a simple message that says:

    send abstracts

to abs-request@dao.nrc.ca.  The files will be returned to
you via email.  Note that this is an Internet address.  If your computer
sends and receives email on Bitnet or DECNet (formerly SPAN) instead,
you will have to route your request through a "gateway".

    EAST::"abs-request@dao.nrc.ca"		(from DECNet/SPAN)
    abs-request@dao.nrc.ca			(from Bitnet)