Sorry to be such a pedant, but PALEONET is a *mailing list*, not a
newsgroup. (The difference is essentially in the details of the
distribution mechanism, Usenet rather than e-mail). A paleontology
newsgroup does exist, but this is not it. The newsgroup's name is
sci.bio.paleontology.
Regards,
Una Smith una.smith@yale.edu
Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104 USA