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Just a couple of new things to announce. Owing to PaleoNet's admirable ;->
record of stability over the last few months, Rob Guralnick and I have
agreed that the time has come to re-institute the reply default that was a
part of the original PaleoNet listserver design (when the PaleoNet list was
based at the NHM). That default (replies go back to the list rather than
back to the author) was adopted on the original list as a means of
fostering communication on-line, so that others can listen in and take part
in the discussion. When the list moved to Berkeley Rob and I opted for the
more conservative default (replies go back to the author of the message you
are responding to) in order to ease the (then) new list into the heavier
traffic that can result from the list-directed reply setting. Then, once
the list had moved a combination of busy schedules, hackers, system bugs,
etc. conspired to make us put off reinstituting the original reply default.
That is until now. So, be forewarned. In the next few days PaleoNet's reply
default will be changed such that when you reply to a PaleoNet message your
reply will go out to the entire list. If you don't want to reply to the
entire list you can always use the options available on your e-mail
software to redirect your message to any address you like. However, the
default setting will be to direct all replies back to the list.

In addition to this change I've recently added many new items to the
PaleoNet Pages. Therefore, if you haven't visited one of the Page sites in
a while you might want to set aside some time to do so in the near future.
All the new additions are clearly marked by a "New!" icon. And, last but
not least, PaleoNet has  recently been invited to join the PaleoRing group
of web sites. These are devoted primarily to the promotion of paleontology,
paleoanthropology, prehistoric archaeology, and evolutionary biology on the
world wide web. Links directly from PaleoNet to other PaleoRing sites are
available on the PaleoNet Pages Home Page.


Norm MacLeod





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Dr. Norman MacLeod
Micropalaeontological Research
N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk (E-mail)

Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD

Office Phone: 0171-938-9006
Dept. FAX: 0171-938-9277
E-mail: N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk
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