From jkl ( ( at ) ) ccl.net Mon Aug 28 00:40:40 1995 Received: from bedrock.ccl.net for jkl at.at ccl.net by www.ccl.net (8.6.10/950822.1) id AAA28570; Mon, 28 Aug 1995 00:30:23 -0400 Received: from krakow.ccl.net for jkl \\at// ccl.net by bedrock.ccl.net (8.6.10/950822.1) id AAA10158; Mon, 28 Aug 1995 00:30:21 -0400 From: Jan Labanowski Received: for jkl ( ( at ) ) ccl.net by krakow.ccl.net (8.6.10/920428.1525) id AAA02041; Mon, 28 Aug 1995 00:30:19 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 00:30:19 -0400 Message-Id: <199508280430.AAA02041 &$at$& krakow.ccl.net> To: chemistry (- at -) www.ccl.net Subject: News and woos from coordinator Cc: jkl # - at - # ccl.net Dear Netters, Occassionally, I need to say that I am here... Do not take it, please, as: "Your daddy is talking"... I am simply trying to do my job... Now, you can try the new look of the CCL home page (Alan Chalker, my student assistant, is doing a fine job, but I still think about improvements, so it is not yet an "official" page, but, see for yourself...) http://www.ccl.net/chemtest.html and comment, please... Now, some people asked me (prompted by the change of list's address from chemistry #*at*# ccl.net to chemistry #*at*# www.ccl.net), if I got the support for the list. Carefully crafted {:-)} answer is: yes and no... Your letters of support were used inside the OSC to help me get, a more or less, dedicated machine for the CCL and delay the cutoff date. As the proposal for extramural support is concerned, it is still pending... If I get it, you will be the first to know. You will notice on some messages that the Subject starts from: CCL:G: -- to identify that words Gaussian or G9* were used within a message CCL:M: -- to identify that the word MOPAC was used within a message I am getting some remarks from subscribers that these topics are occupying too much of the CCL. I insist that they are within a scope of the list, and if they are asked, they may be needed. Of course, I know about help "-at-" gaussian.com, but some people want to contact actual users. On the other hand, I wished that the questions were sometimes asked in a more useful way... Which prompts me to give a sermon... {:-)} The list is to get and give. If you get (and even if you do not...) try to give... (OK, OK, but I heard this long before JFK said something to this effect, and I am also trying to be "gentlier and kindlier"...). Before you ask the list for help, try to see, if you can find the answer yourself. Many questions were asked and answered before. You can search the archives of CCL. Send a message: help search to MAILSERV #*at*# www.ccl.net to find out how. Yes, it is clumsy, and I am working on a better document and search engine, but the old stuff is still usable, so use it please. It is not that difficult, after you try a few times. And if you find something pertinent, at least you can start the discussion on a higher level. If you cannot find the answer, ask the list, but try to make your question interesting and useful to others -- e.g., say more how did you run into the problem, tell what you do, etc... And if you get the answer(s), try to summarize it and post it back to the CCL. We want to learn what you learned. And if you summarize, please try to make the messages compact, just quote the important lines which helped you to solve the problem giving credit. The whole headers or redundant information is not needed in such a summary -- try to make it selfcontained but also short if possible. Now, please adhere to rules of the list. They are available from the home page: http://www.ccl.net/chemistry.html but can also be retrieved via e-mail by sending a message: help chemistry to MAILSERV.,at,.www.ccl.net If you are in doubt, if something fits the profile of the list, please ask me before posting. My reject file gets longer and longer (the reject file lists addresses of people who sinned, and I need to review their messages before they are posted to the list), and I hate to be a censor. I hope, I did enough preaching for today. Tomorrow, or in the next few days, I plan to share my impressions (very limited, in fact) from the ACS Meeting in Chicago. So beware... Jan Labanowski The CCL Watchdog (old, worn out, teethless, but still barking) jkl $#at#$ ccl.net