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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- Dr. Dan Davison
- Dept. of Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
- University of Houston
- 4800 Calhoun, Houston, Tx, 77204-5500
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- _E-_m_a_i_l: davison@uh.edu (Internet), DAVISON@UHOU (Bitnet)
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (713) 749-2801 (Dr. Davison)
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- This is a mail response facility which will return a
- specific GenBank entry requested via e-mail. The server can
- be accessed on the Internet, BITNET, and UUCP networks.
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- Please be aware that a mail response program is not
- ``smart'' and can only respond to a limited set of commands.
- GenBank entries are available by name and accession number
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- The addresses to use are;
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- genbank-server@uhnix2.uh.edu (Internet)
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- ...uhnix2!genbank-server (Usenet)
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- genbank-server%uhnix2.uh.edu@CUNYVM (BITNET)
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- and your request can consist of one of the following:
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- HELP
- SEND HELP
- SEND LOCUS genbank_locus_name
- SEND INDEX index_name
- SEND ACCESSION accession_number
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
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- ``HELP'' will result in a small help file being sent back,
- and everyone should request the help message. It will con-
- tain up-to-date information about the server, access,
- release numbers, and policies. The help message also
- includes all index names, so ``SEND INDEX'' no longer works.
- ``SEND INDEX index_name'' (where ``index_name'' is one of
- the index files listed in the HELP message) will work.
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- SEND LOCUS genbank_locus_name will return via e-mail the
- requested locus if it exists, and an error message if it
- does not. Use the HELP message index file to find the name
- of the entry, or use the accession number.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _a_c_c_e_s_s
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- The system is accessible via Internet e-mail. It can also
- be reached via USENET at uhnix2!genbank-server. Note that
- large GenBank entries (Lambda, EBV, tobacco and liverwort
- chloroplasts) may not make it through the thread of mailers.
- UUCP mailers, in particular, silently enforce a limit of
- 64,000 characters in a single mail message. Note also that
- Usenet mail is very unreliable; you should consult the
- ``pathalias'' database to construct a mail path from your
- machine to uhnix2. A local Unix mail wizard may be able to
- help.
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _C_a_t_a_l_o_g
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- Anyone can use the catalog.
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s
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- The server runs every half hour and will handle only one
- request at a time. If you want more than one entry, send in
- separate requests. Large GenBank entries (Lambda, EBV,
- tobacco and liverwort chloroplasts entries) may not make it
- through the thread of mailers. UUCP mailers, in particular,
- silently enforce a limit of 64,000 characters in a single
- mail message. Note also that Usenet mail is very unreli-
- able; you should consult the ``pathalias'' database to con-
- struct a mail path from your machine to uhnix2. A local
- Unix mail wizard may be able to help.
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- The server contains a simple response to someone asking for
- too many loci or otherwise abusing the service: it stops
- working for them. Please restrict your requests to no more
- than one or two a day; if the demand is too great the ser-
- vice will randomly choose requests to ignore, or will be
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- The current version of GenBank on the server is Release 59.
- The server is updated twice a year due to monetary and disk
- space constraints. We will soon be updating the server
- daily; as entries are completed by GenBank they will appear
- on the server.
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- Questions can be sent to davison@uh.edu (Internet) or
- DAVISON@UHOU(BITNET). Requests to talk to a human rather
- than a mail response program should be sent to archive-
- management@uhnix2.uh.edu. By popular demand, archive-
- managment@uhnix2.uh.edu also works.
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