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A difficulty in distribution from the Glasgow UK node might have
meant that the posting below was not distributed as intended.

This is a repeat posting several days after the original.  If
you saw the original, many apologies for the current posting.

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This posting announces a new list.

alcohol-psychol@uk.ac.mailbase (in the UK, JANET)
alcohol-psychol@mailbase.ac.uk (outside the UK, INTERNET)


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New list:  ALCOHOL-PSYCHOL

This list was put in place on June 29th 1993.

It was put in place by an experimental psychologist
with a strong research interest in alcohol use.

There are other lists on the Internet that usefully address
alcohol policies and a whole range of issues that relate to
alcohol use. However, traffic on these lists has rarely addressed
the psychological processes that surround alcohol consumption.

The list 'alcohol-psychol' is designed to provide a forum for
those who have a research interest in the psychological
processes surrounding consumption.  It remains to be seen
whether:

(i) the list reaches a critical mass;

(ii) there are, indeed, issues which are of sufficient common
interest within the psychology of alcohol to fuel what is
potentially a very powerful discussion machine and (or)

(iii) whether it can provide services to those interested in
psychology in alcohol that go beyond the discussion of the
psychologocal process (and that are not already accommodated
by other lists).

The list-owner in pursuing his own interests in alcohol research
has usefully used such lists as alcohol, addict-l, drugabus and
the statistically-oriented lists edstat-l and stat-l.  The new
list alcohol-psychol is meant to augment the support these
lists provide.

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Where is the list based and How do I join?

The list has its origins in the UK (the list server is located
within the Computing Service of the University of Newcastle, UK)
but the goal is to go beyond JANET to the INTERNET.


A.  ****Subscribing from inside the UK****:
To subscribe to alcohol-psychol, send the following one-line message:

      subscribe alcohol-psychol Your Name
to
      mailbase@uk.ac.mailbase

For example:
      mail mailbase@mailbase
      subscribe alcohol-psychol John Barleycorn


B.  ****Subscribing from outside the UK****:
Subscribers from outwith the UK but who are on INTERNET should send
the subscribe message to

      mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk

For example:
      mail mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
      subscribe alcohol-psychol John Barleycorn

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A number of current subscribers are keen to seed a number of
different discussions.  It is their intention to 'hang fire'
until the list membership grows - a critical mass is about 50
and we expect this number to be easily reached during July.

Subscribers can discover the list membership by sending to:

      mailbase@uk.ac.mailbase (if they send from within the UK)
or
      mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk (if they send from outwith the UK)
the following one-line message:
      review alcohol-psychol
(Details of membership will be automatically e-mailed to requester)


But remember, to post a message on alcohol-psychol, the address is:

alcohol-psychol@uk.ac.mailbase (if they send from within the UK)
or
alcohol-psychol@mailbase.ac.uk (if they send from outwith the UK)

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The List-Owner, below, will deal with any problems, criticisms
or suggestions.

  Barry T Jones BSc PhD        barry@uk.ac.gla.psy (JANET)
  Department of Psychology
  University of Glasgow        barry@psy.gla.ac.uk (INTERNET)
  GLASGOW Scotland UK

  Tel:   +41 330 4059
  Fax:   +41 339 8889

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