ABSnet was started by James Ha at the University of Washington to facilitate communication among those who are interested in the study of animal behavior. It is maintained in association with the Animal Behavior Society. Thus one does not have to be a member of the society to join but should at least support their interests. ABSnet became so successful among Animal Behavior E-mailers that the electronic newsletter was moved to a unix server (located at the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior here at Indiana University) running the majordomo software. This software now takes care of most of the day to day subscription requests freeing the editors to edit and not maintain databases. James Ha is the primary editor while Shan Duncan at CISAB maintains the server and serves as the co-editor.