ABSnet uses the majordomo software to handle subscriptions. Majordomo has its own account and waits for specific instructions to come to it via e-mail. The unix server, named ``gila'' is located at the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior in Bloomington Indiana. The account used is called ``cisab''. To subscribe all you need to do is send an e-mail to:
cisab@gila.cisab.indiana.edu
no subject is needed but in the BODY of the e-mail just include the one line and only this line:
subscribe absnet
That's it.
Make sure your e-mail does not automatically add your signature on the end. If it does make sure you put end on a line by itself after your ABSnet commands.
You should get via e-mail from cisab@gila.cisab.indiana.edu a message telling you if your request was successful, followed by another e-mail with a short message welcoming you to ABSnet with additional instructions on how to use the server.