***** Welcome to VETMED! *****
            --PLEASE READ THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND SAVE IT--
            Yes, it's lengthy, but there is much good info here.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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   * Limitations of Liability
   * Summary of Commands
   * General Information
   * List Guidelines
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LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
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The VETMED listowners are:
Stacy Pober: RainGoddess at juno.com
Ann Greenberg: algreen at panix.com

By continuing to read messages sent by  VETMED@iupui.edu,
you agree to hold the List Owners harmless for opinions expressed
on this mailing list.  These opinions do not necessarily  reflect
the opinions of the List Owners.

PLEASE NOTE:  Subscribers are hereby informed that the presence of
any veterinarian, breeder, judge, exhibitor, trainer, or rescue
worker/group on this list is NOT to be construed as a recommendation
by the List Owners or individual members of this List.


SUMMARY OF COMMANDS
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These commands are to be sent to LISTSERV@iupui.edu.
*NEVER* send commands to the mailing list.

ONLY mail intended for ALL the members of the list should be
sent to VETMED@iupui.edu.

What you want to have happen -      What to type in your mail message -
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To Subscribe                        SUBSCRIBE VETMED Firstname Lastname
To Unsubscribe                      UNSUBSCRIBE VETMED
To Suspend List Mail                SET VETMED NOMAIL
To Get Mail (as individual msgs)    SET VETMED MAIL
To Get Mail (as digests)            SET VETMED DIGEST
To See Your Distribution Options    QUERY VETMED
To Get Archives                     GET VETMED LOGyymmw

If you want to do something that is not noted above, use the HELP
command in your mail message.  For further technical information
about the ins and outs of LISTSERV, visit:
http://www.listserv.iupui.edu

Note: When you send a command message  to the Listserv, you can
have multiple commands per message, just  make sure that you put a
separate command on each line of the message and do NOT include your
signature at the end. If you go on vacation, please send the command:
SET VETMED NOMAIL

And when you return, restart VETMED with either of the following
commands:
SET VETMED MAIL
or
SET VETMED DIGEST

If your address starts to bounce, one of the the List Owners will either
put you on NOMAIL or unsubscribe you, depending on what the bounce
messages say.  If you stop receiving mail, check your status using the
QUERY VETMED command noted above.

For techie problems or other issues related to VETMED, please send
email to the List Owners by using this address:
VETMED-REQUEST@iupui.edu
(Note: do not send help requests to the List!!).  Include a detailed
description of what went wrong. Ideally, enclose the full text,
including the headers, of any error messages that you get.

If you wish to browse or search the archives of posts that
appeared on VETMED and those from the now-defunct VETMED-L,
go to the list website:
http://www.listserv.iupui.edu/archives/vetmed.html

GENERAL INFORMATION
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VETMED is an Email List exclusively devoted to the discussion of
veterinary topics.  Any and all discussion on this topic is welcome
as long as it follows a few simple rules, as detailed below.

This is a privately owned list, although the public is free to
subscribe to the list.  The List Owners reserve the final right to
determine who may remain subscribed.  We ask that everyone
subscribing to the list do so as a private individual interested in
veterinary topics.  If you are representing a company or other
commercial interest,  we ask you to note that advertising is strictly
prohibited on this list.

Please note, in accordance with the rules of the IUPUI site agreement,
no one may set up gateways to mirror this  list anywhere.  The
authors of posts to VETMED retain the copyright to their posts,
and you must ask the original author's permission if you wish to
repost or republish a VETMED post in another venue.

VETMED is currently a moderated mailing list. This means the posts
are sent to a list moderator before being posted to the list. The
list will be kept as a moderated list for as long as the owners
deem necessary to keep the list discussions relevant to veterinary
issues and to prevent flame wars.

Please note that the list moderators reserve the right to reject
posts for any reason.  Also note that there will in most cases be
some time lag between the time a post is sent to the list and the
time it appears on the list.

LIST GUIDELINES:
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We, your List Administrators, do not want to act as Net Police.
However, this is a privately owned List and we have the right to eject
troublemakers.  We would rather avoid this problem in the first place
and ask your cooperation in complying with the following:

*  All posts should be related to veterinary medical issues.
   While there are many other important topics in the world of
   animals, there are other venues for those discussions.
   Discussion of pet training issues, for example, would best be
   directed to one of the lists devoted to behavior and training
   of the species in question.

*  Because some List members pay for their access either on a per
   message basis or by volume, please keep your messages short and
   concise and keep quoting of old material to the minimum necessary.
   You WILL get an automated reminder of this if you overstep this
   criteria.  In particular, watch out if your mailer automatically
   appends the entire text of the message you respond to at the end.

*  Disagreements are to be expected; blatant rudeness and lack of
   respect are NOT expected nor will they be tolerated.  Anyone who
   repeatedly flames on the List or threatens another List member
   will be removed and barred from the list.

*  Do not repost material appearing on this List elsewhere without
   first asking permission of the original author of the material.
   If someone complains to us that a List member has done this, we
   may remove that person from this List at our discretion.  Note
   that does not mean your correspondence can be considered private;
   you should treat anything sent to the list as something that was
   said publicly.

*  Similarly, do not post anything on VETMED which has appeared on
   another email list unless you have the author's permission.

*  Advertising on this List by commercial entities on this list is
   absolutely prohibited. This is to be distinguished from satisfied
   customers recommending one product or another so long as they
   disclaim any relationship to the company other than as a customer.

*  Watch out for mailers that add attachments and other encoded
   material (especially Windows '95 that adds the evil winmail.dat
   attachment!!).  Please do not send these to the list.  Most mailers
   have a menu option to turn attachments off.  Always send your
   messages as plain text - without encoding or attachments.

*  Personal chatting is discouraged.  If threads start to drift away
   from veterinary topics please take them to private email.

*  Please try to keep your subject headers appropriate to the topic
   discussed in your mail and change the subject headers if your
   reply drifts from the original topic.

* Diverse opinions are welcome.  However, we ask that you treat
  other listmembers with respect.  Personal insults are not welcome
  on this list.