






                                   GENBANK-SERVER


            _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

            _E-_m_a_i_l: davison@uh.edu (Internet), DAVISON@UHOU (Bitnet)

            _P_h_o_n_e: (713) 749-2801 (Dr. Davison)


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            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.

            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
            only.

            The addresses to use are;

                     genbank-server@uhnix2.uh.edu       (Internet)

                       ...uhnix2!genbank-server         (Usenet)

                  genbank-server%uhnix2.uh.edu@CUNYVM   (BITNET)


            and your request can consist of one of the following:

            HELP
            SEND HELP
            SEND LOCUS genbank_locus_name
            SEND INDEX index_name
            SEND ACCESSION accession_number

            _________________________
            The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
            dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
            of this guide.




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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.

            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.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _a_c_c_e_s_s

            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.

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _C_a_t_a_l_o_g

            Anyone can use the catalog.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s

            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.

            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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            stopped altogether.

            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.

            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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