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      _AMAST Links_, AMAST Mailing Lists and Subscription Options

  The AMAST newsletter (the acronym stands for Algebraic Methodology
And Software Technology, from the name of a related conference series),
called _AMAST Links_, was started in Spring 1994 as an experiment. This
made quite good progress, and within about one year reached some sort of
definite shape. Here's some more information about the AMAST newsletter
and the related mailing list.

  _AMAST Links_ was issued monthly and had two forms: plain-text and
hypertext. The plain-text form was distributed by e-mail, while both
forms were made available on the World-Wide Web (WWW) and by anonymous
FTP. In the hypertext form, links to more detailed information, or to
information otherwise related to the announcements, are included when
available.

  If you wish to have a look at individual pages of the latest issue of
_AMAST Links_, or to previous issues, then please open its index page,
URL: ../links/AL-Index.html 
This provides you with links to all the published issues of the AMAST
newsletter.

  A more general index to all the AMAST information formerly maintained
on the WWW- and FTP- servers at the University of Twente (in The Netherlands)
is available at _this site_, URL: ../Index.html

  Those who did not have access to the WWW could get a detailed outline
of that information by FTP from

   host: ftp.cs.utwente.nl
   username: anonymous
   (giving one's e-mail address as password)
   directory: pub/doc/amast/
   file (plain ASCII text): README

  In addition to the newsletter, AMAST subscribers used to receive (if they
so wished) e-mail messages sent to the list by other subscribers. This
communication form was neither direct nor immediate, however. Messages
sent to the list communication address

   amast@cs.utwente.nl

were collected into a digest, which was distributed at a frequency not
higher than fortnightly. Because of the availability of _AMAST Links_
to host announcements and the like, the digest usually had a very
modest size.

  Subscription to _AMAST Links_ and/or to the AMAST e-mail digest was
free of charge, and was obtained by sending a message to the list
management address

   amast-request@cs.utwente.nl

where a subscription option could be specified. The following options were
available:

   S1: (default) full newsletter and e-mail digest,
   S2: full newsletter, but no e-mail digest,
   S3: ToC-only option (no e-mail digest, by default),
   S4: ToC-only option, but with e-mail digest as well.

  In particular, the ToC-only version of each issue of AMAST Links only
contains the first and the last page of that issue, which respectively
list the page titles and the contributors to that issue. The ToC-only
option is thus well-suited for those who wish to receive a low-volume,
summary information by e-mail, and then access the items of interest by
FTP or on the WWW.

  Those wishing to receive more information could send a message to the
list information address

   amast-info@cs.utwente.nl

specifying their request.

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last revised: 9 January 2003

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