NewsAgent for Libraries
Submitting Items via Email
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Email messages can be submitted to NewsAgent by forwarding them to the
news-in@ukoln.ac.ukaddress. By following the procedure below, each message can be assigned a NewsAgent.Topic thus allowing it to be inserted into the correct Channel/Topic.
The example below shows Pine being used to forward a message from the lis-link@mailbase.ac.uk mailing list.
First, here is the message viewed normally.
PINE 3.95 MESSAGE TEXT Folder: INBOX Message 578 of 591 86%
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:11:10 +0000 (GMT)
From: Sean Dunne <zzaassd@cs6400.mcc.ac.uk>
Reply-To: S.Dunne@mcc.ac.uk
To: lis-elib@mailbase.ac.uk, lis-elib-tech@mailbase.ac.uk,
midas@mailbase.ac.uk, lis-link@mailbase.ac.uk
Subject: Vacancy - JSTOR Information Officer
JSTOR Information Officer, MIDAS, University of Manchester. Salary 15,159
to 22,785. Apply by 5 December 1997.
Applications are invited for the post of JSTOR Information Officer to
support a new electronic journal service for the UK academic community. The
post will encompass technical assistance, user support, and promotion by
means of training courses and presentations. This post will provide an
exciting opportunity of getting involved with electronic journal delivery
services, which are expected to expand considerably at MIDAS over the coming
years.
See http://midas.ac.uk/news/jstorad.html
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Secondly, the message is forwarded to news-in@ukoln.ac.uk. Notice how Pine has inserted a signature and 'Forwarded message' line...
To : news-in@ukoln.ac.uk
Cc :
Attchmnt:
Subject : Vacancy - JSTOR Information Officer (fwd)
----- Message Text -----
Andy.
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UK Office for Library and Information Networking
University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK Voice: +44 1225 323933
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/~lisap/ Fax: +44 1225 826838
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:11:10 +0000 (GMT)
From: Sean Dunne <zzaassd@cs6400.mcc.ac.uk>
Reply-To: S.Dunne@mcc.ac.uk
To: lis-elib@mailbase.ac.uk, lis-elib-tech@mailbase.ac.uk,
midas@mailbase.ac.uk, lis-link@mailbase.ac.uk
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Thirdly, delete the original 'Subject' and replace it with 'NewsAgent Submission' or 'NAS' (as shown below). Then, delete all the text up to the original message headers (in this case, starting with the 'Date:' field). Insert two extra 'headers', a 'Topic:' and a 'Source:' as shown below. The 'Topic' header should contain a comma separated list of keywords selected from the NewsAgentTopic Classification Scheme. The 'Source' header should give the name of the mailing list the message was sent to.