Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 11:45:32 -0500 (EST) From: Martha Vander Kolk Please excuse the duplication, this is being cross-posted to several different lists. CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse Internet Services The CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse is pleased to announce our new Internet services, including a listserv of AIDS-related news, an anonymous FTP site, and a gopher server. The CDC Clearinghouse also maintains an Internet mailbox to which users may send reference questions, orders for free publications and general inquiries. To correspond with the Clearinghouse, send email to: "aidsinfo@cdcnac.aspensys.com". *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* AIDS News Listserv Address: listserv@cdcnac.aspensys.com The CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse maintains a read-only mailing list for individuals who wish to receive AIDS-related documents from CDC, including the _AIDS Daily Summary_, selected _Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report_ articles, _CDC National AIDS Hotline Training Bulletins_, and factsheets. The listserv also distributes press releases from other Public Health Service agencies such as the National Institutes of Health. To subscribe, Internet users should send the message "subscribe aidsnews firstname lastname" to the address above, where your real first and last names are substituted for "firstname" and "lastname." Anyone with email access to the Internet, including members of such networks as America Online and CompuServe, can subscribe to the AIDS News Listserv. *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Site Address: cdcnac.aspensys.com The CDC Clearinghouse's anonymous FTP site contains files of documents such as the current _HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report_, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's clinical practice guidelines including _Understanding HIV: Consumer Guidelines_ and _Managing Early HIV Infection: Quick Reference Guidelines_, pathfinder guides to AIDS information, and in the future, the Clearinghouse's Standard Search Series. The files are located in the /pub/cdcnac directory. If using Mosaic or similar Internet software, the universal resource locator (URL) address is "ftp://cdcnac.aspensys.com/pub/cdcnac". *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Gopher Server Address: cdcnac.aspensys.com The CDC Clearinghouse's gopher site contains the _AIDS Daily Summary_, AIDS-related _Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report_ articles, tables from the CDC's _HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report_, and other CDC documents. Basic HIV/AIDS-related information is available, as well as information about prevention, treatment, and living with HIV. To reach the CDC Clearinghouse gopher, point your gopher client to the address: "cdcnac.aspensys.com" and select CDC NAC from the first menu. To point directly to the CDC NAC gopher, point to the address "cdcnac.aspensys.com 72" (port 72). If using Mosaic or similar Internet software, the URL is "gopher://cdcnac.aspensys.com:72".