1. How to join the Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture

The Forum hosts a series of focused, time-limited e-mail conferences. To join the Forum, send an e-mail to mailserv@mailserv.fao.org with the subject blank, and the following one-line text in the body:

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No other text should be added to the message (such as mail signature), otherwise FAO's mailserv facility will reject the subscription request. You must be a Forum member to participate in the e-mail conferences. You may join the Forum at any time.

After registering, members will receive an e-mail message containing the Welcome Text for the Forum. This provides information on the Objectives, Background and Practical Aspects of the Forum as well as Guidelines for Participation in e-mail Conference and Rules of the Forum. Participation in the Forum and its e-mail conferences is contingent upon and constitutes acceptance of the rules of the Forum.

2. How to join an individual email conference

Forum members are not automatically subscribed to the individual conferences. For example, if you have not subscribed to Conference 14 (on water scarcity and agricultural biotechnologies) that takes place from 5 March to 1 April 2007, but wish to do so, send an e-mail message to mailserv@mailserv.fao.org leaving the subject blank and entering the one-line text message as follows:

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3. How to unsubscribe from an individual email conference

You may leave an individual e-mail conference, while continuing to be a member of the Forum. For example, to unsubscribe from Conference 14, send an e-mail message to mailserv@mailserv.fao.org leaving the subject blank and entering the one-line text message as follows:

unsubscribe biotech-room2

4. How to leave the Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture

If you wish to leave the Forum entirely, send an email message to mailserv@mailserv.fao.org leaving the subject blank and including the following one-line message in the body:

unsubscribe Biotech-L

For further information on the Forum, contact the Forum Administrator at biotech-admin@fao.org