Tips for Accessing the Workshop Bulletin Board 
You can access the workshop bulletin board several ways: 

1. The easiest is to click on the discussion icon on the workshop pages or here .
2. If you are not accessing the bulletin board from a workshop page you can enter the following URL in your browser's location field: "news:wu.artsci.webworkshop-l"

Note: "l" is a lowercase "L", not the number one. 
3. If you do not have access to a browser you can read and add messages to the bulletin board in PINE.

Below are instructions to help you access the bulletin board through your browser or PINE. 

I. Accessing the Bulletin Board from your Browser 
In order to access the bulletin board from your browser you will have to set your Mail and News preferences. Follow these steps to set your preferences in Netscape Communicator 4.05: 

1. Select "Edit", "Preferences" from the Netscape pull-down menu.
2. Once in the "Preferences" window click on the "+" next to "Mail & Groups"
3. Under categories click on "Identity" and enter your name and email address in the correct fields to the right.
4. If you would like to use Netscape Messenger to receive email click on "Mail Server" and enter your login name under "mail server user name" and your server (ex: artsci.wustl.edu) under "outgoing" and "incoming mail server"
5. MOST IMPORTANTLY, under "Groups Server" enter "news"or "news.wustl.edu" or "newsreader.wustl.edu"
6. When you have entered this information click "ok"
7. Enter "news:wu.artsci.webworkshop-l" ("l" = lowercase "L", not the number one) in the location field in your browser or click on the discussion icon on any of the workshop pages to enter the workshop bulletin board.

Reading Bulletin Board Messages in the Browser: 
Once you have accessed the bulletin board in the browser you can read bulletin board messages by clicking on the message you would like to read in the top half of the window. The text will appear in the bottom half of the window. 

Posting Bulletin Board Messages in the Browser: 
Once your preferences are set you can post a message to the bulletin board by clicking on "New Msg" on the Messenger toolbar at the top of the mail window.  If you would like to respond to a specific message select the message (click on it to highlight it) and click on "Reply" in the Messenger toolbar. Setting your "Identity" is important so that your name appears as the author on any messages you post. 

NOTE:  If you are using Netscape Messenger in an open computer lab you should erase your name and email address after you are done sending messages.  If you do not go back and erase the preferences you have entered the next person who uses the computer will be able to send messages with your name on them. 
 

II. Accessing the Bulletin Board from PINE: 
If you do not have a computer which can run Netscape due to lack of memory you can access the bulletin board through Telnet in PINE.  

1. Access PINE as you would to read your email (open Telnet, enter your login name and password, type PINE). 
2. Open your folder list (type "L").
3. Scroll to the bottom of the list of your email folders to the news bar (news bar = two dotted lines with "News-collection" written in between them). At this point the tool bar at the bottom of your page will change.
4. Hit "A" to subscribe to a bulletin board.
5. Enter the domain for our bulletin board: wu.artsci.webworkshop-l

Note: "l" is a lowercase "L", not the number one. 
6. You have subscribed to the newsgroup and can now access it by highlighting it at the bottom of your folders list and hitting enter.

Reading Bulletin Board Messages in PINE: 
Once you have accessed the bulletin board in PINE you can read bulletin board messages just as you would regular email messages. 

Posting Bulletin Board Messages in the PINE: 
To post a new message to the bulletin board in PINE, open the newsgroup and type "C" to compose a regular email message. To reply to a specific message select the message (highlight it) and type "R" to reply. 
Do not be frightened by the warning that your message will be sent to thousands of people, it will only be sent to our bulletin board (which only about twenty people are currently viewing).