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* ORTHNORTH * 
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PLEASE SAVE THIS MESSAGE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, 
IT CONTAINS VITAL INFORMATION 
 
 
OrthNorth is a discussion list for Orthopaedic Surgeons in the Northern Region, 
based at Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It aims to share and advance knowledge of 
Orthopaedic Surgery and allied Sciences at a postgraduate level. Educational and 
research resources are also available on its webpages. 
 
There are three lists run by orthnorth. Orthnorth-trainee is exclusively for SpRs 
and orthnorth-consultant is exclusively for Consultants. SHOs, clinical fellows, 
Nurse Practitioners and other ortho PAMs staff get put on orthnorth. 
 
You will be allocated to the appropriate list when you request to join.
 
 
 
 
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Important Email Addresses 
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1. mailbase@ncl.ac.uk 
 
This is the mailbase program. 
Send commands to this address. 
 
 
2. orthnorth@ncl.ac.uk 
 
This is the address of this list. Any messages sent to 
this address will be automatically forwarded to all the 
members of the list. 
 
 
3. orthnorth-request@ncl.ac.uk 
 
This is the address for the list owner(s) who looks 
after the list. If you have a problem with the list, send a 
message to this address. 
For example, 
- if you have problems leaving the list 
- if you have problems sending a message to the list 
 
 
4. mailbase-helpline@ncl.ac.uk 
 
This is the Mailbase Helpline. 
If you have any questions about or problems with 
Mailbase use this address. 
 
 
 
 
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How to... 
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1. To send a message to everyone on the list, send an email to: 
 
orthnorth@ncl.ac.uk 
 
 
2. To leave orthnorth, send an email to: 
 
mailbase@ncl.ac.uk 
 
with the message: 
 
leave orthnorth 
stop 
 
 
 
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Web Pages 
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You can access this list from the World Wide Web, either 
from the Mailbase homepage at: 
 
http://mailbase.ncl.ac.uk/ 
 
or, by going directly to: 
 
http://mailbase.ncl.ac.uk/lists/orthnorth/ 
 
 
There is a website that runs off "orthnorth" which you may find useful. It can 
be accessed via the 'welcome' page at 
http://mailbase.ncl.ac.uk/lists/orthnorth/files/ 
 
 
 
Messages sent to this list are stored on the Mailbase 
webpages and are available for view by non members of orthnorth. 
 
 
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Problems! 
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o Never send commands, or requests to join, or admin. 
queries, to orthnorth@ncl.ac.uk - your problem will be 
broadcast to all our members! 
 
o If your mail address changes, send a message to 
orthnorth-request@ncl.ac.uk 
 
o If something goes wrong - perhaps you get two copies of 
every message - send a message to 
orthnorth-request@ncl.ac.uk 
 
o If mail from orthnorth to you is regularly rejected for 
some reason (perhaps because you have run out of file space 
or your computer mail service has been renamed) the 
list-owner may eventually delete you from the list. 
 
o If you get no mail, you may have been deleted from the 
list - see above. Either send a message to 
orthnorth-request@ncl.ac.uk, or resubscribe