This article is from the Mass Spectrometry Internet Resources FAQ, by Kermit Murray kmurray@ch335c.chem.lsu.edu with numerous contributions by others.
sci.chem">http://groups.google.com/groups?group=sci.chem
The sci.chem FAQ is posted (more or less) monthly to the Usenet groups
sci.chem, sci.answers and news.answers. The best place to find it is the
internet, for example, the FTP FAQ archive site at rtfm.mit.edu in the
pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/sci/chem directory.
sci.chem is a high profile/high noise newsgroup in the best Usenet
tradition.There is much crossposting from other related and non-related
newsgroups and other standard abuses. In spite of this it is an
excellent
forum. Read this newsgroup for a month and get to know the regulars
before
posting. To quote the sci.chem FAQ:
"sci.chem is a discussion group, and it covers the scientific
discussion
of all issues concerning chemistry. There is no talk.chemistry group,
consequently discussion often drifts away from the narrow focus of
the
science of chemistry. Please ensure that threads that have no ongoing
'science' requirement have the "Followup To" header diverted back to
the
original group. There are several groups that also cover specialist
areas ... and prospective sci.chem posters should check to ensure
their post would not be more appropriately placed in one of those
groups. Please do not crosspost to all chemistry groups, and please
do
not post to groups that you are not currently reading."
 
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