___________________________________________________________________________ ALL INVESTMENTS INVOLVE RISK, STUDY CAREFULLY BEFORE INVESTING. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What is ICnet 2. Subcription/signoff/help 3. Posting 4. ftp past messages 5. Gopher 6. What is IC-VIP ? 7. Management 8. Disclaimers - you must agree with the terms and conditions to joining --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What is ICnet: ICnet (Investment Club on network) is a club organized as mailing list (icnet-l@ifcss.org) discussing investment issues, initiated by Gray Zhu, and now managed by Guang Hong and Gray Zhu. Membership is free. Check ANNOUNCE, README, WELCOME in ifcss.org:/org/icnet (see ftp below) for more information. 2. subscription/signoff/help : send message to: LISTSERV@IFCSS.ORG and in the first line of the e-mail (not subject): SUB ICNET-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME or: SIGNOFF ICNET-L or: HELP 3. Posting, send message to: ICNET-L@IFCSS.ORG => this list will be moderated (screened) by management as have been doing in the past. most questions will be forwarded as is, for answers. before you ask a question, make sure it was not covered previously (see ftp below), read the previous messages may be beneficial to you. 4. ftp: Past messages sent out is available for anonymous ftp, archived at ifcss.org (thanks to ifcss.org, Yuan Jiang and Zhang Yun Fei): ftp ifcss.org username: anonymous password: your-email-address ftp> cd /org/icnet (lower case please) ftp> ls (see what files are there) ftp> get filename ftp> get another_file ftp> get one_more ftp> binary ftp> get up-to-940528.zip ftp> quit (commands are unix style, there are commands like "help", "?") files are named by "YYMMDD" (year, month, date). You can get everything (which you should get) up to 940528 by getting one file up-to-940528.zip (type "binary" before "get"), then "unzip" (maybe "pkunzip", "gunzip") on your local computer. VIP material is not available for ftp. 5. Gopher: /org/icnet on ifcss.org, /ifcss/org/icnet on cnd.org 6. What is IC-VIP? IC-VIP is a group where I provide my personal recommendations including stocks, mutual funds, bonds, Initial Public Offerings (IPO), and possibly private placements. There is no obligation for joining IC-VIP either unless you buy something through me. If you want to join IC-VIP, send your phone numbers (especially daytime) and address to grayzhu@panix.com. I will send you information and recommendations from time to time, and I may call you up if there is something really exciting. 7. Management: Guang Hong (primarily maintainence, HONG@opus.mco.edu) Gray Zhu (primarily moderating, grayzhu@panix.com) ========================================================================== Disclaimers: a) Material on ICnet is for general information only, and made available to voluntary subscribers (subscription is free). There is no guarantee of accuracy in either text or numbers, so please read with your own discretion. Opinion expressed by any author is his own, not necessarily his employer's. Nobody on the icnet-l or related (Hong Guang, Gray Zhu or their employers, or any other members, or ifcss.org which is the ftp provider) except yourself assumes any responsibility for any consequences of using the material. b) You are free to forward and copy the material for private use. If you do forward, it is mandatory to let it ALWAYS GO WITH DISCLAIMER. Use of the material for commercial purpose without written consent of the author is prohibited. c) Any past performance examples should not be considered a guarantee of future results. Any company mentioned does not constitute a recommendation by anybody. ========================================================================== For specific recommendations and info on IC-VIP, contact grayzhu@panix.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICnet - Investment Club on network __________________________________________________________________________ SUB/SIGNOFF to: LISTSERV@IFCSS.ORG, with mailbody as: SUB ICNET-L Firstname Lastname or: SIGNOFF ICNET-L Post mail to: ICNET-L@IFCSS.ORG Anonymous ftp: at ifcss.org, in direcctory: /org/icnet Gopher: /org/icnet on ifcss.org, /ifcss/org/icnet on cnd.org Managers: Guang Hong, HONG@opus.mco.edu Gray Zhu, grayzhu@panix.com (800)-289-2498 __________________________________________________________________________ ALL INVESTMENTS INVOLVE RISK, STUDY CAREFULLY BEFORE INVESTING. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~