ALERT

The number of email programs in use continually grows. Moreover some new ones try to incorporate sophisticated features into the email which may or may not be compatible with LaTeX compilation.
It has been reported that some people using "Outlook Express" have had their abstracts rejected, usually with the message "no \begin{document} line". It is important that any emailed abstract contain only simple ascii text.

Use the "plain text" option in the format menu of Outlook Express.

We have recently discovered that some machines running older versions of unix/linux do not include the standard information in the email headers if the abstract is mailed from the command line. Such emails are not processed correctly by the electronic abstract submission script.

If you are using an older of version of unix/linux, please send your abstract using a mail program, e.g., elm, pine, etc. to avoid any possible problems.