From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 24 2011 - 15:08:03 CDT

Hi,
  If you get failed delivery messages, it is usually because one or more
VMD-L members email addresses had a failed delivery. This is not unusual
given that there are over a thousand subscribers. I got both of your posts,
so there was certainly no delivery problem here. :-)

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 08:53:46PM +0100, Anna wrote:
> I apologise for repeated messages to the vmd list, but it always says that
> my message cannot be delivered and I get a mailer daemon message saying I
> tried, but ... So I gave up. Is this only me or do other members get this
> as well?
>
> On 24 Aug 2011, at 18:34, Anna <mol.dynamics_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Anna <mol.dynamics_at_yahoo.com>
> Date: 24 August 2011 17:48:38 GMT+01:00
> To: VMD list <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Initial configuration reorientation
>
> Dear vmd developers/users!
> I need to orientate cylinder-shaped polymers in order to simulate
> them with LAMMPS, and I was given data for their initial orientation
> and position from other experiments.
> I have the following information: the coordinate (r) centre and
> orientation vector (n) of long axis.
> chain one: r1_x; r1_y; r1_z; n1_x; n1_y; n1_z
> chain two: r2_x; r2_y; r2_z; n2_x; n2_y; n2_z
> chain 1: -0.8; -2.1; 0.5; -0.07; 0.8; 0.5
> chain 2: 2.6; 1.9; -2.2; -0.08; 0.9; 0.4
> I am confused as to how I can approach this problem using vmd.
> Thank you in advance for any input!

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