To search the ProMED database, send a message to getweb@usa.healthnet.org. The body of the message should contain the line:
SEARCH PROMED keyword1 keyword2 ...
Where "keyword1 keyword2 ..." is a list of one or more keywords which you expect the documents you're searching for to contain.
For example, to search for articles on yellow fever in ghana, send a message:
SEARCH PROMED yellow fever ghana
You will get back a list of messages which have text matching one or more keywords:
90% promed-mail 9612: PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever - Ghana[3] 78% promed-mail 9611: Yellow fever, imported - USA from Brazil[4] ... [3] http://www.healthnet.org/programs/promed-hma/9612/0010.html [4] http://www.healthnet.org/programs/promed-hma/9611/0040.html
To access the message titled "Yellow fever - Ghana", look at the end of the message for an index of hypertext links and choose the link for 3. Then send another message to getweb@usa.healthnet.org:
GET http://www.healthnet.org/programs/promed-hma/9611/0040.html