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Appendix 1 Mailing Lists
This section contains information on mailing lists and Usenet groups on
topics related to the World-Wide Web.
Please note that before sending a message to any of these lists please
listen to the discussions first and, where possible, read the information about
the list. You should not send simple questions about, say, installing Mosaic
on your home PC to a list for developers of the WWW protocols.
comp.infosystems.www.users
comp.infosystems.www.users
provides a forum for discussion of WWW
client software (such as Mosaic, Cello and Lynx), new user questions, client
setup questions, client bug reports, resource discovery questions on how to
locate information on WWW that can't be found by the FAQ and comparisons
between various client packages are among the acceptable topics for this
group.
comp.infosystems.www.providers
provides a forum for the
discussion of WWW server software and the use of server software to provide
information to users. General server design, setup questions, server bug
reports, security issues, HTML page design and other concerns of information
providers are among the likely topics for this group.
comp.infosystems.www.misc
provides a general forum for discussing
WWW issues which are not covered by the other comp.infosystems.www groups.
comp.infosystems.announce
is for announcement of new information
services (e.g. new WWW sites) and new software products (new server software,
new clients, new document converters, etc.)
An archive of the comp.infosystems.announce Usenet group is available at
the URL
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/users/grads/ferguson/announce/
comp.infosystems.wais
covers WAIS topics, including integration
of WAIS with WWW.
comp.text.sgml covers
SGML, including HTML.
Archives of the www-announce, net-happenings mailing lists
and comp.infosystems.www.* Usenet groups are available at the URL
http://cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/Archive/Announce/
CERN Mailing Lists
To join a list at CERN send electronic mail to
listserv@info.cern.ch with the line subscribe www-list
your name.
For example if John Smith wanted to subscribe to the www-announce list
he would send the message subscribe www-announce John Smith
An overview of CERN mailing lists is available at the URL
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Administration/Mailing/Overview.html
Alternatively send an email message to listserv@info.cern.ch containing
line lists to receive a list of lists or review list to
receive a list of subscribers to list.
www-announce is for anyone interested in WWW, its progress, new data
sources, new software releases. Please refrain from posting administrivia to
this list! The list owners want to keep it low volume, large membership.
www-html is for technical discussions of the HyperText Markup Language
HTML. Design discussions only, please, not newcomer questions.
This list is archived at the URL
http://198.92.133.3/menus/6581.htm
and at the
URL
http://gummo.stanford.edu/html/hypermail/hypermail.html
www-rdb is for discussion of gatewaying relational databases into WWW.
This list is archived at the URL
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Archive/www-rdb
www-proxy is for technical discussion about WWW proxies, caching, and
future directions. This list is archived at the URL
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Archive/www-proxy
www-talk is for technical discussion for those developing WWW software
or with that deep an interest. (Please keep this to WWW technical design only.
Not general questions from non-developers, which should go to the
newsgroup, nor for HTML topics which should go to www-html.)
This list is archived. A threaded version of the archive is available at the
URL
http://gummo.stanford.edu/html/hypermail/archives.html
atmwww-l
atmwww-l is an open and unmoderated discussion of the impact of
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology and networking on the
World-Wide-Web. To subscribe to the list send the message subscribe
atmwww-l your name to the address
listserv@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu in the To send messages to the
atmwww-l discussion list, email: atmwww-l@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu
cello-l is a discussion list for users of the Cello WWW browser. To
subscribe to the list send the message sub cello-l your name to
the address listserv@cornell.edu Further information is available at
the URL
ftp://ftp.law.cornell.edu/pub/LII/Cello/default.htm
The Cello FAQ is
available at the URL Archives of the list are available at the URL
gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu:70/11/listservs/cellol
html-wg is a mailing list for an IETF working group which is discussing
developments of HTML. To subscribe email html-wg-request@oclc.org with
the message SUBSCRIBE html-wg yourname An archive of the
list is available at the URL
http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/html/
http-wg
The HTTP working group (http-wg)will work on the specification of
the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). HTTP is a data access protocol
currently run over TCP and is the basis of the World-Wide Web. The initial
work will be to document existing practice and short-term extensions.
Subsequent work will be to extend and revise the protocol. Directions which
have already been mentioned include:
- improved efficiency,
- extended operations,
- extended negotiation,
- richer metainformation,
- ties with security protocols.
To subscribe email http-wg-request@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com with the message
SUBSCRIBE http-wg yourname An archive of the list is
available at the URL
http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/hypermail/
libwww-perl is a library of Perl4 packages which provides a simple and
consistent programming interface to the World-Wide Web. This library is being
developed as a collaborative effort to assist the further development of useful
WWW clients and tools.
A mailing list has been established for technical discussion about libwww-perl,
including problem reports, interim fixes, suggestions for features, and
contributions. The mailing list address is libwww-perl@ics.uci.edu and
administrivia (including subscribe requests) should be sent to
libwww-perl-request@ics.uci.edu
A Hypermail archive of the mailing list is also available at the URL
http://www.ics.uci.edu/WebSoft/libwww-perl/archive/
mosaic-l is a Listserv list for the NCSA Mosaic WWW browser. To
subscribe send the message subscribe mosaic-l firstname lastname
to the address listserv@uicvm.uic.edu
NOTE This list is now believed to be defunct since it was being used for
basic Mosaic questions, rather than providing a forum for Mosaic developers.
MacHTTP-talk is a mailing list for MacHTTP users has been set up. It
provides an open forum for any questions, answers, suggestions, announcements,
etc. about the MacHTTP server software. To subscribe to the list send a mail
message to the address MajorDomo@academ.com containing the
message subscribe MacHTTP-talk firstname surname
Further information is available at the URL
http://www.uth.tmc.edu/mac_info/machttp/mailing_list.html
moo-www is a mailing list to discuss links between MUDS, in particular
systems based on Pavel Curtis's MOO server, and the World-Wide Web. Subjects
for discussion include:
- In-MOO clients to access the web.
- Web clients that understand how to talk to MUDs.
- Using the Web to provide Multimedia capabilities to MUDs.
The list is at moo-www@maths.tcd.ie Subscription requests should go to
moo-www-request@maths.tcd.ie
Netscape is a Listserv list for the Netscape WWW browser. This list is
for the purpose of discussing features and bugs contained in this new browser,
as well as the new tags Netscape implements. To subscribe send the message
subscribe netscape firstname lastname to the address
listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie
Quality is a mailing list for the discussion of quality issues. To
subscribe to the list send the message subscribe quality to the address
listmanager@naic.nasa.gov.
An archive is available at the URL
http://naic.nasa.gov/naic/archives
unite is a Mailbase list which can be used for discussions about a
User Network Interface To Everything. Based in the UK with an
international membership. mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk with the message
join unite yourname
The UNITE archives are available at the URL
http://mailbase.ac.uk/pub/lists/unite
Web4Lib is a list for Library-based WWW managers and developers. To
subscribe email listserv@library.berkeley.edu with the message
SUBSCRIBE Web4Lib yourname
web-support is a Mailbase list which can be used for discussions about
WWW issues. Based in the UK. To subscribe email
mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk with the message join web-support
yourname
The archives are available at the URL
http://mailbase.ac.uk/pub/lists/web-support
The WebServer-NT mailing list is intended as a forum where users
of Windows NT can discuss World-Wide Web server issues. Likely topics might
include (but are not limited to):
- ideas for novel ways of using WWW servers on Windows NT
- security issues on NT Web Servers (encryption, proxy servers, ACLs)
- integration of Web Servers with NT applications
- CGI scripts wanted/available for Windows NT
- features which people would like to see in future Web Server products
for Windows NT
- the Freeware Web Server (HTTPS) for Windows NT
- configuration and document management issues for NT-based Web Servers
To subscribe, send message to webserver-nt-request@mailserve.process.com
and in the message body type SUBSCRIBE webserver-nt
To get help on the mailserver commands put HELP in your message body To
receive a list of the available mailing list put LISTS in the body To
receive a list of subscribers in a list put SEND/LIST webserver-nt in
the body.
Discussions of issues of commercial transactions of information via the
Web take place on the www-buyinfo mailing list. To subscribe send the
message subscribe www-buyinfo to the address
www-buyinfo-request@allegra.att.com
The archives are held at the URL
http://www.research.att.com/www-buyinfo/about.html
www-courseware is a list dedicated to courseware on WWW. To subscribe
send mail to www-courseware-request@eit.com containing the message
subscribe
An archive of the list is held at the URL
http://www.eit.com/mailinglists/www-courseware/archive/
This is a list dedicated to literature on the WWW. To subscribe send
mail to www-literature-request@eit.com containing the message
subscribe
An archive of the list is held at the URL
http://www.eit.com/mailinglists/www-literature/archive/
The aim of this list if to provide a high signal-to-noise, quick
turn-around forum for managers of WWW servers and sites to get answers to
specific questions about the setup and maintenance of http servers and clients.
The mailing list is managed by a utility called majordomo. To subscribe send
the message subscribe www-managers to the address
majordomo@lists.stanford.edu
www-security is a list to discuss different methods of providing a
secure WWW service. The list will focus on how to secure HTTP and/or HTTP-like
protocols to provide privacy, user authentication, service certifications and
document checking (digital signatures).
To subscribe send mail to www-security-request@nsmx.rutgers.edu
containing the message subscribe www-security
An archive of the list is held at the URL
http://www.verity.com/www-security.html
Information about the www-security list is also available at the URL
http://www-ns.rutgers.edu/www-security/index.html
The www-speed list is dedicated to the proposition that the web
is just too darned slow, and that some of its key components have inherent
performance problems that cannot be dealt with without changes to protocols.
Topics appropriate to the list are:
- Performance issues in existing implementations
- Managing busy servers
- Benchmarking servers
- High performance Server design
- High speed (130Mbps+) issues
- Client implementation
- HTTP - beyond 1.0
- Other performance and scalability issues
The list address is www-speed@tipper.oit.unc.edu The request address is
www-speed-request@tipper.oit.unc.edu
VRML (the Virtual Reality Markup Language) is an evolving specification
for a platform-independent definition of 3-dimensional spaces within the
World-Wide Web. It is designed to combine the best features of virtual
reality, networked visualization, and the global hypermedia environment of the
World-Wide Web.
To subscribe to the Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) list send mail to
majordomo@wired.com containing the message subscribe www-vrml
Further information is available at the URL
http://www.wired.com/vrml/
www@unicode.org is intended for indepth technical discussions of the
possibility of modifying the WWW protocols to support Unicode. It is going
along the same lines as some of the Unicode discussions on www-talk,
just a more focused group with no other WWW issues. If interested in joining
this list, send email to to www-request@unicode.org with a subject line
of subscribe, and a message body of subscribe www@unicode.org
your name
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