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- From: sunclad@sunclad.com (Dennis Kirkpatrick)
- Newsgroups: rec.nude,news.answers,rec.answers
- Subject: [rec.nude] REC.NUDE FAQS Part 5 of 5
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- Organization: The Rec.Nude Faq Maintainer
- Reply-To: recnudefaq@sunclad.com (D. Kirkpatrick)
- Summary: This posting describes the newsgroup rec.nude, including
- where to find more information. It should be read by anyone who
- wishes to post to the rec.nude newsgroup.
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- Archive-name: nude-faq/part5
- Posting-Frequency: monthly
- Version: 16-Aug-03
- Copyright: (c) 1998-2003 Dennis Kirkpatrick
- Maintainer: Dennis Kirkpatrick <recnudefaq@sunclad.com>
-
- REC.NUDE FAQ Part 5 of 5: The Newsgroup Itself - REV: 16-Aug-03
- Maintainer - Dennis Kirkpatrick - recnudefaq@sunclad.com
- ==========================================================
-
- Naturism is flourishing on the Internet. Here is a list of electronic
- resources for your perusal. This is an incomplete list.
- ______________________________________________________________________
-
- Table of Contents:
-
- 1. World Wide Web
-
- 2. Newsgroups
-
- 3. Mailing Lists
-
- 4. Point-to-point Communications (Instant Messaging)
-
- 5. Online services (AOL, CompuServe, etc.)
-
- 6. Bulletin Board Services (BBS)
-
- 7. Endmatter
-
- 7.1. Revision History
- ______________________________________________________________________
-
- 1. World Wide Web
-
- There are hundreds of naturist web sites, with more being added all
- the time. Since there are several pages that attempt to exhaustively
- list all these pages, I will not duplicate that effort here, but will
- instead refer you to these links:
-
- o rec.nude FAQ - (this document)
- The FAQ file describes this newsgroup, its operation, various quirks,
- popular usage, and a substantial amount of information about
- nudism/naturism as a lifestyle practice and on-line.
-
- The latest version of the FAQ is always available at the
- following location(s):
-
- NEWSGROUPS:
- ----------
- rec.nude - posted on or near the first of each month or
- within the first 7 days of a month.
- rec.answers - same as above.
- news.answers - same as above.
-
- Your news reader program can be back-dated if you miss these postings.
-
- FTP:
- ---
- rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/nude-faq/part1
- rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/nude-faq/part2
- rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/nude-faq/part3
- rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/nude-faq/part4
- rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/nude-faq/part5
-
- Using an FTP or "Anarchie" type program you can access the FAQ
- from this public archive.
-
- WEB:
- ---
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-author/recnudefaq@sunclad.com.html
- ---or individually---
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/part1/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/part2/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/part3/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/part4/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/part5/
-
- While other WWW sites may carry versions of this FAQ, this location
- is considered a definitive and authoritative version in that it
- emanates from the same point of origin at rtfm.mit.edu.
-
- o Site Reports FAQ - For the NUDE BEACHES SITES FAQs see:
-
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-author/richard@alumni.caltech.edu.html
- ---or individually---
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/beaches/Australasia/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/beaches/Caribbean/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/beaches/Europe/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/beaches/Hawaii/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/beaches/North-America/California/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/beaches/North-America/East/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/beaches/North-America/West/
-
- NOTE: For BOTH the REC.NUDE newsgroup and NUDE BEACHES FAQs,
- you bookmark:http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-newsgroup/rec/rec.nude.html
-
- o Legal FAQ - [Under revision. Posted manually by D. Kirkpatrick
- until approved by Usenet Administration]. See also a state-by-state
- legal FAQ posted by the Naturist Action Committee at:
- http://www.naturistsociety.com/NAC/
-
- o uk.rec.naturist - A forum or place for the discussion and exchange
- of information & ideas of Naturists & Naturism in the UK and Europe
- The full FAQ post can be seen on the NUFF website at
- <http://www.gravis.demon.co.uk/naturist/pages/nuff/FAQ.htm>, or the
- Easy-to-remember URL for NUFF is <http://w3.to.nuff>
-
- o Kent Ashton's list of links
- <http://members.home.net/kjashton/naturist.htm>
-
- o Charles Daney's list of links
- <http://www.best.com/~cgd/home/naturism/nudelink.htm>
-
- o Nudism Web Ring:
- <http://www.sunclad.com/ring/>
- The Nudism Web Ring is a moderated resource of naturist/nudist web
- sites, private, commercial, and group, that are on-topic, spam free
- and porn free. Each site in the network carries a link system to all
- of the other sites. Great for naturist/nudist web surfing!
-
- Links are also provided where appropriate in other sections of this
- FAQ. In particular, there are many links to various organizations in
- part II of this FAQ.
-
- 2. Newsgroups
-
- Besides rec.nude, there is:
-
- o alt.nudism.moderated, established in 1999 in response to growing issues
- of off topic postings and "flaming" in rec.nude. This newsgroup may
- not be on all news servers as yet but a request to your news
- administrator may bring results. Make sure you explain that it is a
- "moderated" newsgroup.
-
- o uk.rec.naturist, for discussions of topics pertinent to naturism in
- Great Britain.
-
- o aus.culture.naturist for discussion pertinent to naturism in
- Australia and New Zealand.
-
- o nl.naturisme, for discussions (in Dutch) of topics pertinent to
- naturism in the Netherlands.
-
- o es.rec.naturismo, for discussions (in Spanish) of topics pertinent
- to naturism in Spain.
-
- o alt.christnet.nudism, for discussions amongst Christian naturists.
-
- o alt.cult.nudism, which exists for no purpose evident to me (and
- gets very little traffic of note, anyway.)
-
- o Regional newsgroups that are specific to a particular geography are
- always being added to the choice of Usenet styled newsgroups. Running
- a search on the available "Full Group List" from your internet service
- provider may turn up one of these groups in your area. Recommended
- search terms include "naturist", "naturism", and "nudist" or "nudism",
- although you may turn up some newsgroups with questionable agendas in
- doing so. A discerning eye will find the right newsgroup.
-
- In those instances when a newsgroup is not available or a request is
- refused by a news administrator, a good source for locating newsgroup
- material is the free service at <http://www.google.com/> Google.com
- With any web browser you can search this service by keyword and topic
- and view newsgroup postings from both current and archival material.
-
- Note that the group "alt.binaries.pictures.nudism" is not considered a
- naturist group, but is (like most of the alt.binaries.pictures.* groups)
- chiefly an outlet for pornography of various types. This group was not
- created by naturists (or nudists), and most rec.nude readers want
- nothing to do with it. Due to problems with illegal material or
- copyright violations of photo authors some servers do not carry this
- newsgroup (such as AOL and CompuServe). Various other "nudism" groups
- exist for purposes of binary (image) posting that are generally not
- supported by most on-line nudists due to association with soft or
- hard porn.
-
- 3. Mailing Lists
-
- Some mailing lists relevant to naturism:
-
- o The CO Digest, one of the oldest mailing lists on the net for
- naturist information, news and discussion. Moderated by John Hendry
- <mailto:codigest@codigest.org>, and distributed as an irregularly-
- mailed digest (usually on the order of two to three issues a month.)
- See the CO Digest web page <http://www.codigest.org/> for more
- information.
-
- o Cybernude Chat, Sponsored by CyberNude <http://www.cybernude.com/>
- and operated by Dave Rossow <mailto:nudist@cybernude.com>. See the
- CyberNude web site for subscription information. Web based.
-
- o NetNude <http://www.netnude.com/> Hosts various naturist pages and
- a web-based chat system. Based in Ontario, Canada but with interest
- to a global market.
-
- o RixPlace, a mailing list run by Rick Jaggers
- Nudist News & Views of a social/friendly nature. See
- their web page <http://www.rixplace.com/> for information on
- how to subscribe or e-mail at: <rick@rixplace.com>.
- Individual list server style messages or digest formats
- available.
-
- o The Naturist Forums & newsletters
- http://www.sunclad.com/nforum
- Web message board and Yahoo Groups (List servers)
-
- 4. Point-to-point Live Communications
- 4a. Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
-
- Naturists gather in several channels on several different IRC
- networks. Due to the transient nature of IRC channels, a list is not
- possible. Look for channels named #nudists, #nudism, #naturists, etc.
-
- 4b. Instant Messaging.
-
- Instant messaging is available from various providers. AIM (AOL Instant
- Messenger which links to all other AIM users and AOL's Buddy List for
- AOL account holders), MSN Messenger (links only within MSN) and Yahoo
- Messenger (Links to only other users of Yahoo Messenger). Programs allow
- users to direct-communicate with your acquaintences when they are
- on-line.
-
- 5. Online services (AOL, CompuServe, etc.)
-
- Updates from those who are on these services is always appreciated.
-
- o America Online: System-wide reorganization of topical material has taken
- place on AOL. In 1999 older nudist interactive message boards which
- were only accessible by specific internal AOL link were closed.
- The present supported naturist/nudist message board inside AOL is one
- located under the Travel Channel. The link from the opening screen
- is: CHANNELS>TRAVEL>TRAVEL MESSAGE BOARDS>BEST BEACHES & WATER
- RESORTS>NUDE BEACHES
-
- The direct AOL link that can be used in the Favorite Places Menu is:
- aol://5863:126/mB:169159 This is case sensitive so copy it direct.
-
- As of September 1999 we are pleased to note that this area is well
- accepted and even maintains reference links to both The Naturist
- Society (TNS) and American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR).
-
- Information on chat rooms for naturists / nudists is pending. A good
- place to start asking is this message board.
-
- o CompuServe: Nudist area closed in 2000 when system was revamped.
-
- o Delphi: The Online Naturist Club, hosted by Michael Corbin, is
- located at CUSTOM 13. Weekly chat sessions are scheduled
- and are accessible to subscribers.
-
- o UPDATE 8/2003: Prodigy announced the closure of its message boards
- to be effective in October 2003. The moderator has set up an alternate
- location at Yahoo Groups (tm) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/P_N_R
-
- 6. Bulletin Board Services (BBS)
-
- With the proliferation of Usenet and the web private BBS services and
- other services such as FIDO echos are quickly becoming a thing of the
- past. Persons hosting or having knowledge of BBS systems dedicated
- to the nudist/naturist option are welcome to contribute that information
- for inclusion in this FAQ.
-
- 7. Endmatter
-
- Copyright 1998-2003 - Dennis Kirkpatrick
- All rights reserved. <recnudefaq@sunclad.com>
-
- Contributions to this FAQ have been added by numerous persons since the
- rec.nude newsgroup was founded. This includes the various FAQ maintainers
- and newsgroups users as well. This body stands as a compilation of these
- efforts over time and serves as both newsgroup charter and FAQ.
-
- While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this
- document, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or
- omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information
- contained herein.
-
- This document may be reproduced and distributed in any medium,
- physical or electronic, so long as the entire document, including this
- copyright notice and the modification date below, remains intact and
- unchanged on all copies. Commercial redistribution is permitted, but
- you may not redistribute it, in whole or in part, under terms more
- restrictive than those under which you received it. If you have
- questions regarding reproduction and/or distribution of this document,
- please contact Dennis Kirkpatrick at: recnudefaq@sunclad.com
-
- The latest version of the FAQ is always available at the following
- location(s):
-
- NEWSGROUPS:
- ----------
- rec.nude - posted on or near the first of each month or
- within the first 7 days of a month.
- rec.answers - same as above.
- news.answers - same as above.
-
- Your news reader program can be back-dated if you miss these postings.
-
- FTP:
- ---
- rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/nude-faq/part1
- rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/nude-faq/part2
- rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/nude-faq/part3
- rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/nude-faq/part4
- rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/nude-faq/part5
-
- Using an FTP or "Anarchie" type program you can access the FAQ from
- this public archive.
-
- WEB:
- ---
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-author/recnudefaq@sunclad.com.html
- ---or individually---
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/part1/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/part2/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/part3/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/part4/
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nude-faq/part5/
-
- While other WWW sites may carry versions of this FAQ, this location
- is considered a definitive and authoritative version in that it
- emanates from the same point of origin at rtfm.mit.edu.
-
- For BOTH the REC.NUDE newsgroup and NUDE BEACHES FAQs, you can bookmark:
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-newsgroup/rec/rec.nude.html
-
- 7.1. Revision History
-
- This document will carry a revision history by date. Any time a change is
- made to any of the five sections of this FAQ the revision date will change
- on each section to reflect the revision date of the FAQ as a whole. The
- revision dates will be carried in last to first order with the most recent
- change at the top of the document. This will allow readers to know when
- the FAQ was last updated.
-
- Revision 16-Aug-03 -Updated link to Prodigy Message Board & other updates
- Revision 1-Jul-02 -Various updates and corrections.
- Revision 1-Nov-01 -Updated various links and addresses.
- Revision 5-Mar-00 -Updated various web links to current requirements.
- Revision 1-Sep-99 -Updated listings for AOL, Compuserve, Prodigy, and
- other reference material as necessary and submitted
- by newsgroup users. Parts 1, 4 and 5 effected.
- Revision 1-Aug-98 -Updated Posting Locations of FAQ and various URL
- updates.
- Revision 1-Jul-98 -Added FTP locations for FAQ.
- Revision 31-May 98 -Added HTML locations for FAQ and other link updates.
- Revision 15-May-98 -Changed information for the Nude Travel section on
- the AOL system in Part 5 of the FAQ.
- Revision 21-Mar-98 -Corrected URL for Fed de Quebecoise de Naturisme
- Revision 1-Mar-98 -Adjusted 4 part FAQ into 5 to conform with limits of
- web browser sizing.
- Revision 1-Feb-98 - Carried over from previous FAQ maintainer and updated
- FAQ maintainer contact info and some access info
- regarding the AOL Naturist/Nudist posting areas.
-
- Revisions Prior to January 1998 not documented.
-
- Please do not e-mail the FAQ maintainer with questions that may otherwise
- be answered in the newsgroup FAQ or the associated Beaches FAQ.
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- D. M. Kirkpatrick
- FAQ & Charter Maintainer - Newsgroup: REC.NUDE
- recnudefaq@sunclad.com
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