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                   rec.org.sca and [e-mail] FAQ
                                     or
                  Questions Frequently Asked on the Rialto
                  ----------------------------------------

   This article is part 2 of the complete Frequently Asked Questions
   posting for the Rialto.  An introduction and table of contents are
   included in part 1.  The complete Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
   list is available in several formats. The most current version is
   always the one available at http://www.unc.edu/~sherman/sca-faq.htm.
   An archive of the most recent posted version is available via FTP from
   rtfm.mit.edu in directory /pub/usenet/rec.org.sca. Those without FTP
   access should send e-mail to [e-mail] with "send
   usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body of the message to
   find out how to do FTP by e-mail.

   For more complete introductions to the SCA, see the recurring postings
   "Come on in -- the water's fine" (by Hal Ravn <[e-mail]> )
   and "Life in the Current Middle Ages." (by Arval Benicour <[e-mail]> ).

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Section 2: Other SCA electronic sources.

2.1 Are there other SCA mailing lists?


    AETHELMEARC Principality of AEthelmarc
    Subscription:  email to [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Filip of the Marche <[e-mail]>

    AVACAL Principality of Avacal
    Subscription: email to [e-mail] giving your
            SCA name and branch
    More information:  http://www.uah.ualberta.ca/rms/avacal.htm
    Maintainer: Yeoman Mordecai Salzer <[e-mail]>

    ANSTEORRA Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Subscription:   email to [e-mail] containing the
            following line in the body of the message:
          SUBSCRIBE ansteorra
        OR for a periodic (daily) digest of messages,
          SUBSCRIBE ansteorra-digest
    Post to:       [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Phelim Uhtred Gervase/Pug <[e-mail]>

    ANTIR Kingdom of An-Tir (The Cathedral Steps)
    Subscription:   email to [e-mail] containing the
           following line in the body of the message:
          SUBSCRIBE antir Your Name <email@address>
    Post to:       [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Ivarr Ulfvarinson <[e-mail]>

    ARMORY making armor for SCA use
    Subscription: email to [e-mail], containing the following
        line in the body of the message:
          subscribe the-armory Your Name
        substituting your first and last names for Your Name
    Maintainer: Takashaki Takada <[e-mail]>

    ATENVELDT Kingdom of Atenveldt
    Subscription:   email to [e-mail] containing the
        following line in the body of the message:
          SUBSCRIBE atenveldt Your Name <email@address>
    Post to:    [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Kristoff McLain Cameron <[e-mail] >

    ATLANTIA Kingdom of Atlantia
    Subscription:   email to [e-mail], containing the
        following lines at the top of the message:
          subscribe atlantia
          end
    Maintainers: Elenore Spyrling <[e-mail]>
                 Kendrick Wayfarer <[e-mail]>
    CALONTIR Kingdom of Calontir
    Subscription:   email to [e-mail] with blank subject line and
        message body of:
            SUB CALONTIR Firstname Lastname
        substituting your name for First and Last name.

    CAROLINGIA Barony of Carolingia (Boston, MA)
    Subscription:   email to [e-mail]

    COLLEGE OF ST. STEPHEN George Mason University chapter (Fairfax, VA)
    Subscription:  email to [e-mail] with this line in the body
        of the message:
            subscribe sca [e-mail]
        substituting your email address for [e-mail]
    Post to:  [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Lady Karen Larsdatter med det Usigelige Efternavn fra
    Skyggedal <[e-mail]>

    DML Drachenwald Mailing List - weekly
    Subscription:   email to the maintainer with DML in the subject.
    Maintainer: Jo Jaquinta <[e-mail] or
    [e-mail]> Archives:   via anonymous FTP at
    lanczos.maths.tcd.ie
                directory /jaymin/sca
            via email - send mail containing the single line HELP to
                [e-mail]

    FENCING Civilized discussion of fencing in the Known World
    Subscription:  email to [e-mail]
            with a message body containing the line
              subscribe
    Digest:  email to [e-mail]
            with a message body containing the line
              subscribe
    Maintainer: Dafydd Wulfsson <[e-mail]> / Dave Majors
            <[e-mail]>

    GRAND COUNCIL Mailing list for the SCA's Grand Council
    Subscription: email to [e-mail] with blank
           subject line and message body of:
          subscribe scagc-l <Your Name Here>
        replacing <Your Name Here> with your first and last names.
    Posting: only members of the Grand Council may post, although anyone
           may read.  Send postings to the editor or any other member of the
        Council.
    Editor: Justin du Coeur <[e-mail]>
    Maintainer: Kwellend Njall <[e-mail]>
    Archives: via FTP at ftp.gc.sca.org:/pub/sca_gc
                 via gopher at lists.princeton.edu
              via WWW at http://www.inmet.com/~justin/gc/

    LOCHAC Principality of Lochac (Australia)
    Subscription: email to [e-mail]
                   with a message body of
                  subscribe lochac <your email address>
    Posting:    email to [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Delbert von Strasberg (David Elson) <[e-mail]>

    MAGYAR Medieval Hungary and things Hungarian in SCA.
    Subscription:   email to [e-mail]
    Postings:   email to [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Miklos Sandorfia <[e-mail]>
    Archives:   via anonymous FTP at bransle.ucs.mun.ca

    MERIDIES Kingdom of Meridies mailing list
    Subscription: email to [e-mail] with a message body
            containing the line
              subscribe meridies [e-mail]
            Automated subscription via the web:
              http://web.ce.utk.edu/meridies/listserv.html
    Postings:      [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Lord William MacNachtan <[e-mail]>

    MIDDLE Middle Kingdom mailing list
    Subscription: email to [e-mail], include
                   SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message
    Postings:   [e-mail]
    Maintainer: [e-mail]

    MINSTREL Bardic topics
    Subscription:   email to [e-mail]
                   with a message body of
                  subscribe minstrel your@ email.address
    Postings:  [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Gregory Blount of Isenfir (Greg Lindahl,
                <[e-mail]>)

    NORTH East Kingdom Northern Region topics
    Subscription:   email to [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Miklos Sandorfia <[e-mail]>
    Archives:   via anonymous FTP at bransle.ucs.mun.ca

    NORTHSHIELD Principality of Northshield, Middle Kingdom
    Subscription: e-mail to [e-mail]
    Posting:    e-mail to [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Peregrine the Illuminator (Michael Moore)<[e-mail]>
    Archives:   via e-mail from the administrator

    OUTLANDS Discussion of topics of interest to the Outlands
    Subscription: mail to [e-mail] with message body
                   subscribe outlands Firstname Lastname
            and substituting your name for First and Last name.
    Posting:    [e-mail]
    Maintainer: M'Lord Kilmar (Mathew Anderson) <[e-mail]>

    REFORM Discussion of reforming SCA, Inc., specifically with
                    regard to how the Corporation is governed and the nature
                    of its relationship with the Society.
    Subscription:   mail to [e-mail] with message body:
                subscribe sca-reform
    Posting:    [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Gareth of Stonemarch <[e-mail]>

    SCA-CAID Kingdom of Caid topics
    Subscription:   mail to [e-mail] with a
        message body having only the line
            subscribe sca-caid Firstname Lastname
            and substituting your name for First and Last name.
    Maintainer: Wolfgang Rotkopf <[e-mail]>

    SCA-DANCE SCA Dance
    Subcription:    mail to [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Filip of the March <[e-mail]>

    SCA-EAST East Kingdom topics
    Subscription:  mail to [e-mail] with a message body
        having only the line
            subscribe sca-east
    Posting: [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Boyarina Yelizaveta Medvedeva <[e-mail]>

    SCAHRLDS Heraldic discussion
    Subscription:   mail to [e-mail] with blank subject
            line and body of:
                SUB SCAHRLDS Firstname Lastname
            substituting your name for First and Last name.
    Posting: mail to [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Kwellend-Njal Kolskeggsson ([e-mail])
    Digest:     sent twice weekly by Alan Fairfax
            ([e-mail])
            Contact him for details.

    SCA-WEST West Kingdom topics
    Subscription:   mail to [e-mail] with a
        message body having only the line
            subscribe sca-west Firstname Lastname
            and substituting your name for First and Last name.
    Maintainer: Wolfgang Rotkopf <[e-mail]>

    SCA-WWW Announcements of SCA WWW resources
    Subscription:  mail to [e-mail]
    Maintainer: Filip of the March <[e-mail]>

    SIEGE Siege engines, pre-black powder fortifications
    Subscription:   mail to [e-mail] with a blank
            subject line and body of:
                SUB SIEGE Firstname Lastname
            substituting your name for First and Last name.
    Maintainer: Sebastian Goral <[e-mail]>
    Archives: via anonymous FTP at bransle.ucs.mun.ca
                directory /pub/sca/
    Note: postings tend to come in fits and spurts.
2.1.1 What other mailing lists of interest are there?

There are lots of other mailing lists that may be be of interest to
SCA people. Here is a listing of some of them. To subscribe, send mail
to LISTSERV@<host address>, where <host address> is the part of the
address for the list you're interested in that comes after the @ sign.
The mail should have nothing in the subject line, and the body of the
message should consist of nothing more than SUB <listname> <yourname>
where <listname> is the name of the mailing list you are subscribing
to (the part *before* the @ sign) and <yourname> is your name.

If this is unsuccessful, try appending -Request to the name of the
list, and sending mail to that address. E.g., subscribe to
[e-mail] by sending mail to
[e-mail].

Many of these lists are places where modern-world scholars
communicate, and therefore are not places where persona is appropriate
-- use your modern name.


    [e-mail]           British and Irish history
    [e-mail]            Anglo-Saxon and related subjects
    [e-mail]     Arthurian discussion
    [e-mail]   Byzantine studies
    [e-mail]         Celtic culture
    [e-mail]         Chaucer and Middle English
    [e-mail]           Early Music
    [e-mail]  English Country Dance
    [e-mail]          Early modern history
    [e-mail]          Renaissance-Reformation studies
    [e-mail]          folklore
    [e-mail]           French historical studies
    [e-mail]         Gaelic language group
    [e-mail]           German history from 800 AD
    [e-mail]         Historic Costume
    [e-mail]         Irish traditional music
    [e-mail]           Islamic studies
    [e-mail]         Mediaeval literature
    [e-mail]         Medieval feminist studies
    [e-mail]          Medieval history
    [e-mail]       Medieval texts
    [e-mail]  Coinage up to c.1454
    [e-mail]            Performance theory and medieval drama
    [e-mail]          medieval drama
    [e-mail]  early modern history
    [e-mail]      RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE DANCE
    [e-mail]     Online medieval Latin music theory texts
    [e-mail]            Tolkein discussion list
    [e-mail]             discussion of the Torah

2.2 Are there archives of SCA information that I can
access?

Yes. There are several sites that contain various files of SCA
information, including this file, Corpora, the Heraldic Rules for
Submission, the Online Armorial, several kingdom's laws, rules for
combat, and so on. Each site has a different collection of material,
so you may need to investigate more than one to find what you need.

2.2.1 Archives via FTP?

Contact your local system administrator to learn how to use anonymous
FTP to retrieve these files. Those without FTP access should send
e-mail to [e-mail] with "send
usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body to find out how to do
FTP by e-mail.

ftp.nau.edu [134.114.64.24] directory /sca
     maintained by [e-mail] (Bill Wilson)
bransle.ucs.mun.ca [134.153.2.24] directory /pub/sca
     maintained by [e-mail] (Miklos Sandorfia)
vela.acs.oakland.edu [141.210.10.2] directory /pub/heralds
     maintained by [e-mail] (Alan Fairfax
     Aluricson)
ftp.pbm.com directory /pub/sca
     maintained by [e-mail] (Gregory Blount)

2.2.2 Archives via Gopher?

Contact your local system administrator for a gopher client.

heort.bsuvc.bsu.edu
     administered by Gwydion ap Myrddin <[e-mail]>

2.2.3 Archives via World Wide Web?

Contact your local system administrator for a WWW browser.
The web pages available are changing so dynamically that I don't want
to attempt to keep a list up to date here. Instead, use this link, and
search for other sites of interest to you from here. If you have a web
page you want to make known, look at this page to find the most
appropriate place to link it in.

http://www.sca.org/

2.3 Does anyone have a contact in ...

One option for finding people is to look in the Rolls Ethereal. This
works best if you know someone's name.

Another option is to look in the Home Page Listing maintained by
Ellisif Flakkari at
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/mjc/www/sca-people.html

2.4 What are the Rolls Ethereal?

The Rolls Ethereal list people on the Rialto, at least name and
electronic address, and often interests, location, and awards. The
Rolls are maintained by Justin du Coeur <[e-mail]>
They are available via World Wide Web at
http://www.inmet.com/~justin/rolls.html For those without World Wide
Web access, send email to [e-mail] with only the word
"send" (no quotes) in the Subject: line.

2.5 What's this alt.sca I found?

The first SCA newsgroup was named alt.sca. When the traffic grew to a
respectable size, we moved to rec.org.sca because the rec hierarchy
gets better distribution. alt.sca is currently defunct, but still
carried at some sites. We recommend that users of alt.sca move over to
rec.org.sca, and ask their system administrator to remove alt.sca from
their system, to avoid future confusion.

2.6 Where can I get songs and lyrics?

There are a number of sites that archive song sources. Many of these
are dial-up sites, requiring the use of a modem. Please do not ask for
technical help with this on the Rialto -- there are sure to be better
sources of this information close to you.


    Herald's Point, Ansteorra   [phone]
    TIDMADT, Atlantia           [phone]
    SCRIBE, Ansteorra           [phone]
    City of London, Trimaris    [phone]
    Digital Tradition           FTP to FTP.UWP.EDU, /pub/songs/folk
    Locksley's Lyrics           FTP to mac9.ucc.nau.edu,
    /pub/Misc/SCA/Ioseph bransle.ucs.mun.ca          FTP, /pub/lyrics


2.7 What's PennsicMUD?

PennsicMUD is a Aber-style Multi-User Dimension that attempts to
recreate the SCA Event Pennsic, with a twist. Pennsic is there in the
form of an interactive text-based world, in which the user can not
only interact with other users, but complete quests - some based on
SCAdian urban legends!

For information about including your camp's description, or anything
else about MUDs, contact the organizers at [e-mail].

2.7.1 How do I connect to PennsicMUD

By using a telnet client, to pennsicmud.privateer.org, port 6969.

For Unix and VMS users, telnet pennsicmud.privateer.org 6969

For DOS and Windows 3.1x, Windows95 and WindowsNT, use your
telnet client set to telnet to pennsicmud.privateer.org port 6969 and
be sure to go into the telnet client configuration and turn LOCAL ECHO
ON. Otherwise you won't be able to see what you are typing!

For MacIntosh Users: Macs are more comfortable in MUD Connections when
using a MUD Client - many of which are available by anonymous FTP. For
a list of clients and ftp sites, email [e-mail] and request
the list for MAC Mud Clients.
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Thanks to all who have contributed to this article.

This article is a work in progress.  If you have other topics you'd
like to see included, send me email with the question(s) and your
suggested answer(s).  If you have comment on the items included,
please send me (polite) email.

          PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE ON THE RIALTO! ! !

The whole point of this effort is to reduce traffic.  I will summarize
comments sent to me, if it seems necessary.

Robyyan Torr d'Elandris                         Dennis R. Sherman
Kapellenberg, Windmaster's Hill, Atlantia         Chapel Hill, NC
[e-mail]              [e-mail]
http://www.unc.edu/~sherman/robyyan.html