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- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists, Part 6/6
- Message-ID: <1993DecPt6@taronga.com>
- Followup-To: poster
- Keywords: T thru Z
- Supersedes: <1993NovPt6@taronga.com>
- Reply-To: arielle@taronga.com
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- References: <1993DecPt5@taronga.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1993 17:32:15 GMT
- Approved: arielle@taronga.com
- Expires: 19 February 1994 00:00:01 GMT
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- Archive-name: mail/mailing-lists/part6
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-
- [This is the sixth of six articles on mailing lists.]
-
- tadream
- Contact: tadream-request@vacs.uwp.edu (Dave Datta)
- ....uwm!uwpvacs!tadream-request
- uwpvacs!tadream-request@uwm.edu
-
- Purpose: Tadream is a forum for discussions about Tangerine Dream
- and related artists. The discussions are not moderated, but
- discussions should have some small relation to Tangerine Dream
- (solo works and instrumentation discussions are welcome). The list
- is set up both as a mail relay and a daily digest.
-
- Talon-Eclipse-Laser
- Contact: todd@di.com (Todd Day)
-
- Purpose: For owners and admirers of Talon, Eclipse or Laser
- automobiles.
-
- tandem
- Contact: tandem-request@hobbes.ucsd.edu
-
- Purpose: A mailing list for tandem bicycle enthusiasts. Suitable
- topics include questions and answers related to tandem componentry,
- riding technique, brands and equipment selection, prices, clubs,
- rides and other activities, cooperating on a section on tandems
- for the rec.bicycles.* FAQ, etc.
-
- tandy4k
- Contact: ...!{psu-cs,reed,ogcvax}!qiclab!tandy4k-users (Steven Neighorn)
-
- Purpose: A mailing list for owners, users, and other interested
- parties of the Intel 80386-based Tandy 4000 Microcomputer. The list
- will contain problems encountered, hints, program source code, and
- anything else related to the operation of Tandy's newest entry into
- the world of microcomputers.
-
- tbi-sprt
- Contact: listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu
-
- Purpose: The St.Johns University traumatic Brain Injury Support List,
- tbi-sprt, on listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu was created for the exchange
- of information by survivors, supporters, and professionals concerned
- with traumatic brain injury and other neurological impairments which
- currently lack a forum. We know from our own experience that one of
- the difficulties people dealing with tbi face is that their time is
- often dominated by the survivor's recovery process. Accessing support
- groups or networking of any kind can seem like one more thing to add
- to an already packed schedule. A forum such as this is available at
- all hours of the day or night and does not need to become one more event
- that must be scheduled.
-
- The postings to the list are archived and made available monthly
- through the listserv. A file containing introductions submitted by
- subscribers is also available along with files relevant to topics of
- the list. Additions to these resources are welcomed.
-
- To subscribe to tbi-sprt send mail to listserv@sjuvm.bitnet or
- listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu
- Leave the subject line blank and in the body of the message put
- subscribe the line
- tbi-sprt followed by your name as you want it to appear in the list.
-
- List owners:
- Len Burns: lburns@cats.ucsc.edu
- Tapati Amber Sarasvati: labyris@gorn.echo.com
-
- tcad
- Contact: tcad-request@iec.ufl.edu (Mark Law)
-
- Purpose: This mailing list ihas been set up to serve the needs of
- users and software developers of TCAD ( technology computer aided
- design ) codes. These codes typicaaly aid the the IC process
- designer in developing, debugging, and optimizing new and old
- processes. The group discusses software such as PISCES, SUPREM,
- FABRICS, SAMPLE, SIMPL, and MINIMOS.
-
- tcp-group
- Contact: tcp-group-request@ucsd.edu
-
- Purpose: Discussion about promoting TCP/IP use on Ham packet radio.
-
- tears4-fears
- Contact: tears4-fears-request@ms.uky.edu (Joel Abbot)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of the music group Tears For Fears.
-
- TeleUSErs
- Contact: TeleUSErs-request@telesoft.com (Charlie Counts)
-
- Purpose: To promote the interchange of technical information,
- examples, tips, etc., among the users of TeleUSE. The TeleUSErs
- mailing list is unmoderated. (Mail for TeleSoft TeleUSE Technical
- Support shoud NOT be sent to the list, technical support email
- should be sent to guisupport@telesoft.com).
-
- Testing-Research
- Contact: Testing-Research-Request@cs.uiuc.edu (Brian Marick)
-
- Purpose: Testing-Research is a forum for testing researchers to
- discuss current and future research. Since testing is one
- of the most down-to-earth kinds of software engineering research,
- testing practitioners are welcomed. Messages about practice
- should be the kind that can guide or improve research; messages
- that can improve practice should go in comp.software-eng. This
- list is unmoderated.
-
- theatre
- Contact: theatre-request@world.std.com (Elizabeth Lear Newman)
-
- Purpose: This forum is intended for the general discussion of
- theater, in whatever form it may take. This list is primarily a
- gateway for the traffic in the newsgroup rec.arts.theatre.
-
- they-might-be
- Contact: they-might-be-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu
-
- Purpose: Discussion of the musical group They Might Be Giants.
-
- TheWho
- Contact: majordomo@cisco.com
-
- Purpose: An unmoderated mailing list for discussion of the band
- The Who, its individual members, lyrics, etc.
-
- To subscribe, e-mail to majordomo@cisco.com with the following line
- in the body of the message (NOT the Subject: line):
-
- subscribe thewho
-
- think-c
- Contact: think-c-request@ics.uci.edu (Mark Nagel)
-
- Purpose: This list exists to discuss the Think C compiler for the
- Macintosh. Acceptable topics include discussion of compiler
- problems and solutions/workarounds, discussion of object-oriented
- programming and Macintosh programming, and the sharing of source
- code. Associated with this list is an archive stored on
- ics.uci.edu accessible via ftp and a mail archive server
- (archive-server@ics.uci.edu). Submissions to the archive should
- go to think-c-request.
-
- thunderbird
- Contact: htunca@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Han Tunca)
-
- Purpose: The purpose of the group will be to discuss all aspects
- of the Ford Thunderbird Automobiles. The mailing list is not
- limited to any model year.
-
- tinymuck-sloggers
- Contact: tinymuck-sloggers-request@piggy.ucsb.edu (Robert Earl)
-
- Purpose: Forum for programmers, wizards, and users of the
- extensible, programmable TinyMUD derivative known as TinyMUCK
- (current version: 2.2).
-
- tinymush-programmers
- Contact: tinymush-programmers-request@cygnus.com
-
- Purpose: Discussion devoted to the programming language integral
- to the TinyMUSH subfamily of mud servers. (See the rec.games.mud
- FAQ for more general information about muds).
-
- Tolkien-Czech
- Contact: TOLKIEN-request@pub.vse.cz
-
- Purpose: The discussion, held in Czech and Slovak languages only,
- concerns works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially their Czech (and Slovak)
- translations.
-
- Subscription: send "SUBSCRIBE TOLKIEN Your-first-name Your-last-name"
- mail to listserver@pub.vse.cz.
-
- TolkLang
- Contact: tolklang-request@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Julian Bradfield)
-
- Purpose: Discussions of the linguistic aspects of J.R.R. Tolkien's
- works. This covers everything from Elvish vocabulary and grammar
- to his use of Old English. The list is (lightly) moderated.
-
- top
- Contact: top-request@cv.ruu.nl (Ger Timmens)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of the musical group Tower of Power and
- associated side projects.
-
- TopSoft
- Contact: ts-request@atlas.chem.utah.edu (Tony Jacobs)
-
- Purpose: TopSoft is a world wide network Macintosh Programming User
- Group developing high quality free software. FilterTop is a batch
- processing program with a iconic/graphical programming interface. It
- lets you pass the files selected through an assembly line process of
- objects called "Filters". Each filter performs a separate operation
- on the file or data.
-
- torg
- Contact: torg-request@cool.vortech.com (Clay Luther)
-
- Purpose: Torg is the mailing list dedicated to the infiniverse
- of West End Game's "Torg, the Possibility Wars" Roleplaying Game.
- Please put "HELP" on the subject line, as this is an automated
- request.
-
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Contact: stlouis@unixg.ubc.ca (Phill St-Louis)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club including
- player transactions, predictions, game commentary, etc. Everyone
- welcome!
-
- towers
- Contact: bill@wrangler.wlk.com (Bill Kennedy)
-
- Purpose: General discussion on the subject of NCR Tower computers.
- Gatewayed with comp.sys.ncr
-
- toyota
- Contact: toyota-request@quack.kfu.com
-
- Purpose: The charter of the list is for the discussion on almost
- any subject to owners and prospective owners of all models of
- Toyota consumer passenger vehicles and light trucks.
-
- Toyota Corolla
- Contact: corolla-request@mcs.com
-
- Purpose: Discussion of Toyota Corollas, including model years from
- 1970 on, all engines, and the Chevy Nova and Geo Prizm twins.
-
- Transgen
- Contact: LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
-
- Purpose: Transgen is a list specifically for and about people who are
- transsexual, transgendered and/or transvestites. The list is open to
- the public.
-
- TRANSGEN may be received in two formats. To set TRANSGEN to post by
- post format the proper command is SET TRANSGEN MAIL. To set it to
- digest format the command is SET TRANSGEN DIGEST. The proper address
- to which to send these commands is one of the following:
-
- LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
- LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BITNET
-
- transputer
- Contact: transputer-request@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu
-
- Purpose: The Transputer mailing list was created to enhance the
- communication among those who are interested in the Transputer and
- Transputer based systems.
-
- Submissions should be of non-proprietary nature and be concerned
- with, but not limited to:
-
- o Algorithms
- o Current development efforts (hardware and software)
- o INMOS and third party systems (Meiko, FPS, etc.)
- o Interfaces
- o Dedicated computational resources
- o Occam and Non-Occam language development
-
- Archives of submissions are available by anonymous ftp from the
- host tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (userid "anonymous", password is of the
- form "user@host") and through uucp on a per-request basis.
-
- The list is maintained as a mail reflector. Submissions are
- therefore sent out as they are received.
-
- traveller
- Contact: traveller-request@engrg.uwo.ca (James T. Perkins)
-
- Purpose: This mailing list exists to discuss the TRAVELLER Science
- Fiction Role Playing Game, published by Game Designers' Workshop.
- All variants of Traveller (Traveller 2300, MegaTraveller), and
- Traveller games (Snapshot, Trillion Credit Squadron, etc.) are
- included, too. Discussion is unmoderated and open to all facets
- and levels of Traveller discussion. Listeners as well as
- contributors are welcome.
-
- TREK-REVIEW-L
- Contact: LISTSERV@cornell.edu (Michael Scott Shappe)
-
- Purpose: TREK-REVIEW-L exists as a noise-free forum for reviews
- of Star Trek material. This category includes but is not limited
- to television programs, feature films, novels and novelizations,
- comic books, games and parodies of Star Trek.
-
- The list is not rooted in any specific generation of Trek.
- Original Series, Animated Series, Movie Era, Next Generation
- and Deep Space Nine materials are all valid.
-
- TO subscribe to the list, send the following command IN MAIL to
- LISTSERV@cornell.edu:
-
- SUBSCRIBE TREK-REVIEW-L Firstname Lastname
-
- triples
- Contact: triples-request@hal.com (Howard A. Landman)
-
- Purpose: To discuss non-monogamous relationships, polyfidelity,
- and group marriage, and the various issues that arise in that
- context, like jealousy, shared housing, marriage laws, sex, etc.
- Not moderated.
-
- TurboVision
- Contact: listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
-
- Purpose: For TurboVision programmers (a library that comes with
- Borland C++ and Pascal compilers). Both languages are discussed.
- You can subscribe by sending the message subscribe turbvis My
- Name to listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu.
-
- Twilight Zone
- Contact: r.c.karsmakers@stud.let.ruu.nl
-
- Purpose: Twilight Zone is a fiction-only on-line magazine. It's
- published quarterly and is available only in ASCII. Fiction
- featured in it is primarily fantasy, scifi and (hopefully)
- humorous. Subscriptions may be acquired by sending mail. Writers
- welcome, as long as they don't like carnivorous plants.
-
- twins
- Contact: owner-twins@athena.mit.edu
-
- Purpose: Even though the term 'twins' is used, it is meant to represent
- twins, triplets, etc. The purpose of this mailing list is to provide
- an open forum for the discussion of issues related twins. This might
- include research on twin related issues, parenting issues as well as
- issues concerning adult twins.
-
- To Join: Send mail to 'owner-twins@athena.mit.edu'
- Subject: Twins Subscription
- And a brief note asking to be added <or deleted> to the list
-
- Two-Strokes
- Contact: 2strokes-request@microunity.com
-
- Purpose: For the discussion of two-stroke motorcycle technology,
- maintenance, and riding. It is primarily oriented towards street
- and road-racing two-strokes, but discussion about two-stroke dirt
- bikes is fine.
-
- tx-firearms
- Contact: tx-firearms-request@frontier.lonestar.org
-
- Purpose: The tx-firearms mailing list has been created to keep
- interested parties aware of Texas firearms laws, hunting seasons
- and regulations, pending legislation, group meetings, competition
- schedules, basically anything related to firearms in the State of
- Texas. The list is not moderated and is available to anyone.
-
- UK-DANCE
- Contact: listserv@orbital.demon.co.uk
-
- Purpose: UK-DANCE is a mailing list for discussion about all
- aspects of dance music culture in the UK: clubs, raves, clubs,
- record shops, radio, records and anything else to do with the
- underground dance music scene.
-
- To subscribe to the list, write to listserv@orbital.demon.co.uk
- with 'subscribe uk-dance <Your Name>' as the first line in the
- message body, replacing <Your Name> with your real name, not your
- e-mail address.
-
- uk-hockey
- Contact: uk-hockey-request@cee.hw.ac.uk (Steve Salvini)
-
- Purpose: This is an open invitation to followers of hockey in the
- UK to join a mailing list dedicated to the discussion of (ice!)
- hockey in Britain. At present we are mailing out news, gossip,
- league tables, match reports and results on a fairly regular basis.
-
- uklegal
- Contact: lsg001@uk.ac.coventry.cck
-
- Purpose: The objective of the mailing group is to consider and discuss
- matters of a legal nature relating to English and to some respects
- Scottish law.
-
- People may join the group by mailing lsg001@uk.ac.coventry.cck.
- People should put the word uklegal as the header and put their email
- address on next line.
-
- uk-motss
- Contact: uk-motss-request@pyra.co.uk (Internet)
- uk-motss-request@uk.co.pyra (JANet)
- uk-motss-request%pyrltd.uknet (Brain dead JANet mailers)
-
- Purpose: The uk-motss mailing list is for gay people in the UK, or
- those who are interested in the UK gay scene / politics. It is a
- supportive environment for those unwilling or unable to read the
- soc.motss newsgroup, and confidentiality is assured. Anonymous
- posting is available.
-
- ultralite-list
- Contact: listserv@grot.starconn.com
-
- Purpose: Discussion forum for users or potential users of the
- original NEC UltraLite PC1701 and PC1702 computers (the V30-based
- notebook computer with a 1MB or 2MB silicon hard disk, not the newer
- 80X86--based models). Topics include general information, tips,
- techniques, applications, experiences, and sources for hardware,
- software, accessories, and information.
-
- To subscribe, send a message to listserv@grot.starconn.com with
- the following commands in the body of the message:
-
- subscribe ultralite-list firstname lastname
- quit
-
- Replace "firstname lastname" with your name, not your e-mail address.
-
- Administrative messages other than subscription and unsubscription
- may be sent to ultralite-list-owner@grot.starconn.com.
-
- Undercover
- Contact: undercover-request@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca (Steve Portigal)
-
- Purpose: An unmoderated mailing list for the discussion of the
- Rolling Stones. Discussion topics may include: bootleg trading,
- how-to guitar playing advice, information about recent books such
- as Wyman's Stone Alone and others, perspectives on recent solo
- albums by Watts, Richards and Wood and the upcoming album by Jagger
- (and the rarely released "Stuff" by Wyman).
-
- To be added to (or removed from) the list:
- send mail to undercover-request@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca. Note that
- this is a human (me) so requests like SUB LIST JOHN@TOADY are kind
- of annoying. Please include your email address in the message. If
- you don't get any messages, please get back in touch because I will
- drop bouncing addresses from the list.
-
- This list (Rolling Stones discussion) is now a DIGEST.
-
- Unisys
- Contact: unisys-request@bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of all Unisys products and equipment.
-
- Univel
- Contact: univel-request@telly.on.ca
-
- Purpose: To provide a forum for users, developers and others
- interested in the products of Univel, the Novell subsidiary which
- produces Unix system software for PC-architecture systems. This
- list is gatewayed to/from the newsgroup 'biz.univel.misc'.
-
- To subscribe, send mail to univel-request@telly.on.ca with a
- message body of this form:
- subscribe univel <full name>
-
- UPS-alumni
- Contact: ups_alumni-request@stephsf.com (Bill England)
-
- Purpose: The mailing list has been put together ostensibly for
- the purpose of linking graduates of The University of Puget Sound.
- This list will also help those interested keep abreast of current
- events and changes at the University. Commercial postings are
- prohibited.
-
- uruguay
- Contact: uruguay-request@db.toronto.edu (Mariano Consens)
-
- Purpose: A mailing list for general discussions and information
- on topics related to Uruguay.
- To subscribe, please send name, e-mail, topics of interest, and
- (optionally), address and phone number. Spanish is the dominent
- language in this group.
-
- usenet-oracle
- Contact: oracle-admin@cs.indiana.edu (Steve Kinzler)
-
- Purpose: An active, cooperative effort for creative humor. The
- Usenet Oracle answers any questions posed to it. Send mail to
- oracle@cs.indiana.edu with the word "help" in the subject line for
- complete details on how to participate.
-
- A distribution list is available for receiving compilations of the
- best Usenet Oracle answers (the Usenet Oracularities, also posted to
- rec.humor.oracle).
-
- NOTE: This is wholly unrelated to the Oracle (tm) database software
- or company.
-
- utne-salon-list
- Contact: utne-salon-request@netcom.com (Bill Sheppard)
-
- Purpose: Discussion relating to the Utne Reader Neighborhoood Salon
- Association, a group facilitating community discussion groups around
- the country where interested citizens can meet with other neighbors
- and community members to discuss any topics of interest, be they
- deeply philosophical or trivially important.
-
- UUG-dist
- Contact: uug-dist-request@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of Unify Corporations Database products
- including Unify, Accell/IDS, Accell/SQl and Accell/"generic
- database engine."
-
- UUs-L
- Contact: uus-l@info.terraluna.org (Automated Info Server)
- or uus-lman@terraluna.org (Steve Traugott)
-
- Purpose: UUs-L is a global meeting place for Unitarian
- Universalists and anyone going our way. The list's intent is
- to provide a forum for sharing of UU-related information across
- district and regional boundaries; to bring into contact people
- and ideas who normally would never have met; and to foster
- discussion of functional and structural innovations we can make
- in our organizations and world.
-
- To subscribe to UUs-L, send the following in the body of a
- message to LISTSERV@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu:
-
- SUBSCRIBE UUs-L Your Name
-
- Valiant Visions
- Contact: CVITEK@DREW.DREW.EDU
-
- Purpose: A forum for discussing and promoting Valiant comics.
- It is a moderated newsletter (hopefully bi-weekly) The first part
- (Visions # X.X.a) will consist of reviews and summaries. The
- second part (Visions # X.X.b) will consist of comments, questions,
- and anything else. This is also where the editorial will appear.
- We will discuss characters, plot, artists, relevant articles, etc.
-
- vampire
- Contact: vampire-request@math.ufl.edu
-
- Purpose: There is now a mailing list dedicated to the White Wolf
- Role-Playing game, "Vampire".
-
- Those who may be interested in the subject, but are not familiar
- with the game itself are also invited to join. You may yet be
- Embraced :)
- To subscribe, send "sub vampire" as the first line of a message to
- vampire-request@math.ufl.edu.
-
- Vancouver Canucks
- Contact: boey@sfu.ca
-
- Purpose: Discussion of anything related to the Canucks. Also, trips
- and activities are occasionally arranged for subscribers. There are
- also hockey pools.
-
- VEGGIE
- Contact: LISTSERV@gibbs.oit.unc.edu
-
- Purpose: If you are interested in vegetarianism, veganism,
- fruitarianism, macrobiotics, whole/natural foods, health/fitness,
- cooking, etc., this new mailing list may be for you! (We are a
- "dissident" spin-off of Granola, another vegetarian mailing list.)
- Our list is called "VEGGIE" to be inclusive of vegans, fruitarians,
- lacto-, ovo-, ovo-lacto-vegetarians, vegetable-lovers, those simply
- interested in vegetarianism or veggie recipes, etc! You do not have
- to be a vegetarian to join!
-
- Articles, RECIPES, discussions, your thoughts, etc., on vegetarianism
- or veganism are warmly welcomed. Flames are not.
-
- Here's how to join -- it's so easy!
- Send a message to LISTSERV@gibbs.oit.unc.edu
- with this line SUB VEGGIE "first name" "last name"
- (remove the quotation marks!). That's all!
-
- For more information about VEGGIE (why we began an alternative to
- Granola, or anything else), feel free to contact any of the following
- people:
- PENNY WARD <crunchy@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
- MICHAEL BLACKMORE <michaelb@ksgrsch.harvard.edu>
- JOHNN TAN <atan@cc.weber.edu>
-
- VetteNet
- Contact: LISTSERV@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (Bob Kanesige)
-
- Purpose: This list is for Corvette owners and enthusiasts to share
- their ideas and experiences about their car.
-
- To subscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU and in the body
- of the messages put:
-
- SUBSCRIBE VETTES your_actual_name
-
- vintage
- Contact: vintage-request@presto.ig.com
-
- Purpose: Vintage clothing and costume jewelry.
-
- Vision
- Contact: pruss@math.ubc.ca
-
- Purpose: To discuss in a charitable and Christian context visions,
- prophecies, and spiritual gifts; to discuss any visions, dreams
- and other manifestations that people may have received, to seek
- their significance in the spirit of truth. Nonchristians are
- invited, though it should be noted that the Moderator may well
- not post any postings which are offensive. Postings may be done
- anonymously upon request, and efforts will be taken in the future
- to ensure anonymity in the membership.
-
- Vizantija
- Contact: Dimitrije@buenga.bu.edu (Dimitrije Stamenovic)
-
- Purpose: Vizantija distribute news and provide forum for discussions
- about the current events in ex-Yu, centered around those involving
- or affecting Serbs. Also, they originate public actions related to
- these events.
-
- VMEbus
- Contact: att!houxl!mlh (Marc Harrison)
-
- Purpose: A user's group for the AT&T VMEbus products to provide a
- two-way USENET conduit for the open exchange of information, both
- within and outside of AT&T. There's very little data that's
- proprietary about the products (other than the source code for UNIX
- System V/VME), so the list is open to suggestions as to items of
- interest.
-
- If you're interested, please send your name, e-mail path (via att
- preferred), affiliation, and use of WE 321SB (if you have one).
- Suggestions for items of interest are also encouraged.
-
- Volvo
- Contact: swedishbricks-request@me.rochester.edu (Tim Takahashi)
-
- Purpose: Volvo-net is a meeting place for Volvo automotive
- enthusiasts around the world. It is an open forum for dis-
- cussion of Volvo related topics, such as, but not limited
- to, ownership, maintenance, repairs, mechanics, fix-it
- yourself, competition driving and preparation.
-
- Vreme
- Contact: p00981@psilink.com
-
- Purpose: VREME carries "Vreme News Digest" (selected articles from
- "Vreme" translated to English).
- Since Fall of 1989, "Vreme" is the major independent newspaper in
- Yugoslavia and "neighbouring countries". It is published weekly,
- every Monday, and usually the electronic mail edition of VND is
- available on the same day.
- Please keep in mind that due to situation in the country the
- distribution of VND may not always be smooth. Further, VND is
- published by a professional news agency which made this material
- available to us by a special agreement. The proper credit to VND
- should be given whenever is this material cited or used in any way.
-
- Vreme News Digest
- Contact: Dimitrije@BuEnga.Bu.Edu (Dimitrije Stamenovic)
-
- Purpose: Vreme News Digest (VND) is an English-language newsletter
- published by the Vreme News Digest Agency (VNDA) from Belgrade.
-
- wais-discussion
- Contact: wais-discussion-request@think.com
-
- Purpose: WAIS stands for Wide Area Information Servers, an
- electronic publishing project lead by Thinking Machines.
-
- The WAIS-discussion is a digested, moderated list on Electronic
- publishing issues in general and Wide Area Information Servers in
- particular. There are postings every week or two.
-
- wais-talk
- Contact: wais-talk-request@think.com
-
- Purpose: WAIS stands for Wide Area Information Servers, an
- electronic publishing project lead by Thinking Machines.
-
- The WAIS-talk is an open list (interactive, not moderated) for
- implementors and developers. This is a techie list that is not
- meant as a support list. Please use the alt.wais newsgroup for
- support, and send bug fixes etc to bug-wais@think.com.
-
- walkers-in-darkness
- Contact: walkers-request@world.std.com (David Harmon)
-
- Purpose: Walkers-in-Darkness is intended for sufferers from
- depression and/or bipolar disorder, and affected friends. This
- includes both "novices" and those who have learned to cope.
-
- warhammer
- Contact: wfrp-request@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
-
- Purpose: For the discussion of Games Workshop's Warhammer
- Universe, the Old World, Warhammer Fantasy Role Play, and
- Warhammer Fantasy Battle.
-
- The Warhammer mailing list is running ListMan 1.0b List Manager
- software. To subscribe, send email to the above request address
- and as the first word on the subject line or any line in the text
- of the message put the word "sub". You may also include a
- parameter with the sub command. This parameter will be treated as
- your *real* name, not your address (which is determined from your
- mail headers). You may also send wfrp-request other commands, not
- the least of which is "help".
-
- waterski
- Contact: waterski-request@nda.com
-
- Purpose: Discussion topics are open to anything of interest
- to water-skiers, from absolute beginners to competitors. This
- includes any activity that involves being pulled behind a boat,
- such as barefooting, kneeboarding, wakeboarding, and even tubing.
- Discussion of boats, equipment, techniques, safety, courtesy, rules
- of competition, tournament results, site negotiation, and club
- organization are encouraged.
-
- weather-users
- Contact: weather-users-request@zorch.sf-bay.org
-
- Purpose: Updates from the maintainer of the Weather Underground at
- Univ. Michigan, exchange of programming hints and tips among weather
- client developers, and related discussion.
-
- weights
- Contact: weights-request@mickey.disney.com (Michael Sullivan)
-
- Purpose: The discussion of all aspects of using weights in
- exercise. Includes bodybuilding (competetive and
- non-competetive), sport-related weight training, "stay in shape"
- weight training; basically anything to do with lifting weights.
-
- Western Hockey League
- Contact: klootzak@u.washington.edu (Michael A. Stuyt)
-
- Purpose: To discuss matters relevant to the Western Hockey League,
- game results, standings and occasionally player statistics.
-
- To subscribe: email klootzak@u.washington.edu with the words
- "WHL SUB" in the subject line of your message.
-
- wetleather
- Contact: wetleather-request@frigg.isc-br.com (automated LISTSERV)
- carlp@mail.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis)
-
- Purpose: The wetleather list is for discussion, chatter, ride
- reports, socializing, and announcements of upcoming motorcycle
- events in the Greater Pacific Northwest. The definition of that
- geographic term is flexible, but is generally taken to include
- the Cascadia subduction zone and all areas within a one-day ride
- from it, which naturally includes southwestern Canada. Anyone is
- free to subscribe, and topic limitations are not enforced. The
- list is not moderated, but is intended for socialization among
- the area riders - NOT to supplant rec.motorcycles.
-
- Automated subscription information: send a single-line mail
- message to:
- wetleather-request@frigg.isc-br.com consisting only of:
- subscribe WETLEATHER Butch Q. Biker (Or your own name; boring)
-
- Mail-geek tip: We're running LISTSERV 5.5, and wetleather-
- request is just aliased to "listserv", so those familiar with
- LISTSERV services may use any of the usual commands. Both
- reflected and digest subscription modes are available, along
- with a small set of archive files.
-
- wheel-to-wheel
- Contact: wheeltowheel-request@abingdon.Eng.Sun.COM (Andy Banta)
-
- Purpose: For people interested in participation in auto racing
- as driver, worker or crew. People interested in all types of
- wheel-to-wheel racing are welcome, but the majority of the
- discussion centers on road courses.
-
- whitewater
- Contact: whitewater-request@gynko.circ.upenn.edu
-
- Purpose: To discuss WhiteWater sports, experiences, and
- information. Includes kayak and canoeing enthusiasts. Please note
- that this mailing list is partially bidirectionally gatewayed to
- the USENET group rec.boats.paddle. Whitewater specific postings
- are culled and sent to the mailing list, and mailing list traffic
- is sent to the newsgroup. This mailing list is moderated and is
- probably only useful to those who do not receive rec.boats.paddle,
- or are only interested in the whitewater traffic in that group.
-
- Wildnet
- Contact: zaphod!pnwc!wildnet-request@tribune.usask.ca
- wildnet-request@tribune.usask.ca (Eric Woodsworth)
-
- Purpose: This list is concerned with computing and statistics in
- fisheries and wildlife biology. Relevant topics include G.I.S.,
- ecological modelling, software, etc.
-
- windsurfing
- Contact: windsurfing-request@fly.com
-
- Purpose: The windsurfing mail list provides a discussion forum
- for boardsailing enthusiasts all over the world. While
- non-windsurfers are welcome to join, the primary purpose is to
- enhance the enjoyment of our sport by discussing windsurfing
- related topics such as equipment, technique, sailing spots,
- weather, competition, Etc. We welcome you to join and
- share your windsurfing experiences and thoughts. The list is
- unmoderated.
-
- WITSENDO
- Contact: LISTSERV@dartcms1.dartmouth.edu
-
- Purpose: WITSENDO is a moderated mailing list which discusses
- all aspects of ENDOMETRIOSIS with particular emphasis on coping
- with the disease and its treatment. Anyone with an interest in
- this disease is welcome to participate whether or not they actually
- suffer from the disease. The list will act as a clearinghouse for
- information exchange and to promote discussion of current treatments,
- research and educational literature. Professional (medical) comments
- are of course, most welcome. However, the list is primarily dedicated
- to the women who suffer from this painful and often demoralizing
- disease, therefore any information should be expressed in lay terms
- and attempt to exclude professional jargon (or at the very least provide
- adequate references and/or definitions of terms).
-
- To Subscribe to the list, send mail to:
- LISTSERV@DARTCMS1.BITNET or
- LISTSERV@dartcms1.dartmouth.edu
- with the BODY of the mail (NOT subject) containing the command:
- SUB WITSENDO yourfullname
-
- Owner: David Avery <David.Avery@dartmouth.edu>
-
- Word-Mac
- Contact: listproc@alsvid.une.edu.au
-
- Purpose: Word-Mac is a mailing list dedicated to serving users of
- the Microsoft Word package in its various versions on the Apple
- Macintosh platform. The list is available in digest form and
- archives of all digests are available by anonymous FTP from the
- /pub/archives/word-mac/digests on alsvid.une.edu.au. Gopher access
- is also available by pointing your gopher to alsvid.une.edu.au
- (port 70).
-
- Requests for subscription should be e-mailed to:
-
- listproc@alsvid.une.edu.au
-
- with the text:
-
- subscribe word-mac your_firstname your_surname
-
- wxsat
- Contact: wxsat-request@ssg.com (Richard B. Emerson)
-
- Purpose: This list serves two functions. The primary function is
- the distribution of NOAA status and prediction bulletins for the
- GOES and polar weather satellites. This data is the same data
- available via SCIENCEnet NOAA.SAT bulletin board area. The mail
- list also acts as a reflector for subscribers' comments and
- discussion of matters related to weather satellites, ground
- stations, and associated topics.
-
- x-ada
- Contact: x-ada-request@expo.lcs.mit.edu
-
- Purpose: to discuss the interfaces and bindings for an
- Ada interface to the X window system.
-
- XGKS
- Contact: xgks-request@unidata.ucar.edu (Steve Emmerson)
-
- Purpose: A mailing-list for the maintenance, enhancement, and
- evolution of the XGKS package, created by the University of
- Illinois under contract with IBM and distributed as part of X11R4.
- The XGKS package is a full 2C GKS implementation and allows GKS
- applications to operate in an X Window System environment.
-
- xopen-testing
- Contact: xopen-testing-request@uel.co.uk (Andrew Josey)
-
- Purpose: This list provides a forum for discussion of issues
- related to testing operating systems for conformance to the X/OPEN
- Portability Guide (XPG), including Issue 3 (XPG3) and later.
-
- The scope of this newsletter is the discussion of items associated
- with the testing of the X/Open Portability Guide - including but
- not limited to test suite technology (X/Open's VSX and other third
- party test suites for the XPG), latest news on X/Open Branding and
- other related issues. These issues can include problems related to
- test suites in general, testability of various features of the
- XPG, and portability of the test suites.
-
- xpress-list
- Contact: listserv@grot.starconn.com
-
- Purpose: Discussion of the X*Press X*Change data service, which is
- available on some cable television system in the USA and Canada and
- on some satellite television channels.
-
- To subscribe to the xpress-list, send mail to listserv@grot.starconn.com
- with the following commands in the body of the message:
-
- subscribe xpress-list firstname lastname
- quit
-
- Replace "firstname lastname" with your name, not your e-mail address.
-
- Administrative messages other than subscription and unsubscription
- should be sent to xpress-list-owner@grot.starconn.com.
-
- XVT
- Contact: tim@qedbbs.com (Tim Capps)
-
- Purpose: XVT is a multi-platform window environment development
- tool. Interested parties should send mail with 'HELP XVTDEV' as
- the body of the letter to: listserv@qedbbs.com
-
- Yello
- Contact: yello-request@overpass.calpoly.edu (Cliff Tuel)
-
- Purpose: The Yello Mailing List is a forum for discussing anything
- about the group Yello, or any solo works by the band's members.
- An extensive discography is available, as are several other files
- of interest.
-
- Y-RIGHTS
- Contact: LISTSERV@SJUVM.BITNET
-
- Purpose: Discussion Group on the Rights of Kids and Teens.
- Broad Spectra of discussion topics, with individual liberty being
- one of the main focuses. Open to kids, teens, young adults, adults,
- senior citizens, teachers, students, grade schools, middle schools,
- high schools, colleges and university networks, gatewaying to other
- networks.
-
- Digest/Notebook version available, as well as past discussions.
- E-Mail to LISTSERV@SJUVM.BITNET the following:
-
- SUB Y-RIGHTS firstname lastname To subscribe to the list
- AFD Y-RIGHTS DIGEST Receive Weekly Digest of the list
- GET Y-RIGHTS FILELIST List of previous discussion logs
-
- Listowner: kudut@hamp.hampshire.edu (Kenneth Udut)
-
- YSN
- Contact: ysn-adm@zoyd.ee.washington.edu (John Sahr)
-
- Purpose: Activism on employment issues for scientists just
- beginning their careers. The Young Scientists' Network
- attempts to inform the press, the public, and government
- officials that there is no shortage of scientists; we hope
- to find traditional and non-tradiotional employment for
- scientists. Stories about the Young Scientists' Network
- have appeared in Science, Physics Today, and on National
- Public Radio; we've met with officials from the National
- Science Foundation and other agencies.
-
- Zang Tuum Tumb
- Contact: ztt-request@asylum.sf.ca.us (Lazlo Nibble)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of artists, releases, and other issues related to
- Trevor Horn's UK record label Zang Tuum Tumb. (Frankie Goes to
- Hollywood, Art of Noise, Propaganda, 808 State, Seal, and others.)
- Moderator maintains a complete discography. FTP archives available
- on asylum.
-
- Z-cars
- Contact: z-car-request@dixie.com (John De Armond)
-
- Purpose: The Z-car mailing list operates for the benefit of those
- interested in Datsun/Nissan Z cars. The interest base is
- primarily for the original Z, though all discussion regarding the
- Z line of cars is welcome.
-
- zeppelin
- Contact: zeppelin-l@cornell.edu
-
- Purpose: For fans of the rock group Led Zeppelin.
- For further information about this list, send email to
- listserv@cornell.edu with
- info zeppelin-l
- as the body of the message.
-
- ZForum
- Contact: zforum-request@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Jonathan Bowen)
-
- Purpose: ZForum is intended to handle messages concerned with the
- formal specification notation Z. Z, based on set theory and first
- order predicate logic, has been developed at the Programming
- Research Group (PRG) at Oxford University for well over a decade.
- It is now used by industry as part of the software (and hardware)
- development process in both the UK and the US. It is currently
- undergoing standardization. ZForum provides a convenient forum
- for messages and queries concerned with recent developments and
- the use of Z. ZForum is gatewayed to the USENET newsgroup
- comp.specification.z.
-
- zoomer-list
- Contact: listserv@grot.starconn.com (Brian Smithson)
-
- Purpose: Discussion forum for users or potential users of the
- Zoomer personal digital assistant products from Casio, Tandy, et al.
- Topics include general information, tips, techniques, applications,
- experiences, and sources for hardware, software, accessories, and
- information. To subscribe, send mail to the listserv address
- with the following commands in the message body:
-
- subscribe zoomer-list yourfirstname yourlastname
- quit
-