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[This is the third of four articles on mailing lists.]

janes-addiction
    Contact: [e-mail] (Joel Abbot)

    Purpose: Discussion of the defunct music group Jane's Addiction
    and its former member's current projects.

jewish
    Contact: [e-mail] (Avi Feldblum)

    Purpose: The mailing list provides a non-abusive forum for
    discussion of Jewish topics with an emphasis on Jewish law.
    Debates between Jews and non-Jews or between various factions of
    Judaism should be posted to talk.religion.misc.

jpop
    Contact: [e-mail] (Jim Lick)

    Purpose: Discussion of Japanese popular music.

jump-in-the-river
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Michael C. Berch)
    -or- {apple,ames,rutgers}!bionet!ig!jump-in-the-river-request

    Purpose: Jump-in-the-river is a mailing list for the discussion of
    the music and recordings of Sinead O'Connor, and related matters
    such as lyrics, tour information.  Unmoderated.

khoros
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: to discuss the khoros software package, developed by Dr.
    Rasure, his staff, and his students at the University of New
    Mexico.  Khoros is an integrated software development environment
    for information processing and visualization, based on X11R4.

killifish
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For people who keep and are interested in killifish, (family
    cyprinodontidae).

kites
    Contact:
    (USA/Canada/Europe):
    [e-mail]    harvard!kites-request
    (Japan):
    koscvax.keio.junet!kites-request

    Purpose: This mailing list is for people interested in making,
    flying, or just talking about all kinds of kites.  Topics will (I
    hope) include kite plans and construction techniques, reviews of
    commercially available kites and plans, timely (or otherwise) human
    interest notes, and talk about flying.

Kurt Goedel Society
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The Kurt Goedel Society is setting up an electronic
    mailing list for members and people interested in the activities
    of Society.  Information about the Goedel Colloquia, Calls for
    Papers, the Collegium Logicum Lecture Series, the Newsletter, and
    information from sister societies will be distributed.  If you
    would like to be included in the mailing list, or have any
    questions, send an email to: [e-mail]

Kuharske Bukve
    Contact: [e-mail] (Polona Novak & Andrej Brodnik)
             [e-mail]

    Purpose: "Kuharskve bukve" is a moderated mailing list published
    weekly.  Each issue brings one recipe previously tested by a member
    of editorial board.  The recipes are formated.  Language in them is
    Slovene only.  The editors are happy to receive readers' opinions.

lang-lucid
    Contact: [e-mail]  (R. Jagannathan)

    Purpose: Discussions on all aspects related to the language Lucid,
    including (but not restricted to) language design issues,
    implementations for personal computers, implementations for
    parallel machines, language extensions, programming environments,
    products, bug reports, bug fixes/workarounds.

lasnet
    Contact: [e-mail]    (Langston James Goree VI)

    Purpose: To facilitate the exchange of information among scholars
    doing research related to Latin America.

lds
    Contact: [e-mail]       -or-    decwrl!lds-request

    Purpose: a forum for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of
    Latter-day Saints (mormons) to discuss church doctrine, mormon
    culture and life in general.  Non-members are welcome to join, but
    we're not interested in flame wars.

The Learning List
    Contact: [e-mail] (Rowan Hawthorne)

    Purpose: The Learning List is an electronic forum for discussing
    child-centered learning.  It is intended to provide a meeting
    place in cyberspace in which to advance our understanding of the
    processes of learning, and to share personal experiences and
    practical suggestions to help in the great adventure we share
    with our children.

    Members must agree with the Charter of the Learning list to
    subscribe.  A copy of the Charter is available from the above
    address.

liberal-judaism
    Contact: [e-mail] (Daniel Faigin)

    Purpose: Non-judgemental discussions of liberal judaism (Reform,
    Reconstructionist, Conservative, Secular Humanist, etc.) and
    liberal jewish issues, its practices, opinions, and beliefs.

    This list is moderated and is in digest format.

libernet
    Contact: [e-mail] (Barry S. Fagin)

    Purpose: Libernet is a Libertarian mailing list.  The list is
    available in two modes: as a mail reflector and as a digest.

LickVista
    Contact: [e-mail] (Steve Allen)

    Purpose: Discussion of the use and development of the Vista
    astronomical data reduction package which originated at
    Lick Observatory.

life-talking
    Contact: [e-mail] (Jim Lick)

    Purpose: Discussion of the musical group Life Talking.

Lightwave
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For Video Toaster users, supporting the NewTek 3D
    object modeler/ray tracer and hardware involved in video
    editing, such as time base correcters and VCR equipment. This
    mail is echoed from another site.

    Send subscription requests to [e-mail] using
    this format:

    #lightwave username@domain;

Linda
    Contact: [e-mail]
         [e-mail]
         {cmcl2,decvax,harvard}!yale!linda-users-request

    Purpose:  Discussion group for users and potential users of Linda
    based parallel programming systems.  Linda is a set of operators
    that are added to various conventional programming languages to
    produce a parallel programming language.

Linux-Activists
    Contact: [e-mail] (Ari Lemmke)

    Purpose: Linux operating system hacking.  Linux is now on a hackers
    only stage.  More information is available by FTP from nic.funet.fi:
    /pub/OS/Linux/README.

List-Managers
    Contact: [e-mail] (Brent Chapman)

    Purpose: There was a "Mailing Lists" workshop session at the
    USENIX System Administration Conference (LISA VI) in Long Beach,
    CA, on October 22, 1992.  The participants in that workshop
    expressed a desire for a mailing list for discussions of issues
    related to managing Internet mailing lists, including (but not
    limited to) software, methods, mechanisms, techniques, and
    policies.

    I've created the list as "[e-mail]".
    That address is a direct mail relector: all messages sent to
    that address are immediately forwarded to the list.  There is a
    digestified version of the list available as "List-Managers-
    [e-mail]".  The digestified version has exactly
    the same messages as the direct version; the messages are
    simply bundled into digests daily (or more frequently, if
    traffic warrants).  Both lists are unmoderated.

    To join the List-Mangers mailing list, send the command

    subscribe list-managers

    in the body of a message to "[e-mail]".  If
    you want to subscribe something other than the account the
    mail is coming from, such a a local redistribution list, then
    append that address to the "subscribe" command; for example,
    to subscribe "local-list-managers":

    subscribe list-managers [e-mail]

    To subscribe to the digestified version, substitute "list-
    managers-digest" for "list-managers" in the examples above.

Llajta
    Contact: [e-mail]  (John Reading)

    Purpose: Llajta exists for the discussion of any and all topics
    relating to Bolivia.  All communication regarding the list is
    sent to [e-mail] and messages are redistributed manually
    as needed.

Logo
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discuss the Logo computer language.

lojban
    Contact: [e-mail]  (John Cowan)

    Purpose: To use, discuss, and contribute to the development of the
    constructed human language called Lojban (known in earlier
    versions as Loglan).  Lojban has a grammar based on predicate
    logic, and vocabulary built from the six most widely spoken human
    languages.  It is intended as a tool for experimental linguistics,
    as a medium for communication with computers, and as a possible
    international auxiliary language.

    Lojban-list is an unmoderated mail reflector.  New subscribers are
    asked to send their postal mailing addresses as well, so that they
    can be placed on the mailing list of The Logical Language Group,
    Inc., a non-profit organization.  The postal mailing list provides
    materials that are useful in learning about the language.
    Lojban-list and LLG, Inc. are in no way affiliated with The Loglan
    Institute, Inc., or with James Cooke Brown, the founder of Loglan.

lute
    Contact: [e-mail] (Wayne B. Cripps)

    Purpose: For lute players and researchers of lute music.

MachTen
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Leonard Cuff)

    Purpose: Discuss topics of interest to users of MachTen, a Mach/BSD
    Unix for all Macintoshes from Tenon Intersystems.  This includes
    programming tips and examples, configuration questions, and discussion
    of problems and workarounds.  People not currently using MachTen and
    wanting either general information or specific questions answered
    should not subscribe, but write to [e-mail].

macgyver
    Contact:  [e-mail] (Shari Feldman)

    Purpose: To discuss current and previous MacGyver episodes.  We
    also discuss what is currently happening with the main and
    reoccuring actors on the show.

mac-security
    Contact: [e-mail] (David C. Kovar)

    Purpose: This mailing list is for people interested in Macintosh
    security. This can be used to:
    * Discuss existing security problems in various Macintosh applications.
    * Discuss security applications, hardware, and solutions.
    * Discuss potential problems and their solutions.
    * Just about anything else related to Macintosh security and
      access control.

    With the arrival of System 7.0 and it's wealth of information
    sharing facilities, Macintosh security has entered a new era.
    Originally you only had to worry about someone getting into your
    Macintosh via the keyboard, or stealing it outright. Now it's much
    easier to browse through information on someone else's Macintosh
    over the network.

magic
    Contact: [e-mail] (Bruce Barnett)

    Purpose: The MAGIC mailing list is for the discussion of sleight of hand and
    the art of magic.  Membership to the list is restricted, as
    people who are merely curious are not encouraged to join.
    You must fill out a questionaire to qualify.

manchester
   Contact: [e-mail] -or-
        uunet!irss.njit.edu!manchester-request (Eric Ng)

   Purpose: This list is primarily a forum where people interested in
   bands representative of the "Manchester" sound can get together for
   discussion.  Examples of bands being discussed here include the Stone
   Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, the Charlatans, 808 State,
   Northside, etc.  The definition of the Manchester sound is vague at
   best: use your best judgement when trying to determine if a group
   falls under the aegis of Manchester.

   Both list and weekly digest formats are available.

mardi-gras
    Contact: [e-mail]
             [e-mail] (Edward J. Branley)

    Purpose: A list for discussion of any and all aspects of the
    annual Carnival celebration held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
    To subscribe, send a message to [e-mail]
    with the folliwng in the body: SUBSCRIBE MARDI-GRAS.

martial-arts
    Contact:  [e-mail] (Steven Miller)

    Purpose: The martial arts mailing list is for discussion on
    various aspects of the martial arts.  This includes teaching and
    training techniques, martial arts philosophy, self-defense,
    traditional and non-traditional styles, among others.

Masonic Digest
    Contact: [e-mail] (Peter Trei)

    Purpose: The Masonic Digest is a moderated forum for discussion of
    Free Masonry, affiliated groups, and other fraternal orders.  As
    moderator, I do not pass on ay message which contains or purports to
    contain material I am obliged to conceal, or which I believe members
    of other orders are obliged to conceal.  Within that restriction, I am
    as liberal as possible.  Postings from non-Masons are welcome.  So
    is criticism, as long as it is reasoned and in good taste.

MasPar
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Lee Iverson)

    Purpose: We have no restrictive charter, so are open to any and
    all discussions of hardware/software issues surrounding the use of
    the MasPar MP-1 class of parallel SIMD machines.  These machines
    have a full-featured data-parallel instruction set and are
    programmable in Fortran90 and MPL, a K&R C with parallel data
    types.

Matlab
    Contact: [e-mail] (Chris Bischof)

    Purpose: Discussion group for users and potential users of the
    MATLAB numeric computation software from The MathWorks.  MATLAB is
    an interactive matrix-oriented product for linear algebra, digital
    signal processing, equation solving, control system design, and
    other engineering and scientific applications.  This mailgroup is
    administered by the independent MATLAB User Group.

mazda-list
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Joel Abbott)

    Purpose:  Technical correspondance and discussion of
    Mazda-designed vehicles.

MC68HC11
    Contact: [e-mail] (Nick Sayer)

    Purpose: Discussions about the Motorola MC68HC11 family of
    microcontrollers.

medphys
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose:  An attempt to foster electronic communication between
    medical physicists, open to interested others.  Medical physics is
    a somewhat opaque but widely used synonym for radiological physics
    -- the physics of the diagnostic and therapeutic use of radiation
    in medicine.  At present most of the subscribers are involved in
    radiotherapy.

Melissa Etheridge
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose:  The purpose of this list is to discuss Melissa Etheridge
    and her music.

melrose-place
    Contact: [e-mail] (Jim Lick)

    Purpose: Discussion of the Fox TV show "Melrose Place."

men
    Contact: [e-mail] (Marcel Franck Simon)
          or att!usl!mail-men-request.

    Purpose: This digested mailing list discusses "men's issues."
    Both women and men may join. Mail-men is a place where men and
    women can discuss men's issues in an atmosphere of openness and
    support. Men's issues are those problems and experiences that
    affect male humans.

miata
    Contact: [e-mail] (Andy S Poling)

    Purpose: This list was formed when it became evident that there
    was a growing body of enthousiastic Mazda Miata owners.  There are
    no rules governing what you can and cannot post to the list - it
    is an open forum.

military
     Contact: [e-mail] (Bill Thacker)

     Purpose: Discussion of military technology, and related issues.
     This group is gatewayed to and from the Usenet newsgroup
     sci.military; all postings to the group are echoed to the list,
     and vice-versa.  Both the group and list are moderated to
     prevent political flammage.

miniatures
    Contact: [e-mail] or ...!mcnc!unc!bell (Andrew Bell)

    Purpose: The Miniatures Digest is a courtesy of Andrew Bell. It is
    a forum for the discussion of painting, converting, and sculpting
    of miniature figures.

Minor League Baseball
    Contact: [e-mail] (Chuq von Rospach)

    Purpose: Issues affecting the minor league, including new stadium
    standards, minor league franchise status and changes, road trips
    and groups, schedules, team and league status, players and teams to
    watch, collectibles, and anything else of importance about minor
    league baseball.

model-horse
    Contact: [e-mail] (Darci L. Chapman)

    Purpose: Discussion of the model horse hobby.  All aspects of
    showing (live and photo), collecting, remaking/repainting for
    all breeds and makes are discussed.  All ages and levels of
    experience welcome.

mr2-interest
    Contact: [e-mail] (David Hough)

    Purpose: Discussion of Toyota MR2's, old and new.

MST3K
    Contact: [e-mail] (Rich Kulawiec)

    Purpose: MST3K is a moderated mailing list for fans of the
    television show "Mystery Science Theater 3000", which is shown on
    the Comedy Channel (available on various cable networks in North
    America).  Requests to be added/deleted and submissions for the
    list itself should be sent to the address above; please include
    "mst3k" somewhere on the "Subject:" line of each message to ensure
    that it is filed correctly.  Archives of the list are maintained,
    but are not FTP'able yet.

mtxinu-users
    Contact: dunike!mtxinu-users-request
         [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion and bug fixes for users of the 4.3+NFS release
    from the Mt. Xinu folks.

MUD
    Contact: [e-mail] (Joseph Wisdom)

    Purpose: If you are new in the MUD world, or are simply looking
    for new places to get into, try subscribing to Internet Games
    MUD-List today! Make sure to include the string "mud list" in the
    subject header.

Multicast
    Contact: [e-mail] (Joel Snyder)

    Purpose: For Discussion of multicast and broadcast issues in
    an OSI environment.  Archives of the list and a database of
    contributed documents are also available on Arizona.EDU.

Music-Research
    Contact: [e-mail] (Stephen Page)

    Purpose: The Music-Research electronic mail redistribution list
    was established after a suggestion made a meeting on Oxford in
    July 1986, to provide an effective and fast means of bringing
    together musicologists, music analysts, computer scientists, and
    others working on applications of computers in music research.

    As with any forum for discussion, there are certain subject areas
    which are of particular interest to the group of people on this
    list.  Initially, the list was established for people whose chief
    interests concern computers and their applications to music
    representation systems, information retrieval systems for mucial
    scores, music printing, music analysis, musicology and
    ethnomusicology and tertiary music education.  The following
    areas are not the principal conern of this list, although
    overlapping subjects may wewll be interesting: primary and
    secondary education, sound generation techniques and composition.
    Articles on electronic music, synthesizers, MIDI, etc, will be
    rejected at the request of the readers of the list.

musicals
    Contact: [e-mail]    (Elizabeth Lear Newman)

    Purpose: This forum is intended for the general discussion of
    musical theater, in whatever form it make take, but related
    non-musical theater topics are welcome too.  90% of the traffic is
    the musicals-related flow from the newsgroup rec.arts.theatre.

mustangs
    Contact [e-mail]   (Gary Gitzen)
        or hplabs!hpda!mustangs-request

    Purpose: To discuss/share technical issues, problems, solutions,
    and modifications relating to late model (~1980+) Ford Mustangs.
    Some issues may also be relevant to other Fords.  Flames and "my
    car is faster than your car" mailings are discouraged.

mystery
    Contact: [e-mail] (Thomas Krueger)

    Purpose: Mystery is a mailing list for mystery and detective
    fiction. Reviews of works and discussions of plot,
    characterization, and other aspects will be discussed. The medium,
    whether novel, movie, or television series, is unimportant.

NA-net
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Numerical analysis discussions.  To join the NA-NET send
    mail and in the message body specify the following three fields in
    any order:
       Lastname:
       Firstname:
       E-mail:

NativeNet
    Contact: [e-mail] (Gary S. Trujillo)

    Purpose: To provide information about and to discuss issues
    relating to indigenous people around the world, and current
    threats to their cultures and habitats (e.g. rainforests).

navnews
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: E-mail distribution list for the weekly Navy News
    Service (NAVNEWS), published by the Navy Internal Relations
    Activity in Washington.  NAVNEWS contains official news and
    information about fleet operations and exercises, personnel
    policies, budget actions, and more.  This is the same news
    service which is distributed through Navy circuits to ships at
    sea and to shore commands around the world.  Subscriptions to
    NAVNEWS by e-mail are available at no charge to anyone with a
    mailbox on any network reachable through the Internet.

Ncube
    Contact: [e-mail] (David Krumme)

    Purpose: Exchange of information among people using NCUBE parallel
    computers.

NERaves
    Contact: [e-mail] (John Adams)

    Purpose: The NERaves list was started as a North Eastern United
    States/Canada equivalent of SFRaves.  The list provides a forum
    for people to discuss the "rave" music/club/dance scene.  For the
    purposes of the list, "North Eastern" is loosely defined as from
    Chicago --> East and from Washington DC --> North, including
    Ontario, Quebec, and the Mritime Provinces.  People from outside
    this area are welcome, too!  NERaves is an unmoderated list.

Nerdnosh
    Contact: [e-mail] (Tim Bowden)

    Begun as a breakfast club for local nerds and writers in Santa
    Cruz, CA, US, it has expanded into an international forum about
    where, how, and why we live where we do.  Think of it as a
    universsal camp town meeting in M F K Fisher shades and Jack
    Kerouac tones.  Frivolous, friendly, and informative, in roughly
    that order.

netblazer-users
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: To provide an unmoderated forum for discussions among
    users of Telebit NetBlazer products.  Topics include known
    problems and workarounds, features discussions, and configuration
    advice.

NetJam
    Contact: [e-mail]) Craig Latta

    Purpose: NetJam provides a means for people to collaborate on musical
    compositions, by sending Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
    and other files (such as MAX patchers and notated scores) to each
    other, mucking about with them, and resending them.  All those with
    MIDI-compatible (and other interesting) equipment, access to emailing
    and compression facilities and to the Internet and who are interested
    in making music are encouraged to participate.
    Please email [e-mail] with the subject line
    "request for info".

Network-Audio-Bits
    Contact: [e-mail]   (Michael A. Murphy)

    Purpose: Network Audio Bits & Audio Software Review is a
    bi-monthly electronic magazine that features reviews of and
    information about current rock, pop, new age, jazz, funk, folk and
    other musical genres.  A mixture of major label artists and
    independent recording artists can be found reviewed in these
    'pages'.

neuron
    Contact: [e-mail] (Peter Marvit)

    Purpose: Neuron-Digest is a moderated list (in digest form)
    dealing with all aspects of neural networks (and any type of
    network or neuromorphic system).  Topics include both
    connectionist models (artificial neural networks) and biological
    systems ("wetware").  Back issues and limited software is
    available via FTP from cattell.psych.upenn.edu. The Digest is
    gatewayed to USENET's comp.ai.neural-nets.

newlists
    Contact: [e-mail]   (Marty Hoag)

    Purpose:  This is a mailing list "clearing house" for new mailing
    lists.  Subscribers will get announcements of new lists that are
    mailed to this list.

NewsCom
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Lance Sanders)

    Purpose: To make available synergies discerned in, and created
    from, print news media (up to a 12-year time-span).  Many "facts,"
    particulary scientific ones, have a habit of changing with time.
    NewsCommando shows extreme prejudice toward those articles whose
    contents exhibit "legs." The depth of insight possible using the
    information mosaic method can be staggering. A form of electronic
    magazine, NewsCommando can serve as a reference tool, offer unique
    jump-off points for Medline, PaperChase, or other searches, and,
    in many ways, is the "poor-man's IdeaFisher/IdeaBank."  Vol. 1
    will contain the following articles:
       ChemTao: Synergies In the Life Sciences
       EarthWatch1: Defining the Scope of Environmental Destruction
       Why Euthanasia Must Never Be Legalized
    Use "NewsCom request" in the "Subject:" field of message headers.
    Indicate article title(s) desired or "all" in body of message.
    Articles will be deposited in your mailbox with a "NewsCom/Vol.#"
    Subject header.  Most will be in excess of 20K.  Please group-save
    them to a file for later reading.

nordic-skiing
    Contact: [e-mail] (Mitch Collinsworth)

    Purpose: Discussion of nordic skiing sports.  This includes
    cross-country, biathlon, ski-orienteering, ski jumping, nordic
    combined, telemark and back-country.

nqthm-users
    Contact: [e-mail]
          or [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of theorem proving using the Boyler-Moore
    theorem prover, NQTHM.  Offers lore, advice, information, discussion,
    help and a few flames.

ntp
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose:  Discussion of the Network Time Protocol.

nucmed
    Contact: [e-mail]  -or-
             [e-mail]  (Trevor Cradduck)

    Purpose: A discussion of Nuclear Medicine and related issues.  Of
    particular concern is the format of digital images.

numeric-interest
    Contact: [e-mail] (David Hough)

    Purpose: Discussion of issues of floating-point correctness and
    performance with respect to hardware, operating systems,
    languages, and standard libraries.

nwu-sports
    Contact: [e-mail] (Michael Nolan)

    Purpose: Information about and discussion of Northwestern University
    sports, also known as "da cats."

objc
    Contact: bunker!stpstn!objc-request (Anthony A. Datri)

    Purpose: The Objective-C mailing list is for the discussion of
    Stepstone's Objective-C language, Objective-C compiler, Objective-C
    interpreter, and the ICPak-201 user interface library.

objectivism
    Contact:  [e-mail]  (Paul Vixie)

    Purpose:  A mailing list where students of Objectivism can discuss
    their ideas, concrete issues, exchange news, etc.  Any issue that
    may have some relevance to Objectivists is appropriate here.

objectivism-philosophy
    Contact: [e-mail] (T. William Wells)

    Purpose: A mailing list for discussion of the philosophy of
    Objectivism. This is not a general Objectivism mailing list;
    discussions are restricted to the philosophy itself.

ODA
    Contact:    utzoo!trigraph!oda-request    (Les Gondor)

    Purpose: ODA is a mailing list for topics related to the ISO 8613
    standard for Office Document Architecture, and ODIF (Office
    Document Interchange Format).

offroad
    Contact: [e-mail] (Stefan Roth)

    Purpose: To discuss and share experiences about 4X4 and offroad
    adventures, driving tips, vehicle modifications and anything else
    related to 4 wheel drive and off roading.
    This list is reflector driven.

Oglasna Deska
    Contact: [e-mail] (Jure Marn)
          or [e-mail]

    Purpose: "Oglasna Deska" (bulletin board) is transcripts taken from
    SLON, which is a nickname for Decnet connecting several computers in
    Yugoslavia.  There is a conference similar to Usenet running under
    SLON and the articles and replies are occasionally saved and sent to
    the world.  The topics cover wide area, the language used is Slovene,
    Croatian or Serbian, and some articles are in English.  At the moment
    there is no interaction possible so the participation is reduced to
    reading.  The topics covered are equivalent to Usenet groups talk.
    politics.misc (from Ljubljana and Belgrade), rec.cars, rec.humor,
    comp.networks.*, and rec.climbing.  Misc.invest is in the offing.

oh-motss
    Contact [e-mail]

    Purpose: The oh-motss (Ohio Members Of The Same Sex) mailing list
    is for open discussion of lesbian, gay, and bisexual issues in and
    affecting Ohio.  The mailing list is not moderated, and is open to
    all, regardless of location or sexuality.  Further, participation
    on the list does not necessarily indicate a person's sexual
    preference or orientation.  The subscriber list is known only to
    the list owner.

on-this-day
    Contact: [e-mail] (Wayne Geiser)

    Purpose: Subscribers to on-this-day receive a daily listing of
    interesting birthdays, events, religious holidays, astronomical
    events, etc.  The messages are sent out in the wee hours of the
    morning, so you should have it for your morning coffee.  :-)

on-u
    Contact: [e-mail] (Ben Golding)

    Purpose: The On-U Sound mailing list encourages discussions
    related to the Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound label and the artists
    that record on it.  This includes Tack>>Head, Gary Clail, The Dub
    Syndicate, African Head Charge, Bim Sherman, Mark Stewart, etc.

operlist
    Contact: [e-mail] (Helen Trillian Rose)

    Purpose: a discussion list for *everything* having to do with irc.
    Its main purpose is irc routing discussions, protocol discussions,
    and announcements of new versions (of irc clients and servers).

orienteering
    Contact: [e-mail] (Mitch Collinsworth)

    Purpose:  Discuss all aspects of the sport of orienteering.

origami
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Brad Blumenthal)

    Purpose: This unmoderated mailing list is for discussion of all
    facets of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding.  Topics
    include bibliographies, folding techniques, display ideas,
    descriptions of new folds, creativity, materials, organizations,
    computer representations of folds, etc.

oysters
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For discussion of the British folk-rock band The Oyster
    band and related topics.

pagan
    Contact: [e-mail] (Stacey Greenstein)

    Purpose: To discuss the religions, philosophy, etc. of paganism.

Papa
    Contact: [e-mail] (Dave Gross)

    Purpose:  To discuss the life and works of Ernest Hemingway.

pc532
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Dave Rand)

    Purpose: a mailing list for people interested in the pc532
    project. This is a National Semiconductor NS32532 based system,
    offered for a very low cost.

pcgeos-list
    Contact: [e-mail] (Brian Smithson)

    Purpose: Discussion forum for users or potential users of PC/GEOS
    products, including GeoWorks Ensemble, GeoWorks Pro, GeoWorks POS,
    and third party products.  Topics include general information, tips,
    techniques, applications, experiences, etc.  The pcgeos-list is
    also gatewayed to the Usenet newgroup comp.os.msdos.pcgeos.

pdp8-lovers
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Robert E. Seastrom)

    Purpose: This mailing list exists in order to facilitate
    communication and cooperation between owners of vintage DEC
    computers, specifically, but not limited to, the PDP-8 series of
    minicomputers.  Discussions of all manner of hardware, software,
    programming techniques are invited.  Ownership of an 'antique'
    computer is not required for membership, but flames from people
    who feel that anything that is not cutting edge technology is
    worthless are discouraged.

People of the South Wind
    Contact: [e-mail] (Ryan Waldron)

    Purpose: This is a Kansas mailing list which discusses songs,
    concerts, etc. of the rock group Kansas.  This mailing list is
    simply an echo site, so all posts get bounced from that address
    to all the people subscribed.

Peru
    Contact: [e-mail] (Ivan Cavero Belaunde)

    Purpose: For discussion of Peruvian culture and other issues.

ph7
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: A list which talks about Peter Hammill and related rock
    groups.  To subscribe, send a message containing:
    subscribe ph7 My Real Name

pharm
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: a mailing list digest version of "alt.drugs" restricted
    to postings without repetitive political arguments or flames.
    Political articles of particularly novel value and reports of
    policy developments will be included.

    Under no circumstances will any message be passed along that may
    be construed to be a solicitation to engage in any form of illegal
    behavior.

physics
    Contact: [e-mail] (Mike Miskulin)

    Purpose: Physics is a newly created digest to cover current
    developments in theoretical and experimental physics.  Typical
    topics might include particle physics, plasmaphysics,
    astrophysics.  Discussions related to all branches (large and
    small) of physics are welcome.

picasso-users
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose:  For users of the Picasso graphical User Interface
    Development System.

pipes
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Steve Masticola)

    Purpose: For all those who enjoy smoking, collecting, or sharing
    information on pipes, tobacco, and related topics. Flames aren't
    allowed (except for the purpose of lighting up :-)

Pisma Bralcev
    Contact: [e-mail] (Andrej Brodnik)
          or [e-mail]

    Purpose: "Pisma bralcev" is an edited (not moderated) mailing list
    which provides the possibility of publishing readers' opinions,
    questions, inquiries for help, answers, etc.  There are also
    published travel tips and book reviews.  Anybody can send the letter
    to the editor and it will be published on the list under his name.
    The author can request anonymity and it will be respected entirely.
    The frequency of publishing is about one issue per day or less.  The
    language is originally Slovene, but other languages appear as well.

pkd-list
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The discussion of the works and life of Philip K. Dick
    (1928-1982), one of the world's most unusual science fiction writers.
    Topics include his books and stories, and books and stories about him
    and his life; however, discussion can (of necessity) branch out into
    the nature of reality, consciousness and religious experience.

POET
    Contact: [e-mail] (Jon Luini)

    Purpose: A workshop/critique forum for poetic works of all
    descriptions in progress.

POP
    Contact: [e-mail] (Andy S Poling)

    Purpose: This list was formed, out of desperation for an organized
    source of information, to discuss the Post Office Protocol (POP2
    and POP3 - described in RFCs 918, 937, 1081, and 1082) and
    implimentations thereof.

    The driving interest was lack of easily obtained knowledge of
    available POP2 and POP3 servers and clients.  This mailing list is
    meant to provide this information.  Anyone, whether consumer or
    product provider is invited to participate.

porschephiles
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Stan Hanks)

    Purpose: Discussion of Porsches.

posix-ada
    Contact:  umd5!grebyn!posix-ada-request    -or-
          [e-mail]    (Karl Nyberg)

    Purpose: to discuss the Ada binding of the Posix
    standard.  This is the IEEE P1003.5 working group.

posix-testing
    Contact: [e-mail] (Chuck Karish)

    Purpose: This list will provide a forum for discussion of issues
    related to testing operating systems for conformance to the
    various POSIX standards and proposed standards (IEEE 1003.x and
    whatever derivative standards may emerge from the NIST, ANSI, ISO,
    and so on).

    These issues include problems related to test suites in general,
    testability of various features of the standards, and portability
    of the test suites to the many very different POSIX
    implementations we expect to see in the near future.  We'll focus
    on the test suites themselves, rather than on the standards to
    which they test (notably POSIX p1003.3).

prion
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Chris Swanson)

    Purpose: While the main goal of the digest is to provide a
    resource for researchers working with prions and interested
    bystanders, all are welcome.  All articles posted will be included
    in the next digest.  If a poster feels that his posting is of an
    urgent nature, it may be distributed sooner than the regular
    digest.

PRL
    Contact: [e-mail]  (John Brewer)

    Purpose: The Pirate Radio SWL list is for the distribution of
    questions, answers, information and loggings of Pirate Radio
    Stations. This includes SW stations, MW (AM broadcast) and FM
    pirates.

Prog-Pubs
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: PROG-PUBS is a mailing list for people interested in
    progressive and/or alternative publications and other media.

    PROG-PUBS was originally created to facilitate and encourage
    communication among people interested in and active with the
    "alternative student press" movement.  However, the list's scope
    is now broader than this; we welcome and encourage participation
    from people involved in all kinds of small-scale, independent,
    progressive and/or alternative media, including newspapers,
    newsletters, and radio and video shows, whether campus-based or
    not.

Progress
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of the Progress RDBMS.

proof-users
    Contact: [e-mail] (Craig Latta)

    Purpose: To discuss the left-associative natural language parser
    'proof'.  To join, email [e-mail] with the
    subject line "add me".

pubnet
    Contact: [e-mail] (Chip Rosenthal)

    Purpose: The administration and use of public access computer
    systems - primarily UNIX systems.  The list membership includes a
    large number of people who run sites listed in the world-famous
    NIXPUB listing.  If you have questions about setting up or running
    a public access system, this is the place to be.