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- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 06:41:46 -0500 (EST)
- From: Paul Robinson <tdarcos@access.digex.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Subscribable Mailing Lists on Internet?
- Message-ID: <telecom13.38.7@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 38, Message 7 of 11
- Lines: 38
-
- A TELECOM Digest reader asked me if there was a way to get a list of
- Internet news lists he could subscribe to. Here is a copy of the
- reply I sent him:
-
- It depends on whether your system charges you for incoming mail. If
- they don't (or you don't mind paying the charges, which could be as
- high as US $12 or more at the typical outrageous 5c/K some X.400
- services like Sprintmail can get away with for charges), and you can
- receive a *large* message (250K) then send a message with the
- following text (subject is ignored):
-
- LIST GLOBAL
-
- To the following internet address:
-
- LISTSERV@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU
-
- This will send you the "List of Lists" of what mailing lists that are
- available from Bitnet. Including lists that peer each other (where
- the list runs out of two or more sites to reduce network overhead)
- there are about 3200 lists, 2500 of which are probably different,
- ranging from the APL language (APL-L) to the ZWriter Users group
- (ZWSUG).
-
- Internet doesn't have any trouble sending a file this large because I
- got it via MCI Mail once. I once E-Mailed myself (via Internet) a
- single file to MCI Mail that was 840K. It received it and MCI Mail
- allowed me to download it.
-
- Someone else may have the list of Internet based subscribable lists, I
- know there is one I just don't know who makes it. I will CC this
- message to TELECOM Digest and allow the readers there to give some
- insight.
-
-
- Paul Robinson -- TDARCOS@MCIMAIL.COM
-
-