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- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists, Part III
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-
- [This is the third of three articles on mailing lists.]
-
- 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: objectivism-request@vixie.sf.ca.us (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: objectivism-request@twwells.com (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: uunet!samsung!wizvax!offroad-request (Stephanie P. Gilgut)
-
- Purpose: To discuss/share experiences about 4X4 offroad
- adventures, tips and anything else related to 4 wheel drive, off
- roading, etc. This list is reflector driven.
-
- Oglasna Deska
- Contact: Oglasna-Deska@IJS.AC.Mail.YU (Jure Marn)
- or Oglasna.Deska@Uni-LJ.AC.Mail.YU
-
- 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 oh-motss-request@cps.udayton.edu
-
- 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: geiser@pictel.com (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: on-u-request@pta.pyramid.com.au (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: operlist-request@cs.bu.edu (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).
-
- oracle
- Contact: oracle-people@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Kinzler,
- Ray Moody)
-
- Purpose: A cooperative effort for creative humor. The Usenet
- Oracle answers any questions posed to it. Send mail to
- oracle@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (or {ames,rutgers}!iuvax!oracle)
- 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 Oracle answers (the Usenet Oracularities, also posted
- to rec.humor). Send mail to oracle-request@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu.
-
- orienteering
- Contact: orienteering-request@graphics.cornell.edu (Mitch Collinsworth)
-
- Purpose: Discuss all aspects of the sport of orienteering.
-
- origami
- Contact: origami-request@cs.utexas.edu (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.
-
- pagan
- Contact: pagan-request@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Stacey Greenstein)
-
- Purpose: To discuss the religions, philosophy, etc. of paganism.
-
- Papa
- Contact: dgross@polyslo.calpoly.edu (Dave Gross)
-
- Purpose: To discuss the life and works of Ernest Hemingway.
-
- pc532
- Contact: pc532-request@bungi.com (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: pcgeos-list-request@csd.mot.com (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: pdp8-lovers-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu (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: kansas-request@aladdin.b11.ingr.com (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: owner-peru@athena.mit.edu (Ivan Cavero Belaunde)
-
- Purpose: For discussion of Peruvian culture and other issues.
-
- pharm
- Contact: pharm-request@udel.edu
-
- 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: physics-request@qedqcd.rye.ny.us (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: picasso-users@postgres.berkeley.edu
-
- Purpose: For users of the Picasso graphical User Interface
- Development System.
-
- pipes
- Contact: pipes-request@paul.rutgers.edu (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: Pisma-Bralcev@IJS.Mail.YU (Andrej Brodnik)
- or Pisma.Bralcev@IJS.AC.Mail.YU
-
- 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.
-
- POP
- Contact: pop-request@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (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: porschephiles-request@bcm.tmc.edu (Stan Hanks)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of Porsches.
-
- posix-ada
- Contact: umd5!grebyn!posix-ada-request -or-
- posix-ada-request@grebyn.com (Karl Nyberg)
-
- Purpose: to discuss the Ada binding of the Posix
- standard. This is the IEEE P1003.5 working group.
-
- posix-testing
- Contact: posix-testing-request@mindcraft.com (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: prion-request@stolaf.edu (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: brewer@ace.enet.dec.com (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: prog-pubs-request@fuggles.acc.virginia.edu
-
- 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: Progress@thinc.com (Ethan Lish)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of the Progress RDBMS.
-
- pubnet
- Contact: pubnet-request@chinacat.unicom.com (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.
-
- qn
- Contact: qn-request@queernet.org (Roger Klorese)
-
- Purpose: a mailing list for Queer Nation activists and for all
- interested in Queer Nation, an activist group devoted to
- furthering gay rights. The purpose of qn is to network among
- various Queer Nation chapters, discussion actions and tactics, and
- for general discussion of how to bring about Queer Liberation.
-
- Quanta
- Contact: da1n@andrew.cmu.edu
-
- Purpose: Quanta is an electronically distributed magazine of
- science fiction. Published monthly, each issue contains short
- fiction, articles and editorials by authors around the world and
- across the net. Quanta publishes in two formats: straight ascii
- and PostScript* for PostScript compatible printers. To subscribe
- to Quanta, or just to get more info, send mail.
-
- quattro
- Contact: quattro-request@aries.east.sun.com (David Tahajian)
-
- Purpose: To disuss Audi cars, and especially the AWD quattro
- models. All Audi-related discussion is welcome, including news,
- opinions, maintenance procdures and parts sources.
-
- Queen
- Contact: com@spacsun.rice.edu (Christopher Owen Miller)
- please include the word SUBSCRIBE as your subject
-
- Purpose: Discussion about the rock group Queen.
-
- race
- Contact: race-request@formula1.corp.sun.com
-
- Purpose: To discuss motocycle racing (primarily on asphalt
- tracks) and associated technologies. This is a fairly broad
- interest group, with experience spanning motojournalism,
- roadracing from the perspective of the pit crew and racers,
- and engineering. It is also possible to receive the list
- in digest form.
-
- recipes
- Contact: recipes-request@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (a.e.mossberg)
-
- Purpose: Digest version of rec.food.recipes, a USENET newsgroup
- for sharing tasteful recipes.
-
- recovery
- Contact: recovery@wvnvm.wvnet.edu (Jeff Brooks)
-
- Purpose: recovery is intended as a forum and support group for
- survivors of childhood sexual abuse/incest and/or their SO's.
- Postings are published in digest format and contributors may post
- anonymously. The emphasis is on healing and recovery through the
- use of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous as adapted for our
- purpose.
-
- REM
- Contact: valerie@athena.mit.edu (Valerie Ohm)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of the music and lyrics by the music group
- R.E.M.
-
- RokPress
- Contact: TKosir@ACS.UCalgary.CA (Tomaz Kosir)
- or RokPress@IJS.AC.Mail.YU
- or RokPress@Uni-LJJ.AC.Mail.YU
-
- Purpose: RokPress is a moderated mailing list, intended primarily for
- news from Slovenia. Slovene is the principal language, although
- articles from Croatian and Serbian source are often included. It
- includes also news from international press and important announcements
- related to Slovenia and Slovenes. The volume is kept as low as possible.
-
- RoleMaster
- Contact: rmappl@delfax.amiga.ocunix.on.ca (Rick Morrow)
-
- Purpose: The RoleMaster mailing list is for the discussion and
- development of the RoleMaster, SpaceMaster and MERPS games from
- Iron Crown Enterprises.
-
- rune-quest
- Contact: bell@cs.unc.edu -or- ...!mcnc!unc!bell (Andrew Bell)
-
- Purpose: The RuneQuest Digest is a courtesy of Andrew Bell. It is
- a collection of articles, discussion, and source material for use
- with Chaosium's Runequest fantasy role-playing game.
-
- rush
- Contact: rush-request@syrinx.umd.edu
-
- Purpose: fans of the Canadian rock group Rush discuss things
- about the group and its music.
-
- S-news
- Contact: S-news-request@stat.wisc.edu (Douglas Bates)
-
- Purpose: Information and discussion about the S language for data
- analysis and graphics.
-
- sappho
- Contact: sappho-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu (regis m. donovan)
-
- Purpose: A forum and support group for gay and bisexual women.
- The list is not moderated, but may become so if the volume and/or
- content begins to warrant it. A digest version is available; if
- you want it, be sure to mention it in your addition request. Men
- who want to "listen in," for whatever reason, are requested to use
- the feminist and alternates mailing lists instead; sappho
- membership is limited to women.
-
- sca
- Contact: sca-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu (Danulf Donaldson, MKA Dana Groff)
-
- Purpose: This group discusses anything relating to the Society for
- Creative Anachronism, a world-wide medievallist organization.
- Anyone in the Society (or interested in it) is welcome to join.
- Those with basic questions about the Society should direct them to
- justin@inmet.com (Justin du Coeur, MKA Mark Waks), who will
- be happy to answer them. (Please note that the mailing list is not
- officially related to the SCA in any way; it is simply a group of
- talkative members).
-
- The SCA mailing list is gatewayed into the rec.org.sca newsgroup.
-
- scoann
- Contact: scoann-request@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew)
-
- Purpose: The SCO Announce mailing list is a moderated announcements
- list providing product update and new product announcements supplied
- by SCO or by developers offering SCO based products.
-
- Submissions for the list should be addressed to scoannmod@xenitec.on.ca
-
- The "scoann" mlist is bi-directionally gatewayed with the USENET
- biz.sco.annouce newsgroup.
-
- scogen
- Contact: scogen-request@xenitec.on.ca (Geoff Scully)
-
- Purpose: This group will be beneficial to any one interested or
- currently using Santa Cruz Operation products. This mailing list
- is a single area where discussions and information can be exchanged
- regarding ALL SCO products.
-
- The "scogen" mlist is bi-directionally gatewayed with the USENET
- biz.sco.general newsgroup.
-
- scoodt
- Contact: scoodt-request@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew)
-
- Purpose: The SCO Open Desktop electronic mailing list is intended
- to provide a communications vehicle for interested parties to
- provide, request, submit, and exchange information regarding the
- configuration, implementation, and use of the SCO Open Desktop
- operating system as available from The Santa Cruz Operation.
-
- All submissions will be posted as received with appropriate author
- attribution. Questions are welcome. Someone may even answer them.
-
- The "scoodt" mlist is bi-directionally gatewayed with the USENET
- biz.sco.opendesktop newsgroup.
-
- scribe
- Contact: scribe-hacks-request@decwrl.dec.com
-
- Purpose: This list is designed for persons who perform the role of
- Scribe Database Administrator at their installation. Discussion
- will be about Scribe features, bugs, enhancements, performance,
- support, and other topics of interest to Scribe DBAs. The list
- will NOT be moderated, but will simply consist of a mail
- "reflector" - ie. if you send a message to the list, it will be
- rebroadcast to everyone on the list. Discussion at the level of
- "How do I get a paragraph to indent 5 spaces instead of 3?" is
- specifically discouraged.
-
- Secular Humanist Group
- Contact: secular-humanist-request@sugar.neosoft.com (Jim Thompson)
-
- Purpose: to provide a moderated forum for the discussion of secular
- lifestyles and philosophies among atheists, agnostics, and secular
- humanists. Theists may join the list; however, proselytizing and
- debates over God and religion will be referred to more appropriate
- forums.
-
- security
- Contact: uunet!zardoz!security-request (Neil Gorsuch)
- or security-request@cpd.com
-
- Purpose: to notify of unix security flaws BEFORE they become public
- knowledge, and to provide unix security enhancement programs and
- information. Most postings are explanations of specific unix security
- "holes", including fixes or work-arounds to prevent their usage. This
- list is not intended for discussions of general and/or theoretical
- security issues. It is joined at the pleasure of the applicant's
- system administrator and the list administrator.
-
- Requests to join must be mailed from a system administration account
- and must specify (1) the full name of the recipient; (2) the address
- to send the list to; (3) the address of the contact person for that
- site (if different from (2)); (4) whether you want moderated digests
- or "reflected" postings.
-
- SFER-l (South Florida Environmental Reader)
- Contact: sfer-request@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (a.e. mossberg)
-
- Purpose: A monthly digest of environmental articles of interest to
- South Florida residents. The newsletter is available in both paper
- and electronic formats.
-
- SkillsBank
- Contact: sun!kass!richard (Richard Karasik)
-
- Purpose:I'd like to get people together on a mailing list who are
- willing to share their skills with others - not just the computist
- ones, althogh that's handy to know, but some of the oddball ones
- that we all seem to have aquired.
-
- Ground rules: the list is not going to be publicly available but
- requests to the list for specific skills will be passed on to the
- people that have them, and they can decide about the level of
- participation they want to have. The only public piece that will
- be mailed around is the new skills that have been added, and the
- new requests for assistance.
-
- I am open to any other suggestions for how to make this work.
-
- smail3-users
- Contact: smail3-users-request@cs.athabascau.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
-
- Purpose: The smail3-users mailing list is targeted towards
- those who administer smail3.X based mailers. Discussion of
- operational problems and fixes, specialized configurations, and
- other topics related to the day-to-day operation of smail3.X are
- found here. The list does not discuss smail 2.5 issues. (Smail
- 2.5 is an unrelated piece of software that appeared in the
- comp.sources.unix archives under the archive name "smail3.")
- Questions about smail 2.5 should be directed to the newsgroup
- comp.mail.misc. Smail3-users deals primarily with operational
- issues. If you're interested in technical discussions on smail3
- internals, consider joining smail3-wizards.
-
- smail3-wizards
- Contact: smail3-wizards-request@cs.athabascau.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
-
- Purpose: Smail3-wizards is a discussion forum for people who
- are actively porting, debugging, and extending smail3.X.
- Discussion should be limited to topics concerning smail3
- internals. Questions about smail3 installation and operation
- should be directed to the smail3-users list.
-
- smiths-fans
- Contact: larryn@csufres.csufresno.edu
-
- Purpose: We are a mailing list dedicated to the music of the rock
- group, The Smiths. Though the group is no longer together, we
- feel there is a substantial enough body of work to keep a list
- such as this going. Topics include discussion/interpretation of
- lyrics, work being done currently by members, and other
- intellectual concerns.
-
- sonify
- Contact: sonify-request@doppler.ncsc.org (Tom Palmer)
-
- Purpose: To discuss all aspects of "sonification". Sonification
- is the mapping of data values to audio, used typically as an
- adjunct to traditional scientific visualization.
-
- sports-cards
- Contact: cards-request@tanstaafl.uchicago.edu (Keane Arase)
-
- Purpose: For people interested in collection, speculation and
- investing in baseball, football, basketball, hockey and other
- trading cards and/or memoribilia. Discussion and want/sell lists
- are welcome. Open to anyone.
-
- SQL-sybase
- Contact: sybase-request@apple.com
-
- Purpose: This is an semi-unmoderated mailing list for sharing
- information about the Sybase SQL server and related products.
-
- stagecraft
- Contact: stagecraft-request@jaguar.cs.utah.edu (Brad Davis)
-
- Purpose: This list is for the discussion of all aspects of stage
- work, including (but not limited to) special effects, sound
- effects, sound reinforcement, stage management, set design and
- building, lighting design, company management, hall management,
- hall design, and show production. This is not a forum for the
- discussion of various stage productions (unless the discussion
- pertains to the stagecraft of a production), acting or directing
- methods (unless you know of ways to get actors to stand in the
- right spots), film or video production (unless the techniques can
- be used on the stage). The list will not be moderated unless
- problems crop up. Archives will be kept of the discussion (send
- mail to stagecraft-request for copies).
-
- stardent-users
- Contact: stardent-users@antares.mcs.anl.gov
-
- Purpose: The stardent-users mailing list provides a forum for
- discussion of using/programming computers manufactured by Stardent
- Computer. The discussion is intended to cover programming topics
- (e.g. XFDI, phigs+, Dore, parallel and/or vectorizaton techniques,
- etc.), using one of their computers as an application engine for a
- Stardent software package or a third party package (e.g. AVS,
- Quanta, NMR1/2, etc.), or any other threads deamed applicable
- (e.g. customer service, fallout of merger, etc). The list will not
- be moderated, and it is hoped that it will generate enough
- interest to justify a news group.
-
- stormbringer
- Contact: stormbringer-request@ocf.Berkeley.EDU
-
- Purpose: The Stormbringer mailing list exists for both the fans of
- Michael Moorcock's books and those who enjoy Chaosium's games,
- STORMBRINGER and HAWKMOON.
-
- stormcock
- Contact: stormcock-request@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Paul Davison)
-
- Purpose: For general discussion and news concerning the music of
- Roy Harper, a folk-rock musician with a conscience.
- Recommendations and news concerning similar artists are
- encouraged. The list is set up as a mail reflector.
-
- NB: Some internet sites may have to route mail through the UK
- internet gateway, "nsfnet-relay.ac.uk". Also, in some exceptional
- circumstances we may have to refuse membership because we get
- charged for mail to certain addresses in the uucp domain.
-
- sun-386i
- Contact: sun-386i-request@compaq.com
-
- Purpose: Discussion and information about the 386i-based Sun
- machines.
-
- sun-managers
- Contact: sun-managers-request@eecs.nwu.edu
-
- Purpose: Information of special interest to managers of sites
- with Sun workstations or servers.
-
- sun-nets
- Contact: sun-nets-request@umiacs.umd.edu
-
- Purpose: Discussion and information on networks using Sun
- hardware and/or software.
-
- supercomputers
- Contact: supercomputer-request@nyu.edu -or- cmcl2!supercomputer-request
- Submissions: supercomputer@nyu.edu, cmcl2!supercomputer
-
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- Contact the list administrators for more information.
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- svr4-admin
- Contact: dynasys!svr4-admin (Jesse W. Asher)
-
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- V Release 4.
-
- sysops
- Contact: {harpo,bellcore,cmcl2}!cucard!dasys1!sysops-request
- -or-
- {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!dasys1!sysops-request
-
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- among operators of computerized bulletin-board systems. Topics
- will include, but are certainly not limited to: applications,
- security, legal issues, and software.
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- t3
- Contact: t3-request@ncsugn.ncsu.edu (Ted H. Emigh)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of T3, a WYSIWYG (almost) scientific word
- processing system for MS-DOS computers.
-
- tadream
- Contact: tadream-request@vacs.uwp.edu (Dave Datta)
-
- 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. (alternate
- mail-paths: ....uwm!uwpvacs!tadream-request,
- uwpvacs!tadream-request@uwm.edu)
-
- Talon-Eclipse-Laser
- Contact: talon@appmag.com (Todd Day)
-
- Purpose: For owners and admirers of Talon, Eclipse or Laser
- automobiles.
-
- 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.
-
- tartan-c
- Contact: astrovax!tartan-c-requests
-
- Purpose: Discussion related to the Tartan C compiler for the vax.
- This can include bug reports, benchmarks, C quirks handled
- differently by tcc, experiences compiling system source with tcc,
- etc.
-
- 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.
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- tcp-group
- Contact: tcp-group-request@ucsd.edu
-
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- radio.
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- tekumel
- Contact: tekumel-request@ssdc.honeywell.com (Brett Slocum)
-
- Purpose: This mailing list exists to discuss the world of Tekumel,
- the fantasy world invented by M.A.R. Barker in the roleplaying
- games "Empire of the Petal Throne" and "Swords and Glory", and the
- DAW novels "Man of Gold" and "Flamesong".
-
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- accounts of campaigns, questions, fiction, tables, NPCs, tips for
- converting to new game systems, etc. Listeners as well as
- contributors are welcome. This list is in digest format and is
- mailed when submissions warrant it (weekly if possible).
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- Testing-Archive
- Contact: testing-archive-request@ernie.cs.uiuc.edu (Brian Marick)
-
- Purpose: The purpose of Testing-Archive is to collect and archive
- material for software testing practitioners and researchers who
- are too busy to read ongoing discussions. Therefore, typical
- messages will be abstracts of technical reports, announcements of
- testing tools (both commercial and noncommercial), reviews of
- testing tools, and summaries of discussions from other mailing
- lists or newsgroups. The mailing list will be archived and made
- available for anonymous FTP via
- cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/testing/archiveXX. The list is unmoderated.
-
- Testing-Research
- Contact: testing-research-request@ernie.cs.uiuc.edu (Brian Marick)
-
- Purpose: Testing-Research is a forum for testing researchers to
- discuss current and future research at greater length (and with
- perhaps lower "density") than in Testing-Archive. The goal of
- Testing-Archive is to create a historical record; the goal of
- Testing-Research is to create a community. 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.
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- 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 make take. This list is primarily a
- gateway for the traffic in the newsgroup rec.arts.theatre.
-
- thicva
- Contact: thicva-request@stjhmc.fidonet.org -or-
- {gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!noao!asuvax!stjhmc!thicva-request
-
- Purpose: The purpose of this list is to provide for the discussion
- of Traumatic Head Injuries, Cerebrovascular Accidents, and other
- related Intracranial Malformations. It is hoped that this
- conference will provide a clearing house for information on the
- above topics, on facilities that specialize in the treatment of
- Intracranial problems, and most importantly a conference where
- victims and their families can meet to discuss problems, concerns,
- and successes. An electronic international support group.
-
- 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.
-
- 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).
-
- toaster-list
- Contact: listserv@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend)
-
- Purpose: For discussion regarding NewTek's Video Toaster, both
- "standalone" and "card-for-the-amiga" versions. To subscribe,
- send email to listserv@karazm.math.uh.edu with a *BODY* of
- "subscribe toaster-list you@yoursite.domain."
-
- 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.
-
- torg
- Contact: torg-request@morticia.cnns.unt.edu (Clay Luther)
-
- Purpose: Torg is the mailing list dedicated to the infiniverse
- of West End Game's "Torg, the Possibility Wars" Roleplaying Game.
-
- towers
- Contact: bill@wrangler.wlk.com (Bill Kennedy)
-
- Purpose: General discussion on the subject of NCR Tower computers.
- Gatewayed with comp.sys.ncr
-
- transputer
- Submissions: transputer@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu -or-
- ...{cmcl2,decvax,uw-beaver}!cornell!batcomputer!transputer
- Contact: transputer-request (at the above address)
-
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- 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@metolius.wr.tek.com (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.
-
- 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-motss
- Contact: uk-motss-request@pyra.co.uk (Internet)
- or uk-motss-request@uk.co.pyra (JANet)
- or 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: ultralite-list-request@csd.mot.com (Brian Smithson)
-
- 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 286- and 386-based models). Topics include general
- information, tips, techniques, applications, experiences, and
- sources for hardware, software, accessories, and information.
-
- Unisys
- Contact: unisys-request@bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of all Unisys products and equipment.
-
- 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@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Raul Polakof)
-
- Purpose: A mailing list for general discussions and information.
- To subscribe, please send name, e-mail, topics of interest, and
- (optionally), address and phone number. Spanish is the dominent
- language in this group.
-
- usml
- Contact: usml-request@hc.dspo.gov (Josh Siegel)
-
- Purpose: This mailing list is for discussions on various techniques
- for simulations of the universe as related to games and reality.
-
- 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."
-
- vampire
- Contact: vampire@nerix.nerdc.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 :)
-
- vanguard
- Contact: vanguard-request@farpoint.tucson.az.us
- UUCP: ...uunet!arizona!noao!farpoint!vanguard
-
- Purpose: Vanguard exists to distribute articles from the National
- Vanguard, the hard-copy magazine produced by the National Alliance.
- Typical Vanguard articles are racial in nature; those uncomfortable
- with racialist thinking should not subscribe to this list. From
- time to time on vanguard, previous National Vanguard articles will
- be distributed.
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- venezuela
- Contact: venezuela-request@arisia.xerox.com (Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart)
-
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- vettes
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- Purpose: This list is for Corvette owners and enthusiasts to share
- their ideas and experiences about their car.
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- 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.
-
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- preferred), affiliation, and use of WE 321SB (if you have one).
- Suggestions for items of interest are also encouraged.
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- volvo
- Contact: volvo-net-request@me.rochester.edu (Tim Takahashi)
-
- Purpose: Discussion of Volvo automobiles.
-
- 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.
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- 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.
-
- wargames
- Contact: wargames-request@svcdudes.com
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- warhammer
- Contact: wfrp-request@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
-
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- Universe, the Old World, Warhammer Fantasy Role Play, and
- Warhammer Fantasy Battle.
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- 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".
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- 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.
-
- whitewater
- Contact: rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec)
-
- 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@access.usask.ca --or--
- wildnet-request@access.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@gallium.uucp
- ...uunet!philabs!crpmks!gallium!windsurfing-request
- ...uunet!hsi!stpstn!gaboon!crpmks!gallium!windsurfing-request
-
- Purpose: The windsurfing mailing list serves as a discussion forum
- for boardsailing enthusiasts all over the world. While
- non-windsurfers are welcome to join, the primary purpose is to
- promote the sport of windsurfing by specializing in windsurfing
- related topics such as equipment, technique, sailing sites,
- weather, the windsurf industry, etc. We welcome you to join and
- share your windsurfing experiences and thoughts. The list is
- non-moderated and your articles will circulate to everyone who
- joins.
-
- Word-Mac
- Contact: mmacword@loki.une.edu.au (Roger Debreceny)
- To subscribe, mail to listserv@loki.une.edu.au with the text
- "subscribe word-mac firstname surname" in the body of the email.
-
- Purpose: Word-Mac is a mailing list dedicated to serving users of
- the Microsoft Word package in its various versions. It has regular
- mailings of questions and answers on the use of the package and
- also mails postings on Word that have been made to Usenet groups
- such as comp.sys.mac.apps ... an FAQ list is also under development.
-
- 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.
-
- XVT
- Contact: tim@qed.cts.com (Tim Capps)
- Interested parties should send mail with 'HELP XVTDEV' as the body
- of the letter to: listserv@qed.cts.com.
-
- Purpose: XVT is a multi-platform window environment development tool.
-
- yello
- Contact: yello-request@polyslo.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.
-
- Yes/ABWH
- Contact: v111pbxx@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Cathy Leak)
-
- Purpose: The progressive rock group Yes and its many offspring
- (especially the current branch of Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and
- Howe). We do a little of everything: news, reviews, trivia, etc.
-
- Yiddish
- Contact: dave@lsuc.on.ca -or- lsuc!dave (Dave Sherman)
-
- Purpose: articles, jokes, etc. in transliterated Yiddish, and
- discussion of Yiddish language and culture (in English). Some
- familiarity with the language is required to understand most of
- the messages.
-
- Z-cars
- Contact: rsiatl!z-car-request (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-request@ux.acs.umn.edu (Eric David Hendrickson)
-
- Purpose: For fans of the rock group Led Zeppelin.
-
- ZForum
- Contact: zforum-request@prg.oxford.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.
-