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- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 14:30:39 EDT
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- From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
- Subject: announcing a new mailing list (fwd)
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- ---------- Text of forwarded message ----------
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:35:11 -0700 (PDT)
- From: Susan Calcari <calcaris@nic.cerf.net>
- Subject: announcing a new mailing list
-
-
- To network information service providers, end users, and others:
-
- CERFnet has announced the establishment of a new mailing list to serve
- network information service providers and end users. The CERFnet News
- article describing the new mailing list in detail is attached, but the main
- points are summarized below. (Apologies for any repeats of this message.)
-
- In a nutshell, the nis@cerf.net list will be a group effort (in true
- Internet style) to concentrate network information services (nis)
- announcements onto one list for everyone's use. A dozen or more individuals
- around the Internet will each be monitoring a specific source (mailing
- list, news group, list serve) and sending the information to CERFnet. We
- will serve as the moderator, forwarding pertinent submissions to the entire
- readership of the list, omitting duplicates.
-
- In this way, individuals can receive succinct nis information even if they
- choose not to read discussion lists. This should prove especially valuable
- to end users who are not in the networking business, but are actually using
- the network as a tool and a resource.
-
- Advantages:
-
- * everyone doesn't have to read every mailing list to stay current
- * volume will stay low (it won't be a discussion list)
- * pointers will be provided for more info and discussion
- * when you go on vacation, turn off all lists except nis!
-
- What you should do:
-
- * to subscribe: send mail to nis-request@cerf.net
- * to volunteer to monitor a source: send mail to nis@cerf.net
- * to submit an item of interest to the moderator: send mail to nis@cerf.net
- * comments, suggestions, helpful hints, etc.: send mail to nis@cerf.net
-
- CERFnet members and other interested parties: Let me know if there is a
- list you read regularly which you would like to "monitor" for us, which
- simply means you will forward interesting items to nis@cerf.net.
-
- Thanks, and see you on the net!
-
- Susan
-
-
-
- Susan Calcari (619) 455-3904
- Director, Network Information Services fax: (619)455-3990
- CERFnet P.O. Box 85608
- calcaris@cerf.net San Diego, CA 92186-9784
-
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-
-
- CERFnet Services Keep You Current
- ---------------------------------
- Introducing two new CERFnet Services which will keep you up-to-date on
- available Internet resources.
-
- New resources and applications are constantly becoming available on the
- Internet - a new database, an especially useful e-mail list, or a new
- online tool for uncovering your own items of interest. Staying current on
- what's out there can be a time-consuming task in itself, so to help with
- this task CERFnet's newly formed Network Information Services department is
- introducing two services: a moderated electronic mailing list and a new
- column in the CERFnet News.
-
- The mailing list will be called nis@cerf.net (for network information
- services at CERFnet) devoted solely to the announcement of new resources,
- services, and applications being offered over CERFnet and the Internet.
- Those who subscribe to this list will receive a limited number of messages
- containing the latest news on Information Services from around the Internet
- without having to read hundreds of messages a week on various existing
- mailing lists and news groups.
-
- The way the list will work is that individuals who see an item related to
- Internet resources which they feel may be of interest to others will send
- that item to the moderator of the nis mailing list. These individuals can
- be from the CERFnet staff, the CERFnet User Group, the subscribers of the
- nis list, or anyone else. The moderator of the list will then forward
- selected items to all subscribers after duplicate and non-relevant messages
- have been discarded. In this way the amount of traffic on the list will
- stay very low while offering subscribers an efficient way to stay informed
- of new resources.
-
- The moderator of the list will initially be a member of CERFnet's Network
- Information Services staff, but may rotate to members of the CERFnet User
- Group or others as appropriate. Several existing mailing lists and news
- groups will be identified and volunteers chosen who will monitor a given
- list and forward pertinent items to the moderator of nis. This will
- eliminate the need for all subscribers to read each of these mailing lists.
- Items posted to the list will be archived so that new subscribers can
- retrieve and browse information previously seen by the group.
-
- The goal of the nis mailing list is to be simply a mechanism for
- distributing brief, newsy items about what's available on the Internet and
- how things can be more easily accessed. It is not meant to be a discussion
- list, as this would immediately do away with its most appealing feature -
- low volume! Besides, discussion lists are already available on dozens of
- topics, from Archie to K-12. New items sent to the nis list will include
- where to get more information on the item and the addresses of any existing
- discussion lists on the topic.
-
- A second new service was introduced in the current issue of the CERFnet News
- - a column called NIS News. This column will provide a quick hardcopy
- sampling of Network Information Services news items such as upcoming
- conferences, publications of special interest, and new online services. NIS
- News is not intended to be comprehensive, but rather to inform our readers
- of a variety of selected items of interest. Submissions to this column are
- welcome; please send mail to nis@cerf.net.
-
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