A Beginner's Guide to the Internet/INTERNET.ISO/text/email/pbmail/pbmai10.txt

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Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists - Part 10/14

[This is the tenth of fourteen articles on mailing lists.]

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:

nascar
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: This mail list is dedicated to the open discussion of both
    Winston Cup Series and Busch Series events. This includes tracks,
    drivers, teams, races, events, etc.

    To subscribe to the list, send mail to:
       [e-mail]
    where the body of the message is:
    help
         subscribe <listname>

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.

ndpzoo-l
    Contact: [e-mail] (Jordan Berger)

    Purpose: A mailing list for NDP activists and fellow-travellers
    interested in rebuilding and reinvigorating the Canadian New
    Democratic Party.

    Subscriptions: Send the following one-line command in the body of
    your message to [e-mail]: SUBSCRIBE NDPZOO-L.
    Subscription is automatic.

ne-social-motss
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Announcements of social and other events and other
    happenings in the North East (of the continental United States)
    of interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people.

    TO SUBSCRIBE: Send a message to "[e-mail]" and
    in the body of your message, type: subscribe ne-social-motss
    (the Subject: header will be ignored)

neci-discuss
    Contact:  [e-mail]

    Purpose: This is the general discussion forum of New England
    Community Internet, an organization dedicated to making USENET
    and Internet accessible to the public without barriers of economics
    or technical expertise.  The group is developing ways to bring IP
    connectivity at low cost into homes and non-profit organizations.

    To get a daily digestified version, subscribe to neci-digest.  To
    receive organizational announcements only, subscribe to neci-announce.

NEdit
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Mailing list for users of the NEdit text editor.

    To subscribe to the list, write to [e-mail] with
    'subscribe nedit-list <Your Name>' as the first line in the message
    body, replacing <Your Name> with your real name, not your email
    address.

nedod
    Contact: [e-mail] (automated LISTSERV)
             [e-mail]

    Purpose: The discussion of events, technical issues and just plain
    socializing related to motorcycling in the New England area of the US.

    To subscribe mail a single line message to
    [e-mail]
    subscribe nedod <your name (not email address)>

    Plain reflected and digest type subscriptions are available.
    To subscribe in digest format, append:
    set nedod mail digest
    to your subscription request.

NERaves (Northeast Raves)
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: One of several regional rave-related mailing lists, NE-Raves
    covers the Northeastern U.S., including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
    New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, New Jersey,
    Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

    If you wish to subscribe, mail [e-mail] with the phrase:
    add ne-raves name@address <Firstname Lastname>
    as the only line in the message.  It will automatically reply with all
    the information you need to know to be a NE Raves CyberTribe member.  :)

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

    Purpose: The origins of Nerdnosh were in the lowlands of the Red
    River years ago, with the water moccasins along the brakes and the
    mosquitoes swarming and the River rising and the wolves in the
    distance as the sun dropped, and a group of us were swapping stories
    and the rains came and one of us said, wouldn't this be a great idea
    without the snakes and the mosquitoes and the high water and the
    wolves and the rain?

    Here it is.  A virtual campfire gathering of storytellers.  Bring
    us your tired yarns and your family fables and your journals of
    yesterday and your imprints on tomorrow.  Send the command

    join nerdnosh

    to [e-mail]

    and a handy help file suitable for framing will give you all the data
    you may ever need again, such as where the archive treasury is buried
    and how we don't allow no insults nor political debates nor unoriginal
    cross-posts.

Nero-Ashbury
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Nero Ashbury is a medieval Live Action Roleplaying Game based
    in New York City.  We hold events virtually every Saturday and Sunday,
    in Brooklyn, New York.  We also hold outdoor events at a camp near
    Hartford, Connecticut.  The game has a complex plot line and characters
    that continue from one adventure to the next.  Nero has been successful
    in New England for over 7 years and is still growing rapidly.  Our well
    refined and efficient melee and combat magic system is nothing compared
    to the intricate plots that are woven not only by the NPCs but by the
    players!  For more net info, write to the contact address.  For gaming
    info, phone us.  There is a discussion and announcements mailing list,
    WWW page, and more.
        Nero Ashbury
        218 Plymouth Street
        Brooklyn, NY 11201-1124
        (718)596-NERO

net-guide
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Monthly updates to EFF's Guide to the Internet (previously
    Big Dummy's Guide, published in hardcopy by MIT Press as Everybody's
    Guide).

    (Un)subscribe address and method:
    send message body of
    "[un]subscribe list-name"
    (no quotes, no name, no email address, no subject) to
    [e-mail]

    Contact address for person: [e-mail]
    Contact address for basic EFF info (it's an infobot): [e-mail].

net-happenings
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The net-happenings list is a service of InterNIC Information
    Services and the list moderator, Gleason Sackman of North Dakota's
    SENDIT Network for K-12 educators. The purpose of the list is to
    distribute to the community announcements of interest to network
    staffers and end users. This includes conference announcements, call
    for papers, publications, newsletters, network tools updates, and
    network resources. Net-happenings is a moderated, announcements-only
    mailing list which gathers announcements from many Internet sources
    and concentrates them onto one list. Traffic is around 15-20 messages
    per day.

    Net-happenings is archived daily and the archives are searchable. The
    digest function is also available, which holds all mail sent to the
    list in a day and sends it in one message.

    To subscribe to net-happenings, send

      subscribe net-happenings

    in the body of your message.  To subscribe to the digest version, send

      subscribe net-happenings-digest

    A WAIS index, updated daily, is available at

      http://www.internic.net/htbin/search-net-happenings

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".

netstuff
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The 'netstuff' mailing list is an announcements list for
    announcements of not-for-profit net.collectibles.  Any Internet- or
    USENET-related t-shirt, mug, frisbee, or other souvenir-type item which
    is being sold for a break-even price may be announced via this list.

    You can subscribe to the 'netstuff' mailing list by sending email to
    [e-mail] and saying 'subscribe netstuff' in the body of
    the mail message.

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.

new-orleans
neworleans-digest
neworleans-weekly
    Contact: [e-mail]
             [e-mail] (Edward J. Branley)

    Purpose: A list for discussing any and all aspects of the city
    of New Orleans.  History, politics, culture, food, restaurants
    music, entertainment, Mardi Gras, etc., are all fair game.  The
    address NEW-ORLEANS is for the regular list; NEWORLEANS-WEEKLY is
    for the weekly digest, and NEWORLEANS-DIGEST for the monthly digest.

    To subscribe, send a message to:
    [e-mail], with SUBSCRIBE NEW-ORLEANS
    (or NEWORLEANS-WEEKLY or NEWORLEANS-DIGEST) in the body.

new.country
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of the new country Oceania.  This beautiful
    sea-city in the Caribbean will be the center of freedom on this
    planet.  It has already been featured nationwide in Details
    magazine, Boating magazine, The Elliot Wave Theorist, PC
    Techniques, and the Art Bell show.  International coverage, too
    numerous to mention, has also occurred.

New York Islanders
    Contact: [e-mail] (David Strauss)

    Purpose: To discuss the NYI hockey team, with emphasis on the current
    season.  To subscribe, send mail to the contact with your email address
    listed clearly in the message.  This list is run by a human.  Please
    remember that.

New York Mets
    Contact: [e-mail] (Scott Barman)

    Purpose: The Mets Mailing List is open to all who are interested
    in discussing on the New York Mets baseball club.  Discussions
    range from current events, game reports, reports from the minor
    leagues, to discussing Mets history and trivia.

    To subscribe: Send a message with the word "subscribe" in the
    Subject line or in the body of the message to:

        [e-mail]

    A confirmation message will be sent with all the necessary info.

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.

newsline-list
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Redistribution of Amateur Radio Newsline.

    This list is automatically maintained by Majordomo.  To sign up or
    inquire about these lists, send mail to [e-mail] with the
    following in the body (subject is ignored) of the message.

    To subscribe: subscribe newsline-list

    To unsubscribe: unsubscribe newsline-list

    For more information: help

    Mail should be sent to [e-mail], not [e-mail].

    Please keep your mailing address up to date.  If your account is being
    changed or shut down, please update majordomo.

    This list is sponsored by the Boston Amateur Radio Club.
    If you have any questions, I can be reached at [e-mail]
    For more information on the Boston ARC, subscribe to barc-list.

next-gis
    Contact: [e-mail] (Steven R. Staton)
             [e-mail] (send "SUBSCRIBE <name>" message to join)

    Purpose: Discussion of GIS and cartographic related topics on
    the NeXT and other workstation computers.  Some moderated
    reposting of comp.infosys.gis occurs as well.

NeXT-icon
    Contact: [e-mail] (Timothy Reed)

    Purpose: Distribute and receive 64 x 64 or 48 x 48 pixel icons,
    (2-, 12-, 24- and/or 32-bit), compatible with the NeXT Computer's
    NeXTSTEP software.  Nearly all mail is in NeXTmail format.

NeXT-Med
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: NeXT-Med is open to end users and developers interested
    in medical solutions using NeXT computers and/or 486 systems
    running NEXTSTEP.  Discussions on any topic related to NeXT use
    in the medical industry or relating to health care is encouraged.

NHL Goalie Stats
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Weekday reports of NHL goalie stats.

nissan
    Contact: [e-mail] (Rich Siegel)

    Purpose: Devoted to discussion of the Nissan and Infiniti cars,
    with the exception of the Sentra SE-R, NX2000, and G20, which are
    served by the se-r list.

nj-motss
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For the discussion of issues of interest to lesbian, gay,
    bisexual, and transgendered people in New Jersey.

    Announcements are archived separately from regular
    discussions.  Also, users can request that they only receive
    the announcements.  Users can not request "just non-announcements".

    To subscribe: You can receive all messages, or just the ones
    that have been tagged as "announcements".  Send a message to
    "[e-mail]" and in the body of your message, type:
    subscribe nj-motss
    or
    subscribe nj-motss-announce
    Use "nj-motss-announce" if you only want the announcements.
    The Subject: header in your subscription message will be ignored.

NM-List
    Contact: [e-mail] (Michael Murphy)

    Purpose: NM-List is one of the net's oldest mailing lists dedicated
    to "New Music" discussion.  Topics are generally oriented towards
    experimental, noise, or cutting edge music.  In other words, queries
    about Garth Brooks' "new music" will probably not be as welcome as yet
    another discussion about John Cage's "old music".

    To subscribe, send mail to "[e-mail]" with
    "subscribe nm-list"
    in the body of the message.
    For help send "help" to the same address.

noglstp
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: This list is sponsored by the National Organization of Gay
    and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals, Inc (a 501c3
    organization).  Our national office is in Pasadena, CA and can be
    reached at [phone] or PO BOX 91803 Pasadena CA 90019.  We also
    have a newsletter which is available to membership.  The list traffic
    is light and is varied, but slanted towards scientific and technical
    issues and concerns of our glb subscribers.

Non Serviam
    Contact: [e-mail] (Svein Olav Nyberg)

    Purpose: Non Serviam is an electronic newsletter centered on the
    philosophy of Max Stirner, author of "Der Einzige und Sein Eigentum"
    ("The Ego and Its Own"), and his dialectical egoism.  The contents,
    however, are decided by the individual contributors, and the
    censoring eye of the editor.  The aim is to have somewhat more
    elaborate and carefully reasoned articles than are usually found
    on the newsgrups and lists.

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.

    Available in both digest and mailing list formats.  Please specify
    which you prefer when subscribing.  This list is gatewayed to the
    Usenet newsgroup rec.skiing.nordic.

NORWEAVE
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Building on the NORWAVES success, NKI has now established NORWEAVE,
    an additional e-mail service for Norwegians and friends of Norway.
    The aim of NORWEAVE is to weave a network of people in Norway and
    abroad who can help eachother exchange information and establish
    contacts across geographical boundaries.

    NORWEAVE is a free service available to all friends of Norway. To join
    the network, just e-mail the following command to [e-mail]

    SUBSCRIBE NORWEAVE Your Name

NotGNU
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: These are three lists associated with the NotGNU Emacs
    editor.  NotGNU-list is an interactive list dedicated to miscellaneous
    discussions, problems, suggestions for NotGNU.
    NotGNU-announce is used for announcing new versions of NotGNU,
    notification of new services, bug reports, etc.
    NotGNU-distribution is a list to which new NotGNU binaries will be sent
    uuencoded upon release.

    For more information, send empty mail to [e-mail].
    To join, send either of the following commands to the same address:

    SUBSCRIBE MAILING
    SUBSCRIBE ANNOUNCEMENT
    SUBSCRIBE DISTRIBUTION

Notipaez
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Mexican news from the mexican newspaper "La Jornada"

    To subscribe send a message to: [e-mail]

    Including SUBSCRIBE NOTIPAEZ  <name of subscriber>

    Moderator: Paez Cardenas, Javier-FC <[e-mail]>

novatel-vets
    Contact: [e-mail] (Larry Gadallah)

    Purpose: The NovAtel-Veterans mailing list provides a repository
    of e-mail addresses of current and former employees and contractors
    of NovAtel Communications, the former Canadian cellular telephone
    and systems manufacturer. This list is also available for anyone
    wishing to communicate with the above group, looking for employment,
    information etc.

Novice MZT
    Contact: [e-mail]
             [e-mail]

    The role of ``News of Ministry for Science and Technology of the
    Republic of Slovenia'' is to provide easy accessible news from
    science, development, universities, innovative activities to
    indviduals and institutions in research and development area. They
    include the following parts: PRESENTATION - brief information
    about individual institutions, their area of work, departments,
    etc.; ACHIEVEMENTS - important research results, development
    applications, international awards and prizes, new books, etc.;
    PROBLEMS - different authors present their proposals, critiques
    and questions; ANNOUNCEMENTS - about seminars, symposia,
    conferences, different advertisements, scholarships, etc.;
    EXCHANGE OF SERVICES AND PROJECTS - offer and search of research
    help, equipment, projects, services, etc.
    The language of publishing is Slovene. ``News'' are published at
    least once monthly and at most once in ten days. The volume
    varies.

nowsa
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: To provide a moderated-subscription mailing list for
    members and other interested women of the Network of Women
    Students in Australia, a group who hold an annual conference and
    who lobby student organisations and governments on issues of
    importance to women students.

    Subscribe: to subscribe to the list send email to
    [e-mail] with a message body of:
    subscribe nowsa <your name>

NPLC
    Contact: [e-mail] (Walid Tout)

    Purpose: To establish this network for rapid communication among
    researchers in the field of plant lipids.  This network can serve
    as a means to make announcements (such as post-doc positions) to the
    field.  Additionally, it can be used to query co-workers regarding
    techniques, resources, etc.  Also, we hope that research results
    will be disseminated more rapidly by the posting of abstracts for
    publications that have been accepted and are "in press".  Finally,
    the NPLC newsletter and announcements regarding NPLC meetings, business,
    etc., will be posted on the network.  The NPLC welcomes plant lipid
    researchers from anywhere in the world to make use of this network.

    To subscribe, send the message:
    SUB NPLC Your_full_name
    to [e-mail].

nqthm-users
    Contact: [e-mail]
             [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] (Trevor Cradduck)
             [e-mail]

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

Numan (Gary Numan)
    Contact: [e-mail] (Dave Datta)

    Purpose: This list, available as a weekly digest only, is for the
    purpose of the acquisition and dissemination of info about the
    electronic musician Gary Numan, who achieved pop success with his New
    Wave hit "Cars", and has recently been releasing techno mixes of old
    and new material.  He also runs his own label, NUMA.  Archives are
    stored at ftp.uwp.edu.

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.

NW-Raves (Northwest Raves)
   Contact: [e-mail] (Pat Lui)

   Purpose: One of several regional rave-related mailing lists, NW-Raves
   covers the Northwestern U.S. and Western Canada.  No archives are
   available.

nyckayaker
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For paddle boaters in the northeast U.S. area.

obed-l
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of dog obedience training and related working
    dog topics.

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.

The Observer
    Contact: [e-mail] (Randall Whitaker)

    Purpose: The central scope of the group covers: (1) The theory
    of __autopoiesis__ Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela); and
    (2) __Enactive cognitive science__ (Varela, et al., 1991, __The
    Embodied Mind__). The extended scope includes applications of the
    above theoretical work and linkages to other relevant work in (e.g.)
    systems theory, cognitive science, phenomenology, artificial life,
    etc.  Started February 1993.  Current format:  _The Observer_, an
    edited electronic newsletter issued (approximately) twice monthly.
    ASCII research resources (e.g., bibliographies) available on request.

Occultlist
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: To discuss practical occultism, especially relating
    to the Western Esoteric Tradition.  To subscribe to the list
    please send email to the above address with the subject of
    'subscribe'.  Only the serious are welcome.

Oceania-L
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: This mailing list is devoted to the goal of establishing
    a new country named Oceania.  This country will be devoted to the
    value of freedom and will first exist as a sea city in the Caribbean.
    As no collectivist nation is likely to sell us the land we need, we
    will build an island out of concrete and steel.  At this point, the
    organization behind this new country, The Atlantis Project, is
    building the necessary financial resources to pay off past debts and
    to pay for the completed model of Oceania.  Once this task is
    completed, The Atlantis Project will go into full gear and go well
    beyond its peak reached in early 1994 when it was covered by media
    across the U.S. and the world including the BBC, the Miami Herald,
    the Art Bell Show, Boating magazine and Details magazine.

    To subscribe to oceania-l, send a message to
    "[e-mail]" containing the single line:
    subscribe oceania-l

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 four wheeling. This list is specifically designed for
    owners, users, or enthusiasts of four wheel drive vehicles.
    Discussions center around technical and mechanical matters,
    driving techniques, and trip reports. The list is unmoderated.
    This list is available as a realtime [default] option or as a
    digest option.

Oglasna Deska
    Contact: [e-mail] (Dean Mozetic & Marjeta Cedilnik)
             [e-mail]

    Purpose: "Oglasna Deska" (bulletin board) is transcripts taken
    from SLON, which is a nickname for Decnet connecting several
    computers in Slovenia. 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, interaction is limited to some
    "newsgroups" (others can only be read), but in the near future it
    should be possible to send articles using the mail "reply"
    command. The topics covered are equivalent to Usenet groups talk.
    politics.misc, rec.cars, rec.humor, comp.networks.*, rec.climbing,
    and misc.invest.

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.

ohio-state
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The Friends of Ohio State Mailing List was founded in the
    fall of 1993 and is available to all alumni, students, fans, and
    other friends of The Ohio State University, scattered throughout the
    country and around the world.  All that is required is an Internet
    address.

    Although the primary subjects of discussion are the exploits of the
    OSU sports teams, all OSU-related subjects are welcome.  After all,
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Olivia Newton-John
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: To share information and discussion about Olivia Newton-John and
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    Moderator: [e-mail] (Richard Mudhar)

OlymPuck
    Contact: [e-mail] (Charlie Slavin)

    Purpose: This list is for the discussion of Olympic ice hockey.
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OMD (Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark)
    Contact: [e-mail] (Dave Datta)

    Purpose: The OMD list is a forum for discussions about the English
    pop band Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark, who often incorporate
    modern dance elements into their music.  The discussions are not
    moderated but they should have something to to with the band or
    ex-band members.  The list is available as a daily digest and
    reflector.  Archives are stored at ftp.uwp.edu.

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).

Optimism Digest
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The Optimism Digest is a forum to discuss personal beliefs,
    the writings of Norman Vincent Peale and his ideas, the ideas presented
    in the Bible by Jesus Christ, presented by Muhammad in the Koran, by
    the reactions of Job (in the biblical texts of Judeism, Christianity and
    the Muslims) to tremendous difficulties, and by anyone who seems to
    magically "beat the odds" daily - you, me, and billions of other people
    all across the world, all throughout history.

    The Optimism Digest is being handled/created manually at the moment,
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OPTIMIST-L
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: This is a mailing list run by a software design industry
    recruitment firm.  It provides listings of available positions being
    handles by the firm in various parts of the country.  The majority
    of positions are in California (esp. Silicon Valley and Multimedia
    Gulch).  It's free.  This list is fully moderated, and is basically
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ORA-NEWS
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Announcements from O'Reilly & Associates.  We publish books
    about the Internet, UNIX and other open systems, The X Window System,
    and more.  Other products and services include The Global Network
    Navigator (an interactive online magazine) and Internet In A Box.

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The Orb mailing list
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussing The Orb (aka Alex Paterson and Kris "Thrash" Weston)
    and associated artists: System 7/777, Fortran 5, et al.  Extensive FTP
    archives available at the list site, including a complete discography.

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Orbital
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    Purpose: This mailing list is dedicated as a service to keep fans
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    Owner: [e-mail] (Pete Ashdown)

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

    Purpose: Discussion of the sports of orienteering and rogaineing.
    Orienteering is the sport of navigating through unknown terrain with
    the use of map and compass.  It is commonly conducted either running
    or cross-country skiing depending on the season.  Rogaineing is a
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origami
    Contact: [e-mail]

    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,
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    computer representations of folds, etc.

    Archives available by anonymous ftp from rugcis.rug.nl:

        Start FTP:     FTP rugcis.rug.nl
        Login:         anonymous
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        Change dir:    cd origami

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ORTHODOX
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    Purpose: Orthodox (Orthodox Christianity) is dedicated to the thoughtful
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our-kids
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Support for parents and others regarding care, diagnoses,
    and therapy for young children with developmental delays, whether
    or not otherwise diagnosed (e.g., as CP, PDD, sensory integrative
    dysfunction, etc.). The name "our-kids" avoids labelling those who
    are, first and foremost, the special little ones in our lives.

OUTIL (Out in Linguistics)
    Contact: [e-mail] (Arnold Zwicky)

    Purpose: The list is open to lesbian, gay, bisexual, dyke, queer,
    homosexual, etc. linguists and their friends.  The only requirement
    is that you be willing to be out to everyone on the list as
    glb(-friendly); it's sort of like wearing a pink triangle.

    The only official purposes of the group are to be visible and to
    gather occasionally to enjoy one another's company; but we are all
    welcome to engage in any activity we can rouse interest in.

oysters
    Contact: [e-mail]

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

The Ozian Times
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: A mailing list dealing with all aspects of Oz: the books,
    movie, etc.