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Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists - Part 14/14

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

Valiant Visions
    Contact: [e-mail] (Chris Vitek)

    Purpose: A forum that focuses on discussion and reviews of the
    Valiant Universe of comics books.  It is a moderated newsletter, that
    often receives support from Valiant Comics, including interviews,
    preview information, interactive questions and answers, and gold logo
    comics as prizes for contests.

Vampire
    Contact: [e-mail]

    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 :)

    The contact is [e-mail] and the message that you send
    if you want to subscribe is "sub vampire-l Name"

Vancouver Canucks
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of anything related to the Canucks.  Also, trips
    and activities are occasionally arranged for subscribers.  There are
    also hockey pools.

VEGGIE
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Any aspects of vegetarianism, vegetarian lifestyles, or
    indeed anything relevant to vegetarians.

VERSTER-LIST
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Open to anyone reading the works of the contemporary European
    philosopher Ulrich VERSTER.

    Questions can be mailed asking for assistance with understanding
    the texts.

    All contributions re the texts are welcome and could be (included
    in) published in bookform.

VetteNet
    Contact: [e-mail] (Bob Kaneshige)

    Purpose: This list is for Corvette owners and enthusiasts to share
    their ideas and experiences about their car.

    To subscribe, send email to [e-mail] and in the
    body of the messages put:

    SUBSCRIBE VETTES your_actual_name

VGA Planets Binaries
    Contact: [e-mail] (Brad Isley)

    Purpose: Distribution of programs and data files for the game VGA
    Planets written by Tim Wisseman, which is becoming so popular.
    It's not a discussion group.  See alt.games.vga-planets for that.

    Instructions: send mail to [e-mail].
    Include the word "help" on a line all by itself in the body.
    This is not a listserv - it's a .deliver script.

VIDEO-WIRE
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: A moderated mailing list that addresses issues involving
    the video software industry, both retail and wholesale. The list will
    include information concerning the video industry, new and old video
    releases, sales, and all commercial aspects, including press releases
    from the video industry.  All submissions will be reviewed and considered
    for inclusion on this list for distribution.  The intent of this list is
    to encourage commercial discussion of video related issues.

    Subscribe to: [e-mail]

    Message body should read: SUBSCRIBE BIZ-WIRE (Your real name)

vintage
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: To discuss existing vintage clothing and vintage costume
    jewelry, of all eras, but especially existing Victorian vintage
    through to the Sixties.  "Existing" is the key word here, and
    conversations concentrate on how to find such clothing and jewelry,
    where to buy it, how to judge its quality, how much to pay for it, how
    to wear it, etc.  Some restoration topics, such as how to use parts of
    damaged goods in other garments or jewelry settings are suitable
    topics too.  Announcements for estate sales, advertisements for sale
    or wanted, and pointers to shops are all welcome on the new list.

    To subscribe, send e-mail to [e-mail] with the
    command:

         subscribe vintage

    as the body of the message.

Visions
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: To discuss in a charitable and Christian context visions,
    prophecies, and spiritual gifts; to discuss any visions, dreams
    and other manifestations that people may have received, to seek
    their significance in the Spirit of Truth.  Nonchristians are
    invited, though it should be noted that the Moderator may well
    not post any postings which are offensive.  Postings may be done
    anonymously upon request.  Simply indicate in the post that anonymity
    is requested if you want it.

    To subscribe to the list, send mail to:
              [e-mail] or
              [e-mail]
    with the BODY of the mail (NOT subject) containing the command:
              SUB VISIONS Your Name

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.

    If you're interested, please send your name, e-mail path (via att
    preferred), affiliation, and use of WE 321SB (if you have one).
    Suggestions for items of interest are also encouraged.

VOCALIST (Classical Singing Mailing List)
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Description: Discussion for students, teachers and others interested
    in classical singing on the following topics: Teaching and studying
    classical singing, repertoire, technique, interpretation, accompanists,
    auditioning technique and actual audition announcements, working with
    a teacher or a director and many more.

    To subscribe, send email to: <[e-mail]>, leave the
    subject header blank and in the first line of the message body, write:
    subscribe vocalist

VOCNET
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: VOCNET is an open, unmoderated discussion list for all who
    are interested in any aspect of vocational education.  It is managed
    by the Dissemination Program of the National Center for Research in
    Vocational Education, a center funded by the US Department of
    Education and located at the University of California at Berkeley
    Graduate School of Education.

    Archives of VOCNET mail items are kept in monthly files.  You may
    obtain a list of files in the archives by sending the command

       INDEX VOCNET

    in the BODY of e-mail to [e-mail].

    To subscribe, send the following command in the BODY of mail
    to [e-mail]:

       SUB VOCNET yourfirstname yourlastname

    For example:

       SUB VOCNET Carl Perkins

    VOCNET is available as the netnews newsgroup bit.listserv.vocnet via
    a gateway at the American University (american.edu).

    Owner:  David Carlson  <[e-mail]>

Volvo
    Contact:  [e-mail] (Tim Takahashi)

    Purpose:  Volvo-net is a meeting place for Volvo automotive
    enthusiasts around the world.  It is an open forum for dis-
    cussion of Volvo related topics, such as, but not limited
    to, ownership, maintenance, repairs, mechanics, fix-it
    yourself, competition driving and preparation.

Vreme
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: VREME carries "Vreme News Digest" (selected articles from
    "Vreme" translated to English).
    Since Fall of 1989, "Vreme" is the major independent newspaper in
    Yugoslavia and "neighbouring countries". It is published weekly,
    every Monday, and usually the electronic mail edition of VND is
    available on the same day.
    Please keep in mind that due to situation in the country the
    distribution of VND may not always be smooth. Further, VND is
    published by a professional news agency which made this material
    available to us by a special agreement. The proper credit to VND
    should be given whenever is this material cited or used in any way.

Vreme News Digest
    Contact: [e-mail] (Dimitrije Stamenovic)

    Purpose: Vreme News Digest (VND) is an English-language newsletter
    published by the Vreme News Digest Agency (VNDA) from Belgrade.

VTFREENT
    Contact: [e-mail]
             [e-mail]

    Purpose: A Discussion conference about FreeNets, internet access
    in Vermont.  How some towns are now setting up BBS' or more involved
    systems depending apon budgets, etc.

    Non-listserv questions to: [e-mail]

vulcan-l
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussions and speculations of things regarding the Star
    Trek planet and culture of Vulcan. To subscribe to the list, send a
    one line message of "subscribe vulcan-l" to [e-mail]. You
    will get back a new subscriber information mailing. The list is being
    echoed into the newsgroup alt.fan.surak at many sites.

w1aw-list
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: ARRL bulletins, news, and information.

    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 w1aw-list

    To unsubscribe: unsubscribe w1aw-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.

wa-newt
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of the Apple Newton, specifically hardware
    and software availability in Western Australia.

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

wais-discussion
    Contact: [e-mail]

    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.

wais-talk
    Contact: [e-mail]

    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 [e-mail].

waldorf-l
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: A discussion list intended for those involved with, or
    interested in, Waldorf education.  While most of the participants
    are parents with children attending Waldorf schools, anyone who has
    an interest in the subject is encouraged to participate.  This
    mailing list is unmoderated.  For those specifically interested in
    anthroposophy, see the entry for steiner-l.

walkers-in-darkness
    Contact: [e-mail] (David Harmon)
             [e-mail]

    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.
    It is not a place to get data for research, or for journalism.
    Members should respect the privacy, and the copyrights,
    of the other members.

    Walkers is now running under a MajorDomo server!  For list
    information, send a letter to "[e-mail]", with
    the command "info walkers" in the body of the letter (not the
    subject).  We also now have a digested version available.

Walt Disney World
    Contact: [e-mail] (Todd D. McCartney)

    Purpose: A comprehensive guide to Walt Disney World for the
    amature or veteran traveler.  Some sections of the book include:
    Admissions, Transportation, Resorts, The Magic Kingdom, EPCOT
    Center, Disney/MGM Studios, Water parks, other attractions, night
    life, fun facts and much more!  The book is in its 3rd year of
    updating and continues to grow with each new revison.  Subscribers
    will receive the book through e-mail about 4-5 times per year.
    Please note:  Be sure to have disk space on your account.  The book
    is approximately 235,000 bytes and growing with each version.

    To subscribe to the list, send mail to:
    [e-mail]
    just state in the message that you wish to subscribe to the WDW
    Guide book mailing list.

waterski
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion topics are open to anything of interest
    to water-skiers, from absolute beginners to competitors.  This
    includes any activity that involves being pulled behind a boat,
    such as barefooting, kneeboarding, wakeboarding, and even tubing.
    Discussion of boats, equipment, techniques, safety, courtesy, rules
    of competition, tournament results, site negotiation, and club
    organization are encouraged.

Wearable Art Clothing
   Contact: [e-mail]

   Purpose:  The wearable art clothing mailing list concentrates on the
   design, motivation and execution of wearable art and designer-type
   original clothing.  Create your own, unique look or use existing
   patterns.  Your imagination is your only limitation!  Learn and share
   the "how to" on finding and using suitable patterns, combining them for
   unique looks, or creating and drafting your own.  Discuss color theory,
   color and pattern blocking, and coloring and painting fabrics through
   dyeing, marbling, air brushing, the application of fabric paints and
   silkscreening.  Talk about creating textured pieces from flat fabric:
   share techniques for manipulating fabrics with pleating, scrunching,
   tucking, slashing and piecing, etc., and for adding texture with
   embellishments like beads, sequins, couched threads and yarns, etc.
   Learn to use unusual materials or various fabrics to achieve special
   effects.  Share methods for applique, machine embroidery, beading,
   quilting and trapunto, as they are applied to clothing.  Help discover
   those finishing touches like finding or creating unique buttons.

   To subscribe, send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) to
   [e-mail], as the body of an e-mail message.

weather-users
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Updates from the maintainer of the Weather Underground at
    Univ. Michigan, exchange of programming hints and tips among weather
    client developers, and related discussion.

weights
    Contact: [e-mail] (Michael Sullivan)

    Purpose: The discussion of all aspects of using weights in
    exercise.  Includes bodybuilding (competitive and non-competitive),
    sport-related weight training, "stay in shape" weight training;
    basically anything to do with lifting weights.

WEIRD-L
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Disturbing and potentially offensive prose or poetry.
    The list is moderated and submissions may be edited.

    To subscribe, send the message
    SUB WEIRD-L Your Name
    to [e-mail].

The Wellness List
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For discussing issues concerning Health/Nutrition/Wellness/
    Life Expectancy/Physical Fitness, and the books, experiences, and
    solutions recommended by the participants. This can and should include
    announcement of and reviews of books that include solutions, nutrition
    related position papers, requests for information, recommendations of
    participants, healthy recipes, nutrition and fitness related product
    announcements, and general discussion of related issues.

    Health professionals, authors, and nutritionists are encouraged to
    subscribe and share their knowledge with the participants.

    The list begins operation without a moderator and is open to all,
    subject to subscription approval by the Listowner.

    To subscribe send the following email:
             To: [e-mail]
        Message: subscribe wellnesslist

    List Owner is George Rust ([e-mail])

West_Coast_Live
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: West Coast Live, hosted by Sedge Thomson and carried on
    many National Public Radio stations, is San Francisco's Live Radio
    Show to the World.  This Majordomo list provides two-way communications
    between the show and the audience.  Please read the INFO file for more
    information.

    To read the INFO file, send a dummy message to
    [e-mail]
    to get the instructions for requesting the HELP file, which will
    tell you how to request the INFO file.

Westcanalter
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of the Western Canadian Alternative music scene,
    including Winnipeg and all parts west (Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver,
    etc.) and the bands involved in that scene.  To subscribe, send a
    "Subscribe <[e-mail]> westcanalter" message to
    [e-mail].  For more info, send a "Help westcanalter"
    message to listserv at the same address.

Western Hockey League
    Contact: [e-mail] (Michael A. Stuyt)

    Purpose: To discuss matters relevant to the Western Hockey League,
    game results, standings and occasionally player statistics.

    To subscribe: email [e-mail] with the words
    "WHL SUB" in the subject line of your message.

wetleather
    Contact: [e-mail] (automated instructions)
             [e-mail] (Carl Paukstis)

    Purpose: The WetLeather mailing list is for discussion, general chatter,
    chaos, ride reports and announcements of upcoming motorcycle events in
    the Greater Pacific Northwest. Anyone is welcome to subscribe. The list
    is not moderated, and is intended for socializing among the area riders.
    Featured topics have included: riding partners, places to sleep,
    restaurant recommendations, sleeping partners, places to ride, beer
    recommendations, T-shirt preferences, parties, panties, pantries,
    pastries, pasties, waffles, wheat, rain.

    Automated subscription information: send any message to
    [e-mail]
    You will receive subscription information and instructions.

wheel-to-wheel
    Contact: [e-mail] (Andy Banta)

    Purpose: For people interested in participation in auto racing
    as driver, worker or crew.  People interested in all types of
    wheel-to-wheel racing are welcome, but the majority of the
    discussion centers on road courses.

whitewater
    Contact: [e-mail]

    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.

wildadv
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: A listserv operated by the World School which includes updates
    on species tracked during spring migration.  There are 16 species that
    will be tracked by satellite and by observers from Mexico to the Arctic;
    their reports will allow WILDADV subscribers to follow these wild
    adventurers as they make their journeys north.

    To subscribe to the list, send e-mail to [e-mail]

Wildnet
    Contact: zaphod!pnwc![e-mail]
             [e-mail]  (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.

Wind Energy Weekly
    Contact: [e-mail] (Tom Gray)

    Purpose: Weekly newsletter covering wind energy development
    worldwide, global climate change, energy policy, energy and
    the environment.  Excerpted from hard-copy edition.  With your
    subscription request, please include your name, organization (if
    any), and reason for subscribing.

windsurfing
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The windsurfing mail list provides a discussion forum
    for boardsailing enthusiasts all over the world.  While
    non-windsurfers are welcome to join, the primary purpose is to
    enhance the enjoyment of our sport by discussing windsurfing
    related topics such as equipment, technique, sailing spots,
    weather, competition, Etc.  We welcome you to join and
    share your windsurfing experiences and thoughts.  The list is
    unmoderated.

Wine
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For those people interested in fine wines, making wine,
    tasting wine, etc. Subscribers are encouraged to post questions,
    answers, wine tasting notes, newsletters, calendars of events etc.

    To subscribe send mail to:
    [e-mail]
    where the body of the message is:
    subscribe wine

WITSENDO
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: WITSENDO is a moderated mailing list which discusses
    all aspects of ENDOMETRIOSIS with particular emphasis on coping
    with the disease and its treatment.  Anyone with an interest in
    this disease is welcome to participate whether or not they actually
    suffer from the disease.  The list will act as a clearinghouse for
    information exchange and to promote discussion of current treatments,
    research and educational literature.  Professional (medical) comments
    are of course, most welcome.  However, the list is primarily dedicated
    to the women who suffer from this painful and often demoralizing
    disease, therefore any information should be expressed in lay terms
    and attempt to exclude professional jargon (or at the very least provide
    adequate references and/or definitions of terms).

    To Subscribe to the list, send mail to:
              [e-mail] or
              [e-mail]
    with the BODY of the mail (NOT subject) containing the command:
              SUB WITSENDO yourfullname

    Owner: David Avery <[e-mail]>

WLREHAB (Wildlife Rehabilitation Mailing List)
    Contact: Ronda DeVold
         [e-mail]

    Purpose: To serve the needs of wildlife rehabilitators and those
    interested in wildlife.  It will be open to discussion of all areas
    of wildlife rehabilitation (the care of injured and orphaned wildlife
    with the ultimate goal of releasing healthy animals back into the wild.
    Through this list, discussion, support, and information gathering can
    be accomplished by wildlife rehabilitators as well as by other
    interested individuals.

    To subscribe to the list:

    Send a message to: [e-mail] or [e-mail]
    with a blank subject line
    and text that reads: SUBSCRIBE WLREHAB Your Name
                     (ex: SUBSCRIBE WLREHAB John Doe)

WNN
    Contact: [e-mail] (Aaron L Dickey)

    Purpose: Dedicated to discussion of ABC's warped overnight news
    show, "World News Now".  Anything tangentially related to the program is
    open for discussion, from the latest Aaron Brown sighting to Barry
    Mitchell transcripts.

    To subscribe, send a message to
    [e-mail]
    with "subscribe wnn"
    in the body of the message.
    The subject line is irrelevent.

    And remember, more insomniacs get their news from World News Now
    than from any other source!

WNY-Raves (Western New York Raves)
    Contact: [e-mail] (Bret "computer blue" Wallace)

    Purpose: One of several regional rave-related mailing lists, WNY-Raves
    covers Western New York state & Southern Ontario, Canada.  Contact the
    administrator for more information.

Word-Mac
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Word-Mac is a mailing list dedicated to serving users of
    the Microsoft Word package in its various versions on the Apple
    Macintosh platform.  The list is available in digest form and
    archives of all digests are available by anonymous FTP from the
    /pub/archives/word-mac/digests on alsvid.une.edu.au.  Gopher access
    is also available by pointing your gopher to alsvid.une.edu.au
    (port 70).

    Requests for subscription should be e-mailed to:

        [e-mail]

    with the text:

        subscribe word-mac your_firstname your_surname

WVA-L
    Contact: [e-mail] (Aaron L Dickey)
             [e-mail]

    Purpose: WVA-L is a discussion list for issues related to the
    state of West Virginia.  Local news, politics, travel, expat
    homesickness...all are welcome here.

    To subscribe, send email to
    [e-mail]
    with "subscribe wva-l"
    in the body of the message.  The subject line will be ignored.

WWIVTALK
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of the WWIV BBS software, and all aspects of it.
    Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions - all will be entertained here.

    To subscribe send email to [e-mail]
    and use the words:

    join wwiv-talk

    If you have any questions and/or comments regarding this mailing list,
    please address all replies to [e-mail].

www-sites
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Commercial sites have their own issues with using World
    Wide Web technology.  Companies' concerns range from liability when
    using free software and finding solid or simply commercial solutions
    through deciding how to deploy an infrastructure.  This list is for
    discussion of these issues, and for sharing solutions that have worked.

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

    subscribe www-sites Name <email-address>

    For example:

    subscribe www-sites Darci Chapman <[e-mail]>

    Owner: [e-mail]

wxsat
    Contact: [e-mail] (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
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of Generation X (Generally defined as 18-35 year
    old people with no defined purpose in life) values and ideals.
    To subscribe, send a "Subscribe <[e-mail]> X" message
    to [e-mail].  For more info, send "HELP X" to listserv
    at the same address.

x-ada
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: To discuss the interfaces and bindings for an Ada interface
    to the X window system.

Xboat Traveller Mailing List
    Contact: [e-mail]  (XTML Administrator)

    Purpose: This mailing list exists to discuss the TRAVELLER Science
    Fiction Role Playing Game, published by Game Designers' Workshop.
    All variants of Traveller ("Classic", 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 that relates to the older Traveller
    products.  Disucssions regarding Traveller: The New Era and life in
    the New Era should be directed to the Traveller Mailing List.
    Listeners as well as contributors are welcome.

    Listees can choose to recieve articles bundled into nightly or
    instant delivery (the ultimate content is the same).

    Send a mail message to:

        [e-mail]

    and in the body of the message, put the line:

        subscribe xboat Your Real Name

    and you are in.

Xepera-l
    Contact: [e-mail] (John Youril)

    Purpose: A moderated mailing list for serious discussion of Setian
    Philosophy.  The list is available to both members and non-members
    of the Temple of Set.

    To subscribe, email [e-mail], and send the
    following one-line message [the subject header is ignored]:
        Subscribe Xepera

XGKS
    Contact: [e-mail]  (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: [e-mail] (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.

xpress-list
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of the X*Press X*Change data service, which is
    available on some cable television system in the USA and Canada and
    on some satellite television channels.

    To subscribe to the xpress-list, send mail to [e-mail]
    with the following commands in the body of the message:

      subscribe xpress-list firstname lastname
      quit

    Replace "firstname lastname" with your name, not your e-mail address.

    Administrative messages other than subscription and unsubscription
    should be sent to [e-mail].

XVTDEV
    Contact: [e-mail] (John Relph)

    Purpose: The XVT Developers Mailing List is a list for the exchange
    of XVT problems and solutions with other XVT developers, though non-
    developers who are interested in XVT may subscribe to this list also.

Y-RIGHTS
    Contact: [e-mail]
             [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion Group on the Rights of Kids and Teens.
    Broad Spectra of discussion topics, with individual liberty being
    one of the main focuses.  Open to kids, teens, youth, young adults,
    adults, senior citizens, teachers, students, grade schools,
    middle schools, high schools, colleges and university networks,
    gatewaying to other networks.

    Digest/Notebook version available, as well as past discussions.
    E-Mail to [e-mail] the following:

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    Listowner: [e-mail] (Ken Udut)

yale-alums
    Contact: [e-mail] (Rich Lethin)

    Purpose: A *very* low traffic mailing list for Yale Alumni.  Current
    membership is about 155 names.  When the list was formed about 2 years
    ago, the traffic consisted primarily of discussion of the Academic
    department reogranization at Yale, but traffic now is very dormant,
    limited to occasional press releases or a football schedule.

Yearbooks
    Contact: [e-mail] (Andrew Vernon)

    Purpose: To discuss issues and trends in yearbook publishing,
    particularly at the collegiate level.

    How to subscribe: Send a message to [e-mail]
    with the subject "subscribe" to be added automatically.

YOKO-LIST
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: This list is devoted to the exchange of ideas, information
    and opinions among fans of Yoko Ono on all facets of her art, music
    (and life, where applicable).

    Join by sending the message SUBSCRIBE YOKO-LIST YOUR NAME to the address
    [e-mail]

    List owner: Brian Chaffin ([e-mail])

YSN
    Contact: [e-mail] (John Sahr)

    Purpose: Activism on employment issues for scientists just beginning
    their careers.  The Young Scientists' Network attempts to inform the
    press, the public, and government officials that there is no shortage
    of scientists; we hope to find traditional and non-traditional
    employment for scientists.  Stories about the Young Scientists' Network
    have appeared in Science, Physics Today, and on National Public Radio;
    we've met with officials from the National Science Foundation and other
    agencies.

ytsejam
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: A list which talks about Dream Theater and related rock
    groups.  To subscribe send a message containing:
    subscribe ytsejam My Real Name
Z-car
    Contact: [e-mail]

    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.

    To subscribe, send mail to [e-mail] and include
    in the body: subscribe z-car [e-mail]

The Zang Tuum Tumb mailing list
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussing Trevor Horn's UK record label Zang Tuum Tumb and
    associated artists, past and present -- including Art of Noise, Frankie
    Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, Seal, 808 State, et al., plus Horn's
    off-label projects (Buggles, production work, etc.), detailed
    discographic information, and so forth.  FTP archives available at the
    list site, including a complete discography.

    To subscribe, email [e-mail] with the commands "subscribe
    ztt" or "subscribe ztt-digest" in the body of your message.

zeppelin
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For fans of the rock group Led Zeppelin.

    For further information about this list, send email to
    [e-mail] with
    info zeppelin-l
    as the body of the message.

ZForum
    Contact: [e-mail] (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.  ZForum is gatewayed to the USENET newsgroup
    comp.specification.z.

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

    Purpose: Discussion forum for users or potential users of the
    Zoomer personal digital assistant products from Casio, Tandy, et al.
    Topics include general information, tips, techniques, applications,
    experiences, and sources for hardware, software, accessories, and
    information.  To subscribe, send mail to the listserv address
    with the following commands in the message body:

    subscribe zoomer-list yourfirstname yourlastname
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