Xref: utzoo news.lists:340 news.announce.newusers:135 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!purdue!spaf From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.announce.newusers Subject: Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (Last changed: 12 December 1987) Message-ID: <2707@arthur.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 16 Dec 87 21:57:53 GMT Expires: 6 Jan 88 21:57:50 GMT Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ. Lines: 668 Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU Supersedes:<120@uther.cs.purdue.edu> Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) [Most recent change: 12 December 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] This is a list of mailing lists available primarily on the UUCP network. A mailing list is different from a newsgroup because you do not receive anything unless you specifically request it. To be added to a mailing list, please mail a note to the contact for that list, listed below. Some of the lists mentioned may be available as limited-distribution newsgroups. Contact the administrator for exact details. Please note the following caveats: publication of a list here does not guarantee that you will be allowed to join as a member. That is up to the moderator and readers, and they have the right to restrict access to their list as they see fit. Mailing lists use MUCH less system overhead on a world-wide basis but do tend to increase loading on the moderators' machines so the number of people that can be added to a list may be limited by machine resources as well. If you have a list that you want added to this posting or are interested in starting a list but don't know how, drop me a note at spaf@purdue.edu Groups listed in this posting mail.12step mail.386users mail.alternates mail.anime mail.att-pc+ mail.auto mail.auto-sports mail.blues mail.british-cars mail.christian mail.cisco mail.climbing mail.clu mail.compress mail.desktop mail.drwho-spoilers mail.esperanto mail.feminists mail.fire mail.firearms mail.gnu-manual mail.handicap mail.horse mail.info-encore mail.info-futures mail.info-gnu mail.info-sendmail mail.info-tahoe mail.interleaf mail.isi mail.jazz mail.jewish mail.kites mail.lang-lucid mail.lasnet mail.martial-arts mail.medphys mail.men mail.mtxinu-users mail.ocean.policy mail.OtherRealms mail.pro-video mail.rc-flying mail.SF-Writers mail.sappho mail.scribe mail.security mail.silicon-compilers mail.supercomputers mail.sysops mail.tandy4k mail.tartan-c mail.transputer mail.traveller mail.VMEbus mail.whitewater mail.wildnet mail.z-cars mail.zilog Specific Information on Groups mail.12step Contact {decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!trwrb!suhre (Maurice Suhre) Purpose: To discuss/share experiences about 12 step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Alanon, ACA, etc. Questions will also be answered. mail.386users Contact: 386users-request@udel.edu (William Davidsen, Jr.) Purpose: Topics are 80386 based computers, and all hardware and software which is either 386 specific or which has special interest on the 386. mail.alternates Contact: alternates-request@dadla.TEK.COM (Hank Buurman) Purpose: Mail.alternates is a mail list for people whom advocate, and/or practice an open sexual lifestyle. It's members are primarily bisexual men and women, and their SO's. Mail.alternates is intended as a forum, and support group for adult men and women who espouse their freedom of choice and imagination in human sexual relations. Those who are offended by frank, and uninhibited discussions relating to sexual issues should not subscribe. mail.anime Contact: pyramid!sdeggo!anime.req (David Smith) Purpose: To provide information exchange for Japanese animation fen. mail.att-pc+ Contact: ...!{cbosgd,petro,rutgers}!ssbn!bill (Bill Kennedy) Purpose: The mailing list is for people having or interested in the AT&T PC 6300 PLUS. The emphasis is on System V Simul-Task but MS-DOS inquiries and submissions are welcome too. Subjects covered involve hardware, software, ideas, and complaints regarding the PLUS, comments and submissions are welcome from anyone, but membership must be requested. There is also an anonymous uucp log in available for sending and requesting source and binary files for public domain software that has been successfully implemented on the PLUS. mail.auto Contact: {allegra,decvax,talcott}!encore!munsell!special-auto-request (Paul Czarnecki) Purpose: The special-interest-auto mailing list is intended as a forum on the joys and sorrows of owning, maintaining, and restoring an antique, classic, collectible, or special-interest automobile. Submissions will be subject to spelling, format, and editorial modification. mail.auto-sports Contact: ...!{uunet,rochester,philabs}!steinmetz!auto-sports-request auto-sports-request%steinmetz@ge-crd.arpa (Richard Welty) Purpose: This list is an unmoderated mailing list for discussion of any and all aspects of auto sports -- Race, Rally, or Autocross. The list is intended to reach spectators, workers, and contestants. mail.blues Contact: ...!{decvax,ihnp4}!pur-ee!rsk -or- rsk@j.cc.purdue.edu Purpose: Similar to the jazz mailing list, only oriented towards blues. mail.british-cars Contact: ...!{linus,mit-eddie}!alliant!british-cars-request -or- british-cars-request@alliant.alliant.com (Dale C. Cook) Purpose: To discuss any and all aspects of owning, showing, repairing, driving, etc. British automobiles. mail.christian Contact: mimsy.umd.edu!brillig!mailjc-request mailjc-request@brillig.umd.EDU Purpose: To provide a non-hostile environment for discussion among christians; not to hide our discussions from non-christians. Non-christians may join the list and "listen-in", but full blown debates between Christians and non-Christians are best carried out in talk.religion.misc. mail.cisco Contact: cisco-request@spot.colorado.edu (David Wood) Purpose: This list is for discussion of the network products from Cisco Systems, Inc; primarily the AGS gateway, but also the ASM terminal multiplexor and any other relavent products. Discussions about operation, problems, features, topology, configuration, protocols, routing, loading, serving, etc are all encouraged. Other topics include vendor relations, new product announcements, availability of fixes and new features, and discusion of new requirements and desirables. mail.climbing Contact: {ames,rutgers}!cit-vax!climbing-request climbing-request@cit-vax.arpa (Fritz Nordby) Purpose: The climber's mailing list is intended as a forum on all sorts topics in climbing, from ethics to equipment, from ice climbing to rock climbing to mountaineering. Beginners may listen in; HOWEVER this is *NOT* a place to learn about climbing -- that is the province of a climbing school. mail.clu Contact: clu-sw-request@cs.utu.fi -or- mcvax!tucos!clu-sw-request (Matti Jokinen) Purpose: Exchange of CLU software and technical discussion of related topics. mail.compress Contact: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!joe Purpose: discussions about file compression, especially Lempel-Ziv algorithms. mail.desktop Contact: sun!plaid!desktop-request (chuq Von Rospach) Purpose: To discuss desktop publishing techniques and new technologies involved in small publishing projects. mail.drwho-spoilers Contact: terminus!nyssa (James Armstrong, Jr.) Purpose: Branched off of rec.arts.drwho is a list for "Spoilers", which is intended to distribute news about upcoming seasons and discussion on recently released episodes and keep it away from the eyes of people who would rather not know until they see the shows themselves. mail.esperanto Contact: ...!{decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!trwrb!trwspp!urban (Mike Urban) Purpose: This list is a forum for people interested in the neutral international language Esperanto. Discussions about the language itself, the Esperanto movement, publications, and news are encouraged; of course, discussion *in* the language itself are especially encouraged, although English translations may be advisable when the material is of interest to beginners or non-Esperantists. mail.feminists Contact: allegra!rayssd!hxe -or- linus!raybed2!rayssd!hxe Purpose: The feminist mailing list is intended to provide a forum for discussion of issues of interest to women, in a friendly atmosphere. The basic tenets of feminism and the day to day experiences of women do not have to be explained or defended. Men and women can join, but everyone requesting to be added to the mailing list MUST provide the moderator with: 1) a full name; 2) a complete uucp path to a well-known host or a fully specified Internet address; 3) the correspondant's gender. NO exceptions. mail.fire Contact {rutgers,harvard,cornell}!rochester!roche --or-- roche@cs.rochester.edu (Jim Roche) Purpose: To dicuss fires and firefighting techniques, equipment, regulations, legislation, etc. Non-firefighters are encouraged to join the list, however, "flames" from non-firefighters will not be accepted. mail.firearms Contact: cbosgd!osu-cis!firearms-request --or-- firearms-request@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Purpose: The mailing list mail.firearms has been created to provide an environment in which sportsmen can discuss issues of concern to them. Topics include but are not limited to hunting, firearms safety, legal issues, reloading tips, maintenance suggestions, target shooting, and dissemination of general info. Anyone is welcome to join -- note that we do NOT intend to discuss the merits of gun control. mail.gnu-manual Contact: internet: gnu-manual-request@a.cs.uiuc.edu csnet: gnu-manual@uiuc.csnet usenet: ihnp4!uiucdcs!gnu-manual Purpose: "gnu-manual" members are volunteers who write, proofread, and comment on documents for a GNU Emacs Lisp programmers' manual. mail.handicap Contact: ...!{decvax,philabs}!bunker!wtm Purpose: The Handicap Digest provides an information/discussion exchange for issues dealing with the physically/mentally handicapped. Topics include, but are not limited to: medical, education, legal, technological aids and the handicapped in society. Note: The articles from the Handicap Digest are also posted in the Usenet Newsgroup, "misc.handicap". mail.horse Contact: {decvax,harvard,ihnp4}!bbn!horse-request horse-request@bbn.COM (Ken Rossen) Purpose: Discussion of things equestrian. Horse enthusiasts of all disciplines and levels of experience are welcome. Articles are distributed periodically in digest format, and also appear individually in the Internet newsgroup "rec.equestrian". mail.info-encore Contact: info-encore-request@cs-gw.D.UMN.EDU --or-- info-encore-request@umnd-cs.UUCP (Dan Burrows) Purpose: Mailing list for discussion of issues involving hardware and software issues of Encore computers and ethernet terminal servers. mail.info-futures Contact: harvard!bu-cs!info-futures-request -or- info-futures-request%bu-cs@relay.cs.net Purpose: To provide a speculative forum for analyzing current and likely events in technology as they will affect our near future in computing and related areas. mail.info-gnu Contact: info-gnu-request@prep.ai.mit.edu --or-- ucbvax!prep.ai.mit.edu!info-gnu-request Purpose: to distribute progress reports on the GNU Project, headed by Richard Stallman, and to ask members for various kinds of help. GNU, which stands for Gnu's Not Unix, is the name for a complete Unix-compatible software system whose sources can be given away free to everyone. Major parts have already been written; major parts still remain undone. Project GNU has additional mailing lists to distribute information about specific GNU programs, and to report bugs in them. Contact us at the above address for details. mail.info-sendmail Contact: info-sendmail-request@ulowell.{edu,uucp,csnet} Purpose: Discussions on all facets of sendmail: tutorials, configuration packages, etc. Open to both novices and gurus alike, with most readers someplace in the middle. mail.info-tahoe Contact: info-tahoe-request@csd1.milw.wisc.edu --or-- ihnp4!uwmcsd1!info-tahoe-request (Jim Lowe) Purpose: Discussions pertaining to the Tahoe type of CPU. These include the CCI Power 6/32, the Harris HCX/7, and the Sperry 7000 series computers. The info-tahoe mailing list is set up as a mail reflector. Archives are available to Internet hosts from csd1.milw.wisc.edu (192.12.221.1), using ftp with the anonymous login convention. mail.interleaf Contact: leaf-request@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM (Pete Lancashire) ...!tektronix!tekgen!teksce!leaf-request Purpose: Discussions on all aspects related to the Interleaf publishing environment, including (but not restricted to) the Interleaf language, user environment, implementations on new platforms, user written enhancements, and filters, and bug reports. mail.isi Contact: ...!harvard!lownlab!info-isi-request Purpose: discussions about Integrated Solutions computers, both equipment and software. mail.jazz Contact: {clyde,codas,decvax,ucbvax}!attunix!mingus (Marcel-Franck Simon) Purpose: discussions of various flavors of Jazz Music mail.jewish Contact: {ihnp4,princeton}!pruxc!ayf (Avi Feldblum) Purpose: The mailing list provides a non-abusive forum for discussion of Jewish topics with an emphasis on Jewish law. Debates between Jews and non-Jews or between various factions of Judaism should be posted to talk.religion.misc or soc.culture.jewish. mail.kites Contact: (USA/Canada/Europe): kites-request@harvard.harvard.edu harvard!kites-request (Japan): koscvax.keio.junet!kites-request Purpose: This mailing list is for people interested in making, flying, or just talking about all kinds of kites. Topics will (I hope) include kite plans and construction techniques, reviews of commercially available kites and plans, timely (or otherwise) human interest notes, and talk about flying. mail.lang-lucid Contact: lang-lucid-request@csl.sri.com (Rosanna Lee) Purpose: Discussions on all aspects related to the language Lucid, including (but not restricted to) language design issues, implementations for personal computers, implementations for parallel machines, language extensions, programming environments, products, bug reports, bug fixes/workarounds. mail.lasnet Contact: lasnet-request@emx.utexas.edu (Langston James Goree VI) Purpose: To facilitate the exchange of information among scholars doing research related to Latin America. mail.martial-arts Contact: brillig.umd.edu!martial-arts-request martial-arts-request@brillig.umd.edu (Bruce Israel) Purpose: The martial arts mailing list is for discussion on various aspects of the martial arts. This includes teaching and training techniques, martial arts philosophy, self-defense, traditional and non-traditional styles, among others. mail.medphys Contact: ...!mcnc!godot!medphys-request Submissions: ...!mcnc!godot!medphys Purpose: An attempt to foster electronic communication between medical physicists, open to interested others. Medical physics is a somewhat opaque but widely used synonym for radiological physics -- the physics of the diagnostic and therapeutic use of radiation in medicine. At present most of the subscribers are involved in radiotherapy. mail.men Contact: {ames,cca,mit-eddie,rochester}!garp!mail-men-request mail-men-request@garp.mit.edu Purpose: This digested mailing list discusses "men's issues" just as mail.feminists discusses those of women. Both women and men may join. mail.mtxinu-users Contact: gatech!emory!mtxinu-users-request (Arnold Robbins) Purpose: Discussion and bug fixes for users of the 4.3+NFS release from the Mt. Xinu folks. mail.ocean.policy Contact: {ihnp4,dual,vortex}!islenet!scott Purpose: Discussions of the legal, economic, and military aspects of ocean use policies. Specific issues include the "law of the sea", pending treaties, economic implications of EEZs and the military use of the sea. Coordinated by Dr. Scott Allen, Associate Director, International Law of the Sea Institute, University of Hawaii. mail.OtherRealms Contact: ...!{cbosgd,ihnp4}!sun!plaid!fanzine plaid!fanzine@sun.COM Purpose: An experimental alternative to sf-lovers, this is the mailing list to OtherRealms, an attempt at a traditional fanzine on an electronic medium. Note: this list is also available as the Usenet moderated group "rec.mag.otherrealms" but will also continue as a mailing list for those individuals unable to receive that group. mail.pro-video Contact: ...tektronix!reed!provideo (Marc Visnick) Purpose: This mailing list is concerned with professional and semi- professional video. Topics of discussion will include switchers, cameras, DVE's, field and studio techniques, post production, and so on. mail.rc-flying Contact : sun!suntri!black!rc-flying-request (Dwight Frye) Purpose : Discussions about the sport of flying radio control models. This includes sailplanes, power planes, and helicopters. mail.SF-Writers Contact: writers-request@sambation.bellcore.com (Perry Metzger) Purpose: The SF Writers Group exists for two purposes: To give people interested in writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and related genres professionally a support group of peers where information can be shared and discussions of the task of writing can be carried on. To create an environment where Works In Progress can be passed around and criticized so that the author can find the weak spots and polish the manuscript into a marketable work. Membership is open to anyone who has in interest in writing SF/fantasy regardless of previous experience or published/unpublished status. mail.sappho Contact: sappho-request@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Jean Marie Diaz) {mit-eddie,bu-cs}!bloom-beacon!sappho-request 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. 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, by request of the members. mail.scribe Contact: scribe-hacks-request@cs.utah.edu -or- ...!utah-cs!scribe-hacks-request Submissions: scribe-hacks@cs.utah.edu -or- ...!utah-cs!scribe-hacks 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. mail.security Contact: {hao,nbires,pyramid,udenva}!isis!sec-request (Andrew Burt) Purpose: Discussion and comment (and sometimes bug fixes) which touch on the security aspects of the UNIX operating system. This mailing list is joined at the pleasure of the applicant's System Administrator and/or the list administrator. Requests to join must be mailed from the root 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)). mail.silicon-compilers Contact: silicon-compilers-request@ge-dab.ge.com (Russ Holt) Submissions: silicon-compilers@ge-dab.ge.com Purpose: The Silicon Compiler Users mailing list was created to enhance the communication among those who are interested in new developments in the field of silicon compilation. List membership is open to all, with one restriction: the list is not to be used for business, or to push "products." The usual USENET/ARPANET/BITNET etiquette applies to messages sent to the list. Commercials are not welcome. Submissions should be of non-proprietary nature and be concerned with, but not limited to: development efforts (hardware and software); interfaces; new products; product bugs, and "features"; research. mail.supercomputers Contact: supercomputer-request@nyu.ARPA -or- cmcl2!supercomputer-request Submissions: supercomputer@nyu.ARPA, cmcl2!supercomputer Purpose: To discuss "supercomputers" and related technology. Contact the list administrators for more information. mail.sysops Contact: {harpo,bellcore,cmcl2}!cucard!dasys1!sysops-request -or- {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!dasys1!sysops-request Purpose: The purpose of this list is to facilitate communication among operators of computerized bulletin-board systems. Topics will include, but are certainly not limited to: applications, security, legal issues, and software. mail.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. mail.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. mail.transputer Submissions: transputer@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu -or- ...{cmcl2,decvax,uw-beaver}!cornell!batcomputer!transputer Contact: transputer-request (at the above address) Purpose: The Transputer mailing list was created to enhance the 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. mail.traveller Contact: traveller-request@dadla.TEK.COM (James T. Perkins) ...!tektronix!dadla!traveller-request Purpose: This mailing list exists to discuss the TRAVELLER Science Fiction Role Playing Game, published by Game Designers' Workshop. Discussion is unmoderated and open to all facets and levels of Traveller discussion. mail.whitewater Contact: iuvax!whitewater-request --or-- whitewater-request@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Charles Daffinger) Purpose: To discuss WhiteWater sports, experiences, and information. Includes kayak and canoeing enthusiasts. mail.VMEbus Contact: {clyde,ihnp4,ulysses}!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 ihnp4 preferred), affiliation, and use of WE 321SB (if you have one). Suggestions for items of interest are also encouraged. mail.wildnet Contact: ...alberta!sask!wildnet-request --or-- wildreq@sask.bitnet (Eric Woodsworth) Purpose: This list is concerned with computing and statistics in fisheries and wildlife biology. mail.z-cars Contact: ...!{ames,decwrl,oliveb}!acornrc!Z-Cars-Request (Bob Weissman) Purpose: Discussion of Nissan/Datsun Z-Cars (i.e., cars whose model number satisfies the regular expression "{240,260,280,300}Z{,X}"). mail.zilog Contact: ...!{caip,ihnp4,caip}!cbmvax!mail-zilog-request Purpose: A self-help group to provide communications among Zilog users. Topics include problems with Zeus, fixes, portability problems, availability of ported software and exchange of programs on Zilog compatible media. Open to both end users and systems houses, but all should be able to cope with the phrase Zilog Brain Damage with some degree of equanimity. -- Gene Spafford Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf