Online Activism Resource List
Stanton McCandlish
Version: 4.00
Last-modified: 94/10/14
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Online Activism Resource List 4.00
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A list of Usenet newsgroups, Internet mailing lists and other resources of
use to the online activist.
An ACTION/EFF FAQ by Stanton McCandlish
Updated: 10/14/94
Archived at: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/activ_resource.faq
See also /pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/activ_groups.faq, the Online Activism
Organizations List.
* IMPORTANT: Subscribe commands, and the like, when given in quotes mean
"type this command, but without the quotes." Likewise <firstname> <last-
name> means "put your name here, without the angle-brackets." Unless
otherwise noted, all parts of the command should be on the same line in
your subscribe message. Gopher resources are, when possible, pointed to
with full paths, rather than menu titles.
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CONTENTS
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RECENT CHANGES
RESOURCE LISTINGS
INTERNET/BITNET MAILING LISTS & E-PUBS AVAILABLE VIA MAILING LISTS
USENET (NETNEWS) NEWSGROUPS
BBS NETWORK CONFERENCES
ONLINE SERVICES
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
OTHER RESOURCES
ADMINISTRIVIA
Recent Changes
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4.00 - added Current Cites to PACS entry.
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RESOURCE LISTINGS
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INTERNET/BITNET MAILING LISTS & E-PUBS AVAILABLE VIA MAILING LISTS
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* 2600
_2600_Magazine_ list for hacker/phreaker issues. A bit irreverent,
shall we say, but sometimes turns to issues of law enformcement,
regulation and civil liberties.
Subscribe: list...@bongo.cc.utexas.edu, message body: "subscribe 2600
<name>"
* AAASHRAN
AAAS Human Rights Action Network forum.
Subscribe: listserv%gwuvm....@vtbit.cc.vt.edu, message body: "SUBSCRIBE
AAASHRAN <name>"
* ACTION
The forum for online activism and grassroots political action through
networking. Focuses on cooperative discussion between activists and
organizations, the devising and completion of projects supporting
electronic advocacy and democracy, and postings of important news for the
online communications and political action communities. ACTION is a
non-organization-specific, tightly focused list. Before joining, please
review (and comment upon if you wish) the charter and FAQ for ACTION:
see ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/ACTION/ - the list archive.
(The entire list is not archived, but important materials will be
archived on *.eff.org in the Activism directory and/or other appropriate
areas, while list-specific material will be archived in the ACTION
subdirectory of Activism. See below for complete paths & URLs.)
General admin: a...@eff.org
Technical admin: e...@eff.org
EFF info: in...@eff.org
Subscribe: list...@eff.org, message body: "subscribe ACTION"
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/[ACTION/]
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Issues/Activism[/ACTION]
WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/[ACTION/]
* ACTIV-L (misc.activism.progressive)
A mailing list that gates the misc.activism.progressive Usenet newsgroup.
ACTIV-L is a moderated forum concerned with "progressive" political
action (human rights, environment, empowerment, media censorship, etc.)
subscribe (??): list...@mizzou1.bitnet or list...@mizzou1.missouri.edu,
message body: "SUBSCRIBE ACTIV-L <name>"
* ALAOIF
American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom's freedom of
expression forum (mainly of interest to librarians, archivists, and those
following computers & academic freedom issues.)
Subscribe: list...@uicvm.uic.edu, message body: "sub alaoif <name>"
* ALERT
[see CPSR ALERT, EPIC ALERT]
* AMEND1-L - ACA Free Speech Issues Discussion Group
The American Communication Association invites subscriptions to
its on-line discussion group for Free Speech Issues. The topics include
current and historical issues in freedom of expression, reviews of recent
books and articles related to free speech, constitutional interpretation,
research opportunities, current litigation, communication policy, privacy,
censorship, and other areas relating to freedom of expression, both in
the United States and elsewhere.
General: Stephen Smith <libe...@comp.uark.edu>
Subscribe: list...@uafsysb.uark.edu, message body: "sub AMEND1-L <first
name> <lastname>"
* Cable Regulation Digest
A newsletter of short articles about cable tv and telecom regulatory issues,
of definite relevance to anyone tracking the unfolding of the NII/"Data
Superhighway" issues.
General: hig...@dorsai.dorsai.org.
Subscribe: lists...@realy.adp.wisc.edu, message body: "SUBSCRIBE
TELECOMREG <FIRSTNAME> <LASTNAME>"[no quotes; NOTE: TELECOMREG
is a general discussion list to which CRD is sent, not a
CRD-only list]
FTP: ftp.vortex.com, /tv-film-video/cable-reg/
ftp.eff.org, /pub/Publications/E-journals/Cable_Reg/
Gopher: vortext.com, 1/tv-film-video/cable-reg
gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/E-journals/Cable_Reg
WWW: gopher://vortex.com:70/11/tv-film-video
http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/E-journals/Cable_Reg/
Finger: hig...@dorsai.dorsai.org (current issue returned as finger output)
* CalGovInfo
CPSR's California public accesss to government information forum.
Seeing the great strides CA has made in the area of govt. info online,
this is likely to be a hot list for some time to come.
Subscribe: list...@cpsr.org, message body: "subscribe calgovinfo <name>"
* COMMUNET
Mailing list for discussion of community and civic networks.
Subscribe: list...@uvmvm.uvm.edu or list...@moose.uvm.edu, message body:
"subscribe COMMUNET <name>"
* COMMUNITY-ACCESS
Mailing list for discussion of community access issues
Subscribe: community-ac...@parc.xerox.com, message body:
"subscribe COMMUNITY-ACCESS <name>"
* Computer PRIVACY Digest (CPD) (ex- Telecom Privacy Digest)
Like RISKS, a moderated digest-format electronic newsletter. It is
more open that RISKS or PFD, "and was established to provide a forum
for discussion on the effect of technology on privacy. All too often
technology is way ahead of the law and society as it presents us with
new devices and applications. Technology can enhance and detract from
privacy."
Subscribe requests: comp-priva...@uwm.edu
* Computer underground Digest (CuD)
Cu-Digest, or CuD, is a more-or-less-weekly on-line electronic
journal/news digest. The Digest is intended as a forum for the
discussion of legal, ethical, social, and other issues regarding
computerized information and communications. We welcome contributions
reflecting diversity of thought and perspective, focussed on the
computer/telecommunications culture including BBSes, Internet, and
public access systems. CuD is focussed especially on alternative groups
that exist outside of the conventional net community.
General: Jim Thomas <tk0...@mvs.cso.niu.edu>
Archivist: cud...@eff.org
Subscribe, Internet: list...@vmd.cs.uiuc.edu, message body: "SUB CUDIGEST
<firstname> <lastname>" [no quotes]
Subscribe, BITNET: list...@uiucvmd.bitnet, message body: "SUB CUDIGEST
<firstname> <lastname>" [no quotes]
BITNET: tk0...@niu.bitnet <- NOTE: That ^ is tkZEROjut2 not tkOHjut2
Usenet: comp.society.cu-digest
ftp: ftp.eff.org, pub/Publications/CuD/CuD/
etext.archive.umich.edu (141.211.164.18), /pub/CuD/
aql.gatech.edu (128.61.10.53), /pub/eff/cud/
ftp.halcyon.com (192.135.191.2), /pub/disk1/cud/
ftp.std.com, /src/wuarchive/doc/EFF/Publications/CuD/CuD/
/obi/Computer.U.Digest/ (partial mirror)
nic.funet.fi, /pub/doc/cud/
ftp.warwick.ac.uk, /pub/cud/
ftp.glocom.ac.jp, /mirror/ftp.eff.org/Publications/CuD/CuD/
coast.cs.purdue.edu, /pub/mirrors/ftp.eff.org/CuD/
wuarchive.wustl.edu, /pub/doc/EFF/Publications/CuD/CuD/
uceng.uc.edu, /pub/wuarchive/doc/EFF/Publications/CuD/CuD/
gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/CuD/CuD
www: http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/CuD/CuD/
BBS: USA - RIPCO - +1 312 528 5020
Rune Stone IIRGWHQ - +1 203 832 8441
Luxembourg - ComNet - +352 466893
Italy - Empire - +39 461 980493
Belgium - Virtual Access - +32 69 45 51 77
FidoNet FREQ: 1:11/70 (unlisted nodes/points welcome)
CompuServe: IBMBBS SIG, DL0 & DL4; LAWSIG, DL1; TELECOM, DL1
GEnie: PF*NPC RT library and VIRUS/SECURITY library.
AOL: PC Telecom forum, Computing Newsletters library
Delphi: Internet SIG, General Discussion database
Voice +1 815 753 0303
Fax: +1 815 753 6302
Snail: Jim Thomas, Editor
Department of Sociology, NIU
DeKalb IL 60115 USA.
* Computers and Academic Freedom (CAF)
CAF is a list/newsgroup/archive devoted to issues of computing,
freedom of expression, and privacy, especially in relation to the edu-
cational and academic communities. CAF is available in several forms,
is archived, and has been provided storage space by the Electronic
Frontier Foundation for a collection of related important documents.
comp-academic-freedom-talk (caf-talk) is the interactive discussion
version of the list. comp-academic-freedom-batch is a digested version
that presents each day's contributions as a single compilation, rather
that a continuous stream of incoming separate messages.
comp-academic-freedom-news is a digested version featuring a weekly
sample of the most important messages. comp-academic-freedom-abstracts
is a weekly digest containing only abstracts rather than the full text
of the list. For more detailed information on the versions, send a message
body of "LONGINDEX" to list...@eff.org.
General (editors): Bill Arnold <war...@eff.org>
Carl Kadie <ka...@eff.org>
Technical admin: e...@eff.org
Archivists: Jonathan Greenfield <gre...@eff.org>
Carl Kadie <ka...@eff.org>
Subscribe: list...@eff.org, message body: "subscribe
comp-academic-freedom-*" (replace "*" with "talk", "batch",
"news" or "abstracts", as apropos for the version you want.)
* CNI-Modernization
Some sort of net.commerce stuff. Lousy description, I know. Looking for
more info.
Admin: Craig Summerhill <cr...@cni.org>
Subscribe: list...@cni.org, message body: "subscribe cni-modernization
<name>"
* CPSR ALERT
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility newsletter
Subscribe: list...@washofc.cpsr.org, message body: "subscribe alert <name>"
* Current Cites
[See Public-Access Computer Systems.]
* CyberWire Dispatch (CWD)
Brock Meek's newsletter of alerts and articles on information technology
and telecom policy. Meeks, who writes from _Communications_Daily_ and
_WIRED_ among others, has rare, and often biting, insight into what's
really going on, most of the time. Highly recommended.
Subscribe: majo...@cyberwerks.com, message body: "subscribe cwd-l"
* Cybermind
"An electronic forum for the discussion of the philosophical and
psychological implications of subjectivity in cyberspace...We are
interested in particular in the philosophical, psychological/
psychoanalytic and social issues engendered, particularly as they concern
the user and the social [realm]...: the psychology of intimacy, the role
of gender, the phenomenology of the terminal screen, neurosis and
paranoia on the Net, the relationship of lag to community and communi-
cation, sex/gender/sexual orientation theory and electronic subjectivity,
the role of the symbolic or imaginary in computer communication, the
implications of symbolic extensions of the human ('external memory', and
so forth), fantasy and the hallucinatory aspects of email/USENET
groups/MUDs, and the psychoanalysis of lurking."
General: Alan Sondheim <son...@panix.com>
Subscribe: majo...@world.std.com, message body: "subscribe cybermind
<email address>"
* Cypherpunks
The Cypherpunks mailing lists exist for those interested in cryptography
and it's political rammifications, programming encryption software,
creation of digital cash and electronic banking via secure (and
anonymous) crypto tech, local crypto-oriented activism, hacking cypher
hardware, and more. There also tends to be much libertarian/
anarcho-capitalist debate as well. The main list is fairly high-traffic.
The UK branch generally goes by the name of UK Crypto-Privacy Assoc.,
and like some of the other local sub-groups, has face-to-face meetings.
The CypherWonks list is a split-off that is generally opposed to the
anarchic stance of some on the main list. A recent addition to the stable
is Cypherpunks Lite, a lower-traffic version for more serious participants.
Joining the list requires a membership fee [don't have address for this
yet]. I have no info at the moment on the local groups, other than the
Austin & Boston Cypherpunks, so if anyone has info to pass on please do so.
Main list admin: Eric Hughes <hug...@ah.com>
Main subscribe: cypherpun...@toad.com, message body: "subscribe
cypherpunks <name>"
Main FTP admin: Eric Hughes <hu...@ah.com> (Berkeley)
Karl Lui Barrus <klba...@owlnet.rice.edu> (BSU)
Al Whaley <postm...@cpsr.org> (CPSR)
Main FTP: ftp.csua.berkeley.edu, /pub/cypherpunks/ (many mirrors exist)
chaos.bsu.edu, /cypherpunks/
cpsr.org, /pub/cypherpunks/
Main gopher admin: Karl Lui Barrus <klba...@owlnet.rice.edu>
Main gopher: chaos.bsu.edu, 1/, port 1000
chaos.bsu.edu, 1s/pub/cypherpunks
Main WWW admin: Karl Lui Barrus <klba...@owlnet.rice.edu>
Main WWW: gopher://chaos.bsu.edu:1000/11/
gopher://chaos.bsu.edu:70/11s/pub/cypherpunks
Hardware admin: J.D. Blair <jdb...@nextsrv.cas.muohio.edu>
Hardware subscribe: cp-hardwa...@nextsrv.cas.muohio.edu, message
body: "subscribe cp-hardware <name>"
Austin admin: Jim McCoy <mc...@bongo.cc.utexas.edu>
Doug Barnes <bar...@io.com>
Austin subscribe: austin-cypher...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
austin-cypherpunk...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
message body: "subscribe austin-cypherpunks <name>" or
"subscribe austin-cypherpunks-announce <name>"
Austin FTP: ftp.cc.utexas.edu, /pub/cypherpunks/
Austin WWW: ftp://ftp.cc.utexas.edu/pub/cypherpunks/
Boston admin: Derek Atkins <war...@mit.edu>
Boston subscribe: ask cypherpunks-...@mit.edu
Wonks admin: cypherwo...@lassie.eunet.fi
Wonks subscribe: majo...@lists.eunet.fi, message body: "subscribe
cypherwonks"
Lite admin: ??
Lite subscribe: ??
* DC-Nets
Forum for technical discussion of cryptographic networking protocols and
the creation of encrypted, secure networks.
Subscribe: list...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu, message body: "subscribe dc-nets
<name>"
* EDLAW
Education and law forum (?)
Subscribe: list...@ukcc.uky.edu, message body: "subscribe edlaw <name>"
* EduPage & Educom Update
Newsletters of informative and timely summaries of new technological
developments and the effects of computer and information tech-
nology on education, published by Educom, "a consortium of leading
colleges and universities seeking to transform education through the use of
information technology." Even if you are not interested in education
issues, this is a valuable (though free) service, and tracks a wide range
of comms, computing, market, regulatory and legal issues. EduPage comes
out several times per week, while Update is a bi-weekly summary.
General: in...@ivory.educom.edu
Subscribe (EduPage): list...@educom.edu, message body: "subscribe edupage
<firstname> <lastname>"
Subscribe (Update): list...@educom.edu, message body: "subscribe update
<firstname> <lastname>"
Portugese/Spanish versions: ask edu...@nc-rj.rnp.br
* e...@iinet.com.au (EF-Australia; = aus.org.efa newsgroup/EFA Fido echo)
* EFF-News
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's distribution for EFF newsletters and
press releases and other items of note. This is a moderated list/newsgroup
that does not allow posts from readers (such postings are redirected to
EFF-Talk). EFF-News is a low-traffic list/group, and features each issue
of EFFector Online newsletter, as well as announcements, summaries of
hearings and conferences, testimony transcripts, etc. A newsletter-only
list is also available.
General admin: edi...@eff.org
Technical admin: e...@eff.org
EFF info: in...@eff.org
Subscribe (full News list): list...@eff.org, message body: "subscribe
comp-org-eff-news"
Subscribe (EFFector Online only): list...@eff.org, message body:
"subscribe effector-online"
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Policy/
ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector/
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Policy
gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector
WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/
http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector/
[For topic-sorted archives of news items, see Policy subdirectories; for
newsletter backissues, see EFFector directory.]
* EFF-Talk
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's general discussion forum -
focuses on EFF policy, cyberspace legal issues, the "data superhighway",
networking and activism, and computing futures and potential. EFF-Talk
is available as a Usenet newsgroup, a mailing list, and, in some areas,
a FidoNet echomail conference. EFF is a 501(c)(3) US non-profit
organization devoted to civil liberties in computing and communications.
As with comp.org.eff.news, this newsgroup/list is not archived in full,
but important documents are placed in EFF's online library in the Policy
(a.k.a. Issues) directory. See below for full paths and URLs.
General admin: a...@eff.org
Technical admin: e...@eff.org
EFF Info: in...@eff.org
Subscribe: list...@eff.org, message body: "subscribe comp-org-eff-talk"
Usenet: comp.org.eff.talk
FidoNet: Zone 1 - INET.EFF.TALK (not backboned; feed nodes unknown)
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Policy/
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Policy
WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/
* EFFector Online
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's newsletter, EFFector
Online (frequency: 1-4 per month), a small journal summarizing important
issues of civil liberties in cyberspace. Frequently reports on methods
of access to government representatives and info, legal cases of relevance
to online communications, activism, "data superhighway" politics, Senate
and House hearing testimony, cryptography and privacy, and threat to civil
liberties. This is a moderated list/newsgroup that does not allow
posts from readers. EFFector Online is a low-traffic list. The EFF-News
list carries EFFector, but also includes press releases, hearing summaries,
and other relevant documents.
General admin: edi...@eff.org
Technical admin: e...@eff.org
EFF info: in...@eff.org
Subscribe (EFFector Online only): list...@eff.org, message body:
"subscribe effector-online"
Subscribe (full News list): list...@eff.org, message body: "subscribe
comp-org-eff-news"
* e...@oslonett.no (EF-Norway)
* e...@twics.com (EF-Japan)
* efnh-d...@mv.MV.COM (EF New Hampshire)
* Electronic Public Information Newsletter (EPIN)
A newsletter dedicated to informing and explaining the policies and
practices surrounding the transformation of public information to
electronic form. Founded in November 1991, EPIN is published biweekly (24
issues a year) in a paper format. An EPIN summary is distributed free of
charge to the Internet community. EPIN is an independent publication
with no ties to any stakeholder within the information community. The
newsletter is based in the Washington, D.C. area; the editor is James
McDonough. The subscription cost is $249 a year for business and
government; $130 for libraries and public interest organizations and $65
for individuals.
Subscribe (online summaries): ep...@access.digex.net
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Publications/E-journals/EPIN/
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/E-journals/EPIN
WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/E-journals/EPIN/
gopher://gopher.eff.org/hh/Publications/E-journals/EPIN/
Subscribe (hardcopy): EPIN
Box 21001
Washinton DC 20009 USA
Fax: +1 301 365 3621
* The Faxing From the Internet FAQ
A list of Frequently Asked Questions & answers about using the Internet
to send faxes (fast, free to the user [no long distance call!], and great
for activist use); issued as a periodical, and regularly updated. By
Kevin Savetz.
Subscribe: sav...@rahul.net, subject line: "subscribe fax-faq"
FTPmail: sav...@rahul.net, subject: "send fax-faq"
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Net_info/Technical/net-fax.faq
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/pub/Net_info/Technical, net-fax.faq
WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Technical/net-fax.faq
Usenet: news.answers (regularly posted)
* fring...@io.com (general "interesting stuff" list, w/ fringe feel to it)
* FUT...@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU (FutureCulture)
* gaynet (Gay/bisexual issues)
(subscribe: Email to "list...@queernet.org"
with line "sub gaynet <FULL NAME>"
* gopher-announce and gopher-news
A moderated mailing list where new gopher servers and software are
announced, gopher-announce is probably the best way to learn of new
activism-relevant servers (govt. gophers, organization gophers, etc.)
General gopher discussion happens on gophe...@boombox.micro.umn.edu an
altogether more verbose and techie mailing list than gopher-announce. (To
subscribe to gopher-news, send a request to: gopher-news-request
@boombox.micro.umn.edu).
Subscribe: gopher-anno...@boombox.micro.umn.edu, message body:
"subscribe gopher-announce <firstname> <lastname>"
* GOVD...@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (Discussion of Government Document Issues)
* hott...@UCSD.EDU (Hot Off the Press e-pub; networking issues)
* ifre...@Snoopy.UCIS.Dal.CA (intellectual freedom)
(subscribe: Email to "list...@snoopy.ucis.dal.ca"
with line "sub ifreedom <FULL NAME>"
* imp-in...@thumper.bellcore.com (Internet Mercantile Protocol)
* INETBIB
List focusing on Internet usage in libraries (of relevance to activists
due to public access to information and intellectual freedom issues).
NOTE: This list concentrates on German libraries (and those in other
German-speaking areas), and the primary language of the list is German,
though English posts are accepted.
Admin: michael.sch...@zb.ub.uni-dortmund.de
Subscribe: mai...@zb.ub.uni-dortmund.de, message body: "SUBSCRIBE INETBIB"
Fax: M. Schaarwaechter, +49 231 727 5021
Snail: M. Schaarwaechter
Uni. Dortmund, Library, Network
Vogelpothsweg 76
D-44227 Dortmund, Deutchland
* INTC...@american.edu (computer assisted reporting outside the United States)
Subscribe: list...@american.edu, message body: "SUBSCRIBE INTCAR-L
<firstname> <lastname>"
* The Internet Press
A list of electronic publications about Internet/Usenet, issued as a
periodical, and regularly updated. By Kevin Savetz & John M. Higgins.
Subscribe: sav...@rahul.net, subject line: "subscribe ipress"
FTPmail: sav...@rahul.net, subject: "send ipress"
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Net_info/Resources/net_epub.list
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/pub/Net_info/Resources, net_epub.list
WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Resources/net_epub.list
Usenet: news.answers (regularly posted)
* The Internet Services FAQ
A list of interesting and useful services and resources on the internet,
issued as a periodical, and regularly updated. By Kevin Savetz.
Subscribe: sav...@rahul.net, subject line: "subscribe is-faq"
FTPmail: sav...@rahul.net, subject: "send is-faq"
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Net_info/Resources/net_services.faq
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/pub/Net_info/Resources, net_services.faq
WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Resources/net_services.faq
Usenet: news.answers (regularly posted)
* inter...@telerama.pgh.pa.us (Internet encyclopedia project)
* IPC...@GUVM.CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU (interpersonal computing & technology)
* Journal of American Underground Computing (JAUC, TJOAUC)
A free online newsletter similar to CuD, but longer and monthly. Highly
recommended. Topics frequently include online advocacy, political alerts,
info on net.culture, privacy, cryptography, censorship and more.
Admin (editorial): comm...@fennec.com
Admin (technical): df...@fennec.con, df...@fc.net
Subscribe: ask s...@fennec.com
FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu, /pub/Zines/JAUC/
fc.net, /pub/tjoauc/
ftp.eff.org, /pub/Publications/CuD/JAUC/
FTPmail: ask in...@fennec.com
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/CuD/JAUC
WWW: ftp://etext.archive.umich.edu/pub/Zines/JAUC/
* LITA Newsletter
The LITA Newsletter (ISSN 0196-1799) is published quarterly by the
Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the
American Library Association. The hardcopy LITA Newsletter is sent free of
charge to members of the Library and Information Technology Association.
Nonmembers may subscribe for $25 per year in US, $30 in Canada and
Mexico, and $40 in other foreign countries. See print LITA Newsletter for
details. The online edition is available free from the LITANEWS mailing
list. Besides library administration issues, LITA frequently has articles
regarding online archival, networking, electronic mail systems, GIS, AI,
the "information superhighway" and other topics relevant to online activism.
Editor: Gail Junion-Metz <ga...@iage.com>
Subscribe (online): list...@dartmouth.edu or list...@dartcms1.bitnet,
message body: "SUBSCRIBE LITANEWS <firstname>
<lastname>"
* Loka-L
An occasional series of electronic postings on democratic politics of
science and technology, issued by the Loka Institute.
Admin: Dick Sclove <resc...@amherst.edu>
Subscribe requests: ask resc...@amherst.edu
* Minnesota Politics & Public Policy E-Mail Forum (MN-POLITICS)
MN-POLITICS is an unmoderated Internet electronic-mail list for the sharing
of information on and discussion of Minnesota politics and public policy.
Members of this forum are encouraged to contribute campaign and election
information, announcements from Minnesota-focused political and civic
organizations, public policy and legislative information, and presentations
on issues of public interest. MN-POLITICS is associated with the Minnesota
E-Democracy Project.
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* net-hap...@is.internic.net (general "interesting stuff" list)
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* Net-Letter Guide
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Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Net_info/Resources, e-zines.list
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* The Network Observer (TNO)
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server (see separate Red Rock Eater [RRE] entries).
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Subscribe/Info: cvin...@netcom.com (request to be added to N&C list)
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Gopher: gopher.well.com, 1/Community/communets/net.com
gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/E-journals/Net_Com
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* NSF Network News
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Subscribe: majo...@internic.net, message body: "subscribe <mailing list
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FTP: is.internic.net, /infoguide/about-internic/newsletter/
FTPmail: mail...@ds.internic.net, message body: "send help"
Gopher: is.internic.net, 1/infoguide/about-internic/newsletter
WWW: http://www.internic.net/newsletter/
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* Online-news
Online-news is an Internet mailing list on the topic of online
newspapers and magazines. It serves as a forum to discuss the
evolution of newspaper and magazine experiments in electronic
publishing. It also is the place in cyberspace where professionals
working to design electronic publications of the future meet to get to
know each other and exchange ideas. Online-news is NOT a general
journalism discussion list. Its subject matter is limited to electronic
publications.
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Voice (admin): +1 510 236 2118
* OTANews
Online newsletters & announcements of the White House's Office of Technology
Assessment (topics range from osteoporosis to NII, but is often relevant
to online advocacy issues.)
Admin: ll...@pubs.ota.gov
Subscribe: list...@ota.gov, message body: "subscribe otanews
<email address>"
* pem...@tis.com (Privacy Enchanced Mailer developers)
* PRIVACY Forum Digest (PFD)
Like RISKS, a rather selectively moderated digest. "It spans the full
range of both technological and non-technological privacy-related issues
(with an emphasis on the former)." Moderated by Lauren Weinstein.
Info: privacy...@vortex.com [msg. body: information privacy]
Subscribe requests: privacy...@vortex.com [message body:
subscribe privacy <name>]
* Public-Access Computer Systems Forum (PACS-L), Review (PACS-R), News
(PACS-N); Current Cites
PACS-L is an Internet list that deals with all computer systems that
libraries make available to their patrons. While many users are
librarians, PACS-L also serves computer specialists, faculty members, and
others. The list was founded in June 1989. Currently, there are over
8,270 users in 64 countries. Moderated, archived. The University of
Houston Libraries provides PACS-L as a public service. Also available:
PACS-R, a refereed e-journal (also available by volume in book form);
PACS-N, an online newsletter, is sent out on the PACS-L list and
is available as archived files. the PACS-P (PACS publications) mailing
list carries both PACS-R and PACS-N, as well as Current Cites, and
online periodic bibliographic e-pub that reviews relevant publications.
General (PACS-L): pac...@uhupvm1.uh.edu
General (PACS-R): Charles W. Bailey, Jr. <li...@uhupvm1.uh.edu>
General (PACS-N): Dana Rooks <li...@uhupvm1.uh.edu>
Subscribe (PACS-L): list...@uhupvm1.uh.edu (message body: "SUBSCRIBE PACS-L
<Firstname> <Lastname>"
Subscribe (PACS-R, PACS-N & Current Cites only): same address (message body
"SUBSCRIBE PACS-P <Firstname> <Lastname>")
List database search (email): same address (message body "INFO DATABASE")
List database search (telnet): a.cni.org, login: brsuser
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Publications/E-journals/PACS/
FTPmail: list...@uhupvm1.uh.edu (message body: "INDEX PACS-L F=MAIL")
Gopher: info.lib.uh.edu, 1/articles/e-journals/uhlibrary
gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/E-journals/PACS
WWW: gopher://info.lib.uh.edu:70/11/articles/e-journals/uhlibrary
http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/E-journals/PACS/
* PUBPOL-L%UMINN1...@VM42.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Public Policy Graduate Studies
Net)
* Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE)
List for informational forwards & other resource materials, many of
which are of interest to online activists). Also serves as the distribution
list for The Network Observer (see separate entry.)
Admin: rre-main...@weber.ucsd.edu
Subscribe: rre-r...@weber.ucsd.edu, message body: "subscribe
<firstname> <lastname>"
FTPmail: rre-r...@weber.ucsd.edu, subject line: "archive help"
* RISKS Forum Digest (RFD)
Risks is an online newsletter of sorts, the "forum on risks to the
public in computers and related systems" of the ACM Committee on
Computers and Public Policy. Risks is a wealth of information and
banter about various issues surrounding computers, communications and
networking, and is moderated by Peter G. Neumann.
Subscribe requests: risks-...@csl.sri.com (subscribe risks [name])
Usenet: comp.risks
FTP: crvax.sri.com, cd RISKS: [Note the colon. To get back issues,
"GET RISKS-i.j<return>" where i = volume 1 to 15, j = issue,
always 2 digits. Issue 00 is always a summary of the selected
volume. crvax.sri.com = 128.18.30.65.]
Voice: +1 818 225 2800 [to inquire about fax'd issues ONLY]
+1 415 859 2375, Peter G. Neumann [last resort!]
Fax: +1 818 225 7203 [issues are avail. via fax]
* ROUNDTABLE
This forum is the Internet discussion group of the Telecommunications
Policy Roundtable (TPR). The TPR is a coalition of more than 100
organizations which was organized in the spring of 1993 to discuss federal
telecommunications and information policy. ROUNDTABLE is an open list
which is devoted to the dissemination of information about TPR
activities, as well as discussions about federal telecommunications and
information policy. (Subscribers to ROUNDTABLE need not be members of
the TPR.) The list was created to facilitate discussions among current
TPR members, and to extend discussions of policy to those who cannot
participate in roundtable meetings because of geographic barriers.
Among the topics which will be examined on this list is a discussion of
model telecommunications legislation. TPR members are also encouraged to
post press releases and other notices which are relevant to the TPR.
Admin: Jamie Love <lo...@essential.org>
Technical Admin: Craig Summerhill <cr...@cni.org>
Subscribe: list...@cni.org, message body: "SUBSCRIBE ROUNDTABLE <firstname>
<lastname>"
* Scout Report
The Scout Report is a weekly publication provided by InterNIC Information
Services' "Info Scout", to assist InterNauts in their ongoing quest to
know what's new on and about the Internet. It focuses on those resources
thought to be of interest to the InterNIC's primary audience, researchers
and educators, however everyone is welcome to subscribe and there are no
associated fees. Over 10,000 subscribers.
Subscribe: majo...@is.internic.net, message body: "subscribe scout-report"
("subscribe scout-report-html" to get WWW version for local use)
FTP: is.internic.net, /infoguide/scout-report/
FTPmail: mail...@is.internic.net, message body: "send /scout-report/[date]"
(replace "[date]" with date of issue, e.g.: /scout-report/9-16-94)
Gopher: is.internic.net, 1/infoguide/scout-report
WWW: http://www.internic.net/infoguide.html
* sea-...@panix.com, sea-...@panix.com, etc. (Soc. for Electronic Access)
* tap-...@essential.org (Taxpayer Assets Project bulletins)
* Telecommunications Public Interest Newsletter (TPIN)
TPIN is an action resource published by the Office of Communication,
United Church of Christ. TPIN tracks developments on the
national information infrastructure, public access, equal
opportunity in broadcasting, children's television, privacy
and other issues affecting the public interest.
Subscribe: ask Andrew G. Lang <la...@ucc.org>
* The Network Observer (TNO)
[see under "N", rather than "T"]
* thesegroups
This list is for organizers of local and other electronic activist
groups and activities. The focus is on public policy, civil liberties,
and community related to computing, telecommunications, and computer
networks. This list is not public, and not all subscription requests
are accepted. For a discussion list about electronic communities,
try COMMUNET. If you do ask to subscribe to thesegroups, please
say where you heard of it, or who sent you.
Subscription requests: thesegrou...@tic.com
* The Unofficial Internet Book List
A list of books about Internet/Usenet, issued as a periodical, and
regularly updated. By Kevin Savetz.
Subscribe: sav...@rahul.net, subject line: "subscribe booklist"
FTPmail: sav...@rahul.net, subject: "send booklist"
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Net_info/Resources/net_book.list
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/pub/Net_info/Resources, net_book.list
WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Resources/net_book.list
Usenet: news.answers (regularly posted)
* utah...@xmission.com (Utah civil liberities and LIbertarian list)
(subscribe: majo...@xmission.com, "subscribe utah-libs")
* vtw-...@panix.com (lobbying efforts for privacy, networking, NII issues)
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subscribe requests to the list itself; this does nothing but irritate people.
The subscribe command is usually SUBSCRIBE [listname] [your first name]
[your last name]; failing that, try SUBSCRIBE [listname], SUBSCRIBE
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other authors to standardize, before we all go crazy. ;)
USENET (NETNEWS) NEWSGROUPS
---------------------------
* alt.2600
* alt.activism
* alt.activism.d
* alt.bbs.allsysop
* alt.best.of.internet
* alt.censorship
* alt.comp.acad-freedom.news (= digested version of CAF list)
* alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk (= misc. version of CAF list avail. from eff.org)
* alt.conspiracy >;)
* alt.culture.internet
* alt.cyberpunk
* alt.cyberpunk.movement
* alt.cyberspace
* alt.dear.whitehouse
* alt.freedom.of.information.act
* alt.internet.services
* alt.life.internet
* alt.motherjones
* alt.politics.clinton
* alt.politics.datahighway
* alt.politics.economics
* alt.politics.elections
* alt.politics.europe.misc
* alt.politics.libertarian
* alt.politics.media
* alt.politics.org.misc
* alt.politics.org.nsa
* alt.politics.reform
* alt.politics.usa.constitution
* alt.politics.usa.misc
* alt.president.clinton
* alt.privacy
* alt.privacy.anon-server
* alt.privacy.clipper
* alt.security
* alt.security.pgp
* alt.society.civil-liberties
* alt.society.civil-liberty
* alt.society.resistance
* alt.wired
* aus.legal
* aus.legal (= AUST_LEGAL Fido echo)
* aus.org.efa (EF-Australia, = e...@iinet.com.au list/EFA Fido echo)
* aus.politics
* austin.politics
* ba.internet
* ba.politics
* ba.smartvalley
* bit.listserv.politics (= poli...@villvm.bitnet list)
* ca.govt-bulletins
* can.infobahn
* can.infohighway
* can.politics
* clari.news.politics
* clari.news.politics.people
* comp.bbs.misc
* comp.dcom.telecom
* comp.internet.net-happenings = net-hap...@is.internic.net list
* comp.org.cpsr.announce
* comp.org.cpsr.talk
* comp.org.eff.news
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's distribution for EFF newsletters and
press releases and other items of note. This is a moderated newsgroup/list
that does not allow posts from readers (such postings are redirected to
comp.org.eff.talk). EFF-News is a low-traffic group/list, and features each
issue of EFFector Online newsletter, as well as announcements, summaries of
hearings and conferences, testimony transcripts, etc.
General admin: edi...@eff.org
Technical admin: e...@eff.org
EFF info: in...@eff.org
Subscribe: list...@eff.org, message body: "subscribe comp-org-eff-news"
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Policy/
ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector/
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Policy
gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector
WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/
http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector/
[For topic-sorted archives of news items, see Policy subdirectories; for
newsletter backissues, see EFFector directory.]
* comp.org.eff.talk
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's general discussion forum -
focuses on EFF policy, cyberspace legal issues, the "data superhighway",
networking and activism, and computing futures and potential. comp.org
eff.talk is also available as a mailing list, and, in some areas,
a FidoNet echomail conference. EFF is a 501(c)(3) US non-profit
organization devoted to civil liberties in computing and communications.
As with comp.org.eff.news, this newsgroup/list is not archived in full,
but important documents are placed in EFF's online library in the Policy
(a.k.a. Issues) directory. See below for full paths and URLs.
General admin: a...@eff.org
Technical admin: e...@eff.org
EFF Info: in...@eff.org
Subscribe: list...@eff.org, message body: "subscribe comp-org-eff-talk"
Usenet: comp.org.eff.talk
FidoNet: Zone 1 - INET.EFF.TALK (not backboned; feed nodes unknown)
FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Policy/
Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Policy
WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/
* comp.org.fidonet
* comp.risks (RISKS Forum Digest)
(See RISKS Forum Digest in mailing lists section for more info.)
* comp.security.unix
* comp.society
* comp.society.cu-digest (CuD)
(See Computer underground Digest in mailing lists section for more info.)
* comp.society.futures
* comp.society.privacy (PRIVACY Forum Digest)
* misc.activism.progressive (ACTIV-L)
* misc.consumers
* misc.headlines
* misc.legal
* misc.legal.moderated
* ne.politics
* rec.video.desktop
* sci.crypt
* sci.med.telemedicine
* soc.politics
* soc.rights.human
* talk.politics.crypto
* talk.politics.medicine
* talk.politics.misc
* uk.org.community (CommUnity, an EFF-like org. in Britain)
* uk.politics
Use a newsreader, such as nn, rn, trn, strn, nuntius, xrn, etc. to access
Usenet newsgroups. Users of Delphi and some other commercial online systems
can also access Usenet via features built into such systems.
BBS NETWORK CONFERENCES
-----------------------
FidoNet:
* AUST_LEGAL (FidoNet zone 3; = aus.legal newsgroup)
* EFA (FidoNet zone 3; EF-Australia, = e...@iinet.com.au/aus.org.efa)
* R_U_NEXT (FidoNet zone 3)
* INET.EFF.TALK (FidoNet zone 1; non-backbone gate of comp.org.eff.talk)
[many more need to be added]
ONLINE SERVICES
---------------
* Women's WIRE
Online service focusing on women and women's issues. Hosts online
resources of more than 15 women's-interest and other nonprofit groups,
through the Organization Access feature, which offers direct access
to nonprofit organizations and professional associations. Among the
first groups to contribute to this electronic clearinghouse are The
Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Alumnae Resources, Women's
Cancer Resource Center, San Francisco Commission on the Status of
Women, several chapters of the National Organization for Women, Students
Organizing Students, National Education Center for Women in Business,
and the Domestic Abuse Awareness Project. By entering the organizations'
virtual doors, users gain access to up-to-date action aslerts, calendar,
newsletters, resources and expert advice on health, politics, careers
and more. WWIRE is a subscriber-only service. Listing here is not
an endorsement or recommendation of the service, just a notice that
activist-oriented resources may be located here.
General: in...@wwire.net
Subscription: subs...@wwire.net (mail here to get SprintNet
numbers and a starter kit [Mac or Win3.1])
Telnet: wwire.net
Voice: +1 415 615 8989
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
----------------------
** FTP Sites **
* ftp.eff.org (ftp://ftp.eff.org/) - Electronic Frontier Foundation
* ftp.eff.org, /pub/CAF (ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/) - Computers & Academic
Freedom
* bell.com - MFJ Task Force archives of telecom regulatory issues
** Gopher Sites **
* gopher.eff.org (gopher://gopher.eff.org/) - Electronic Frontier Foundation
* gopher.eff.org, 1/CAF (gopher://gopher.eff.org/11/CAF) - Computers &
Academic Freedom
* bell.com - MFJ Task Force archives of telecom regulatory issues
** WWW Sites **
* http://www.eff.org/ - Electronic Frontier Foundation
* http://www.eff.org/pub/CAF/) - Computers & Academic Freedom file archives
* http://www.eff.org/CAF/ - other CAF resources
* http://www.eff.org/CAF/cl-index.html
(A live index to "newsy" civil-liberties related Net material)
** BBSs **
* Outpost - EFF Online +1 202 638 6120 (8N1, 300-14400bps V.32bis V.42bis)
+1 202 638 6119 (8N1, 300-14400bps V.32bis V.42bis,
16800bps ZyXEL protocol)
** FTPMail & Files-by-Email Servers **
* InterNIC Directory and Database Services Mail Server
This server provides access to information and services available from the
InterNIC's Directory and Database Services. The server is used principally
for access to the file archives, but other (free) services available from
Directory and Database services include the Directory and Database
Services X.500 server, which provides information on an institution or
person; Internet document databases; the Directory and Database Services
whois server, and much more. This valuable information is only an email
message away.
General: ad...@ds.internic.net
Server: mail...@ds.internic.net, message body: "HELP"
* Patent Titles Email Server
A project of Greg Aharonian's Internet Patent News Service, the PTES is
similar to an FTPmail system, "where people can retrieve lists of patent
titles dating back to 1970 for any USPTO class/subclass, and patent numbers
for additional patents dating back to the 1800's. The Patent Titles email
server is the first step in our efforts to make the entire USPTO APS patent
text database system accessible over the Internet. Approximately one
gigabyte of data has been prepared and attached to the Internet.
General: src...@world.std.com
Server: sea...@world.std.com, message body: "SENDTO <acc...@internet.site>"
and "SEND HELP" [each command on separate line.]
* Red Rock Eater Archives (RRE)
RRE mailing list's supplemental file archive, mostly material related to
the social and political aspects of computing and networking. Archive site
for TNO back issues (see The Network Observer, separate entry; cf. Red
Rock Eater News Service entry.)
Admin: rre-main...@weber.ucsd.edu
Server: rre-r...@weber.ucsd.edu, subject line: "archive help"
** Misc. Online Resources **
OTHER RESOURCES
---------------
* New York State Legislative Services (bill texts, etc.): 1 800 342 9860
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List. Government materials will be in a 3rd list some time soon. In the
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[** other than necessary reformatting, such as stripping of linefeeds/
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modification of the contents please. If you need to update something,
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new version distributed.]
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Note that some of this text is borrowed from the promotional literature of
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copied and to spread info, so I can't see there being any objections, but
if you are paranoid about reprint rights, best to contact the organizations
yourself and make sure it's ok. Before printing in any "real" publication,
it would be a good idea to do so anyway, just to make sure the info is
correct and current.
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