Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (Last changed: 22 February 1987)
use...@gatech.uucp
[Most recent change: 22 February 1987 by sp...@gatech.edu]
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 sp...@gatech.edu
Groups listed in this posting
mail.alternates
mail.amiga-minix
mail.anime
mail.blues
mail.christian
mail.clu
mail.compress
mail.desktop
mail.esperanto
mail.feminists
mail.firearms
mail.frplist
mail.gnu-manual
mail.handicapped
mail.horse
mail.info-sendmail
mail.kites
mail.info-futures
mail.isi
mail.jazz
mail.jewish
mail.larn
mail.martial-arts
mail.medphys
mail.men
mail.new-age
mail.ocean.policy
mail.OtherRealms
mail.sco-xenix
mail.scribe
mail.security
mail.sf-writers
mail.supercomputers
mail.sysops
mail.tartan-c
mail.teehee
mail.transputer
mail.wobegon
mail.zilog
ug.bizarre
Specific Information on Groups
mail.alternates
Contact: alter...@tekla.tek.com -or-
tektronix!tekla!alternates (Hank Buurman)
Purpose: Mail.alternates is an e-mail group of people whom
advocate, and/or practice an open sexual lifestyle. Its 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.amiga-minix
Contact: amiga-min...@ulowell.edu -or-
...{apollo,masscomp,wanginst}!ulowell!amiga-minix-request
Purpose: Discussions on porting the MINIX operating system to the
Commodore Amiga.
mail.anime
Contact: ihnp4!oliveb!long (Dave Long)
Purpose: To provide information exchange for Japanese animation fen.
mail.blues
Contact: ...!{decvax,ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-j!rsk -or- r...@cc.purdue.ee
Purpose: Similar to the jazz mailing list, only oriented towards
blues.
mail.christian
Contact: mimsy.umd.edu!brillig!mailjc-request
mailjc-...@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.clu
Contact: mcvax!tucos!jokinen (Matti Jokinen)
Purpose: Exchange of CLU software. Complete programs are welcome
but even more desirable are separate routines and clusters that can be
used in many different applications. Also of interest are modules
written in special assembly languages that are used to accompany CLU
implementations.
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.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.firearms
Contact: {ihnp4,cbosgd}!cbrma!firearms-request --or--
firearms...@cbrma.att.com
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.frplist
Contact: mcvax!ukc!warwick!frplist (Russell Quin)
Purpose: mail.frplist is for people interested in designing or
running Role Playing Games or Campaigns; all kinds of Rolegaming
(including SF) are included.
The list does not reach the ARPA net at this time, so you must
supply a uucp path relative to a *major* uucp site in order to join
the list.
mail.gnu-manual
Contact:
internet: gnu-manua...@a.cs.uiuc.edu
csnet: gnu-m...@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.handicapped
Contact: ...!{decvax,philabs}!bunker!wtm
Purpose: To provide an information/discussion exchange for issues
dealing with the physically/mentally handicapped. Topics include,
but are not limited to: medical, education, legal, technological
aids.
mail.horse
Contact: {decvax,harvard,ihnp4,seismo}!ccv.bbn.com!horse-request
horse-...@ccp.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.
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.kites
Contact:
(USA/Canada/Europe):
{ihnp4,uw-beaver!ubc-vision!alberta,utcsri}!sask!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.info-futures
Contact: harvard!bu-cs!info-futures-request -or-
info-futures-request%bu...@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.isi
Contact: ...!harvard!lownlab!info-isi-request
Purpose: discussions about Integrated Solutions computers, both
equipment and software.
mail.jazz
Contact: {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!watbun!kgdykes
Purpose: discussions of various flavors of Jazz Music
mail.jewish
Contact: {cbatt,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 rec.religion.misc.
mail.larn
Contact: ..{ihnp4,sdcsvax}!jack!wolf!malice
Submissions: ..{ihnp4,sdcsvax}!jack!wolf!larn
Purpose: To provide an orderly forum to all the larn-addicts that have
been keeping net.games and net.sources.bugs busy recently. I will try
to send out a digest as often as I can, or as the submission load warrants.
mail.martial-arts
Contact: seismo!brillig.umd.edu!martial-arts-request
martial-ar...@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: {seismo,allegra,decvax,harvard,cmcl2}!rochester!mail-men-request
mail-men...@rochester.ARPA
Purpose: This digested mailing list discusses "men's issues" just
as mail.feminists discusses those of women. Both women and men may
join.
mail.new-age
Contact: ...!{ihnp4,sun}!hoptoad!tim
**DEFUNCT** Replaced by the "talk.religion.newage" group.
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,seismo}!sun!plaid!fanzine
plaid!fan...@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
"mod.mag.otherrealms" but will also continue as a mailing list
for those individuals unable to receive that group.
mail.sco-xenix
Contact: ...!ihnp4!mb2c!edsdrd!ahxenix!bob (Bob Leffler)
Purpose: A non-SCO sponsered group of SCO Xenix Users. Topics
include general Xenix problems, porting Unix applications to Xenix,
and problems with SCO Support.
mail.scribe
Contact: scribe-hac...@utah-cs.arpa -or-
...!ihnp4!utah-cs!scribe-hacks-request
Submissions: scribe...@utah-cs.arpa -or-
...!ihnp4!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!aburt
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.
mail.sf-writers:
Contact: Brian.Y...@maps.cs.cmu.edu --or-- ch...@sun.COM
Purpose: A group of people sharing information on writing in the
SF and Fantasy genre. The group also passes around work in
progress for critique. An electronic form of the writers group.
mail.supercomputers
Contact: supercompu...@nyu.ARPA -or- cmcl2!supercomputer-request
Submissions: superc...@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.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.teehee
Contact: ...!{clyde,decwrl,hplabs}!amdcad!teehee-request
teehee-...@amdcad.amd.com
Purpose: A "best of rec.humor" mailing list. Other amusing articles
from other sources will be included from time to time. There will be
*NO* run-on puns.
All material mailed in this list is sent as cleartext and not
rotated. As such, there may be material not suitable for the
faint of heart.
Addition to a separate list of nonoffensive material is possible
upon request.
mail.transputer
Submissions: trans...@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.wobegon
Contact: ....!{decuac,seismo}!hadron!wobegon-request (Joe Yao)
Purpose: A place for shy people to meet over bisquits.
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.
ug.bizarre
Contact: mit-eddie!frog!john (John Woods)
Purpose: This is a limited distribution newsgroup
intended to take the place of the net.bizarre former newsgroup.
It is not a mailing list in the true sense of the word, but
a newsgroup with a selected distribution. Contact John for
further details.