Xref: news.univie.ac.at news.lists:438 news.announce.newusers:159 news.answers:1837 Newsgroups: news.lists,news.announce.newusers,news.answers Path: news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!taronga!arielle From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) Subject: Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists, Part 2 Supercedes: Message-ID: <0JLGFLK@taronga.com> Followup-To: poster Organization: Taronga Park BBS References: Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 21:11:00 GMT Approved: arielle@taronga.com Expires: 18 Aug 92 21:00:00 GMT Lines: 1189 Archive-name: mailing-lists/part2 [This is the second of of three articles on mailing lists.] f-body Contact: f-body-request@boogie.ebay.sun.com (Richard Koch) Purpose: discussion of Camaros and Firebirds. f-mac Contact: brunyan%utmem2.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Bill Runyan) Purpose: Information on commentary on the musical group Fleetwood Mac as well as any work or projects that any of the members have been involved with, such as the solo work of singer Stevie Nicks. femail Contact: femail-request@lucerne.eng.sun.com (Ellen Eades) Purpose: The femail 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 correspondent's gender (for records and statistics only). NO exceptions. feminism-digest Contact: feminism-digest@ncar.ucar.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore) Purpose: This is actually a digest version of soc.feminism. It is intended for those who have difficulty getting soc.feminism or who prefer to read it all at once or whatever. ferrets Contact: ferret-request@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) {utzoo,utai,uunet}!cunews!latour!ecicrl!ferret-request Purpose: This is a mailing list for people who have or are merely interested in ferrets (Mustela Furo). Discussions are welcome on any subject relating to ferrets -- suitability as pets, health information, funny ferret stories etc. Fiction-Writers Contact: writers-request@studguppy.lanl.gov (Doug Roberts) Purpose: The Fiction Writers Group exists for two purposes: To give people interested in writing fiction professionally a support group of peers for 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 salable work. The group has handled mostly Science Fiction, Fantasy, and related genres, but is not restricted to them. Membership is open to anyone who has in interest in writing fiction regardless of previous experience or published/unpublished status. Members must be prepared to regularly contribute either by critiquing the work of others or presenting work for critique. filmmakers Contact: filmmakers-request@grissom.larc.nasa.gov Purpose: The Filmmakers' Mailing List deals with all aspects of motion picture production, with an emphasis on technical issues. Heavily stressed are construction and design issues for those working on tight budgets. It should be emphasized that the subject is film, and not video. firearms Contact: firearms-request@cs.cmu.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) Purpose: The mailing list 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. flamingo Contact: flamingo-request@esd.sgi.com (Laura Beatty) (reflector) flamingo-request@ddsw1.mcs.com (David Tamkin) (digests) Purpose: The list is for discussion among fans of the series "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" on the Fox television network. It is unmoderated. It is available both as a mail reflector and as a digest. The two formats distribute the same material, so the choice is strictly a matter of the subscriber's preference. flashlife Contact: flashlife-request@netcom.com (Carl Rigney) A mailing list for GMs of Shadowrun and other cyberpunk roleplaying games to discuss rules, scenarios, ask questions, make up answers, and similar fasfax. Flat-Fields Contact: Flat-Fields-Request@ucscb.ucsc.edu Purpose: Discussion of Bauhaus and the groups that came out of it. Also Gothic/Death Rock in general. folk-dancing Contact: tjw@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Terry J. Wood) {allegra,bellcore,cadre}!pitt!unix.cis.pitt.edu!tjw tjw@pittvms.bitnet Purpose: Any discussion of FOLK dancing. Areas of dance would include, but not be limited to: international, contra, square, western square morris, cajun, and barn dancing, etc. Please feel free to discuss such things as touring groups, artists, camps, workshops, styling, equipment, recordings, and so on. This mailing list also welcomes queries about where to find dance groups and how to get started dancing. Please note that the Folk Dancing Mailing List (FDML) operates in conjunction with the USENET newsgroup Rec.folk-dancing. Material in Rec.folk-dancing appears in the FDML. This mailing list is primarily for people who can not (or do not wish to) receive USENET. When subscribing to the FDML, please include several computer mail addresses AND a postal mail address (or phone number) as a last resort. FoxPro Contact: shevett@amber.mccc.edu (Dave Shevett) Purpose: Conversations relating to the FoxPro database system under PCDOS. Versions 1.02 and the new 2.0 system discussed. framers Contact uunet!apctrc!drd!framers-request framers-request@drd.com (Mark Lawrence) Purpose: A users forum for sharing of experiences and information about the framemaker desktop publishing package from Frame Technologies. The framemaker package is mainly prevalent on Suns but those using the DECWriter product under DECWindows may notice some _amazing_ similarities between the two and may have interest in this list. fsuucp Contact: fsuucp-request@polyslo.calpoly.edu (Christopher J. Ambler) Purpose: The FSUUCP mailing list is for the discussion, bug hunting, feature proposing, and announcements of the availability and release dates of FSUUCP, an MSDOS UUCP/mail/news package. FSUUCP is shareware, and includes uucico/uuxqt (with support for rmail and rnews (single, batched and compressed batch)), as well as readnews, postnews, mail, expire, uuq, uusnap, uulog, and a host of utilities. funky-music Contact: funky-music-request@apollo.lap.upenn.edu (George Zipperlen) -or- ...!rutgers!super.upenn.edu!apollo.lap.upenn.edu!funky-music-request Purpose: The funky-music mailing list is for the discussion of funk music, as well as rap, hip-hop, soul, r&b, and related varieties. Discussions of zydeco, reggae, salsa, soca, and similar gutsy street music are also welcome. Funk music is based on the rhythmic innovations pioneered by James Brown. Other notable artists in the genre are Parliament, Funkadelic, War, Earth Wind and Fire, the Meters, and Mandrill. Funky music has a dance-able beat to it, a soulful feel, and an underlying intelligence. All the varieties of music mentioned above, are funky. glove-list Contact: listserv@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. 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Any interested or curious Christian is welcome to join. gnu-manual Contact: internet: gnu-manual-request@a.cs.uiuc.edu usenet: uiucdcs!gnu-manual Purpose: "gnu-manual" members are volunteers who write, proofread, and comment on documents for a GNU Emacs Lisp programmers' manual. GRASS Contact: grass-server@wharton.upenn.edu Purpose: The GRASS (Generic Religions and Secret Societies) mailing list is a forum for the development of religions and secret societies for use in role-playing games. Both real-world and fictional religions and secret societies are covered. GRASS is an erratic volume, high signal-to-noise, mailing list. To subscribe, send mail to the CONTACT address with a subject of SUBSCRIBE Charlie Bucket. 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GURPS Contact: milliken@bbn.com (Walter Milliken) Purpose: The GURPS Digest is a collection of articles, discussion, and material related to Steve Jackson Games's GURPS role-playing game, including selected material from the Steve Jackson Games BBS. handicap Contact: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com 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". hang-gliding Contact: hang-gliding@midway.uchicago.EDU (Fareed Asad-Harooni) Purpose: Topics covering all aspects of hang-gliding and ballooning, for ultra-light and lighter-than-air enthusiasts. A second list may be joined by mailing to hang-gliding@virginia.edu (Galen Hekhuis). 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Much of the current discussion on the list concerns Live-Action Role Playing Games, which evolved out of improvisational theatre, conventional role-playing games, and complex "assassin"-type games. A typical game might involve thirty to eighty players taking the part of characters in a situation, with network of interconnecting motivations that provide the driving force for the action in the game. Live games have a small set of rules that simulate activities that would be impractical or unsafe to play out, and to simulate abilities of the character that the player may not possess. The majority of play consists of interacting with the other players "in character" to accomplish your character's goals and discover new ones. Games have been run with science fiction, fantasy, historical, and literary themes, as well as others that are difficult to classify. 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The moderator does filter and journalize submissions. info-aids Contact: info-aids@rainbow.UUCP --or-- {pacbell,apple,hoptoad,ucbvax}!well!rainbow!info-aids (Ken Davis) Purpose: to act as a clearinghouse for information, and discussion about AIDS, including alternative treatments, political implications, etc. Exchanges files with AIDNEWS@RUTVM1.BITNET. Open to anyone with the time and inclination to participate. Mailing list will be confidential and known only to the members. Anonymous postings will be accepted. (See also "aids" mailing list) info-altos Contact: info-altos-request@tiamat.fsc.com (Jim O'Connor & Mike Johnson) Purpose: Information and discussion about Altos computers. info-ccc Contact: uunet!xurilka!info-ccc-request (Luigi Perrotta) Purpose: The info-ccc mailing list will be devoted to the Concurrent C and Concurrent C++ programming languages. 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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. info-high-audio Contact: info-high-audio-request@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Thomas Krueger) Purpose: This list is for the exchange of subjective comments about high end audio equipment and modifications performed to high end pieces. Techniques used to modify equipment, especially, but not limited to, vacuum tube electronics are exchanged. Some comments may be subjective or intuitive and may not yet have a measurable basis. Other topics of discussion include turntables, arms and cartridges; preamplifiers, headamps and cartridge matching; speakers, amplifiers and matching; placement of speakers, and room treatments. Any comments that prevent an open exchange of ideas and techniques are not encouraged. Archives of projects will be maintained on csd4.csd.uwm.edu and available via anonymous ftp. Info-High-Audio is bi-directionally gatewayed with the USENET newsgroup rec.audio.high-end. info-ingres Contact: info-ingres-request@math.ams.com Purpose: To discuss the commercial version of Ingres. info-prime Contact: Info-Prime-Subscribe@List.Kean.EDU (automated subscription) Info-Prime-Request@List.Kean.EDU Purpose: INFO-PRIME is the discussion group/mailing list for users and administrators of Prime Computer equipment: 50-series (PRIMOS) and EXL series (Unix). info-solbourne Contact: info-solbourne-request@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul Graham) Purpose: Discussions & info about Solbourne computers. info-stratus Contact: Info-Stratus-Request@mike.lrc.edu (Richard Shuford) Purpose: This electronic mailing list is a user-centered and user-conducted forum for discussing the fault-tolerant machines produced by Stratus Computer Corporation and also their cousins, the IBM System/88 and Olivetti CPS-32. Info-Stratus is not intended to replace the vendor-provided support channels but to complement them. Subscribers to Info-Stratus will exchange technical information and tap the collective experience of a host of other professionals who use or develop software on Stratus- architecture systems, or who configure and maintain hardware in the Stratus environment. info-tahoe Contact: info-tahoe-request@uwm.edu --or-- uwm!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. This mailing list is also gatewayed into the inet list, comp.sys.tahoe info-vm Contact: info-vm-request@uunet.uu.net (Kyle Jones, and others) Purpose: Discussion and information exchange about the VM mail reader, which runs under GNU Emacs. info-vw Contact: info-vw-request@ames.arc.nasa.gov Purpose: This is a list for those who own, or are interested in, Volkswagens. Both air and water-cooled models are discussed. informix-list Contact: informix-list-request@rmy.emory.edu (Walt Hultgren) Purpose: An unmoderated list for the discussion of Informix software and related subjects. Topics include all Informix offerings, from C-ISAM to WingZ, plus third-party products. Membership is open to anyone, including end-users, vendors and employees of Informix Software, Inc. An optional gateway service of Informix-related articles from comp.databases is offered. Not affiliated with Informix Software, Inc. interest-groups Contact: nnsc.nef.net (128.89.1.178) Purpose: There is a document, "interest-groups", that can be obtained by anonymous ftp from nnsc.nef.net. The document contains a listing of most, if not all, of the current mailing lists. International Trade & Commerce Contact: info-request@tradent.wimsey.bc.ca Purpose: Discussions of International Trade, Commerce and the global economy including postings of company profiles, trade leads and topics pertaining to entrepreneurial ventures. InterText Contact: intertxt@network.ucsd.edu (Jason Snell) Purpose: InterText is a bi-monthly fiction magazine with over 1000 subscribers worldwide. InterText publishes in two formats: straight ASCII and PostScript (for Postscript compatible laser printers). For more information, to ask about subscribing, or for submission guidelines, maili intertxt@network.ucsd.edu. Back issues may be FTPed from network.ucsd.edu, in the /intertext directory. ipsc-managers Contact: ipsc-managers-request@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) Purpose: Discussion of administrating the Intel iPSC line of parallel computers. irchat Contact: irchat-request@cc.tut.fi (Kai 'Kaizzu' Kein{nen) Purpose: Discussion on irchat.el, a GNU Emacs interface to IRC, the Internet Relay Chat. italian-cars Contact: italian-cars-request@sol.crd.ge.com (richard welty) -or- ...!uunet!sol.crd.ge.com!italian-cars-request Purpose: discussion of italian-made automobiles iti151 Contact: iti151-request@oce.orst.edu (Paul O'Neill) {tektronix, hplabs!hp-pcd}!orstcs!oce.orst.edu!iti151-request Purpose: For users of Imaging Technology's series 150 and 151 image processing systems and ITEX151 software. The goal is to share algorithms, code, tricks, pitfalls, advice, etc. in an effort to decrease development time and increase functionality for the users of these systems. (Also, despite their good support, we customers may want to gang up on ITI someday!!) jewish Contact: avi_feldblum@att.com (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. jump-in-the-river Contact: jump-in-the-river-request@presto.ig.com (Michael C. Berch) -or- {apple,ames,rutgers}!bionet!ig!jump-in-the-river-request Purpose: Jump-in-the-river is a mailing list for the discussion of the music and recordings of Sinead O'Connor, and related matters such as lyrics, tour information. Unmoderated. khoros Contact: khoros-request@chama.unm.edu Purpose: to discuss the khoros software package, developed by Dr. Rasure, his staff, and his students at the University of New Mexico. Khoros is an integrated software development environment for information processing and visualization, based on X11R4. killifish Contact: killie-request@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Purpose: For people who keep and are interested in killifish, (family cyprinodontidae). 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. Kuharske Bukve Contact: Kuharske-Bukve@IJS.AC.Mail.YU (Polona Novak & Andrej Brodnik) Kuharske-Bukve@Uni-LJ.AC.Mail.YU Purpose: "Kuharskve bukve" is a moderated mailing list published weekly. Each issue brings one recipe previously tested by a member of editorial board. The recipes are formated. Language in them is Slovene only. The editors are happy to receive readers' opinions. lang-lucid Contact: lang-lucid-request@csl.sri.com (R. Jagannathan) 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. 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. lds Contact: lds-request@decwrl.dec.com -or- decwrl!lds-request Purpose: a forum for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (mormons) to discuss church doctrine, mormon culture and life in general. Non-members are welcome to join, but we're not interested in flame wars. liberal-judaism Contact: faigin@aerospace.aero.org (Daniel Faigin) Purpose: Non-judgemental discussions of liberal judaism (Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative, Secular Humanist, etc.) and liberal jewish issues, its practices, opinions, and beliefs. This list is moderated and is in digest format. libernet Contact: libernet-request@dartmouth.edu (Barry S. Fagin) Purpose: Libernet is a Libertarian mailing list. The list is available in two modes: as a mail reflector and as a digest. LickVista Contact: InfoVista-request@helios.ucsc.edu (Steve Allen) Purpose: Discussion of the use and development of the Vista astronomical data reduction package which originated at Lick Observatory. Linda Contact: linda-users-request@cs.yale.edu linda-users-request@yalecs.bitnet {cmcl2,decvax,harvard}!yale!linda-users-request Purpose: Discussion group for users and potential users of Linda based parallel programming systems. Linda is a set of operators that are added to various conventional programming languages to produce a parallel programming language. Linux-Activists Contact: linux-activists-request@niksula.hut.fi (Ari Lemmke) Purpose: Linux operating system hacking. Linux is now on a hackers only stage. More information is available by FTP from nic.funet.fi: /pub/OS/Linux/README. Llajta Contact: readingj@cerf.net (John Reading) Purpose: Llajta exists for the discussion of any and all topics relating to Bolivia. All communication regarding the list is sent to readingj@cerf.net and messages are redistributed manually as needed. Logo Contact: logo-friends-request@aiai.ed.ac.uk Purpose: Discuss the Logo computer language. lojban Contact: lojban-list-request@snark.thyrsus.com (John Cowan) Purpose: To use, discuss, and contribute to the development of the constructed human language called Lojban (known in earlier versions as Loglan). Lojban has a grammar based on predicate logic, and vocabulary built from the six most widely spoken human languages. It is intended as a tool for experimental linguistics, as a medium for communication with computers, and as a possible international auxiliary language. Lojban-list is an unmoderated mail reflector. New subscribers are asked to send their postal mailing addresses as well, so that they can be placed on the mailing list of The Logical Language Group, Inc., a non-profit organization. The postal mailing list provides materials that are useful in learning about the language. Lojban-list and LLG, Inc. are in no way affiliated with The Loglan Institute, Inc., or with James Cooke Brown, the founder of Loglan. lute Contact: lute-request@sunapee.dartmouth.edu (Wayne B. Cripps) Purpose: For lute players and researchers of lute music. MachTen Contact: MachTen-request@tenon.com (Leonard Cuff) Purpose: Discuss topics of interest to users of MachTen, a Mach/BSD Unix for all Macintoshes from Tenon Intersystems. This includes programming tips and examples, configuration questions, and discussion of problems and workarounds. People not currently using MachTen and wanting either general information or specific questions answered should not subscribe, but write to info@tenon.com. macgyver Contact: shari@cc.gatech.edu (Shari Feldman) Purpose: To discuss current and previous MacGyver episodes. We also discuss what is currently happening with the main and reoccuring actors on the show. mac-security Contact: mac-security-request@world.std.com (David C. Kovar) Purpose: This mailing list is for people interested in Macintosh security. This can be used to: * Discuss existing security problems in various Macintosh applications. * Discuss security applications, hardware, and solutions. * Discuss potential problems and their solutions. * Just about anything else related to Macintosh security and access control. With the arrival of System 7.0 and it's wealth of information sharing facilities, Macintosh security has entered a new era. Originally you only had to worry about someone getting into your Macintosh via the keyboard, or stealing it outright. Now it's much easier to browse through information on someone else's Macintosh over the network. magic Contact: magic-request@crdgw1.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Purpose: The MAGIC mailing list is for the discussion of sleight of hand and the art of magic. Membership to the list is restricted, as people who are merely curious are not encouraged to join. You must fill out a questionaire to qualify. manchester Contact: manchester-request@irss.njit.edu -or- uunet!irss.njit.edu!manchester-request (Eric Ng) Purpose: This list is primarily a forum where people interested in bands representative of the "Manchester" sound can get together for discussion. Examples of bands being discussed here include the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, the Charlatans, 808 State, Northside, etc. The definition of the Manchester sound is vague at best: use your best judgement when trying to determine if a group falls under the aegis of Manchester. Both list and weekly digest formats are available. martial-arts Contact: martial-arts-request@dragon.cso.uiuc.edu (Steven Miller) 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. Masonic Digest Contact: ptrei@mitre.org (Peter Trei) Purpose: The Masonic Digest is a moderated forum for discussion of Free Masonry, affiliated groups, and other fraternal orders. As moderator, I do not pass on ay message which contains or purports to contain material I am obliged to conceal, or which I believe members of other orders are obliged to conceal. Within that restriction, I am as liberal as possible. Postings from non-Masons are welcome. So is criticism, as long as it is reasoned and in good taste. MasPar Contact: mp-users@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Lee Iverson) Purpose: We have no restrictive charter, so are open to any and all discussions of hardware/software issues surrounding the use of the MasPar MP-1 class of parallel SIMD machines. These machines have a full-featured data-parallel instruction set and are programmable in Fortran90 and MPL, a K&R C with parallel data types. Matlab Contact: matlab-users-request@mcs.anl.gov (Chris Bischof) Purpose: Discussion group for users and potential users of the MATLAB numeric computation software from The MathWorks. MATLAB is an interactive matrix-oriented product for linear algebra, digital signal processing, equation solving, control system design, and other engineering and scientific applications. This mailgroup is administered by the independent MATLAB User Group. mazda-list Contact: mazda-list-request@ms.uky.edu (Joel Abbott) Purpose: Technical correspondance and discussion of Mazda-designed vehicles. MC68HC11 Contact: mc68hc11-request@elden.cse.nau.edu (Nick Sayer) Purpose: Discussions about the Motorola MC68HC11 family of microcontrollers. medphys Contact: medphys-request@radonc.duke.edu 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. Melissa Etheridge Contact: Etheridge-request@krylov.cnd.mogill.ca Purpose: The purpose of this list is to discuss Melissa Etheridge and her music. men Contact: mail-men-request@usl.com (Marcel Franck Simon) or att!usl!mail-men-request. Purpose: This digested mailing list discusses "men's issues." Both women and men may join. Mail-men is a place where men and women can discuss men's issues in an atmosphere of openness and support. Men's issues are those problems and experiences that affect male humans. miata Contact: miata-request@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Andy S Poling) Purpose: This list was formed when it became evident that there was a growing body of enthousiastic Mazda Miata owners. There are no rules governing what you can and cannot post to the list - it is an open forum. military Contact: military-request@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Purpose: Discussion of military technology, and related issues. This group is gatewayed to and from the Usenet newsgroup sci.military; all postings to the group are echoed to the list, and vice-versa. Both the group and list are moderated to prevent political flammage. miniatures Contact: bell@cs.unc.edu or ...!mcnc!unc!bell (Andrew Bell) Purpose: The Miniatures Digest is a courtesy of Andrew Bell. It is a forum for the discussion of painting, converting, and sculpting of miniature figures. mr2-interest Contact: mr2-interest-request@validgh.com (David Hough) Purpose: Discussion of Toyota MR2's, old and new. MST3K Contact: rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec) Purpose: MST3K is a moderated mailing list for fans of the television show "Mystery Science Theater 3000", which is shown on the Comedy Channel (available on various cable networks in North America). Requests to be added/deleted and submissions for the list itself should be sent to the address above; please include "mst3k" somewhere on the "Subject:" line of each message to ensure that it is filed correctly. Archives of the list are maintained, but are not FTP'able yet. mtxinu-users Contact: dunike!mtxinu-users-request mtxinu-users-request@nike.cair.du.edu Purpose: Discussion and bug fixes for users of the 4.3+NFS release from the Mt. Xinu folks. MUD Contact: jwisdom@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Joseph Wisdom) Purpose: If you are new in the MUD world, or are simply looking for new places to get into, try subscribing to Internet Games MUD-List today! Make sure to include the string "mud list" in the subject header. Music-Research Contact: Music-Research-Request@prg.oxford.ac.uk (Stephen Page) Purpose: The Music-Research electronic mail redistribution list was established after a suggestion made a meeting on Oxford in July 1986, to provide an effective and fast means of bringing together musicologists, music analysts, computer scientists, and others working on applications of computers in music research. As with any forum for discussion, there are certain subject areas which are of particular interest to the group of people on this list. Initially, the list was established for people whose chief interests concern computers and their applications to music representation systems, information retrieval systems for mucial scores, music printing, music analysis, musicology and ethnomusicology and tertiary music education. The following areas are not the principal conern of this list, although overlapping subjects may wewll be interesting: primary and secondary education, sound generation techniques and composition. Articles on electronic music, synthesizers, MIDI, etc, will be rejected at the request of the readers of the list. musicals Contact: musicals-request@world.std.com (Elizabeth Lear Newman) Purpose: This forum is intended for the general discussion of musical theater, in whatever form it make take, but related non-musical theater topics are welcome too. 90% of the traffic is the musicals-related flow from the newsgroup rec.arts.theatre. mustangs Contact mustangs-request@cup.hp.com (Gary Gitzen) or hplabs!hpda!mustangs-request Purpose: To discuss/share technical issues, problems, solutions, and modifications relating to late model (~1980+) Ford Mustangs. Some issues may also be relevant to other Fords. Flames and "my car is faster than your car" mailings are discouraged. mystery Contact: mystery-request@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Thomas Krueger) Purpose: Mystery is a mailing list for mystery and detective fiction. Reviews of works and discussions of plot, characterization, and other aspects will be discussed. The medium, whether novel, movie, or television series, is unimportant. NA-net Contact: na.join@na-net.ornl.gov Purpose: Numerical analysis discussions. To join the NA-NET send mail and in the message body specify the following three fields in any order: Lastname: Firstname: E-mail: NativeNet Contact: gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us (Gary S. Trujillo) Purpose: To provide information about and to discuss issues relating to indigenous people around the world, and current threats to their cultures and habitats (e.g. rainforests). Ncube Contact: ncube-users-request@cs.tufts.edu (David Krumme) Purpose: Exchange of information among people using NCUBE parallel computers. netblazer-users Contact: netblazer-users-request@telebit.com Purpose: To provide an unmoderated forum for discussions among users of Telebit NetBlazer products. Topics include known problems and workarounds, features discussions, and configuration advice. Network-Audio-Bits Contact: Murph@Maine.BITNET (Michael A. Murphy) Purpose: Network Audio Bits & Audio Software Review is a bi-monthly electronic magazine that features reviews of and information about current rock, pop, new age, jazz, funk, folk and other musical genres. A mixture of major label artists and independent recording artists can be found reviewed in these 'pages'. neuron Contact: neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Peter Marvit) Purpose: Neuron-Digest is a moderated list (in digest form) dealing with all aspects of neural networks (and any type of network or neuromorphic system). Topics include both connectionist models (artificial neural networks) and biological systems ("wetware"). Back issues and limited software is available via FTP from cattell.psych.upenn.edu. The Digest is gatewayed to USENET's comp.ai.neural-nets. newlists Contact: info@vm1.nodak.edu (Marty Hoag) Purpose: This is a mailing list "clearing house" for new mailing lists. Subscribers will get announcements of new lists that are mailed to this list. NewsCom Contact: starkid@ddsw1.mcs.com (Lance Sanders) Purpose: To make available synergies discerned in, and created from, print news media (up to a 12-year time-span). Many "facts," particulary scientific ones, have a habit of changing with time. NewsCommando shows extreme prejudice toward those articles whose contents exhibit "legs." The depth of insight possible using the information mosaic method can be staggering. A form of electronic magazine, NewsCommando can serve as a reference tool, offer unique jump-off points for Medline, PaperChase, or other searches, and, in many ways, is the "poor-man's IdeaFisher/IdeaBank." Vol. 1 will contain the following articles: ChemTao: Synergies In the Life Sciences EarthWatch1: Defining the Scope of Environmental Destruction Why Euthanasia Must Never Be Legalized Use "NewsCom request" in the "Subject:" field of message headers. Indicate article title(s) desired or "all" in body of message. Articles will be deposited in your mailbox with a "NewsCom/Vol.#" Subject header. Most will be in excess of 20K. Please group-save them to a file for later reading. nordic-skiing Contact: nordic-ski-request@graphics.cornell.edu (Mitch Collinsworth) Purpose: Discussion of nordic skiing sports. This includes cross-country, biathlon, ski-orienteering, ski jumping, nordic combined, telemark and back-country. nqthm-users Contact: nqthm-users-request@cli.com or nqthm-users-request@inf.fu-berlin.de Purpose: Discussion of theorem proving using the Boyler-Moore theorem prover, NQTHM. Offers lore, advice, information, discussion, help and a few flames. ntp Contact: ntp-request@trantor.umd.edu Purpose: Discussion of the Network Time Protocol. nucmed Contact: nucmed-request@uwovax.uwo.ca -or- trevorc@uwovax.uwo.ca (Trevor Cradduck) Purpose: A discussion of Nuclear Medicine and related issues. Of particular concern is the format of digital images. numeric-interest Contact: numeric-interest-request@validgh.com (David Hough) Purpose: Discussion of issues of floating-point correctness and performance with respect to hardware, operating systems, languages, and standard libraries. nwu-sports Contact: nwu-sports-request@tssi.com (Michael Nolan) Purpose: Information about and discussion of Northwestern University sports, also known as "da cats." Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253