============================================================================== RED CIENTIFICA PERUANA PAML4 ============================================================================== Subject: Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists, Part IV ================================= From: arielle@NeoSoft.com (Stephanie da Silva) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:46:11 GMT Reply-To: arielle@taronga.com [This is the fourth of four articles on mailing lists.] qn Contact: qn-request@queernet.org (Roger Klorese) Purpose: a mailing list for Queer Nation activists and for all interested in Queer Nation, an activist group devoted to furthering gay rights. The purpose of qn is to network among various Queer Nation chapters, discussion actions and tactics, and for general discussion of how to bring about Queer Liberation. Quanta Contact: da1n@andrew.cmu.edu Purpose: Quanta is an electronically distributed magazine of science fiction. Published monthly, each issue contains short fiction, articles and editorials by authors around the world and across the net. Quanta publishes in two formats: straight ascii and PostScript* for PostScript compatible printers. To subscribe to Quanta, or just to get more info, send mail. quattro Contact: quattro-request@aries.east.sun.com (David Tahajian) Purpose: To disuss Audi cars, and especially the AWD quattro models. All Audi-related discussion is welcome, including news, opinions, maintenance procdures and parts sources. Queen Contact: com@spacsun.rice.edu (Christopher Owen Miller) please include the word SUBSCRIBE as your subject Purpose: Discussion about the rock group Queen. race Contact: race-request@formula1.corp.sun.com Purpose: To discuss motocycle racing (primarily on asphalt tracks) and associated technologies. This is a fairly broad interest group, with experience spanning motojournalism, roadracing from the perspective of the pit crew and racers, and engineering. It is also possible to receive the list in digest form. racefab Contact: racefab-request@pms076.pms.ford.com Purpose: To discuss racing fabrication and engineering. Suitable topics include suspension geometry and configurations, anti-drive, anit-squat, control arm placement, shock and strut valving, spindle design, floating rear ends, pan-hard bars and watts linkages, cage construction, chassis reinforcement, bearing specs, sources for information and materials, etc. Please include the type of racing you're involved in (autox, circle track, road race) and the type of race cars/bikes you work/race on in your subscription request. recovery Contact: recovery@wvnvm.wvnet.edu (Jeff Brooks) Purpose: recovery is intended as a forum and support group for survivors of childhood sexual abuse/incest and/or their SO's. Postings are published in digest format and contributors may post anonymously. The emphasis is on healing and recovery through the use of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous as adapted for our purpose. REM Contact: valerie@athena.mit.edu (Valerie Ohm) Purpose: Discussion of the music and lyrics by the music group R.E.M. rockhounds Contact: rockhounds-request@infodyn.com (Tom Corson) Purpose: To exchange ideas, collecting sites, tips, and other information of general interest to gem and mineral collectors. RokPress Contact: TKosir@ACS.UCalgary.CA (Tomaz Kosir) or RokPress@IJS.AC.Mail.YU or RokPress@Uni-LJJ.AC.Mail.YU Purpose: RokPress is a moderated mailing list, intended primarily for news from Slovenia. Slovene is the principal language, although articles from Croatian and Serbian source are often included. It includes also news from international press and important announcements related to Slovenia and Slovenes. The volume is kept as low as possible. romanians Contact: romanians@sep.stanford.edu (Mihai Popovici) Purpose: Mailing list for discussion, news, and information in the Romanian language. rune-quest Contact: RuneQuest-Request@Glorantha.Holland.Sun.COM (Henk Langevald) Purpose: The RuneQuest Digest is a courtesy of Andrew Bell. It is a collection of articles, discussion, and source material for use with Chaosium's Runequest fantasy role-playing game. rush Contact: rush-request@syrinx.umd.edu Purpose: fans of the Canadian rock group Rush discuss things about the group and its music. S-news Contact: S-news-request@stat.wisc.edu (Douglas Bates) Purpose: Information and discussion about the S language for data analysis and graphics. sappho Contact: sappho-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu (regis m. donovan) Purpose: A forum and support group for gay and bisexual women. The list is not moderated, but may become so if the volume and/or content begins to warrant it. A digest version is available; if you want it, be sure to mention it in your addition request. Men who want to "listen in," for whatever reason, are requested to use the feminist and alternates mailing lists instead; sappho membership is limited to women. SATNEWS Contact: listserv@orbital.demon.co.uk Purpose: SATNEWS is the mailing list for Satnews, a bi-weekly report of events in the satellite television industry worldwide. To subscribe to the list, write to listserv@orbital.demon.co.uk with 'subscribe satnews ' as the first line in the message body, replacing with your real name, not your e-mail address. sca Contact: sca-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu (Danulf Donaldson, MKA Dana Groff) Purpose: This group discusses anything relating to the Society for Creative Anachronism, a world-wide medievallist organization. Anyone in the Society (or interested in it) is welcome to join. Those with basic questions about the Society should direct them to justin@inmet.com (Justin du Coeur, MKA Mark Waks), who will be happy to answer them. (Please note that the mailing list is not officially related to the SCA in any way; it is simply a group of talkative members). The SCA mailing list is gatewayed into the rec.org.sca newsgroup. sca-west Contact: sca-west-request@ecst.csuchico.edu Purpose: This list is to serve those persons who have a desire to discuss, share, etc., items of interest to the Society of Creative Anachronism members in the west and thereby reduce traffic on the Rialto (rec.org.sca) of subjects that might be considered too local; but there is really no restriction on any subject. It is for those members that are in the West Kingdom, which includes Northern and Central California, Northern Nevada, Alaska, Australia, and Japan. Anyone is welcome to join, though. This is strictly a mail list; there is no echo to a newsgroup. To subscribe, send a message with "subscribe [name]" on the first line of the message to sca-west-request@ecst.csuchico.edu. scoann Contact: scoann-request@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) Purpose: The SCO Announce mailing list is a moderated announcements list providing product update and new product announcements supplied by SCO or by developers offering SCO based products. Submissions for the list should be addressed to scoannmod@xenitec.on.ca The "scoann" mlist is bi-directionally gatewayed with the USENET biz.sco.annouce newsgroup. scogen Contact: scogen-request@xenitec.on.ca (Geoff Scully) Purpose: This group will be beneficial to any one interested or currently using Santa Cruz Operation products. This mailing list is a single area where discussions and information can be exchanged regarding ALL SCO products. The "scogen" mlist is bi-directionally gatewayed with the USENET biz.sco.general newsgroup. scoodt Contact: scoodt-request@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) Purpose: The SCO Open Desktop electronic mailing list is intended to provide a communications vehicle for interested parties to provide, request, submit, and exchange information regarding the configuration, implementation, and use of the SCO Open Desktop operating system as available from The Santa Cruz Operation. All submissions will be posted as received with appropriate author attribution. Questions are welcome. Someone may even answer them. The "scoodt" mlist is bi-directionally gatewayed with the USENET biz.sco.opendesktop newsgroup. scribe Contact: scribe-hacks-request@decwrl.dec.com 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. SDAnet Contact: st0o+SDA@andrew.cmu.edu (Steve Timm) Purpose: SDAnet is a list for and about Seventh-day Adventists. It is a moderated list. Anyone may post or subscribe. Secular Humanist Group Contact: secular-humanist-request@sugar.neosoft.com (Jim Thompson) Purpose: to provide a moderated forum for the discussion of secular lifestyles and philosophies among atheists, agnostics, and secular humanists. Theists may join the list; however, proselytizing and debates over God and religion will be referred to more appropriate forums. security Contact: uunet!zardoz!security-request (Neil Gorsuch) or security-request@cpd.com Purpose: to notify of unix security flaws BEFORE they become public knowledge, and to provide unix security enhancement programs and information. Most postings are explanations of specific unix security "holes", including fixes or work-arounds to prevent their usage. This list is not intended for discussions of general and/or theoretical security issues. It is joined at the pleasure of the applicant's system administrator and the list administrator. Requests to join must be mailed from a system administration account and must specify (1) the full name of the recipient; (2) the address to send the list to; (3) the address of the contact person for that site (if different from (2)); (4) whether you want moderated digests or "reflected" postings. sf-lovers Contact: sf-lovers-request@rutgers.edu (Saul Jaffe) Purpose: SF-LOVERS has discussed many topics, all of them related in some way to the theme of science fiction and fantasy. The topics have ranged very widely from rewritten stories, SF and fantasy books, SF movies, and SF conventions to reviews of books, movies and television shows. The range of topics is quite wide and anyone is welcome to submit material on these or other topics of interest in this general area. The digest has a very large number of readers, and trivial messages are strongly discouraged due to the heavy load SF-LOVERS puts on the hosts CPU and disk space. Messages to SF-LOVERS are batched and broadcast periodically. Please be sure to read the file SFLOVERS.POLICY available from the archives. For INTERNET subscribers, all requests to be added to or deleted from this list should be sent to SF-LOVERS-REQUEST@RUTGERS.EDU. BITNET subscribers may issue the following command: TELL LISTSERV at RUTVM1 command SFLOVERS "name" where "command" is either SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE as appropriate. Problems and administrative questions should always be sent to SF-LOVERS-REQUEST@RUTGERS.EDU. siege Contact: siege-request@bransle.ucs.mun.ca Purpose: The siege mailing list is intended for the dicussion of pre-black powder methods of attack and defence of fortified positions. While the discussion of the downfall of the great siege engines caused by the advent of portable, and powerful cannons is important, I would like this to be somewhat minimized. Topics appropriate for discussion include physics, mechanics, materials, construction, transportation, terminology, historic evidence of use, historical reconstruction, common myths and misconceptions and so on. To subscribe, send mail to siege-request@bransle.ucs.mun.ca and include a single line saying: subscribe siege . SFRaves Contact: sfraves-request@soda.berkeley.edu (Brian Behlendorf) Purpose: SFRaves is about the "rave" club scene in San Francisco. Even though it's locally focused, people from all over the world are on SFRaves. It is an unmoderated list. SkillsBank Contact: sun!kass!richard (Richard Karasik) Purpose:I'd like to get people together on a mailing list who are willing to share their skills with others - not just the computist ones, althogh that's handy to know, but some of the oddball ones that we all seem to have aquired. Ground rules: the list is not going to be publicly available but requests to the list for specific skills will be passed on to the people that have them, and they can decide about the level of participation they want to have. The only public piece that will be mailed around is the new skills that have been added, and the new requests for assistance. I am open to any other suggestions for how to make this work. smail3-users Contact: smail3-users-request@cs.athabascau.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) Purpose: The smail3-users mailing list is targeted towards those who administer smail3.X based mailers. Discussion of operational problems and fixes, specialized configurations, and other topics related to the day-to-day operation of smail3.X are found here. The list does not discuss smail 2.5 issues. (Smail 2.5 is an unrelated piece of software that appeared in the comp.sources.unix archives under the archive name "smail3.") Questions about smail 2.5 should be directed to the newsgroup comp.mail.misc. Smail3-users deals primarily with operational issues. If you're interested in technical discussions on smail3 internals, consider joining smail3-wizards. smail3-wizards Contact: smail3-wizards-request@cs.athabascau.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) Purpose: Smail3-wizards is a discussion forum for people who are actively porting, debugging, and extending smail3.X. Discussion should be limited to topics concerning smail3 internals. Questions about smail3 installation and operation should be directed to the smail3-users list. Smallmusic Contact: smallmusic-request@xcf.berkeley.edu (Craig Latta) Purpose: A work group has formed to discuss and develop an object- oriented software system for music. The current environment is Smalltalk 80. If you are interested in joining the discussion, email smallmusic-request@xcf.berkeley.edu with the subject line "add me". smiths-fans Contact: larryn@csufres.csufresno.edu Purpose: We are a mailing list dedicated to the music of the rock group, The Smiths. Though the group is no longer together, we feel there is a substantial enough body of work to keep a list such as this going. Topics include discussion/interpretation of lyrics, work being done currently by members, and other intellectual concerns. Societies Contact: societies-request@athena.mit.edu Purpose: Discussion of Greek letter societies of all sorts, primarily those which are at American colleges. Flamage not encouraged by list owners; no affiliation with one is required. Currently unmoderated. Please include your most reliable Internet-accessible address in your subscription request. Software Entrepreneurs Contact: softpub-request%toolz.uucp@mathcs.emory.edu (Todd Merriman) -or- ...!emory!slammer!toolz!softpub-request Purpose: The Software Entrepreneurs Mailing List is devoted to the interests of entrepreneural software publishing, including (but not limited to) shareware. The forum is completely open. sonify Contact: sonify-request@doppler.ncsc.org (Tom Palmer) Purpose: To discuss all aspects of "sonification". Sonification is the mapping of data values to audio, used typically as an adjunct to traditional scientific visualization. sports-cards Contact: cards-request@tanstaafl.uchicago.edu (Keane Arase) Purpose: For people interested in collection, speculation and investing in baseball, football, basketball, hockey and other trading cards and/or memoribilia. Discussion and want/sell lists are welcome. Open to anyone. SQL-sybase Contact: sybase-request@apple.com Purpose: This is an semi-unmoderated mailing list for sharing information about the Sybase SQL server and related products. stagecraft Contact: stagecraft-request@jaguar.cs.utah.edu (Brad Davis) Purpose: This list is for the discussion of all aspects of stage work, including (but not limited to) special effects, sound effects, sound reinforcement, stage management, set design and building, lighting design, company management, hall management, hall design, and show production. This is not a forum for the discussion of various stage productions (unless the discussion pertains to the stagecraft of a production), acting or directing methods (unless you know of ways to get actors to stand in the right spots), film or video production (unless the techniques can be used on the stage). The list will not be moderated unless problems crop up. Archives will be kept of the discussion (send mail to stagecraft-request for copies). stardent-users Contact: stardent-users@antares.mcs.anl.gov Purpose: The stardent-users mailing list provides a forum for discussion of using/programming computers manufactured by Stardent Computer. The discussion is intended to cover programming topics (e.g. XFDI, phigs+, Dore, parallel and/or vectorizaton techniques, etc.), using one of their computers as an application engine for a Stardent software package or a third party package (e.g. AVS, Quanta, NMR1/2, etc.), or any other threads deamed applicable (e.g. customer service, fallout of merger, etc). The list will not be moderated, and it is hoped that it will generate enough interest to justify a news group. Star Fleet Battles Contact: hcobb@fly2.berkeley.edu (Henry J. Cobb) Purpose: The SFB Tacticsline exists for discussion of tactics of the SFB game, and as a contact point for SFB PBeM games. stormbringer Contact: stormbringer-request@ocf.Berkeley.EDU Purpose: The Stormbringer mailing list exists for both the fans of Michael Moorcock's books and those who enjoy Chaosium's games, STORMBRINGER and HAWKMOON. stormcock Contact: stormcock-request@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Paul Davison) Purpose: For general discussion and news concerning the music of Roy Harper, a folk-rock musician with a conscience. Recommendations and news concerning similar artists are encouraged. The list is set up as a mail reflector. NB: Some internet sites may have to route mail through the UK internet gateway, "nsfnet-relay.ac.uk". Also, in some exceptional circumstances we may have to refuse membership because we get charged for mail to certain addresses in the uucp domain. sun-386i Contact: sun-386i-request@ssg.com (Rick Emerson) Purpose: Discussion and information about the 386i-based Sun machines. sun-managers Contact: sun-managers-request@eecs.nwu.edu Purpose: Information of special interest to managers of sites with Sun workstations or servers. sun-nets Contact: sun-nets-request@umiacs.umd.edu Purpose: Discussion and information on networks using Sun hardware and/or software. 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. t3 Contact: t3-request@ncsugn.ncsu.edu (Ted H. Emigh) Purpose: Discussion of T3, a WYSIWYG (almost) scientific word processing system for MS-DOS computers. tadream Contact: tadream-request@vacs.uwp.edu (Dave Datta) Purpose: Tadream is a forum for discussions about Tangerine Dream and related artists. The discussions are not moderated, but discussions should have some small relation to Tangerine Dream (solo works and instrumentation discussions are welcome). The list is set up both as a mail relay and a daily digest. (alternate mail-paths: ....uwm!uwpvacs!tadream-request, uwpvacs!tadream-request@uwm.edu) Talon-Eclipse-Laser Contact: diginst!todd@radius.com (Todd Day) Purpose: For owners and admirers of Talon, Eclipse or Laser automobiles. tandem Contact: tandem-request@hobbes.ucsd.edu Purpose: A mailing list for tandem bicycle enthusiasts. Suitable topics include questions and answers related to tandem componentry, riding technique, brands and equipment selection, prices, clubs, rides and other activities, cooperating on a section on tandems for the rec.bicycles.* FAQ, etc. tandy4k Contact: ...!{psu-cs,reed,ogcvax}!qiclab!tandy4k-users (Steven Neighorn) Purpose: A mailing list for owners, users, and other interested parties of the Intel 80386-based Tandy 4000 Microcomputer. The list will contain problems encountered, hints, program source code, and anything else related to the operation of Tandy's newest entry into the world of microcomputers. tcad Contact: tcad-request@iec.ufl.edu (Mark Law) Purpose: This mailing list ihas been set up to serve the needs of users and software developers of TCAD ( technology computer aided design ) codes. These codes typicaaly aid the the IC process designer in developing, debugging, and optimizing new and old processes. The group discusses software such as PISCES, SUPREM, FABRICS, SAMPLE, SIMPL, and MINIMOS. tcp-group Contact: tcp-group-request@ucsd.edu Purpose: Discussion about promoting TCP/IP use on Ham packet radio. tears4-fears Contact: tears4-fears-request@ms.uky.edu (Joel Abbot) Purpose: Discussion of the music group Tears For Fears. tekumel Contact: tekumel-request@ssdc.honeywell.com (Brett Slocum) Purpose: This mailing list exists to discuss the world of Tekumel, the fantasy world invented by M.A.R. Barker in the roleplaying games "Empire of the Petal Throne" and "Swords and Glory", and the DAW novels "Man of Gold" and "Flamesong". Anything related to Tekumel is welcome: game modifications, accounts of campaigns, questions, fiction, tables, NPCs, tips for converting to new game systems, etc. Listeners as well as contributors are welcome. This list is in digest format and is mailed when submissions warrant it (weekly if possible). TeleUSErs Contact: TeleUSErs-request@telesoft.com (Charlie Counts) Purpose: To promote the interchange of technical information, examples, tips, etc., among the users of TeleUSE. The TeleUSErs mailing list is unmoderated. (Mail for TeleSoft TeleUSE Technical Support shoud NOT be sent to the list, technical support email should be sent to guisupport@telesoft.com). Testing-Archive Contact: testing-archive-request@ernie.cs.uiuc.edu (Brian Marick) Purpose: The purpose of Testing-Archive is to collect and archive material for software testing practitioners and researchers who are too busy to read ongoing discussions. Therefore, typical messages will be abstracts of technical reports, announcements of testing tools (both commercial and noncommercial), reviews of testing tools, and summaries of discussions from other mailing lists or newsgroups. The mailing list will be archived and made available for anonymous FTP via cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/testing/archiveXX. The list is unmoderated. Testing-Research Contact: testing-research-request@ernie.cs.uiuc.edu (Brian Marick) Purpose: Testing-Research is a forum for testing researchers to discuss current and future research at greater length (and with perhaps lower "density") than in Testing-Archive. The goal of Testing-Archive is to create a historical record; the goal of Testing-Research is to create a community. Since testing is one of the most down-to-earth kinds of software engineering research, testing practitioners are welcomed. Messages about practice should be the kind that can guide or improve research; messages that can improve practice should go in comp.software-eng. This list is unmoderated. theatre Contact: theatre-request@world.std.com (Elizabeth Lear Newman) Purpose: This forum is intended for the general discussion of theater, in whatever form it may take. This list is primarily a gateway for the traffic in the newsgroup rec.arts.theatre. they-might-be Contact: they-might-be-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu Purpose: Discussion of the musical group They Might Be Giants. think-c Contact: think-c-request@ics.uci.edu (Mark Nagel) Purpose: This list exists to discuss the Think C compiler for the Macintosh. Acceptable topics include discussion of compiler problems and solutions/workarounds, discussion of object-oriented programming and Macintosh programming, and the sharing of source code. Associated with this list is an archive stored on ics.uci.edu accessible via ftp and a mail archive server (archive-server@ics.uci.edu). Submissions to the archive should go to think-c-request. thunderbird Contact: htunca@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Han Tunca) Purpose: The purpose of the group will be to discuss all aspects of the Ford Thunderbird Automobiles. The mailing list is not limited to any model year. tinymuck-sloggers Contact: tinymuck-sloggers-request@piggy.ucsb.edu (Robert Earl) Purpose: Forum for programmers, wizards, and users of the extensible, programmable TinyMUD derivative known as TinyMUCK (current version: 2.2). tinymush-programmers Contact: tinymush-programmers-request@cygnus.com Purpose: Discussion devoted to the programming language integral to the TinyMUSH subfamily of mud servers. (See the rec.games.mud FAQ for more general information about muds). toad Contact: toad-request@fig.cadence.com (James Jerpseth) Purpose: This list is a forum to exchange concert and other pertinent information about the band "Toad the Wet Sprocket." In order to keep the noise to signal ratio low, this list will filter out FAQ and transmit only new or useful information. TolkLang Contact: tolklang-request@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Julian Bradfield) Purpose: Discussions of the linguistic aspects of J.R.R. Tolkien's works. This covers everything from Elvish vocabulary and grammar to his use of Old English. The list is (lightly) moderated. torg Contact: torg-request@morticia.cnns.unt.edu (Clay Luther) Purpose: Torg is the mailing list dedicated to the infiniverse of West End Game's "Torg, the Possibility Wars" Roleplaying Game. towers Contact: bill@wrangler.wlk.com (Bill Kennedy) Purpose: General discussion on the subject of NCR Tower computers. Gatewayed with comp.sys.ncr toyota Contact: toyota-request@quack.sac.ca.us Purpose: The charter of the list is for the discussion on almost any subject to owners and prospective owners of all models of Toyota consumer passenger vehicles and light trucks. transputer Contact: transputer-request@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu 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. traveller Contact: traveller-request@engrg.uwo.ca (James T. Perkins) Purpose: This mailing list exists to discuss the TRAVELLER Science Fiction Role Playing Game, published by Game Designers' Workshop. All variants of Traveller (Traveller 2300, MegaTraveller), and Traveller games (Snapshot, Trillion Credit Squadron, etc.) are included, too. Discussion is unmoderated and open to all facets and levels of Traveller discussion. Listeners as well as contributors are welcome. tx-firearms Contact: tx-firearms-request@frontier.lonestar.org Purpose: The tx-firearms mailing list has been created to keep interested parties aware of Texas firearms laws, hunting seasons and regulations, pending legislation, group meetings, competition schedules, basically anything related to firearms in the State of Texas. The list is not moderated and is available to anyone. uk-hockey Contact: uk-hockey-request@uk.ac.hw.cs (Steve Salvini) Purpose: This is an open invitation to followers of hockey in the UK to join a mailing list dedicated to the discussion of (ice!) hockey in Britain. At present we are mailing out news, gossip, league tables, match reports and results on a fairly regular basis. uk-motss Contact: uk-motss-request@pyra.co.uk (Internet) or uk-motss-request@uk.co.pyra (JANet) or uk-motss-request%pyrltd.uknet (Brain dead JANet mailers) Purpose: The uk-motss mailing list is for gay people in the UK, or those who are interested in the UK gay scene / politics. It is a supportive environment for those unwilling or unable to read the soc.motss newsgroup, and confidentiality is assured. Anonymous posting is available. UK-RAVE Contact: listserv@orbital.demon.co.uk Purpose: UK-RAVE is a mailing list for discussion about all aspects of rave culture in the UK: raves, clubs, record shops, radio, records and anything else to do wtih the underground dance music scene. To subscribe to the list, write to listserv@orbital.demon.co.uk with 'subscribe uk-rave ' as the first line in the message body, replacing with your real name, not your e-mail address. ultralite-list Contact: ultralite-list-request@starnet.starconn.com (Brian Smithson) Purpose: Discussion forum for users or potential users of the original NEC UltraLite PC1701 and PC1702 computers (the V30-based notebook computer with a 1MB or 2MB silicon hard disk, not the newer 286- and 386-based models). Topics include general information, tips, techniques, applications, experiences, and sources for hardware, software, accessories, and information. Unisys Contact: unisys-request@bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller) Purpose: Discussion of all Unisys products and equipment. United We Stand Contact: subscribe@xamiga.linet.org Purpose: For the newly formed independent political party, largely endorsed by presidential candidate Ross Perot. Features a monthly mailing list, transcripts of speeches, and articles about how to contact branches in your area of the United States. Send subscription requests to subscribe@xamiga.linet.org using this format: #united username@domain; UPS-alumni Contact: ups_alumni-request@stephsf.com (Bill England) Purpose: The mailing list has been put together ostensibly for the purpose of linking graduates of The University of Puget Sound. This list will also help those interested keep abreast of current events and changes at the University. Commercial postings are prohibited. uruguay Contact: uruguay-request@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Raul Polakof) Purpose: A mailing list for general discussions and information. To subscribe, please send name, e-mail, topics of interest, and (optionally), address and phone number. Spanish is the dominent language in this group. usenet-oracle Contact: oracle-admin@cs.indiana.edu (Steve Kinzler) Purpose: An active, cooperative effort for creative humor. The Usenet Oracle answers any questions posed to it. Send mail to oracle@cs.indiana.edu with the word "help" in the subject line for complete details on how to participate. A distribution list is available for receiving compilations of the best Usenet Oracle answers (the Usenet Oracularities, also posted to rec.humor.oracle). NOTE: This is wholly unrelated to the Oracle (tm) database software or company. utne-salon-list Contact: utne-salon-request@netcom.com (Bill Sheppard) Purpose: Discussion relating to the Utne Reader Neighborhoood Salon Association, a group facilitating community discussion groups around the country where interested citizens can meet with other neighbors and community members to discuss any topics of interest, be they deeply philosophical or trivially important. UUG-dist Contact: uug-dist-request@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein) Purpose: Discussion of Unify Corporations Database products including Unify, Accell/IDS, Accell/SQl and Accell/"generic database engine." UUs-L Contact: uus-l@info.terraluna.org (Automated Info Server) uus-lman@terraluna.org (Steve Traugott) Purpose: UUs-L is a global meeting place for Unitarian Universalists and anyone going our way. The list's intent is to provide a forum for sharing of UU-related information across district and regional boundaries; to bring into contact people and ideas who normally would never have met; and to foster discussion of functional and structural innovations we can make in our organizations and world. To subscribe to UUs-L, send the following in the body of a message to LISTSERV@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu: SUBSCRIBE UUs-L Your Name vampire Contact: vampire-request@math.ufl.edu Send "sub vampire" as the first line of a message to the above address. Purpose: There is now a mailing list dedicated to the White Wolf Role-Playing game, "Vampire". Those who may be interested in the subject, but are not familiar with the game itself are also invited to join. 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