From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.lists,news.announce.newusers,news.answers
Subject: Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists, Part II
Date: 19 Aug 92 09:43:34 GMT
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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.

FASE
    Contact: fase@cs.uh.edu

    Purpose: FASE (Forum for Academic Software Engineering) provides
    a forum for communication among academic educators who teach
    software engineering.  Submissions are compiled and mailed to
    subscribers approximately monthly.

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) 

    Purpose: The list is for unmoderated discussion among fans of the 
    series "Parker Lewis" (formerly "Parker Lewis Can't Lose") on the 
    Fox television network.  It is available both as a mail reflector 
    and as a digest.  The two formats distribute the same material; 
    please state your preference when you subscribe.

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+@pitt.edu	(Terry J. Wood)
		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!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 prevalent on UNIX
    workstations (including NeXT), MacIntoshes and PCs running MS-Windows.  
    This list is _not_ a replacement for 'comments@frame.com' (the 
    vendor's support e-mail address).

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. Eric Townsend)

    Purpose: Discussion of the Nintendo PowerGlove, a > $100 dataglove.
    To subscribe, send email to listserv@karazm.math.uh.edu with a
    *BODY* of "subscribe glove-list  you@yoursite.domain."

godlygraphics
    Contact: request-godlygraphics@sparc.vitro.com (Steve Brailsford)

    Purpose: The godlygraphics mailing list is for the discussion of
    Christian uses of computer graphics and animations, especially
    using the Amiga computer, and for related trading of ideas, objects,
    images, and even joint projects, such as the design of a Christian
    computer game.
    The possibilities for innovative uses of computer graphics, 
    animations, multimedia applications and video productions in support
    of various Christian ministries and other endeavors are WIDE OPEN.
    What better use of your technical skills or creative talents than to
    serve the One who gave them to you?  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. (Use your own name instead of Charlie's
    though!)

gug-sysadmins
    Contact: gug-sysadmins-request@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at

    Purpose: Distributions of rumors, bugfixes and work-arounds
    concerning the CAD-Tool genesil and related tools to members of
    the Eurochip project and other interested parties.

Gunk'l'dunk
    Contact: jeremy@stat.washington.edu (Jeremy York)

     Purpose : A forum for discussing and promoting _Tales_of_the_
    _Beanworld_, an unusual black and white comic published by Eclipse
    comics.  It is a moderated newsletter that occasionally receives
    input from the creator of the Beanworld, Larry Marder.

gymn
    Contact: raek@athena.mit.edu (Robyn Kozierok)

    Purpose: For the discussion of all aspects of gymnastics.

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-request@virginia.edu (Galen Hekhuis)

    Purpose: Topics covering all aspects of hang-gliding and ballooning,
    for ultra-light and lighter-than-air enthusiasts.

Harleys
    Contact: harley-request@thinkage.on.ca (Ken Dykes)
             -or-  harley-request@thinkage.com
             -or-  uunet!thinkage!harley-request

    Purpose: discussion about the bikes, politics, lifestyles, and
    anything else of interest to Harley-Davidson lovers.

health-ed
    Contact:  health-ed-request@stjhmc.fidonet.org (David Dodell)

    Purpose: HEALTH-ED is a conference area dealing with Health
    Education.  Any topic dealing with ideas, problems, or solutions
    is acceptable.  The area is intended for use by health educators
    and education coordinators.

hey-joe
    Contact: hey-joe-request@ms.uky.edu (Joel Abbott)

    Purpose: Discussion and worship of Jimi Hendrix and his music.
    Although Jimi has been dead for about 2 decades, we feel that
    his music is still worthy to be recognized.  Prerequisite to
    joining:  appreciation for his music.

homebrew
    Contact: homebrew-request%hpfcmr@hplabs.hp.com
          or ...!hplabs!hpfcmr!homebrew-request (Rob Gardner)

    Purpose: Forum on Beer, homebrewing, and related issues. Though
    mainly intended for discussion of beer making, also welcome are
    discussions on making cider, mead, wine, or any other fermented
    (but not distilled) beverage. Beginners are welcomed as well 
    as experienced brewers.

home-ed
    Contact: home-ed-request@ima.isc.com  (Rowan Hawthorne)

    Purpose: This mailing list is for the discussion of all aspects
    and methods of home education.  These include the "unschooling"
    approach, curricula-based home-schooling, and others.  The list
    is currently unmoderated and welcomes everyone interested in
    educating their children at home, whatever the reasons.

horse
    Contact: equestrians-request@world.std.com (David C. Kovar)

    Purpose: Discussion of things equestrian.  Horse enthusiasts of
    all disciplines and levels of experience are welcome.  Articles
    are distributed periodically in digest format, and also appear
    individually in the Usenet newsgroup "rec.equestrian".

hotrod
    Contact: hotrod-request@dixie.com
    Include on the Subject: line the keyword "subscribe" and a
    return path to your site.

    Purpose: The mailing list hotrod@dixie.com is chartered to provide
    a forum for people interested in high performance vehicles to
    exchange ideas and discuss topics of current interest.  This list
    is chartered as broadly as possible consistent with noise supression.
    Explicitly acceptable is any discussion regarding increasing the
    performance of any vehicle with more than three wheels.

huskers
    Contact: huskers-request@tssi.com (Michael Nolan)

    Purpose: this lists provides coverage of University of Nebraska
    sports.  The major in-season sports (football, basketball) will
    likely make up the majority of posts, but other sports are likely
    to be mentioned from time to time, depending on the interest.
    Other items likely to be of interest to NU alums or Cornhusker
    fans may also appear.

hyperami
    Contact: listserv@archive.oit.unc.edu

    Purpose: For informal product discussion and mutual assistance
    concerning AmigaVision, CanDo, DeluxeVideo III, Director 2, 
    Foundation, Hyperbook, InterActor, PILOT, ShowMaker, TACL,
    Thinker, and VIVA.

    To join, send a mail request to listserv@archive.oit.unc.edu and 
    give a one-line message asking "subscribe hyperami." 

    This list is separate from the Usenet newsgroup comp.sys.amiaga.
    multimedia but material from the list may occasionally be posted
    to the newsgroup.

hyperbole
hyperbole-announce
    Contact: hyperbole-request@cs.brown.edu (Bob Weiner)
    Use the following format on your Subject: line to execute requests,
    where you substitute your own values for the <> delimited items
    (include the period at the end of the line).

    Subject: Add <firstname-lastname> '<' <user>@<domain> '>' to
    <mail-list-name-without-domain>.  
    For example: Subject: Add Joe Smith <joe@mot.com> to hyperbole.

    Purpose: Hyperbole is for discussion of the Hyperbole systems and the
    related topics of hypertext and information retrieval.
    
    Hyperbole-announce announces new releases and bug fixes for
    Hyperbole.  Anyone on hyperbole is automatically subscribed to
    hyperbole-announce., so you should request subscription to only
    one of the two lists.

    Hyperbole is a flexible hypertext manager developed at Brown
    University that sits atop of GNU Emacs and provides efficient
    point-and-click information access and full customizability in GNU
    Emacs Lisp.  Hyperbole allows hypertext buttons to be embedded within
    unstructured and structured files, mail messages and news articles.
    It also provides point-and-click access to ftp archives, Wide Area
    Information Servers (WAIS), and the World-Wide Web (WWW) hypertext
    system.
    
IBDlist
    Contact: IBDlist-request%mvac23@udel.edu (Thomas Lapp) --or--
             ...!udel!mvac23!IBDlist-request

    Purpose: IBDlist is a moderated mailing list which discusses all
    aspects of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, with particular emphasis
    on Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis.  Anyone with an
    interest in these diseases, whether direct or indirect is welcome.
    This list will also act as a clearinghouse for information and
    discussion of current treatments, research, and other information
    related to IBDs.  This list is open to any interested party and is
    not restricted to those with a direct link to IBD.

iclinfo
    Contact: {obdient,tfd}!tons61!iclinfo

    Purpose: To update and relay information regarding the CCI/ICL
    processors.  Including information on product updates, product
    problems, service problems and information, system options, and
    information on CCI/ICL from "off-line" sources.....(i.e. Inside
    "scoops" direct from "hidden" CCI/ICL sources.

IDOL
    Contact: idol-group-request@luvthang.aquin.ori-cal.com (David Talmage)

    Purpose: The idol-group is an unmoderated mailing list for people
    interested in the Idol language.  Idol, an "Icon-derived object
    language," is "an object-oriented extension and environment for
    the Icon programming language." The idol-group is a forum for
    discussing Idol programming, object-oriented programming, and Idol
    implementation issues.  It is also a place to exchange Idol
    classes and programs, contributing to the library of useful Idol
    code.

immune
    Contact: immune-request@weber.ucsd.edu (Cyndi Norman)

    Purpose: A support group for people with immune-system breakdowns
    (and their symptoms) such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lupus,
    Candida, Hypoglycemia, Multiple Allergies, Learning Disabilities,
    etc, and their SO's, medical caretakers, etc.  The group is
    unmoderated and open to anyone anywhere in the world (no arguments
    about whether or not these disabilities exist).

impulse
    Contact:  impulse-users-request@j.cc.purdue.edu  (Kevin Braunsdorf)

    Purpose:  A low-volume list for users of the LPC Mpulse line of
    computers.  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.  However,
    discussions can be anything relevant to concurrent programming.

info-encore
    Contact: info-encore-request@cs-gw.D.UMN.EDU	--or--
	     info-encore-request@umnd-cs.UUCP	  (Dan Burrows)

    Purpose: Mailing list for discussion of issues involving hardware
    and software issues of Encore computers and ethernet terminal
    servers.

    This mailing list is also gatewayed into the inet list, 
    comp.sys.encore

info-fortune
    Contact: info-fortune-request@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Thomas Krueger)

    Purpose: This mailing list is for users of UNIX based
    microcomputers produced by Fortune Systems. Any subject pertaining
    to Fortune computers is allowed.

info-futures
    Contact: harvard!bu-cs!info-futures-request		-or-
	     info-futures-request@cs.bu.edu

    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.

info-gnu
    Contact:
    	info-gnu-request@prep.ai.mit.edu	--or--
    	ucbvax!prep.ai.mit.edu!info-gnu-request

    Purpose: to distribute progress reports on the GNU Project, headed
    by Richard Stallman, and to ask members for various kinds of help.
    The list is gated both ways with the alternative newsgroup
    "gnu.announce," and is filtered (weakly moderated) by Leonard H.
    Tower Jr.  GNU, which stands for Gnu's Not Unix, is the name for a
    complete Unix-compatible software system whose sources can be given
    away free to everyone.  Major parts have already been written;
    major parts still remain undone.  Project GNU has additional
    mailing lists to distribute information about specific GNU
    programs, and to report bugs in them.  Contact us at the above
    address for details.

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-honda
    Contact: info-honda-request@cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales)

    Purpose: Discussion of Honda and Acura automobiles.

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.

Internet Radio Journal
    Contact: rrb@airwaves.chi.il.us

    Purpose: The Internet Radio Journal is both a repeater for the
    newsgroup rec.radio.broadcasting and on occasion, carries independent 
    material as well.  The list is mailed as news warrants, and covers any 
    subject related to domestic radio broadcasting.  Domestic in this case,
    refers to radio which is broadcast primarily for reception within
    the same country from which is originates.  The newsgroup and mailing
    list are international and frequently cover matters pertaining to
    nations other than the USA or in North America.  Any subject pertaining
    to the group's charter is encouraged, including but not limited to:
    programming, engineering and technical matters, new trends in the
    field, laws and regulations, DX'ing, pirate radio, community and
    public radio, and much more.  Subscriptions are open to anyone who
    desires one and has an Internet-compatible e-mail account.  Individuals 
    and non-commercial systems are eligible.

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.

isdn
    Contact: isdn-request@aball.in-berlin.de (Andreas Jennen)

    Purpose: Discussion about ISDN and digital telephone in Germany
    and Europe.  

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.mcgill.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).

navnews
    Contact: navnews@nctamslant.navy.mil
 
    Purpose: E-mail distribution list for the weekly Navy News
    Service (NAVNEWS), published by the Navy Internal Relations
    Activity in Washington.  NAVNEWS contains official news and
    information about fleet operations and exercises, personnel
    policies, budget actions, and more.  This is the same news
    service which is distributed through Navy circuits to ships at
    sea and to shore commands around the world.  Subscriptions to
    NAVNEWS by e-mail are available at no charge to anyone with a
    mailbox on any network reachable through the Internet.

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.

NetJam
    Contact: netjam-request@xcf.berkeley.edu) Craig Latta

    Purpose: NetJam provides a means for people to collaborate on musical
    compositions, by sending Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
    and other files (such as MAX patchers and notated scores) to each
    other, mucking about with them, and resending them.  All those with
    MIDI-compatible (and other interesting) equipment, access to emailing
    and compression facilities and to the Internet and who are interested 
    in making music are encouraged to participate.
    Please email netjam-request@xcf.berkeley.edu with the subject line
    "request for info".

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."
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