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 VOLUME 3 NUMBER 11                                         JANUARY 30, 1986
   /                                                                     ›
 The weekly list of active file servers, list servers, name servers, relays,
 /     database servers, conference machines, and electronic magazines.    ›
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³Please send additions, deletions and requests to get on the mailing list to³
³                        Chris Condon, BITLIB@YALEVMX                       ³
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³ Active file servers:                                                      ³
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+

BITSERVE  @ CUNYVM   - City University of New York
CANSERVE  @ CANADA01 - University of Guelph
CSNEWS    @ MAINE    - University of Maine
FORUM     @ TAMCBA   - Texas A & M College of Business Administration
KERMSRV   @ CUVMA    - Kermit Users Server, Columbia University
LFCNET    @ ICNUCEVM - National University Computer Center - Pisa
MACSERVE  @ BITNIC   - Macintosh Users Server, Bitnet Support Center
NICSERVE  @ BITNIC   - Bitnet Support Center
NYSHARE   @ WEIZMANN - Weizmann Institute of Science
SERVER    @ TAMCBA   - Texas A & M College of Business Administration
SERVER    @ UOGUELPH - University of Guelph
VMBBOARD  @ WEIZMANN - Weizmann Institute of Science

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³ Active NETSERV file servers:                                              ³
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NETSERV   @ AEARN    - Austria EARN - Linz
NETSERV   @ BITNIC   - Bitnet Support Center
NETSERV   @ CEARN    - Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire
NETSERV   @ DEARN    - German central node of EARN - Darmstadt
NETSERV   @ EARNET   - IBM SC - Roma
NETSERV   @ EB0UB011 - Universidad de Barcelona
NETSERV   @ FINHUT   - Helsinki University of Technology
NETSERV   @ FRMOP11  - CNUSC, Montpellier
NETSERV   @ GREARN   - Research Center of Crete - Heraklion
NETSERV   @ HEARN    - Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen
NETSERV   @ IRLEARN  - University College - Dublin
NETSERV   @ SEARN    - Sweden EARN - Stockholm
NETSERV   @ UKACRL   - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - UK EARN

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³ Active database servers:                                                  ³
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DATABASE  @ BITNIC   - Bitnet Information Center

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
³ Active name servers:                                                     ³
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

BITSERVE  @ CUNYVM   - City University of New York
CSNEWS    @ MAINE    - University of Maine
FINGER    @ CUVMA    - Columbia University
LOOKUP    @ RITVAXC  - Rochester Institute of Technology
LOOKUP    @ RITVAXD  - Rochester Institute of Technology
VMNAMES   @ WEIZMANN - Weizmann Institute of Science

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³ Active list servers:                                                     ³
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LISTSERV  @ BITNIC   - Bitnet Support Center
LISTSERV  @ NCSUVM   - North Carolina State University
LISTSERV  @ UCF1VM   - University of Central Florida

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³ Active conference machines:                                              ³
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CERITOR   @ TECHNION - Technion - Haifa
FORUM     @ TAMCBA   - Texas A & M College of Business Administration
SERVER    @ TAMCBA   - Texas A & M College of Business Administration

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³ The Relay conference machine network:                                    ³
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

BASTILLE  @ UIUCVMC  - University of Illinois
CSCML     @ CCNYVME  - City College of New York
CXBOB     @ ASUACAD  - Arizona State University
DSCAWAC   @ CFRVM    - Central Florida Regional Data Center
NETRELAY  @ FRECP11  - Ecole Centrale de Paris
RELAY     @ AEARN    - Austrian EARN node at Linz
RELAY     @ BITNIC   - Bitnet Support Center
RELAY     @ CEARN    - Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire
RELAY     @ CLVM     - Clarkson University
RELAY     @ CMUCCVMA - Carnegie-Mellon University
RELAY     @ DEARN    - German central node of EARN at Darmstadt
RELAY     @ DKTC11   - Copenhagen Technical College
RELAY     @ HEARN    - Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen
RELAY     @ ISRAEARN - IBM Israel SC - Haifa
RELAY     @ JPNSUT10 - Science University of Tokyo
RELAY     @ NCSUVM   - North Carolina State University
RELAY     @ NDSUVM1  - North Dakota State University
RELAY     @ PURCCVM  - Purdue University
RELAY     @ TCSVM    - Tulane University
RELAY     @ UREGINA1 - University of Regina
RELAY     @ UTCVM    - University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
RELAY     @ YALEVM   - Yale University Computer Center
RELAY     @ YALEVMX  - Yale University Computer Center
8350428   @ UWAVM    - University of Washington

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³ Electronic magazines:                                                    ³
³ Mailing list information is included in each magazine.                   ³
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CLUB ................. The Chat Laypersons User Bulletin
                       Back issues available from FORUM@TAMCBA
CRTNET ............... The Communications Research and Theorey NETwork
                       Back issues available from LFCNET@ICNUCEVM
BITLIST .............. You're reading it now
                       Latest issue is stored on NETSERV as BITNET SERVERS
FIGIL ................ The FORTH programmers digest
                       For more info contact UMFORTH@WEIZMANN
FSFNET ............... The Fantasy and Science Fiction NETwork
                       Back issues available from CSDAVE@MAINE & SERVER@TAMCBA
NUTWORKS ............. The BITNET humor magazine
                       Back issues available from CSNEWS@MAINE
REXXyymm FORUM ....... The REXX programmers forum
                       Back issues available from LFCNET@ICNUCEVM
VM/COM ............... The University of Maine CSNEWS network newsletter
                       Back issues available from CSNEWS@MAINE


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³ >>>B I T N O T E S>>>                                                    ³
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It's only natural...

Change is the order of business this week, but what else is new?  The only
time I can recall getting no news is during Christmas week, which was to be
expected.

Not so, this week.  There is a slightly revised header on this magazine, for
those of you that notice that sort of thing.  The real change is the new
section on list servers.

"What," you may ask, "are list servers?"

I'm glad you asked.  Let's look at one case, LISTSERV@BITNIC:

     +---------------------------------------------------------------+
     ³                                                               ³
     ³ Sending the same message to more than one person occurs com-  ³
     ³ monly  enough  that  most  electronic mail/messaging systems  ³
     ³ have special provisions for it.  Multiple userids in the  TO  ³
     ³ (destination)  field is the simplest approach; and some sys-  ³
     ³ tems allow the user to define a list of recipients, then re-  ³
     ³ fer to the list by name in the TO field.                      ³
     ³                                                               ³
     ³ Though lists represent a convenient way to  handle  multiple  ³
     ³ addressees,  significant  problems do sometimes arise.  Fre-  ³
     ³ quently lists become so long that mail  headers  are  longer  ³
     ³ than  the  message  itself.    Also, individual members of a  ³
     ³ group that uses lists often must create and  maintain  those  ³
     ³ lists  themselves.    If  group  membership changes, several  ³
     ³ lists for the same group may then exist, each with different  ³
     ³ entries.                                                      ³
     ³                                                               ³
     ³ In the BITNET messaging environment, LISTSERV provides mail-  ³
     ³ ing list capabilities that overcome these problems and  make  ³
     ³ group communications quite straightforward.                   ³
     ³                                                               ³
     ³ Anyone who can send mail to BITNIC can use LISTSERV. To send  ³
     ³ to a list use the list name for the userid and BITNIC as the  ³
     ³ site name.                                                    ³
     ³                                                               ³
     ³ LISTSERV  will  then generate a copy of the message for each  ³
     ³ individual userid in the named list.    Each  recipient  re-  ³
     ³ ceives  the  same  text but the TO fields contain individual  ³
     ³ userids along with a comment indicating the message was sent  ³
     ³ to a list and identifying the list name.  This shortens  the  ³
     ³ headers  yet  still  notifies the recipient that the message  ³
     ³ was sent to a list.  Of course, the recipient  can  communi-  ³
     ³ cate  a response to the group using the same list.  All list  ³
     ³ members use the same list for group communications, thus al-  ³
     ³ leviating the problem of multiple versions of a list  within  ³
     ³ a group.                                                      ³
     ³                                                               ³
     ³ BITNET  users  may request that their own lists be available  ³
     ³ via LISTSERV on BITNIC. Alternatively, users may acquire the  ³
     ³ LISTSERV code from BITNIC  to  be  run  at  their  own  site  ³
     ³ (VM/CMS  sites  with REXX).  Send requests for more informa-  ³
     ³ tion, to establish a list,  or  for  the  LISTSERV  code  to  ³
     ³ INFO@BITNIC.    Please  include  your  name, userid and node  ³
     ³ name.                                                         ³
     ³                                                               ³
     +---------------------------------------------------------------+

For more infromation on the mailing lists available via BITNIC's LISTSERV
you may request the file LISTSERV GROUPS from the file server NICSERVE@BITNIC.

Please note that all LISTSERVs are not the same.  LISTSERV@NCSUVM was written
entirely by the (in)famous Alan Clegg and does not operate in the same manner
as the one at BITNIC.  Nor do the three list servers maintain the same mailing
lists.  Information on how to use LISTSERV@NCSUVM may be obtained by issuing
the HELP command.  How to use LISTSERV@UCF1VM, I do not know (yet).  Thanks to
Alan for the information on that one.

Yes, there's more...!

Geert K. Marien tells me that a new BITNET oriented electronic magazine will
be appearing soon.  It will be put together by "a loose association of people".
It will also be bi-weekly.

There is a new file server/conference machine at Texas A & M University,
FORUM@TAMCBA.  This is the new home of CLUB magazine.  Thanks to Bob Baker
for the news.

Ron Jarrell says that CL0X@CMUCCVMA is no longer a Relay, but there is one
at that node with the userid RELAY anyway, so no loss there.

According to Walter Wong, PSUG@VPIVM2 is no longer a Relay.  Besides that,
the node has been renamed VTVM2.

That's the news!  More next week.


Virtually;

Chris
(Fuzzyman)

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³ If the BITLIST is stored on a public disk at your institution,           ³
³ please send me a note with the node and name of your university.         ³
³ Thank you.                                                               ³
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