      ********    **************************************************
             *    *                                                  *
            *     *                 The independent guide to BITNET  *
           *      *                                                  *
          *       *                                      June, 1989  *
         *        *                                                  *
        *         *                             Volume 3, Number 10  *
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                  *                                                  *
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       * * *      *                                                  *
       * * *      *                                                  *
       * * *      *                                                  *
       * **       *                                                  *
                  *                                                  *
           *      *   How 'bout them toad suckers,                   *
           *      *   ain't they bwag?                               *
       ******     *   Settin' thar suckin them                       *
           *      *   green toady-frogs.                             *
           *      *                                                  *
                  *   Suckin' them hop-toads,                        *
       ********   *   Suckin' them chunkers,                         *
             *    *   Suckin' them leapy types,                      *
            *     *   Suckin' them clunkers.                         *
           *      *                                                  *
            *     *   Lookit them toad-suckers,                      *
             *    *   ain't they snappy?                             *
       ********   *   Suckin' them bog frogs                         *
                  *   sure makes 'em happy.                          *
        ***       *                                                  *
       *   *      *   There's hugger-mugger toad-suckers             *
       *   *      *   way down south,                                *
       *   *      *   Stickin' them sucky-toads                      *
        ***       *   in they mouth.                                 *
                  *                                                  *
       ******     *   How to be a toad-sucker,                       *
           *      *   no way to duck it,                             *
           *      *   Git yerself a toad, rare, ripe,                *
           *      *   and suck it!                                   *
       ****       *                                                  *
                  *          -- A Folk Chant from the Ozarks         *
           *      *                                                  *
           *      *                                                  *
       ******     *                                                  *
           *      *                                                  *
           *      *                                                  *
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           *      *                                                  *
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       Editor:  Christopher Condon                    CONDON @ YALEVM


       ********************* Contents - Issue 31 *********************

        *********
       *     *** *  EDITORIAL PAGE____________________________________
       *    ***  *
       *  ***    *  Bitnotes ....................................... 1
       ***     ***  Save UMNEWS! ................................... 3
       *    ***  *  Mythology of the Internet Virus ................ 5
       *  ***    *
       * ***     *
        *********

        *********
       * ***     *  FEATURES__________________________________________
       * ***     *
       * ****    *  Information on ONEnet .......................... 7
       * *****   *  Announcing VMSSERV ............................ 11
       * ******  *  Enhancements to the TeX Archive Server ........ 14
       * *** *** *
       * ***  ****
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       *         *  DEPARTMENTS_______________________________________
       *     *****
       *    ***  *  Headlines ..................................... 16
       *   ***   *  New Mailing Lists ............................. 18
       *  ***    *  Helpdesk ...................................... 23
       *****     *  Feedback ...................................... 25
       *         *  NetMonth Policies ............................. 27
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        *********
       *     *** *  Bitnotes
       *    ***  *
       *  ***    *  by Christopher Condon
       ***     ***
       *    ***  *  Yale University
       *  ***    *
       * ***     *  CONDON@YALEVM
        *********


                In a Rome laundry:

                Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend
                the afternoon having a good time.

                                 from "Anguished English"
                                 by Richard Lederer


       Well,  after a rainy  week the sun is shining again  and I find
       myself  in the  Yale Computer  Center.   Why  does the  weather
       improve when I decide to spend a day working on NetMonth?

       No matter.   Welcome  to NetMonth for June.    What happened to
       NetMonth for May and the new  format?   Let's just say that the
       people (and my schedule)  have spoken.   To coin a phrase,  "If
       it's a little bit broke, you can live with it."

       So,   I  promise  to  continue  to  produce  NetMonth  in  it's
       traditional format  on a regular basis  for as long  as humanly
       possible.  Enough said.

       ***

       Not counting  mail delivery errors,   I got almost  250 letters
       (email)  last week.   I have a lot  to catch up on.   I suppose
       that I should also handle the 50  or so left over from the week
       before.  Most of these (thank goodness) are letter from mailing
       lists to which I subscribe.  I can browse over them or log them
       away to delete unread at a later date.

       Luckily, the mail system we use lets me view the Subject: lines
       of all my mail items before  I actually read anything.   If I'm
       lucky I can cut  my reading time in half by  trashing the items
       in which I have no interest.

       Does  everyone treat  their mail  this  way?   I  think that  I
       actually read maybe  25% of my mail,  and actually  reply to 5%
       (if that).   It's a shame that we can't have mailing lists with
       filters to  keep away  mail in  which we  have no  interest (or
       rather, scan for the items in which we DO).  Nahhhh...
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       Of course,   there are still a  few people out there  under the
       impression that my  userid is a server.   Oh,  the  joys of one
       line  mail messages  that  say HELP  or  SEND BITNET  USERHELP.
       Depending on my mood I have several options:

       1.  Just send them the information they want.

       2.   Send then the information they want, along with my typical
       explanation that after  years of study,  the  medical community
       has finally concluded that I am, in fact, human, and they would
       appreciate my being addressed as such, thank you.

       3.  Ignore them.  They'll figure it out eventually.

       4.   Send  them the  explanation in option  2,  only  give them
       instructions on how they can get the information themselves.

       5.   Get their phone number and call them, offering any kind of
       assistance possible.   After all, a plea for help is a plea for
       help.  This is an especially attractive option if the letter is
       from a  young woman  with a  cute name  at a  local University.
       This hasn't happened yet, but I'm waiting.

       Speaking of mail,  let's hear it for the fact that Bitnews will
       now only  post items  that have  something to  do with  BITNET.
       Amazing concept.   I  was getting tired of  announcements about
       Supercomputing Symposiums in Italy.

       Mail, mail, mail...  well,  at least I don't get bills over the
       network (yet).


                          Virtually,

                                Chris Condon@YALEVM
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        *********
       *     *** *  Save UMNEWS!
       *    ***  *
       *  ***    *  by Andrew T. Robinson
       ***     ***
       *    ***  *  University of Maine
       *  ***    *
       * ***     *  ANDY@MAINE
        *********


       As you may or may not know,  the funding for the UMNEWS project
       will be  exhausted on 1 July  1989.   The search  for continued
       funding  has been  unsuccessful,  and  unless  more funding  is
       found,  the  UMNEWS server will  be shutdown permanently  on or
       about that date.

       My purpose in sending you this note  is to encourage you to use
       your "voice" to appeal the fate  of UMNEWS to the University of
       Maine administration.

       UMNEWS has been a BITNET institution (under various names, such
       as VMNEWS and CSNEWS) since August 1984.  According to a recent
       survey performed  by a  person in Germany,   out of  101 BITNET
       information  servers,   UMNEWS  processes  100  times  as  many
       requests as any of the other  servers.   We have an active user
       base--over any 120-day period--of between 6000 and 8000 people.
       This success is not a fluke.   It  is a result of the fact that
       UMNEWS  has always  been  more responsive  to  the BITNET  user
       community than any other server system.

       The University of  Maine administration needs to  be made aware
       that UMNEWS is  worth funding.   At the current  time,  I think
       most of the administrators who *are*  aware of UMNEWS feel that
       it is a novelty,  but not worth spending the money necessary to
       retain the motivated people who  have developed and worked with
       it.

       If we could get enough  letters of support,  the administration
       might  see  things  differently.    Unfortunately,   even  with
       thousands of users it is difficult to get even 1% to respond to
       a letter drive.   We need more  than 1%.   We need every UMNEWS
       user   to  write   a  letter   to  the   University  of   Maine
       administration,   telling  them  that UMNEWS  is  a  worthwhile
       service and deserves funding.

       Don't be apathetic.    Don't just purge this mail and  go on to
       the next one.  WRITE, today.  It might take 30 minutes to write
       an intelligent, articulate letter that might change the fate of
       the UMNEWS server.  The address to write to is:
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                          Dale W. Lick
                          President's Office
                          University of Maine
                          Orono, ME USA 04469

       If you  do choose  to write,   please send  electronic mail  to
       ANDY@MAINE so we  can keep track of how many  letters have been
       sent.

       I really  do not  relish sending  this "letter  drive" sort  of
       thing to you.   I  know how often I get junk  mail asking me to
       save one thing or another that I really don't care about.   But
       I'm hoping that most of the people who will receive this letter
       will not consider it  junk mail.   I hope you take  the time to
       write now,  because we have less  than five weeks before UMNEWS
       is shut down -- and then it will be too late.


       * Ed. Note: Andy Robinson is the Computer  Information Services
       Manager of the University of Maine Computer Science Department.
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        *********
       *     *** *  Mythology of the Internet Virus
       *    ***  *
       *  ***    *  by Ivars Balkits
       ***     ***
       *    ***  *  University of California - Davis
       *  ***    *
       * ***     *  ISBALKITS@UCDAVIS
        *********


       Mythology of the Internet Virus

       In regard to the BITNET/CSNET Joint Statement on Internet Virus
       mentioned in Netmonth 3:9, I share the shock at public comments
       about the event  that seemed to praise the  perpetrator of this
       costly crime:

       * Robert Tappan Morris, Jr.,  alleged author of the virus,  was
       compared (by friend Paul Graham, computer scientist at Harvard)
       to Mathias  Rust,  the  West German  who flew  his light  plane
       through Soviet defenses  into Moscow's Red Square a  year or so
       ago.

       * SRI International security expert  Paul Neumann called Morris
       a  "folk   hero"  for  bringing   to  national   attention  the
       vulnerability of its computers.

       *   Morris,  Sr.,   chief scientist  at  the National  Computer
       Security Center  in Bethesda,  MD.,   called his  son's alleged
       action "the work of a bored graduate student."

       That  this may  have  been  the expression  of  post-adolescent
       rebellion cannot  be taken into  consideration in  judging this
       criminal act.  Nor should the fact  that his father is national
       computer  security   expert  (likely   with  powerful   central
       connections).    Nor  should  the fact  that  his  act  alerted
       computer  security experts  to  weaknesses  in the  system  (we
       really don't need those reminders,  just more people working on
       that problem).   Nor should any  comment comparing the Internet
       virus author  to Davy  Crockett,  Paul  Bunyan,  whatever,   go
       unchallenged.

       Likewise,  we  should be aware  and protest whenever  any virus
       writer is depicted as a technical wizard, a Doctor Frankenstein
       whose 'genius'  gives us  a secret  thrill,  whose  lawlessness
       challenges us.   We should make it  clear in letters to editors
       of  local  and  national newspapers  (and  other  media)   that
       emotionally-atrophied individuals  who have  lost touch  with a
       common ethic and common sense deserve no praise.
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       Once  we  begin  demystifying the  criminal  hacker,   we  stop
       contributing  to the  myth that  these  persons are  'special.'
       Instead of killing their viruses,   we do better to concentrate
       on killing their  desire to become famous or  infamous,  as the
       case may be.
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        *********
       * ***     *  Information on ONEnet
       * ***     *
       * ****    *  from the NETINFO Filelist
       * *****   *
       * ******  *  Network Information Center
       * *** *** *
       * ***  ****  LISTSERV@BITNIC
        *********


       * BITNET-CSNET Merger Timetable

       (Note that events have overtaken the timetable in some cases.)


       MARCH 1989:

       1.   UCAR President appoints five (5)  people to serve as board
       members of ONEnet until the first official election.

       APRIL 5/6 TT MEETING:

       1.   Update  on the  process to  select the  official name  for
       ONEnet  (to  be  called  ONEnet   until  an  official  name  is
       selected).

       2.   Review latest draft of  bylaws and agree before requesting
       review  by an attorney.

       3.  Recommendations for a legal firm.

       4.  Outline of policy manual and time table to complete.

       5.  Quote for officers and directors insurance.

       6.  Options for state of incorporation.

       7.  Discussion of managerial organization.

       8.  Draft agenda for first ONEnet board meeting.

       9.  Transition plan and budget (to Jan 90).

       10. Outline  of  business  plan and  budget for FY 90  (Jan 90-
       June 90) and FY 91 (July 90 - June 91).

       11. Agenda  for  this  meeting  sent  over  network   prior  to
       meeting.
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       APRIL/MAY:

       1.  Review of bylaws by attorney.

       JUNE TT MEETING:

       1.  Agree on new name to recommend to ONEnet board.

       2.  Finalize agenda for first ONEnet board meeting.

       3.  Acceptance  of  bylaws as  revised by attorney  and approve
       recommendation to ONEnet board.

       4.  Agree on  he managerial function for recommendation to the
       ONEnet board.

       5.  Review draft Articles of Incorporation.

       6.  Review draft of business plan  and budget for FY 90 and FY
       91.

       JUNE BITNET BOARD MEETING:

       1.  Approval, in concept, of ONEnet bylaws.

       2.  BITNET  Board  appoints five (5)  people to  serve as board
       members of ONEnet until the first official election.

       JUNE ONENET BOARD MEETING:

       TT presentations and recommendations:

            1.  New name for ONEnet.
            2.  Officers and directors insurance.
            3.  Bylaws.
            4.  Prime contractor.
            5.  Transition plan to Jan 90.
            6.  Business strategy plan for FY 90 & 91.
            7.  Draft Articles of Incorporation.
            8.  Legal firm.
            9.  Filing for tax-exempt status.

       Board actions to include:

            1.  Election of officers.
            2.  Appointment of long-term committee for development
                of hardware/software/services.
            3.  Action on TT recommendations (above).
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       JULY UCAR BOARD MEETING:

       1.  Approval, in concept, of ONEnet bylaws.

       JULY:

       1.  Filing  for  incorporation in state selected  by the ONEnet
       board.

       2.  Filing with IRS for non-profit status.

       SEPTEMBER ONENET BOARD MEETING:

       1.  Approval to implement the merger.

       SEPTEMBER BITNET BOARD MEETING:

       1.  Approval to implement the merger.

       OCTOBER UCAR BOARD MEETING:

       1.  Approval to implement the merger.

       OCTOBER/NOVEMBER:

       1.  Assignment of contracts and licenses of CSNET and BITNET.

       JANUARY 1990:

       1.  Transfer of  all assets and liabilities of CSNET and BITnet
       to ONEnet,  except for a small  amount of cash to be maintained
       by UCAR and BITnet to insure that all obligations are met.  The
       unused cash will be transferred to ONEnet by March 1990.


       * BITNET-CSNET Estimated Costs of Transition

       CONSULTANTS' FEES (GFA)

            Initial report                                   $35,762

            BITNET summary (cost not shared) $4,693
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       MEETINGS,  estimated  at $1,000  per person  travelling for  no
       other reason; includes travel, lodging, food, meeting room

               December '88 at BBN  and ...
               January '89 in SF                              17,000

               February '89 in Palo Alto                       7,000

               April '89                                       5,000

               June-July Board & 1 other                      20,000

       LEGAL FEES

               Bylaws, Incorporation, Tax-exempt               6,000

       TRANSFER  OF ASSETS                                     2,000
       (Need  BITNET &  CSNET  audits --  paid  from their  individual
       assets, not included as separate transition costs).

       NOTE:    Staff time  is folded  into existing  expenses of  the
       individual networks
                                          ---------       ----------

       SHARED COSTS                                          $92,762

       BITNET-Only Cost                      $4,693


       *  Rather than printer the entire draft of the ONEnet bylaws, I
       will print an  excerpt here and you  can decide if you  want to
       wallow in  the legalese.    The entire  file is  available from
       LISTSERV@BITNIC  if  you  send it  the  command  SENDME  ONENET
       BYLAWS.

       The  better parts:    "ONEnet  is  a not-for-profit  membership
       corporation  chartered by  its Member  institutions to  provide
       national  and  international   data-communication  and  related
       services in support of  teaching,  research,  development,  and
       related collaborative activities of  the academic community and
       of the  government and  industrial research  communities.   The
       primary  purpose   of  ONEnet  is  to   provide  computer-based
       communication  among scholars  and  researchers throughout  the
       world."

       The  not-so-great  parts:    "In the  appropriate  cases,   the
       singular shall be deemed to include the plural,  the plural the
       singular, the feminine gender the masculine,  and the masculine
       gender the  feminine,  as the sense  of their use  shall herein
       require."
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        *********
       * ***     *  Announcing VMSSERV
       * ***     *
       * ****    *  by Joe Meadows
       * *****   *
       * ******  *  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
       * *** *** *
       * ***  ****  JOE@FHCRCVAX
        *********


       VMSSERV@FHCRCVAX is a file server at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer
       Research Center storing many files and utilities of interest to
       users  of Digital  VAX systems.    The  user communicates  with
       VMSSERV using a small vocabulary of commands.   These  commands
       can be  sent to  VMSSERV either as  interactive messages  or as
       electronic mail.   Commands sent via mail are  included  in the
       body  of  the  memo,  not in  the Subject:   line.   A memo may
       contain more  than one  command as  long as  there is  only one
       command per line.

       * Commands

       VMSSERV currently  understands  the  following  commands  which
       may  be abbreviated to the upper case portion in this list:

            DIRectory Ã•file-specÃ¥  Return a list of files available

            GET Ã•file-specÃ¥        Synonym for SENDME

            HELP                   Return a list of valid commands

            INDex Ã•file-specÃ¥      Return a FILELIST

            SENdme Ã•file-specÃ¥     Return a file

            STATUS                 Return status information

            VMSdump Ã•file-specÃ¥    Return a file in VMSDUMP format.

            PUNch Ã•file-specÃ¥      Return a file in IBM Punch format

            ?                      Synonym for HELP

       Please note  that VMSDUMP and PUNCH  within the body of  a mail
       message will not send the file in VMSDUMP or PUNCH format,  the
       file will be mailed back.
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       * Transferring Binary Files

       You can transfer binary files (.EXE,  .TSK,  .SAV)  to a remote
       system only if  you  are  running  Jnet  V2  or  later  system.
       These  files must  be  transferred  with the  VMSDUMP  command.
       VMSDUMP is recommended for all requests  from Jnet nodes as  it
       protects you from any non-standard character set conversion.

       * VMS File Specifications

       Filenames  on DEC  systems use  a  DOT ('.')   to separate  the
       filename  from the filetype.  For example,

            SEND FILE PACKAGE          Is INCORRECT
            SEND FILE.PACKAGE          Is CORRECT

       * Large Files

       Files larger than 200 blocks will not be sent until after 20:00
       PST

       * $PACKAGE files

       Files with the type of .$PACKAGE simply contain a list of files
       that belong together (i.e.  part of acomplete package).  If you
       request the  file Utility.PACKAGE,   the file  Utility.$PACKAGE
       will be read,  and  all the files it describes will  be sent to
       you.    Note  that   there  is   not  really   a  file   called
       Utility.PACKAGE, however that is what you should request!   For
       example, part of a DIR listing includes something like:

            HEADERS.$PACKAGE
            HEADERS.1_OF_2
            HEADERS.2_OF_2

       If you request HEADERS.PACKAGE,  the file HEADERS.$PACKAGE will
       be read (which  simply contains the names  of the HEADER.n_OF_n
       files), and the two files HEADERS.n_OF_n will be sent to you.

       * Some of the more interesting $PACKAGEs:

       BITNET:   This package contains two short programs.  GRAB is an
       example  program that  captures broadcast  messages and  simply
       outputs them  to a file pointed  to by the  logical SYS$OUTPUT.
       LPUNCH  is a  program  that converts  files  in listserv  punch
       format. It accepts a list of wildcarded filenames, and converts
       the files that are in lpunch format.

       HEADERS:   This contains various headers used by the utilities.
       These files were all made with UNSDL, so if you have UNSDL, you
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       don't really need this.  Note that the other utilities look for
       these header files via the logical name UTIL$HEADER.

       FILE:   This  is a utility which  allows you to display  and or
       change header information about a file. It is most usefull when
       you have somehow  transferred a file from  a non-VAX/VMS system
       to a  VAX/VMS system (or vice  versa),  and you need  to change
       characteristics of the file,  such as changing the record size,
       or  putting fortran  carriage  control back  on  a file.   This
       utility does not create a new version of a file, it changes the
       information stored in the file header, making it quite fast.  A
       good knowledge of  RMS is usefull (necessary)   when using this
       tool. Requires headers from HEADERS.

       FIND:   This allows you to search very quickly through the file
       system  for files  based on  a  wide variety  of criteria.   By
       mapping  the index  file into  memory it  performs The  Fastest
       searches of any utility like it. Basically you can search based
       on  any attribute  found  in the  file  header (creation  date,
       amount of  fragmentation,  logical  block numbers,   whatever),
       given a minimum and maximum value.    You can perform AND or OR
       searches  on multiple  criteria.   You  can also  control  what
       information will be displayed about the file.  Requires headers
       from HEADERS.

       MENU:    This is  a  simple single  column  or  free flow  menu
       program.  It has  quite a few nice  features,  including hidden
       commands,   ability to  force  commands,   ability to  add  new
       internal commands, plus many others.

       SD:   This is a simple SET  DEFAULT.  One feature this has that
       most  others  don't is  the  ability  to specify  a  wildcarded
       filespec and  it will find the  file and move to  the directory
       where the (first matching) filespec is found.

       STATUS:   This is a fancy  cluster/network wide SHOW USERS type
       of program.   You can specify what you want to see, and how you
       want to see it.  It can display any GETJPI item, several GETSYI
       items,   plus several  other  things.    You can  select  which
       processes you want displayed.  It is also very easily modified.
       If you do make modifications,  I would  be happy to try and add
       them to this distribution in the future.  Requires headers from
       HEADERS.

       VERB:   This  is a utility  to make  it possible to  modify (or
       simply look at) command definitions.
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        *********
       * ***     *  Enhancements to the TeX Archive Server
       * ***     *
       * ****    *  by Michael DeCorte
       * *****   *
       * ******  *  Clarkson University
       * *** *** *
       * ***  ****  MRD@SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU
        *********


       The archive  server here  at Clarkson  has undergone  a lot  of
       changes in the past few months.  It is finally stable but still
       changing.  Briefly,  most of the files that are stored at Score
       are  now  also  at  Clarkson  and  updated  very  often.   Also
       everything  that was  in the  latex-style  depository has  been
       classified into more appropriate groups. Below is a list of all
       of the groups and a brief description of each.

       amstex             The AMSTeX macros that are at score
       amstex-style       contributed style files for AMSTeX
       bibtex             The .web, documentation and styles from
                          Leslie Lamport that are at score
       bibtex-style       contributed style files for BibTeX version
                          0.99
       bibtex-style-0.98  contributed style files for BibTeX version
                          0.98
       cm-fonts           The .mf sources for the cm fonts that are at
                          score
       lamport            style files and .mf files by Leslie Lamport
                          that are at score
       latex-style        contributed style files for LaTeX
       tex-doc            manuals and documentation on TeX and MF that
                          are at score
       tex-fonts          contributed mf fonts
       tex-inputs         the .tex files needed to build TeX that are
                          at score
       tex-programs       contributed useful program for TeX
       tex-sources        The .web files for TeX that are at score
       tex-style          contributed style files for TeX
       tex-test           .web files to test TeX that are at score
       texhax             Collection of TeXhax's by Pierre MacKay
                          (Malcolm Brown)
       texmag             Collection of TeXMaG's by Don Hosek
       tugboat            files from TugBoat that are at score
       uktex              Collection of UKTeX's by Peter Abbott

       Instead of  listing all of  the files  that are being  stored I
       encourage you to get an Index  as it changes frequently and the
       Index of Indexes itself changes often enough.
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       To retrieve files  or help documentation send  mail to ARCHIVE-
       SERVER@SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU with  the body of the  mail message
       containing the command help or index or send.  The send command
       must be followed by latex-style (or the appropriate group)  and
       then the files you want.

            To: archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
            Subject:
            path user@host.UUCP
            send latex-style Readme Index
            send latex-style resume.sty

       There is one limitation that you must be aware of, the archive-
       server will not send files more than 100k.  That means that you
       can not  request large files  such as  tex.web and that  if you
       request  a large  number  of files  in one  message  it may  be
       rejected because the sum is greater than 100k.

       * Editors note:  Thanks to Don Hosek  for sending  this article
       along.
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        *********
       *         *  Headlines
       *     *****
       *    ***  *  edited by Christopher Condon
       *   ***   *
       *  ***    *  Yale University
       *****     *
       *         *  Send your headlines to BITLIB@YALEVM.
        *********


       * Due to  copyright problems,  they Lyrics server  is no longer
       available.  Thanks to Penny Ward for this update.

       * A KERMIT  Filelist:   LISTSERV at HEARN stores a  copy of all
       the files from KERMSRV@CUVMA.  On every sunday morning obsolete
       or  changed files are  replaced by  the new versions.  Users in
       Europe   should   use   this  server   in   order   to   relief
       intercontinental   traffic.   Commands   should   be  send   to
       LISTSERV@HEARN.   For a list of  files,  send the command INDEX
       KERMIT.

       * The  Alaskan Oil Spill:    The University of  Alaska Computer
       Network has  set up  a special account  so that  the volunteers
       working to help clean up the Prince William Sound oil spill can
       receive  electronic   messages  of   thanks.    Mail   sent  to
       THANKS@ALASKA is  sent to  the volunteers,   and is  reportedly
       helping keep  their spirits up amidst  the muck.  Feel  free to
       post this up in your labs,  to other lists or wherever.  THANKS
       is handled  by a part-time  instructor at Prince  William Sound
       Community College. None of the people there are employed by the
       oil companies;  they are doing this for free.  So, DO NOT flame
       THANKS about the situation.   (Jonathan Clemens,  University of
       Alaska Southeast)   Thanks to Sylvia Jacyno for forwarding this
       note.

       * JBH Online becomes Online-L:   JBH Online (ISSN 0896-8241) is
       a digest of selected English-language news and information from
       outside the  USA monitored  by shortwave  radio in  South Bend,
       Indiana (41  40'33"N,  86 15'01"W).   It  occasionally includes
       supplemental  specialized  information from  other  sources  as
       well.

       Mailed  directly to  reader/subscribers from  its inception  in
       November  1987  until   February  1989,   JBH  Online   is  now
       distributed  as  Online-L  through the  ListServ  utilities  at
       various institutions listed below.

       To subscribe,   send the following command  to LISTSERV@IRLEARN
       via mail or message: SUB ONLINE-L you_full_name.
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       * BITNIC Staff Changes (from Jim Conklin):   The BITNET Network
       Information  Center is  undergoing  major  staff changes  as  a
       result of its  move from Princeton,  New  Jersey to Washington,
       D.C.   The first of these changes  occurred on April 28,  as we
       bid a fond adieu to Elizabeth Kilcoyne, Isabel Sellers, and Pat
       Noeth.   Their dedication and enthusiasm have been vital to the
       BITNIC's monthly  preparation of the node  information required
       for  routing-table   generation  and  for  updating   the  many
       reference files maintained by the BITNIC;  also to distribution
       of materials to prospective and new BITNET members, maintenance
       and  improvement of  BITNET documentation,   and answering  the
       thousands of questions received each  month by the BITNIC.   We
       wish Elizabeth,  Isabel  and Pat the very best as  they move to
       new opportunities.

       In the D.C.  office,  we are fortunate to have located two very
       highly qualified people to fill the first positions there.

       Amanda Spiegel  joined BITNIC  in February,   as its  Executive
       Assistant,  responsible for  most of the office  management and
       operational aspects  of BITNIC.   She  has been  organizing the
       office,  including  its budgetary and financial  activities and
       its Director.  She has also been leaning the monthly procedures
       for handling node data, routing-table generation, file updates,
       and message  distribution.   Amanda  comes to  the BITNIC  with
       academic, BITNET, and computer experience gained in the Cornell
       Department of Astronomy,  and supplemented by office management
       experience with law firms in Baltimore and D.C.

       Responsibility for BITNIC software development and support will
       be assumed by Michael Hrybyk,  who has accepted the position of
       Senior Programmer-Analyst and Network  Consultant effective May
       15.  Prior to his present position with a D.C. consulting firm,
       Michael had been  the BITNET Technical Representative  at Johns
       Hopkins University where he managed both the academic computing
       services  and the  local-area  network.    In addition  to  his
       knowledge of BITNET, Michael is experienced in VM/CMS, VMS, and
       Unix,  in the  SMTP and RFC822 mail protocols,   and in TCP/IP.
       While at  Johns Hopkins,  he modified  UREP and mmdf to  run on
       AT&T System V Unix systems.

       We are still in the process  of selecting the less senior staff
       for the new D.C. BITNIC office.  We are confident that the time
       and care spent in selecting such  top-notch staff as Amanda and
       Michael will prove to be best for BITNET and all of you who use
       it.

       Thanks in  advance for your  help and understanding  during the
       transition.
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        *********
       *         *  New Mailing Lists
       *     *****
       *    ***  *  from NEW-LIST
       *   ***   *
       *  ***    *  North Dakota State University
       *****     *
       *         *  Send list announcements to NEW-LIST@NDSUVM1
        *********


       Each of  the lists described here  is maintained on  a LISTSERV
       machine unless otherwise  noted.  To subscribe to  one of these
       lists  you  would  send  the   following  command  to  the  the
       appropriate server via mail or message.

                      SUBSCRIBE listname Your_full_name

       For example,   if your  name is  Kristen Shaw  and you  want to
       subscribe to  a list  described as  "DIAPERS@YALEVM" you  would
       send the following command to LISTSERV@YALEVM:

                       SUBSCRIBE DAIPERS Kristen Shaw

       To  make contributions  to  the list  you  would  send mail  to
       DIAPERS@YALEVM.   Please note that this is just and example and
       to  my  knowledge there  are  no  mailing lists  about  diapers
       (although you never know).

       *****

       GAELIC-L @ IRLEARN

       An  open,    multi-disciplinary  discussion  list  set   up  to
       facilitate exchange of news, views,  information in Irish/Scots
       Gaelic.

       Ta/ se/ fosgailte do achan  duine teachtaireacht a chur isteach
       chuig an liosta,  ach i/ a bheith i nGaeilge na hE/ireann no/ i
       nGai\dhlig na hAlban.    Ni/ ga/ imni/ a bheith ort  ma/ ta/ do
       chuid   Gaeilge    lapach.     Cuirfear   fa/ilte    roimh   do
       theachtaireacht cibe/ ar bith.

       APL-L @ UNB

       This list is intended for a discussion of the APL language, its
       implementation, application and use.  Contributions on teaching
       APL are particularly welcome.
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       CANDLE-L @ UA1VM

       A forum for  the discussion of Candle  products.   Topics could
       include installation,   performance monitoring,   or any  other
       subject related  to the use  of Candle  products on VM  or MVS.
       These   products   include   OMEGAMON,    EPILOG,    AF/REMOTE,
       CL/CONFERENCE 1000,  CL/GATEWAY,  CL/MENU,  CL/SUPERSESSION and
       any other future products.

       SWAPS-L @ TECMTYVM

       New foreign  debt restructuring in  indebted countries  such as
       Mexico, Argentina, Brazil,  Philipines,  etc.   is changing its
       philosophy.   Different instruments have been proposed, ranging
       from debt-to-equity swaps, to exit bonds,  etc.   The topic has
       been discussed and some countries,   such as Mexico,  have been
       negotiating  new  conditions   and  criticizing  debt-to-equity
       swaps.    This  discussion  list   will  include  opinions  and
       proposals from members of the group.


       FUSION @ NDSUVM1

       The Fusion  list is a BITNET/NetNorth/EARN  Redistribution list
       for   the  "alt.fusion"   group   of   usenet  news   and   the
       fusion@zorch.uucp mailing list.   The list is for discussion of
       nuclear  fusion.    It  is  relayed  from  the  original  list.
       Submissions   to   the   Fusion  list   should   be   sent   to
       fusion@zorch.uucp (fusion%zorch@uunet.uu.net).

       NAC @ NDSUVM1

       The "NAC"  list is  a BITNET/NetNorth/EARN  Redistribution list
       for the "News.Announce.Conferences" group of Usenet News.   The
       group  is  used  to  post   calls  for  papers  and  conference
       announcements.    Contributions should  be  submitted to  news-
       announce-conferences@mcmi.uucp.

       EMUSIC-L @ AUVM EMUSIC-D @ AUVM

       EMUSIC is a complementary pair of lists, EMUSIC-L and EMUSIC-D,
       both devoted to the discussion of Electronic Music.  The intent
       of the lists is to provide as  open a forum as possible,  while
       allowing  the  subscriber  to actively  choose  the  degree  of
       participation,  based on particular  interests in any attendant
       sub-topic.

       The list EMUSIC-L  is organized as an  open conversation,  with
       all   input  immediately   distributed   to  the   subscribers.
       Discussions on this list change rapidly,  can be brief or long-
       winded, and range from aesthetics to technology.
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       The list EMUSIC-D is a digest, and tends more toward a question
       and answer format.   At times, if a topic seems to be likely to
       spin off from the main threads  of discussion,  the editor will
       recommend that it be transferred to the conversational list.

       In  no case  is  dual subscription  necessary.    All input  to
       EMUSIC-D  is   passed  directly  to  EMUSIC-L,    and  relevant
       information generated there  is edited into the  digest.   Both
       lists are actively monitored and moderated.

       BIOSPH-L @ UBVM

       This list replaces  the now defunct list  OZONE@ICNUCEVM.   The
       new  name  reflects  better the  topics  discussed.    Anything
       relating to the BioSphere,   pollution,  CO-2 effect,  ecology,
       habitats, climate etc etc can be discussed.  Basically anything
       that  exerts  an influence  of  some  kind  or another  on  the
       BioSphere.

       ANU-NEWS @ NDSUVM1

       A  discussion for  administrators  and  users of  the  ANU-NEWS
       software for VAX/VMS  systems.   ANU-NEWS is a  software system
       that allows VMS systems to act as Usenet nodes.  Topics include
       bugs,   fixes,  integrating  lists  from  other networks,   and
       discussion of new features.  Although the list is primarily for
       communication among  ANU-NEWS administrators,   users are  also
       welcome.

       OS-2 @ BLEKUL11

       The purpose of  the hereafter presented discussion  forum is to
       gain information on,  extend the knowledge about,  and increase
       the  insight in  the  fundamentals  of The  IBM/Microsoft  OS/2
       Operating System for Personal Computers.

       To avoid noise,   to keep this list interesting,   OS-2 will be
       moderated by  editors,  with  messages from  participants being
       blocked in newsletters.  Seperate parts for answers on previous
       questions and new unanswered questions will be achieved through
       editing.  The only language supported will be english.

       ALLMUSIC @ AUVM

       This list is dedicated to the discussion of all forms of music,
       in all its aspects.  Its founding is based on the understanding
       that most  people who listen  to and enjoy  music do so  from a
       variety of standpoints, and that a general,  unlimited forum is
       desirable for  both the  integration and  expansion of  musical
       ideas, techniques,  and understanding.   Therefore,  all topics
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       having to do with music are welcome,  including but not limited
       to:  composition, performance, recording;  research,  critique,
       inquiry,   advocacy;    instrument  design,    ethnomusicology,
       psychacoustics,   orchestration;    jazz,   classical,    funk,
       plainchant; and anything else you can think of.   If a topic is
       running that you have something to  say about,  or to question,
       jump in.    If you have  something entirely different  in mind,
       start up another thread.  Music is universal.   With the advent
       of electronic communication, so are we.

       EDTECH @ OHSTVMA

       This list was  conceived to bring together  students,  faculty,
       and "interested others" in the  field of Educational Technology
       to share ideas and information, to explore articles, books, and
       presentations you've found interesting.    To share information
       about  course  offerings and  Educational  Technology  graduate
       program   requirements,   notable   educational  hardware   and
       software,   current dissertations,   and  research projects  in
       Educational Technology.

       YACHT-L @ GREARN

       A new list has been created  at GREARN.   Its the YACHT-L,  the
       Yachting, Sailing, Design and amateur BoatBuilding list.   This
       list offers  to the  pepole that  are interested  in the  above
       subjects a way to communicate.   Discussions about, new yachts,
       designs, construction techniques, races etc are welcome.

       BRS-L @ USCVM

       BRS/Search  is  a  full-text retrieval  system  which  runs  on
       platforms including MS-DOS,  XENIX,  BSD  4.3 and AT&T System V
       UNIX,  IBM  VM/CMS and  MVS/CICS,  and  Data General  MV series
       machines.

       LITERARY @ UCF1VM

       LITERARY is a  list for any lover  of literature.   Discussions
       will include favorite authors, favorite works, literary styles,
       criticisms, etc.  (in fact, basically anything you can think of
       regarding literature,   unless postings  become too  numerous).
       Postings  from  scholars  as well  as  interested  parties  are
       welcome.

       BIOMED-L @ NDSUVM1

       BIOMED-L  is  a discussion  list  on  the topic  of  BIOMEDICAL
       ETHICS.  Since the field of medicine and medical technology are
       rapidly changing and the field is so broad,  it is difficult to
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       have clearly delineated rules as to  what should and should not
       be discussed, but possible topics, for starters, might include:

            Paternalism         Fetal Cell Transplant
            The Right to Die    AIDS
            Suicide             Patient Autonomy
            Abortion            Drug Legalization
            Euthanasia          Respirator Withdrawal
            Transplants         Allocation of scarce resources

       and  many,   many  others  too numerous  to  list  here.    The
       discussions   may  be   ethical,   philosophical,    religious,
       political,  social or  even,  in some cases,   personal.   Open
       discussion,   disagreement and  dissent  is encouraged.    Open
       flames are most certainly *not*.

       AMNESTY @ JHUVM

       This  list distributes  Amnesty  International's urgent  action
       appeals, usually one per month.  They are 1 or 2-page summaries
       of a specific case of human rights abuse, such as a small group
       of people who have been arrested  wihtout reason,  or are being
       held secretly,  or  tortured,  etc.   They give  the prisoners'
       names, why they were arrested,  who to write to,  and what they
       suggest you say.

       Amnesty International is concerned with human rights,  not just
       amnesty.    Sometimes   they  ask  members  to   write  letters
       requesting not freedom, but better or more just treatment.

       You  don't  have   to  be  a  member  of   or  endorse  Amnesty
       International to receive this  list.   Additional discussion or
       info from other organizations may be distributed.
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        *********
       *         *  Helpdesk - a question and answer column
       *     *****
       *    ***  *  feeble attempts at answers by Christopher Condon
       *   ***   *
       *  ***    *  Yale University
       *****     *
       *         *  Send your questions to BITLIB@YALEVM
        *********


       *Q*  I  read  your  article  in the  March  issue  of  the  APA
       newsletter on  computer use with great  interest as I am  a new
       user of BITNET. Thanks for the explanation of the node names in
       some  addresses--this was  a mystery  to me!   Perhaps you  can
       answer a question: our VM system has a NAMES command in which I
       can store addresses of my correspondents. But the space for the
       node only  allows for seven characters  and I can't  figure out
       how to  put in  longer addresses  to other  gateways.  Is  this
       possible  or do  I just  have to  type them?    - Mort  Winston
       

       *A*  There is an exec for VM named LNAME which works like NAMES
       but will handle longer addresses.   It is available from any of
       the NETSERV file  servers.   For a list of the  LNAME files you
       can send the  command SENDME PROGRAMS FILELIST to  one of those
       servers.


       *Q* Hi.   I am a student at Southwest Texas State University in
       San Marcos, Texas.   I am just learning about the vax, and just
       got a copy of something you sent out covering the various way's
       of communication.

       What I was  wondering is,  first,  is  there any way to  log in
       somehow  at  someother  school for  cases  like  reading  their
       bulletin board.   Ours here is  filled with just about anything
       you would want  to read,  but thought  it would be neat  to see
       what  other   schools  have  on   theirs.    -   Kent  Meredith
       

       *A*   You  can't look  at  bulletin  boards on  other  people's
       systems  per se,   but  some servers  (for  example UMNEWS  and
       VMBBOARD) include local and public bulletin boards to which you
       can add comments or browse.
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       *Q* Could anyone  tell me,  if it is possible,   how to contact
       directly from BitNet somebody on  the AppleLink network.  I was
       looking  for  a  gateway,   but never  found  one.    -   Willy
       Trappeniers 

       *A* This is  bound to come up  now and then because  it's SOooo
       non-standard.  The "official" gateway for BITNET is to:

            Send email to: XB.DAS@STANFORD
            Subject: user@APPLELINK

            

       Weird huh?! (but it DOES work).

       user%Applelink@Apple.COM will  work,  but  it's a  violation of
       proper administrative procedure.   Given  the oddball nature of
       the  DASNET  gateway,   it's  hard   to  be  sympathetic  about
       administrative rules.   The DASNET gateway was introduced as an
       "experiment" (I wonder if anyone  plans to draw any conclusions
       about  its  utility)   before Apple  was  granted  an  Internet
       connection.  - Murph Sewall 

       (Thanks to Willy for submitting this question/answer)
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        *********
       *         *  Feedback - a Letters column
       *     *****
       *    ***  *  edited by Christopher Condon
       *   ***   *
       *  ***    *  Yale University
       *****     *
       *         *  Send your letters to BITLIB@YALEVM
        *********


            From:     Greg Jackson 
            Subject:  NetMonth 31.0

       I like it --  and especially that the sucker turns  up as mail,
       instead  of a  file.    Pieces  one by  one  as  mail would  be
       EXCELLENT, to coin an adjective.

            From:     Steve Cavrak 
            Subject:  NetMonth 31.0

       PLEASE turn off the right justification on the news letter.  It
       was bad enough  having to deal with  it once a month,   but now
       getting it nearly every day !

            From:     Hank Radwanski 
            Subjetc:  NetMonth in pieces

       I, for one, DO NOT like the idea of getting NetMonth in lots of
       little pieces.  I have unsub'd from the NetMonth list.

            From:     Thomas Permutt 
            Subject:  NetMonth 31.0

       No,  I don't like it.   The thing  is,  I get lots of mail from
       lots of people about lots of  things.   To have,  once a month,
       one big NetMonth which I can print out and read at leisure is a
       good thing.   To have,  every few  days,  an article about net-
       something mixed in with my other  mail will,  I predict,  be so
       annoying that I will sign off.  Please reconsider.

       I suppose I could achieve the effect  I want by signing off the
       list but signing  up for automatic distribution  of the archive
       file.   I'm not sure I know how to do that, and I am sure there
       are others like me who don't.   If  you do keep the new scheme,
       maybe you could put out an article about this possibility.

       NetMonth has a  special identity,  distinct from  all the other
       Bitnet junk-mail lists.   It is, after all,  NetMONTH,  and not
       NET-L.  Don't you want to keep it that way?
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            From:     Theresa F.M. Muir 
            Subject:  NetMonth 31.0

       We miss the frog!!!!

            From:     Morris Bennett Altman 
            Subject:  NetMonth 31.0

       Stop sending me this!

            From:     Elsa Henderson 
            Subject:  NetMonth logistics -- advice needed

       I was  interested to  hear of the  new scheme  for distributing
       NetMonth.  It will complicate our lives here at RLG but we will
       cope.   Here at RLG,   we print off one copy in  paper form and
       circulate it to interested staff  via an internal routing list.
       We also archive each month's copy on-line for a few months.

       Under the new  system,  we plan to  wait until the end  of each
       month and then obtain a copy  of the full month's complete file
       (e.g.,  NETMONTH 1989MAY)  for  circulating and archiving here.
       It  would be  counter-productive and  involve a  great deal  of
       needless overhead  to circulate  and archive  each piece  as it
       comes to us throughout the month.

       So,  as I  said,  we will cope  with your new scheme  but don't
       promise to love it.

       I do have one question,  however:   Where,  precisely,  will we
       obtain the archived file from?   I'm going to write up a little
       program to send for the file  automagically each month and thus
       need to know where it will live.   Will it be NETSERV@bitnic or
       NETSERV@my-closest-netserv  or someplace  else?   I'm  assuming
       I'll issue a "GET filename filetype"  command -- is that right?
       Help!

            From:     Natalie Maynor 
            Subject:  Excellent Idea

       My one little voice down here  in Mississippi wants to say that
       your  idea  of breaking  up  NETMONTH  into small  segments  is
       excellent.   I  had considered  unsubscribing because  I rarely
       made it  through the long files.    Now I'm looking  forward to
       receiving its bits and pieces.  Thanks!

            From:     Joel Spolsky 
            Subject:  NetMonth

       How do I unsubscribe to NetMonth?
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        *********
       *         *  NetMonth Policies
       *     *****
       *    ***  *  Everything you ever wanted to know...
       *   ***   *
       *  ***    *  ...but were afraid to ask.
       *****     *
       *         *  BITLIB@YALEVM
        *********


       NetMonth is a  network service publication distributed free  of
       charge to  students  and  professionals  in  BITNET  and  other
       networks. This magazine and its companion file, BITNET SERVERS,
       are the  work  of the  BITNET Services Library (BSL) staff  and
       contributors from around the network.

       BITNET SERVERS is BITNETs list of servers and services.  If you
       know of servers not listed in BITNET SERVERS, or if some listed
       are no longer available, please contact the NetMonth Editor.

       * Subscribing to NetMonth and BITNET SERVERS:

       Send  the  following  command  to  LISTSERV@MARIST  by  mail or
       messgage:

            SUBSCRIBE NETMONTH Your_full_name

       A subscriber  can delete  him/herself from  the mailing list by
       sending LISTSERV@MARIST the command:

            UNSUB NETMONTH

       Internet users may use these methods, but must address the mail
       to LISTSERV@MARIST.BITNET

       * Back issues:

       BITNET users  may get NetMonth back issues from the file server
       LISTSERV@CMUCCVMA.  For a list of  files,  send the  server the
       the command:

            INDEX NETMONTH

       * Letters to the Editor:  If  you  have  questions  or comments
       about BITNET or  NetMonth that you would like  to  see  printed
       here, mail  your letter  to BITLIB@YALEVM.  Make  sure that you
       specify in the "Subject:"  header or  somewhere  in  the letter
       that it is for the NetMonth letters column.
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       * Article Submissions:  The  only  requirements  for   NetMonth
       articles and columns are that they be informative, interesting,
       and concern some BITNET-related topic.  Send your articles  and
       to BITLIB@YALEVM.

       * Printing this file:  VM  users can print  this file  by using
       the "( CC" option of  the PRINT command.   VAX/VMS users should
       RECEIVE NetMonth  with a  format of  FORTRAN.

       John  McMahon  of the  NASA  Goddard  Space Flight  Center  has
       written a program or VAX/VMS users which  changes  Fortran form
       feeds in an issue of NETMONTH to ASCII form feeds.  This allows
       a  user on  a VAX/VMS  system to  RECEIVE a  copy of  NETMONTH,
       reformat  it using  this  procedure,  and  print  it using  the
       standard VMS PRINT command.

       The program is internally documented, and you can get a copy by
       sending the following command to LISTSERV@CMUCCVMA or MARIST:

            SENDME NETMONTH COM


            _
           __-
          __---    The
         __-----   BITNET
        __-------  Services
       ___________ Library                       "Because We're Here."

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