[net.general] New LIST-OF-LISTS in net.news.group

bts@unc.UUCP (08/06/83)

     I've just posted the newest LIST-OF-LISTS to
net.news.group (rather than net.sources).  The LIST contains
short descriptions of the active ARPANET mailing lists,
along with addresses and instructions for subscribing.

	Bruce Smith, UNC-Chapel Hill
	duke!unc!bts           (USENET)
	bts.unc@udel-relay (lesser NETworks)

bts@unc.UUCP (Bruce Smith) (10/19/83)

     I've just submitted the newest LIST-OF-LISTS to
net.news.group.  For people unfamiliar with the LIST, it's
an annotated listing of "mailing lists" available from
ARPANET. (The network where they only *think* they know how
to flame.)

	Bruce Smith, UNC-Chapel Hill
	decvax!duke!unc!bts   (USENET)
	bts.unc@udel-relay (other NETworks)

bts@unc.UUCP (01/02/84)

I've just posted the newest LIST-OF-LISTS to net.news.group.
For anyone still unfamiliar with the LIST-OF-LISTS, it's an
annotated listing of the ARPANET's mailing lists. (If you
don't know the ARPANET, it's that dull network-- the one
without net.flame or unc!tim.)

Even if you're not on the ARPANET, it may be possible to
receive these lists, e.g., via CSNet. (Sorry, but I can't
help with that.  Contact your local systems administrator.)
Also, some of these lists are already appearing in appropri-
ate USENET newsgroups.

     _____________________________________
     Bruce Smith, UNC-Chapel Hill
     decvax!duke!unc!bts     (USENET)
     bts.unc@CSnet-Relay (lesser NETworks)

bts@unc.UUCP (Bruce Smith) (02/15/84)

_____________________________________
     The newest LIST-OF-LISTS has been posted to the
net.news.group newsgroup.  The LIST-OF-LISTS is an annotated
list of ARPANET mailing lists. (ARPANET is the network
without wombats.) Many of the moderators will mail their
lists to people *not* on the ARPANET, if you have an address
they can mail to.
_____________________________________
Bruce T. Smith, UNC-Chapel Hill
decvax!mcnc!unc!bts     (USENET)
bts.unc@CSnet-Relay (lesser NETworks)

tower@inmet.UUCP (02/19/84)

#R:unc:-675800:inmet:4100028:000:481
inmet!tower    Feb 18 20:13:00 1984

Re:

Getting an ARPA list on USENET.

It is better to convince the moderator to get the list gated
onto USENET as an fa.all group.

Two reasons:

1) It doesn't take too many USENET subscribers to make it
cheaper to send the list to all sites as a group.

2) USENET/ARPANET gateways get overloaded with N copies of
the same data, instead of 1 copy. This is unfair to the gateway
site, and could lead to loss of the service.

-len tower        harpo!inmet!tower        Cambridge, MA