[comp.mail.misc] List of Mailing Lists

khj@uncecs.edu (Kenneth H. Jacker) (07/10/90)

Does anyone know of a list (with brief explanations) of the major/common
mailing lists?  I seem to have seen such a list some time in the past.

Thanks!


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Kenneth H. Jacker            Domain:   khj@ms.appstate.edu
Dept of Math Sciences                  khj@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
Appalachian State Univ
Boone, NC  28608             BITNET:   khj@appstate

karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu (07/11/90)

khj@uncecs.edu writes:
   Does anyone know of a list (with brief explanations) of the major/common
   mailing lists?  I seem to have seen such a list some time in the past.

You can get the List-of-Lists from the NIC as the set of files
netinfo:interest-groups-X.txt, X == {1..11}.

There's quite a lot of interesting, useful, and important information
available there.  Here's the listing:

[146] [11:27am] giza:/n/giza/0/karl> ftp nic.ddn.mil
Connected to nic.ddn.mil.
220 NIC.DDN.MIL FTP Server Process 5Z(47)-6 at Tue 10-Jul-90 10:35-PDT
331 ANONYMOUS user ok, send real ident as password.
230 User ANONYMOUS logged in at Tue 10-Jul-90 10:35-PDT, job 48. 
Remote system type is TOPS20.
Remember to set tenex mode when transfering binary files from this machine.
ftp> dir netinfo:
200 Port 18.10 at host 128.146.8.61 accepted.
150 List started.
TS:<NETINFO>
00NETINFO-INDEX.TXT.134,135
AIB.DOC.27
ALTERNATE-DOMAIN-PROCEDURE.TXT.20
ALTERNATE-DOMAIN-TEMPLATE.TXT.10
ASN.TXT.17,18
ASN-TEMPLATE.TXT.5
BITNET-DOMAIN-TEMPLATE.TXT.6
BLACKER.DOC.3,4
C30E-INTERFACE-GUIDE.DOC.1
DOMAIN-CHART.PS.1
DOMAIN-CHART-ABBREV.PS.1
DOMAIN-CHART-ABBREV-LIST.TXT.1
DOMAIN-CHART-LIST.TXT.1
DOMAIN-CONTACTS.TXT.149,150
DOMAIN-INFO.TXT.160,161
DOMAIN-TEMPLATE.TXT.49
DOMAINS.ARC.1
DOMAINS.TXT.167,168
FOREIGN-TAC-PHONES.TXT.28,29
FYI-INDEX.TXT.1
GOSIP.DOC.4
HADMINBYADDR.TXT.214,215
HOST-ADMIN-DUTIES.TXT.11
HOST-LOCATION.TXT.132,133
HOSTS.TXT.966,967
HOSTS.TXT-Z.966,967
HOSTSERVER-INSTRUCTIONS.TXT.14,15
IEN-INDEX.TXT.109
IHOST-TEMPLATE.TXT.16
IN-ADDR-TEMPLATE.TXT.1
INTEREST-GROUPS.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-1.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-10.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-11.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-2.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-3.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-4.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-5.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-6.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-7.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-8.TXT.52
INTEREST-GROUPS-9.TXT.52
INTERNET.PINGING.13
INTERNET-NUMBER-TEMPLATE.TXT.40,41
KERMIT-INFO.TXT.10
KERMIT-NICSERVER.TXT.2,3
KERMIT-TAC-INFO.TXT.9,10
MIL-CONFIG.TXT.155,156
MIL-HOST-ADMINISTRATORS.TXT.171
MIL-HOST-ADMINISTRATORS-A-L.TXT.118,119
MIL-HOST-ADMINISTRATORS-M-Z.TXT.115,116
MIL-HOSTS.TXT.966,967
MIL-MAILBRIDGE-HOMINGS.TXT.3
MIL-NSC.TXT.254,255
MIL-NSC-TEMPLATE.TXT.4,5
MIL-PSN-COORD.TXT.128,129
MIL-TACACS-INSTRUCTIONS.TXT.14
MMM-1.TXT.1
MMM-10.TXT.1
MMM-11.TXT.1
MMM-12.TXT.1
MMM-13.TXT.1
MMM-14.TXT.2
MMM-15.TXT.1
MMM-16.TXT.1
MMM-17.TXT.1
MMM-18.TXT.1
MMM-19.TXT.1
MMM-2.TXT.1
MMM-20.TXT.1
MMM-21.TXT.1
MMM-22.TXT.1
MMM-23.TXT.1
MMM-24.TXT.1
MMM-25.TXT.1
MMM-26.TXT.1
MMM-27.TXT.4
MMM-3.TXT.1
MMM-4.TXT.1
MMM-5.TXT.1
MMM-6.TXT.1
MMM-7.TXT.1
MMM-8.TXT.1
MMM-9.TXT.1
MMM-INDEX.TXT.18
NBSOSI-AGREEMENTS.DOC.1
NETWORKS.TXT.967,968
NIC-PUBS.TXT.120,121
NSC-HADMIN-DUTIES.TXT.1
NUG.DOC.21
OSDIR-1.TXT.3
OSDIR-2.TXT.4
OSDIR-3.TXT.4
OSDIR-4.TXT.4
OSDIR-5.TXT.4
PROTOCOLS-DOD.BIB.8
PROTOCOLS-DOD.PS.6
RESPONSIBLE-PERSONS.TXT.27
RFC-BY-AUTHOR.TXT.1165
RFC-BY-TITLE.TXT.1165
RFC-INDEX.TXT.1165
RFC-SETS.TXT.26,27
ROOT-SERVERS.TXT.17,18
SENDMAIL-CF-DOC.TXT.1
SENDMAIL-GENERIC.TXT.2
SENDMAIL-INTERNET-GENERIC.TXT.2
SIMTEL20.ARCHIVES.8
SPONSOR-NETS.INFO.2,3
TAC-LOCATION.TXT.174,175
TAC-PHONES.LIST.457
TAC-USER.DOC.23
TCP-IP-BIB.TXT.16
TEST.FTP.10,11
TP4-MEMO.TXT.2
UNIX-FTPD.SHAR.1
US-DOMAIN.TXT.1,2
USA-TAC-PHONES.TXT.35,36
USER-TEMPLATE.TXT.15
VENDORS-GUIDE.DOC.208
VENDORS-TEMPLATE.TXT.11,12
VIRUS-PATCH.TXT.10
WBS-NOTES-INDEX.TXT.4
WHAT-THE-NIC-DOES.TXT.69,70
WHO-DDN.TXT.50
WHOIS-INFO.TXT.11
X25.DOC.6
226 Transfer completed.
ftp> quit
221 QUIT command received. Goodbye.

--karl