ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby) (09/24/89)
This past week all subscribers to info-minix@udel.edu were moved to listserv@vm1.nodak.edu. This move marked the retirement of James Galvin as the info-minix list maintainer, and my starting. Jim created the list soon after the announcement of Minix, even before comp.os.minix was created, and ran it up until this past week. Thanks for all the hard work, Jim! Durring the change, Marty Hoag, postmaster at vm1.nodak.edu, thought that it would be a good idea to set up LISTSERV so that any postings sent to it would also be distributed on USENET. Our first try at this did not work correctly, and the list is now set up to only take submissions to info-minix@udel.edu. All administravia relating to the list should be sent to one of the following addresses (all are equivalent): info-minix-request@udel.edu minix@plains.nodak.edu minix@ndsuvax (bitnet) The following is my "new subscriber" introduction, which describes how everything is now set up. Welcome to the info-minix mailing list! Please send contributions to the list proper to "info-minix@udel.edu". Administrivia, e.g., problems or questions about the list, should be sent to "info-minix-request@udel.edu", "minix@plains.nodak.edu" or "minix@ndsuvax" on Bitnet. You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF MINIX-L" command to listserv@vm1.nodak.edu. Please note that this command must NOT be sent to the list address (MINIX-L@vm1.nodak.edu) but to the LISTSERV address (listserv@vm1.nodak.edu). This mailing list is intended for the discussion of the Minix Operating System. It is a Version 7 system call compatible OS written for IBM Compatible PCs by Andy Tanenbaum (minix@cs.vu.nl). He is also the author of a book which describes the system "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation", published by Prentice-Hall, 1987, ISBN 0-13-637406-9. Their number is 1-800-223-1360; from outside the US/Canada the number is +1-201-592-2000. The mailing list is run from the BITNET listserver "MINIX-L@NDSUVM1" (which is also on the internet, where it is known as vm1.nodak.edu) and its peers, and is gatewayed to the USENET newsgroup "comp.os.minix". Subscribers should consider which of the possible subscription methods is the most effective use of resources, i.e., where USENET News is available, readers should not subscribe to the list since it is already carried at your site. It is considered very unfriendly to allow your mail software to generate automatic replies, eg vacation notices, which are sent to the list or me. Please note, due to the popularity of the list and the volume of mail, I am typically ruthless about deleting subscribers whose addresses generate failed mail. You should get mail every day from this list, so it is prudent to contact me if you do not see any mail for two or three days; you should allow time for typical delays before complaining. There are several sites which archive all messages sent to the list, plus anything else that they see fit. You can obtain information on these sites by sending mail to listserv@vm1.nodak.edu saying: get minix info minix and you will be sent the "Minix Information Sheet", which also contains other general information on MINIX, such as what versions exist and how to ordering them from Prentice-Hall and a list of machines it is known to work with. The amount of acknowledgement you wish to receive from this list upon completion of a mailing operation can be changed by means of a "SET MINIX-L option" command, where "option" may be either "ACK" (mail acknowledgement), "MSGACK" (interactive messages only) or "NOACK". Please note that it is presently possible for anybody to determine that you are signed up to the list through the use of the "REVIEW" command, which returns the network address and name of all the subscribers. If you do not wish your name to be available to others in this fashion, just issue a "SET MINIX-L CONCEAL" command. More information on LISTSERV commands can be found in the "General Introduction guide", which you can retrieve by sending an "INFO GENINTRO" command to listserv@vm1.nodak.edu. Glen Overby, List Maintainer <minix@plains.nodak.edu> uunet!ndsuvax!minix (UUCP) minix@ndsuvax (Bitnet) -- Glen Overby <ncoverby@plains.nodak.edu> uunet!ndsuvax!ncoverby (UUCP) ncoverby@ndsuvax (Bitnet)