[comp.os.vms] What is info-vax?

klb@philabs.Philips.Com (Ken Bourque) (06/26/87)

I have been reading comp.os.vms for three months now.  During this time I have
seen many references to "The info-vax mailing list" and various arcane related
subjects.  I have yet to see any description of what it is.  I have a few dumb
questions:

What is it?  Just a normal mailing list?
Are all "postings" to info-vax also sent to comp.os.vms, and vice-versa?
Why have both a mailing list and a newsgroup?
Why isn't it included in the list of publicly available mailing lists?
How does one request to be put on the list, and how does one "post" to it?

Thanks to everyone for being patient.

klb@philabs.philips.com  -or-  seismo!philabs!klb