david@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (David J. Camp) (12/14/90)
ANNOUNCEMENT: The FFP-L list is no longer operational. It has been
renamed as 'PROTOCOL' and maintains the same subscriber list as the
old FFP-L list. This is in preparation for an eventual merger with
the list ProtocolS@Rutgers.EDU. When the merger is complete, the
subscriber list for the two lists will be combined, with an attempt
made to eliminate duplicates.
Meanwhile, here is the new charter for the PROTOCOL list. -David-
PROTOCOL@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU -- Computer Protocol Discussion
PROTOCOL@UIUCVMD.BITNET
The PROTOCOL electronic mailing list is a forum for the discussion of
all kinds of computer protocols. This includes the format of data
when transmitted on communications devices, plus the internal formats
used to store data on storage media.
Topics of dicussion will include the formats used by various archiving
programs and applications, encodings used to transfer binary files via
electronic mail and other text-only media, and networking protocols
such as DECNET, UUCP, TCP/IP and OSI. Discussion of file formats are
welcome, including UUENCODE, XXENCODE, LCODER, SUPENCOD, ARC, ZIP,
ZOO, TAR, COMPRESS, SFIF, GIF, TIFF, PBM, NETDATA, SHAR, and any
others. We are interested in contributions toward the development
of general-purpose file transfer protocols.
The list has the combined mission of two previous lists called
"ProtocolS" and "FFP-L".
The PROTOCOL list is gatewayed to the UseNet list comp.protocols.misc.
We welcome free-ranging discussion and product announcements.
[Note the above two paragraphs are not yet true.]
The subscription is as for a normal BITNET LISTSERV list. Send a
message to LISTSERV@UIUCVMD.BITNET (LISTSERV AT UIUCVMD) or
listserv@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu with the contents:
SUBSCRIBE PROTOCOL Your Full Name
The list is unmoderated, open enrollment, and is not digestified.
The list coordinators are:
Phil Howard <phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
and
David J. Camp <david@wubios.wustl.edu>
and
David M Katinsky <dmk@pilot.njin.net>