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>