________ _________ _________ ___ _________ _______ _________ _________ _________ _________ ___ _________ _________ _________ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ ___ ___ _______ ___ ________ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _________ _________ ___ _________ _________ _________ ___ ________ _________ ___ _________ _________ _______ ___ / › VOLUME 3 NUMBER 11 JANUARY 30, 1986 / › The weekly list of active file servers, list servers, name servers, relays, / database servers, conference machines, and electronic magazines. › +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³Please send additions, deletions and requests to get on the mailing list to³ ³ Chris Condon, BITLIB@YALEVMX ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active file servers: ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ BITSERVE @ CUNYVM - City University of New York CANSERVE @ CANADA01 - University of Guelph CSNEWS @ MAINE - University of Maine FORUM @ TAMCBA - Texas A & M College of Business Administration KERMSRV @ CUVMA - Kermit Users Server, Columbia University LFCNET @ ICNUCEVM - National University Computer Center - Pisa MACSERVE @ BITNIC - Macintosh Users Server, Bitnet Support Center NICSERVE @ BITNIC - Bitnet Support Center NYSHARE @ WEIZMANN - Weizmann Institute of Science SERVER @ TAMCBA - Texas A & M College of Business Administration SERVER @ UOGUELPH - University of Guelph VMBBOARD @ WEIZMANN - Weizmann Institute of Science +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active NETSERV file servers: ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ NETSERV @ AEARN - Austria EARN - Linz NETSERV @ BITNIC - Bitnet Support Center NETSERV @ CEARN - Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire NETSERV @ DEARN - German central node of EARN - Darmstadt NETSERV @ EARNET - IBM SC - Roma NETSERV @ EB0UB011 - Universidad de Barcelona NETSERV @ FINHUT - Helsinki University of Technology NETSERV @ FRMOP11 - CNUSC, Montpellier NETSERV @ GREARN - Research Center of Crete - Heraklion NETSERV @ HEARN - Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen NETSERV @ IRLEARN - University College - Dublin NETSERV @ SEARN - Sweden EARN - Stockholm NETSERV @ UKACRL - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - UK EARN +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active database servers: ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ DATABASE @ BITNIC - Bitnet Information Center +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active name servers: ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ BITSERVE @ CUNYVM - City University of New York CSNEWS @ MAINE - University of Maine FINGER @ CUVMA - Columbia University LOOKUP @ RITVAXC - Rochester Institute of Technology LOOKUP @ RITVAXD - Rochester Institute of Technology VMNAMES @ WEIZMANN - Weizmann Institute of Science +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active list servers: ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ LISTSERV @ BITNIC - Bitnet Support Center LISTSERV @ NCSUVM - North Carolina State University LISTSERV @ UCF1VM - University of Central Florida +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active conference machines: ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ CERITOR @ TECHNION - Technion - Haifa FORUM @ TAMCBA - Texas A & M College of Business Administration SERVER @ TAMCBA - Texas A & M College of Business Administration +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ The Relay conference machine network: ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ BASTILLE @ UIUCVMC - University of Illinois CSCML @ CCNYVME - City College of New York CXBOB @ ASUACAD - Arizona State University DSCAWAC @ CFRVM - Central Florida Regional Data Center NETRELAY @ FRECP11 - Ecole Centrale de Paris RELAY @ AEARN - Austrian EARN node at Linz RELAY @ BITNIC - Bitnet Support Center RELAY @ CEARN - Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire RELAY @ CLVM - Clarkson University RELAY @ CMUCCVMA - Carnegie-Mellon University RELAY @ DEARN - German central node of EARN at Darmstadt RELAY @ DKTC11 - Copenhagen Technical College RELAY @ HEARN - Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen RELAY @ ISRAEARN - IBM Israel SC - Haifa RELAY @ JPNSUT10 - Science University of Tokyo RELAY @ NCSUVM - North Carolina State University RELAY @ NDSUVM1 - North Dakota State University RELAY @ PURCCVM - Purdue University RELAY @ TCSVM - Tulane University RELAY @ UREGINA1 - University of Regina RELAY @ UTCVM - University of Tennessee - Chattanooga RELAY @ YALEVM - Yale University Computer Center RELAY @ YALEVMX - Yale University Computer Center 8350428 @ UWAVM - University of Washington +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Electronic magazines: ³ ³ Mailing list information is included in each magazine. ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ CLUB ................. The Chat Laypersons User Bulletin Back issues available from FORUM@TAMCBA CRTNET ............... The Communications Research and Theorey NETwork Back issues available from LFCNET@ICNUCEVM BITLIST .............. You're reading it now Latest issue is stored on NETSERV as BITNET SERVERS FIGIL ................ The FORTH programmers digest For more info contact UMFORTH@WEIZMANN FSFNET ............... The Fantasy and Science Fiction NETwork Back issues available from CSDAVE@MAINE & SERVER@TAMCBA NUTWORKS ............. The BITNET humor magazine Back issues available from CSNEWS@MAINE REXXyymm FORUM ....... The REXX programmers forum Back issues available from LFCNET@ICNUCEVM VM/COM ............... The University of Maine CSNEWS network newsletter Back issues available from CSNEWS@MAINE +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ >>>B I T N O T E S>>> ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ It's only natural... Change is the order of business this week, but what else is new? The only time I can recall getting no news is during Christmas week, which was to be expected. Not so, this week. There is a slightly revised header on this magazine, for those of you that notice that sort of thing. The real change is the new section on list servers. "What," you may ask, "are list servers?" I'm glad you asked. Let's look at one case, LISTSERV@BITNIC: +---------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ ³ ³ Sending the same message to more than one person occurs com- ³ ³ monly enough that most electronic mail/messaging systems ³ ³ have special provisions for it. Multiple userids in the TO ³ ³ (destination) field is the simplest approach; and some sys- ³ ³ tems allow the user to define a list of recipients, then re- ³ ³ fer to the list by name in the TO field. ³ ³ ³ ³ Though lists represent a convenient way to handle multiple ³ ³ addressees, significant problems do sometimes arise. Fre- ³ ³ quently lists become so long that mail headers are longer ³ ³ than the message itself. Also, individual members of a ³ ³ group that uses lists often must create and maintain those ³ ³ lists themselves. If group membership changes, several ³ ³ lists for the same group may then exist, each with different ³ ³ entries. ³ ³ ³ ³ In the BITNET messaging environment, LISTSERV provides mail- ³ ³ ing list capabilities that overcome these problems and make ³ ³ group communications quite straightforward. ³ ³ ³ ³ Anyone who can send mail to BITNIC can use LISTSERV. To send ³ ³ to a list use the list name for the userid and BITNIC as the ³ ³ site name. ³ ³ ³ ³ LISTSERV will then generate a copy of the message for each ³ ³ individual userid in the named list. Each recipient re- ³ ³ ceives the same text but the TO fields contain individual ³ ³ userids along with a comment indicating the message was sent ³ ³ to a list and identifying the list name. This shortens the ³ ³ headers yet still notifies the recipient that the message ³ ³ was sent to a list. Of course, the recipient can communi- ³ ³ cate a response to the group using the same list. All list ³ ³ members use the same list for group communications, thus al- ³ ³ leviating the problem of multiple versions of a list within ³ ³ a group. ³ ³ ³ ³ BITNET users may request that their own lists be available ³ ³ via LISTSERV on BITNIC. Alternatively, users may acquire the ³ ³ LISTSERV code from BITNIC to be run at their own site ³ ³ (VM/CMS sites with REXX). Send requests for more informa- ³ ³ tion, to establish a list, or for the LISTSERV code to ³ ³ INFO@BITNIC. Please include your name, userid and node ³ ³ name. ³ ³ ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------+ For more infromation on the mailing lists available via BITNIC's LISTSERV you may request the file LISTSERV GROUPS from the file server NICSERVE@BITNIC. Please note that all LISTSERVs are not the same. LISTSERV@NCSUVM was written entirely by the (in)famous Alan Clegg and does not operate in the same manner as the one at BITNIC. Nor do the three list servers maintain the same mailing lists. Information on how to use LISTSERV@NCSUVM may be obtained by issuing the HELP command. How to use LISTSERV@UCF1VM, I do not know (yet). Thanks to Alan for the information on that one. Yes, there's more...! Geert K. Marien tells me that a new BITNET oriented electronic magazine will be appearing soon. It will be put together by "a loose association of people". It will also be bi-weekly. There is a new file server/conference machine at Texas A & M University, FORUM@TAMCBA. This is the new home of CLUB magazine. Thanks to Bob Baker for the news. Ron Jarrell says that CL0X@CMUCCVMA is no longer a Relay, but there is one at that node with the userid RELAY anyway, so no loss there. According to Walter Wong, PSUG@VPIVM2 is no longer a Relay. Besides that, the node has been renamed VTVM2. That's the news! More next week. Virtually; Chris (Fuzzyman) +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ An ongoing request: ³ ³ If the BITLIST is stored on a public disk at your institution, ³ ³ please send me a note with the node and name of your university. ³ ³ Thank you. ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+