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    Purpose: The list's charter to is to discuss anything and
    everything connected with adoption.

aeronautics
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The "aeronautics" mailing list will be a moderated
    version of the sci.aeronautics newsgroup, and as such will deal
    with various technical aspects of aviation, such as human factors,
    airliner operations, avionics, and aerodynamics.  It will be a
    one-way feed (sci.aeronautics -> mailing list), unless sufficient
    demand requires that it go in the opposite direction.

agenda-users
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: A new mailing list for users of the Microwriter Agenda
    handheld computer.

aids
    Contact: [e-mail] (Daniel R. Greening)

    Purpose: A distribution list for people who can't read
    sci.med.aids.  Covers predominately medical issues of AIDS.  Some
    discussion of political and social issues.  Postings to AIDSNEWS
    and Health InfoCom News mailing lists are also carried.

    Unlike info-aids, postings to [e-mail] are
    NON-confidential.  The average number of postings to aids is about
    2 per day.  The average size of articles is very large
    (statistics, news summaries, etc.)  sci.med.aids and
    [e-mail] are moderated. (see also "info-aids" mailing
    list)

algeria-net
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Nasr Belkheir)

    Purpose:  a forum for discussion about political, cultural aspects
    of Algerian society.

alife
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The alife mailing list is for communications regarding
    artificial life, a formative interdisciplinary field involving
    computer science, the natural sciences, mathematics, medicine and
    others.  The recent book _Artificial Life_, Christopher Langton, ed.,
    Addison Wesley, 1989 introduces the scope of artificial life as a field
    of study.  Alife was chartered in February 1990 at the Second Artificial
    Life Workshop, held in Santa Fe & organized by the Center for Nonlinear
    Studies at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Santa Fe
    Institute.  The list is intended primarily for low-volume, high-content
    scientific correspondence and as a publically accessible forum for the
    interested members of the public.  Membership as of July 1990 includes
    over 1,200 addresses on four continents.  There is an FTP-accessible
    archives/repository of past traffic, software and papers.  The list
    is maintained by the Artificial Life Research Group, Computer Science
    Department, Lindley Hall 101, Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405.
    There are conditions on redistribution of the list in order to minimize
    any misunderstanding or exaggeration concerning this new area of study.


Alspa
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Brad Allen)

    Purpose:  Discussion by owners/users of the CP/M machines
    made by (now defunct) Alspa Computer, Inc.

alternates
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Mail.alternates is a mail list for people who advocate,
    and/or practice an open sexual lifestyle. Its members are
    primarily bisexual men and women, and their SO's. Mail.alternates
    is intended as a forum, and support group for adult men and women
    who espouse their freedom of choice and imagination in human
    sexual relations, no matter what their orientaion. Those who are
    offended by frank, and uninhibited discussions relating to sexual
    issues should not subscribe.

    Moderator/Editor: [e-mail]

Amazons International
    Contact: [e-mail] (Thomas Gramstad)

    Purpose: Amazons International is an electronic digest newsletter
    for and about Amazons (physically and psychologically strong
    assertive women who are not afraid to break free from traditional
    ideas about gender roles, femininity and the female physique) and
    their friends and lovers.  Amazons International is dedicated to
    the image of the female hero in fiction and in fact, as it is
    expressed in art and literature, in the physiques and feats of
    female athletes, in sexual values and practices, and provides
    information, discussion and a supportive environment for these
    values and issues.  Gender role traditionalists and others who are
    opposed to Amazon ideals should not subscribe.

amend2-discuss
amend2-info
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Colorado voted in an amendment to their state
    constitution which revokes any existing gay/lesbian/bisexual
    civil rights legislation and prohibits the drafting of any
    new legislation.  The amendment was spearheaded by a right-
    wing organization inappropriately self-named Colorado Family
    Values (CFV).  It is our understanding that they have no
    intention of stopping their hate campaign here; they intended
    to push for legislation with a stronger discriminatory flavor
    here in Colorado and surrounding states.

    Two mail/news groups have been created in response to this
    discriminatory amendment.

    amend2-discuss is for people who are discussing the
    implications and issues surrounding the passing of amendment 2.

    amend2-info is a moderated mailing list for people interested
    in information on the implication and issues of #2.

    Sending mail to either mailing list has the effect of also
    posting the message to the corresponding shadow newsgroup.
    We encourage people to use the mailing list address when
    disseminating information so that those people who are on the
    mailing list but who do not have access to news can benefit
    from the discussion/information.

    To subscribe to either list, send mail to:
        [e-mail]
    where the body of the message is:
        subscribe <listname>

America
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For people interested in how the United States is
    dealing with foreign trade policies, congressional status, and
    other inside information about the government that is freely
    distributable.  This list has monthly postings that are
    generally in large batches, with posts exceeding a few hundred
    lines.  Tends to receive mail only a few times per month, and
    is a moderated group.  An unmoderated group is also available.

    Send subscription requests to [e-mail], using
    this format:

    #america username@domain;

AM/FM
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: AM/FM is the mailing list for the AM/FM Online Edition,
    a monthly compilation of news stories concerning the UK radio
    industry.

    To subscribe to the list, write to [e-mail]
    with 'subscribe amfm <Your Name>' as the first line in the
    message body, replacing <Your Name> with your real name, not your
    email address.

AMOS
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For the AMOS programming language on Amiga computers.
    Features source, bug reports, and help from users around the
    world, but mainly European users.  Most posts will be in English
    but there are no limitations to the language used, since AMOS
    is very popular in most European countries.

    Send subscription requests to [e-mail] using
    this format:

    #amos username@domain;

anneal
    Contact: [e-mail] (Daniel R. Greening)

    Purpose: Discussion of simulated annealing techniques and
    analysis, as well as other related issues (stochastic
    optimization, Boltzmann machines, metricity of NP-complete move
    spaces, etc).

    Membership is restricted to those doing active research in
    simulated annealing or related areas.  Current membership is
    international, and about half of the members are published
    authors.  The list itself is unmoderated.

apc-open
    Contact: [e-mail] (Fred Rump) -or-
            [e-mail]

    Purpose: to interchange information relevant to SCO Advanced
    Product Centers. Membership restricted to APC OPEN members or
    those specifically invited.

apE-info
    Contact: [e-mail] (Jim Lick)

    Purpose: Discussion of the scientific visualization software package
    apE.

argentina
    Contact: [e-mail] (Carlos G. Mendioroz)

    Purpose:  Mailing list for general discussion and information.
    By joining you can learn about how to make those patties (empanadas)
    that you miss so much, you can discuss on how to 'cebar un buen mate',
    and of course, on how to solve Argentina's most outstanding problems.
    We don't have a regular news service yet, but some members send every
    now and then a briefing. To join send name, e-mail, phone number,
    address, and topics of interest.  List contents are primarily in
    Spanish.

artist-users
    Contact: [e-mail] (Jeff Putsch)

    Purpose: Discussion group for users and potential users of the Analog
    Artist software from Cadence Design Systems. This can be used to:
    * Discuss current problems & their solutions/workarounds.
    * Discuss usage of the product.
    * Discuss enhancements/product improvements.
    * Anything else regarding this product as an analog circuit
      design environment.
    All users or potential users of Analog Artist are encouraged to join.

AR-News
    Contact: [e-mail] (David Taylor)
                                       (Chip Roberson)

    Purpose: A public news wire for items relating to Animal Rights
    and Welfare.

    Appropriate postings to AR-News include: posting a news item,
    requesting information on some event, or responding to a request
    for information.  Discussions on AR-News will NOT be allowed and
    we ask that any commentary either be taken to AR-Talk or to
    private E-mail.

    Currently, no resources are available for archiving this list.

AR-Talk
    Contact: [e-mail] (David Taylor)
                                       (Chip Roberson)

    Purpose: An unmoderated list for the discussion of Animal Rights.
    Peter Singer's book "Animal Liberation" proposes a "New Ethics for
    our Treatment of Animals" and many activist groups, such as PETA
    (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), regard this as the
    "Bible of the Animal Rights movement."  Consumers and researchers
    alike are facing new questions concerning the human animals'
    treatment of the rest of the animal kingdom.  The purpose of this
    list is to provide students, researchers, and activists a forum for
    discussing issues like: Animal Rights, Animal Liberation, Consumer
    Product Testing, Cruelty-free products, Vivasection/Dissection,
    Medical Testing, Animals in Laboratories, Research using Animals,
    Hunting/Trapping/Fishing, Animals in Entertainment, Factory Farming,
    Fur, Ecology, Evnironmental Protection, Vegetarianism, Vegan
    lifestyles, Christian Perspectives, Other Perspectives.

    Currently, no resources are available for archiving this list.

Art of Noise
    Contact: [e-mail]

    The AoN mailing list is for Discussion of the avant-garde British
    music group Art of Noise.  Solo works by band members are also
    discussed.  An extensive discography is available.

att-pc+
    Contact:  [e-mail]  --or--
          ...!{att,cs.utexas.edu,sun!daver}!ssbn!bill  (Bill Kennedy)

    Purpose: For people interested in the AT&T PC 63xx series of
    systems.  Sub-lists are maintained for MS-DOS-only and Simul-Task
    mailings as well as the full list for items of general interest.
    Membership must be requested and mail path verification is
    required before membership is granted.

autox
    Contact: [e-mail]
          or [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of autocrossing, SCCA Solo events.  Also
    available as a digest.
    Many of the list's members are SCCA(Sports Car Club of America).

Aviator
    Contact: [e-mail] (Jim Hickstein)

    Purpose: A mailing list of, by, and for user of Aviator (tm),
    the flight simulation program from Artificial Horizons, Inc.
    Aviator runs on Sun workstations with the GX graphics accelerator
    option.  The list is unmoderated at present, and is unaffiliated
    with AHI.

    Its charter is simply to facilitate communication among users of
    Aviator.  Note that it is *not* intended to communicate with the
    *providers* of Aviator.  All mail received at the submission address
    will be reflected to all the subscribers of the list.

backstreets
    Contact: [e-mail]    (Marc Rouleau)

    Purpose: Our purpose is to discuss any and all issues likely to be
    of interest to people who enjoy Bruce Springsteen's music.

bagpipe
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Any topic related to bagpipes, most generally defined as
    any instrument where air is forced manually from a bellows or bag
    through drones and/or over reeds.  All manner of Scottish, Irish,
    English, and other instruments are discussed.  Anyone with an
    interest is welcome.

bahai-faith
    Contact: [e-mail] (Charles W. Cooper II)

    Purpose: a non-threatening forum for discussing and sharing
    information about the tenets, history, and texts of the Baha'i
    Faith.  This mailing list is gatewayed into the Usenet newsgroup
    soc.religion.bahai.

balloon
    Contact: [e-mail] (Phil Herbert)

    Purpose: This is a list for balloonists of any sort, be they hot
    air or gas, commercial or sport. Currently the number of
    subscribers is low. Discussion topics include just about anything
    related to ballooning.

ballroom
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Shahrukh Merchant
                                               c/o MIT Ballroom Dance Club)

    Purpose: Discussion of any aspect of Ballroom dancing.  For
    instance: Places to dance, announcement of special events (e.g.,
    inter- university competitions), exchange of information about
    clubs, ballroom dance music, discussion of dances, steps, etc.

    Anyone may join; please send ALL of the following information: (1)
    Full name (2) Internet-compatible e-mail address (3) Affiliation,
    if any, with any ballroom dance organization or group (4) ZIP or
    postal code, and country if other than U.S.  (5) Whether you have
    access to Netnews (Yes/No/Don't know/Yes but don't use).

barbershop
    Contact: [e-mail] (David Bowen)

    Purpose: Discussion about barbershop harmony, quartets and
    choruses and the activities of organizations promoting the
    babarbershop singing such as the S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Sweet
    Adelines and Harmony, Inc.

Basic programming
    Contact: [e-mail] (Robert Meunier)

    Purpose: Discussion and exchange on using BASIC as a programming
    language.

bbones
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: A list discussing the construction of mail backbones for
    organizations and campuses.  Created as a followup to a discussion
    to the 1992 spring Inetrop hosted by Einger Stefferud.

bears
    Contact: [e-mail] (Steve Dyer & Brian Gollum)
             ...!{harvard,ima,linus,mirror}!spdcc!bears-request

    Purpose: Mail.bears is a mailing list in digest format for gay
    and bisexual men who are bears themselves and for those who enjoy
    the company of bears.  The exact definition of a "bear" seems to
    be a personal one, but it encompasses men who are variously cuddly,
    furry, perhaps stocky, or bearded.  Mail.bears is designed to be a
    forum to bring together folks with similar interests for conversation,
    friendship and sharing of experiences.  The tone of mail.bears
    will be determined by its members, but people uncomfortable with
    discussing sexually explicit topics via electronic mail should
    not subscribe.

BETA
    Contact: [e-mail] (Elmer Soerensen Sandvad)

    Purpose: A discussion forum for BETA users.  BETA is a modern
    object-oriented programming language with: Powerful abstraction
    mechanisms including class, subclass, virtual class, class
    variable, procedure, subprocedure, virtual procedure, procedure
    variable, coroutine, subcoroutine, virtual coroutine, coroutine
    variable, and many more, all unified to the ultimate abstraction
    mechanism: the pattern.  Other features include general block
    structure, coroutines, concurrency, strong typing, part objects,
    separate objects, and class-less objects.

Between-the-lines
    Contact: [e-mail] (Matthew Jung)
         or  [e-mail] (Myra Wong)

    Purpose: Debbie Gibson fans & discussion.

big-DB
    Contact: [e-mail]        (Fareed Asad-Harooni)

    Purpose: Discussions pertaining to large data bases (generally
    greater than 1 million records) and large data base management
    systems such as IMS, DB2, and CCA's Model/204. Anyone having
    interests in large data base issues is welcome.

bikecommute
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: We are mainly Silicon Valley folk, and the discussion
    centers around bicycle transportation, and the steps necessary
    for improved bicycling conditions in (sub)urban areas.

    We do have several folk from around the area, as well as a few
    national organizations (the League of American Wheelmen,
    Bikecentennial, and the Bicycle Federation of America).

bikepeople
    Contact: [e-mail] (Kevin Karplus)

    Purpose: We're an area group of bicycle activists, mainly in Santa
    Cruz County, CA.  We discuss bicycle issues: local, state, and
    national.  Public hearings and government meetings are announced
    and reported on.  Messages are occasionally cross-posted with the
    bikecommute mailing list.

biodiv-l
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The intention of this list is to discuss technical
    opportunities, administrative and economic issues, practical
    limitations and scientific goals, leading to recommendations
    for the establishment of a biodiversity network.

    Individual contributions are requested, not only as to network
    capabilities, but also as to existing databases of interest to
    biodiversity.

    For those interested in receiving a summary of all contributions
    that have been sent to this list, please send the following
    message to '[e-mail]':
    'get biodiv-l readme.first'.

    To subscribe, send a message containing
    'subscribe biodiv-l <complete name, institution>'

    to '[e-mail]'.

biosym
    Contact: [e-mail] (Reinhard Doelz)

    Purpose: For users of Biosym Technologies software.  This includes
    the products InsightII, Discover, Dmol, Homology, Delphi, and
    Polymer.  The list is not run by Biosym.

blackbird
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discuss Lockheed special project planes, particular the
    Blackbird (A-12, YF-12 and SR-71) and U-2 programs.

BMW
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Richard Welty)

    Purpose:  discussion of cars made by BMW.

brasil
    Contact: [e-mail] (B. R. Araujo Neto)

    Purpose: Mailing list for general discussion and information.
    To join send name, e-mail, phone number, address, and topics of
    interest.  Portuguese is the main language of discussion.

brass
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Ted Zateslo)

    Purpose: A discussion group for people interested in brass musical
    performance and related topics, especially small musical ensembles
    of all kinds.

bread
    Contact: [e-mail]  (Jeff Beadles)

    Purpose:  Discussion, recipes, and talk about home bread-making
    machines.

british-cars
    Contact: [e-mail]   (Mark Bradakis)
          or [e-mail]

    Purpose: Discussion of owning, repairing, racing, cursing and
    loving British cars, predominantly sports cars, some Land Rover
    and sedan stuff.  Also available as a digest.

bugs-386bsd
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: For 386bsd bugs, patches and ports.  Requirements to
    join: interest in actively working on 386bsd to improve the
    operating system for use by yourself and others.

bx-talk
    Contact: [e-mail] (Darci L. Chapman)

    Purpose: bx-talk has been created for users of Builder Xcessory
    (BX) to discuss problems (and solutions!) and ideas for using BX.

    BX is a graphical user interface builder for Motif applicatons,
    sold by ICS.  Please note that this list is not associated
    with ICS (the authors of BX) in any way.  This list is unmoderated.

C-IBM-370
    Contact: {spsd,zardoz,felix,elroy}!dhw68k!C-IBM-370-request
          [e-mail]  (David Wolfskill)

    Purpose: The C on IBM mainframes mailing list is a place to discuss
    aspects of using the C programming language on s/370-architecture
    computers -- especially under IBM's operating systems for that
    environment.

ca-firearms

    Contact: [e-mail] ([e-mail])

    Purpose: Announcement and discussion of California firearms
    legislation and laws.  The list is not moderated and membership is
    open to anyone.

cabot
    Contact: [e-mail] (Richard Welty)

    Purpose: Official mailing list of the New York State Institute
    for Sebastian Cabot Studies.

camelot
    Contact: [e-mail] (Chris Thornborrow)

    Purpose: A new mailing list on the subject of Arthurian legend and
    Grail Lore. The 'Matter of Britain', as it is known, in all its
    guises and all related subjects will be discussed in an
    unmoderated mailing list.

    Camelot is a forum for discussion of all Arthurian fields of
    interest.

Cards
    Contact:  [e-mail] (Keane Arase)

    Purpose: For people interested in collection, speculation and
    investing in baseball, football, basketball, hockey and other
    trading cards and/or memoribilia.  Discussion and want/sell lists
    are welcome.  Open to anyone.

catalunya
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: This mailing list is for discussing anything about the
    Catalan countries, the culture, and the language.

Catholic
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: The CATHOLIC mailing list is a forum for Catholics who
    wish to discuss their discipleship to Jesus Christ in terms of
    the Catholic approach to Christianity.  "Catholic" is loosely
    defined as anyone embracing the Catholic approach to Christianity
    whether Roman Catholic, Anglo-Catholic, or Orthodox.  Protestants
    or non-Christians are invited to listen in on discussions, but
    full-blown debates between Catholics adn Protestants are best carried
    out in Internet's soc.religion.christian or talk.religion.misc
    newsgrops.  Discussions on ecumenism are encouraged.

    To subscribe, send a one line message with the following:
    SUBSCRIBE CATHOLIC "Personal Name"

    This list is also bi-directionally forwarded to the newsgroup
    BIT.LISTSERV.CATHOLIC.

Catholic-action
    Contact: [e-mail] (Richard Freeman)

    Purpose: Catholic-action is a moderated list concerned with
    Catholic evangelism, church revitalization, and preservation of
    Catholic teachings, traditions and values, and the vital effort to
    decapitate modernist heresy.

Catholic Doctrine
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: To discuss Cathlic doctrine in an orthodox and truth-
    seeking way, without questioning any Catholic doctrine.  Moderated.

cavers
    Contact: [e-mail]   -or-
        harvard!m2c!cavers-request (John D. Sutter)

    Purpose: Information resource and forum for all interested in
    exploring caves. To join, send a note to the above address
    including your geographical location as well as e-mail address;
    details of caving experience and locations where you've caved; NSS
    number if you have one; and any other information that might be
    useful.

cd-forum
    Contact: [e-mail] (Valerie)

    Purpose: To provide support/discuss/share experiences about gender
    related issues; Crossdressing, Transvestism, Transsexualism, etc.
    This list is in Digest Format.

chalkhills
    Contact: [e-mail] (John M. Relph)

    Purpose: Chalkhills is a mailing list for the discussion of the
    music and records of XTC (the band).  Chalkhills is moderated and
    is distributed in a digest format.

chem-eng
    Contact:  [e-mail] (Dr. Martyn Ray)

    Purpose:  An electronic newsletter on chemical engineering.

chem-talk
    Contact: Dr. Manus Monroe, Chemistry Department, Marin Community College
         ...!{ames,cbosgd}!pacbell!unicom!manus

    Purpose: As chemists, dialogue and conversation with other
    scientists are essential to stimulating or provoking new ideas.  As
    teachers and researchers, we can find the demands of our profession
    extensive, which may lead to a reduction in our ability to keep
    abreast of new data and changes in theories.  Sometimes,
    conversation helps to clarify articles, illuminate new perceptions
    of theories, and sustain us through our precarious journey in
    chemistry.  A solution to this problem or concern is the creation
    of efficient communication network using this mailing list.

chessnews
    Contact: [e-mail] (Michael Nolan)

    Purpose: The chessnews mailing list is a repeater for the Usenet
    newsgroup rec.games.chess.  this is a bi-directional repeater.
    Postings originating from Usenet are sent to the list, and those
    originating from the list are sent to rec.games.chess.

christian
    Contact: ames!elroy!grian!mailjc-request
         [e-mail]

    Purpose: To provide a non-hostile environment for discussion among
    christians.  Non-christians may join the list and "listen-in", but
    full blown debates between Christians and non-Christians are best
    carried out in talk.religion.misc or soc.religion.christian.

cisco
    Contact: [e-mail]    (David Wood)

    Purpose: This list is for discussion of the network products from
    Cisco Systems, Inc; primarily the AGS gateway, but also the ASM
    terminal multiplexor and any other relevant products.  Discussions
    about operation, problems, features, topology, configuration,
    protocols, routing, loading, serving, etc are all encouraged.
    Other topics include vendor relations, new product announcements,
    availability of fixes and new features, and discussion of new
    requirements and desirables.

clarissa
    Contact: [e-mail] (Jim Lick)

    Purpose: Discussion of the Nickelodeon TV show "Clarissa Explains
    It All."

CoCo
    Contact: [e-mail] (Paul E. Campbell)

    Purpose: Discussion related to the Tandy Color Computer (any
    model), OS-9 Operating System, and any other topics relating to the
    "CoCo", as this computer is affectionately known.

    Anyone wishing to be on the list should send me mail.  UUCP users,
    PLEASE NOTE: I need a nearby Internet or BITNET node to get things
    through to you reliably, so please send me a path in the form:
          zeus!yourcomp![e-mail]

cogneuro
    Contact: [e-mail]

    Purpose: This list is an informal, relatively low-volume way
    to discuss matters at the interface of cognitive science and
    neuroscience.

    The discussion will be scientific and academic, covering biological
    aspects of behavior and cognitive issues in neuroscience.  Also
    discussable are curricula, graduate programs, and jobs in the field.

    HOW TO USE THE LIST