From: dedos4@info.win.tue.nl (Boudewijn Wayers) Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.archives Subject: ADMINISTRATIVE: The List of Lists (version 2.26) Date: 11 Jul 1994 08:48:38 -0400 T h e L i s t o f L i s t s : Roleplaying Related Lists, version 2.26, 29-06-1994 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In addition to rec.games.frp, there are a number of mailing lists and digests (or newsletters) on the net which may be of interest to role-playing enthusiasts. The difference between a mailing list and a digest is that a digest is collected, edited, and distributed by an editor, while a mailing list simply forwards all incoming mail to a list of subscribers. Mailing lists tend toward high volume with many digressions; digests tend toward low volume with high signal-to-noise ratios. The way of subscribing is the same for both, so I won't differentiate between them in the remainder of this message. As usual, an explanation about listservers in general before I list the lists. Read this before trying anything. There are basically three ways in which you could subscribe to a mailing list or digest: through a "listserv" address, through a "majordomo" address, or through a "request" address. With each mailing list, however, only ONE of these will work correctly. To subscribe to a list, DON'T send mail to the xxx-l@yyy address mentioned below. Instead, send mail to listserv@yyy or listserver@yyy. You need to use the xxx-l address only later, once you are already subscribed. If you have never used a listserver before, send a message with subject line and message body saying just "HELP" (without the quotes) to listserv@yyy. If there is no listserv address (that is, if your mail bounces), try the same procedure using "majordomo" instead of "listserv". Majordomo is growing as a new unix mailist list manager. If "majordomo" doesn't work either, you're trying to get on a manually managed mailing list. A list that is managed by a listserv or majordomo can (usually) be recognised by the name: xxx-l instead of just xxx. If there is no "-l" suffix, the list is usually managed manually. Manually managed mailing lists generally use xxx-request@yyy addresses. These are almost always administrative (human) contacts, and as such, can be used as a point of subscribing. Subscribing to one of these lists is usually done by hand, and may thus take a while. It is common courtesy to put "subscribe" in the subject line of your subscription request. For example, if you were interested in joining the spj-l list, you would send mail to listserv@cornell.edu, with a message saying, for example, "SUB spj-l Mr. Bill Clinton" (without the quotes). You would then be subscribed to the SpellJammer discussion list. To join the Amber roleplaying list, you'd send a nice, personal request to amber-request@hagar.ph.utexas.edu, which would be answered by a human, usually at the weekend. The Amber list is managed manually, so you won't be subscribed immediately, as you would when using a listserv. Very rarely, when a list is managed manually, the subscription address is NOT xxx-request@yyy, but personal_user_code@yyy. In these cases, the address to send your subscription requests to is mentioned below. But now, the lists proper. If a list is known to have an xxx-request- address, the name is marked with an asterisk (*). 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Mail me ONLY if you have addenda or corrections: I will not answer questions about these lists, as I have not tried them out. Boudewijn Wayers, dedos4@info.win.tue.nl. -- Boudewijn. -- True or False, but they say that... (rot13) Gurl fnl gung mnccvat lbhefrys jvgu n jnaq bs haqrnq gheavat vf fghcvq. (G) Gurl fnl gung n fuvzzrevat tbyq fuvryq vf abg n cbyvfurq fvyire fuvryq. (S) Gurl fnl gung n tbyq qbhoybba vf jbegu zber guna vgf jrvtug va tbyq. (S)