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From: tp@mccall.uucp
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups,comp.mail.uucp,comp.os.vms
Subject: New newsgroup hierarchy
Message-ID: <1618.25614348@mccall.uucp>
Date: 15 Nov 89 11:06:48 GMT
Organization: The McCall Pattern Co., Manhattan, KS, USA
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My name is Terry Poot, and I am a member of the VMSnet working group of the
VAX SIG of DECUS, the Digital Equipment Computer User's Society. The aim of
the working group is to promote electronic communications among users of
VAX/VMS systems, and between those users and the rest of the world. 

To that end, the VMSnet working group has created the hierarchy of
newsgroups vmsnet.*. The complete set of these is listed below. This
hierarchy is for topics of interest to VAX/VMS sites. This hierarchy is
just being created, and has no traffic yet.  However, I'm told that the
last version check message that went out across the net revealed over 200
VMS systems on Usenet, and many Usenet sites contain VMS machines that are
not on the net, so there should be a great deal of interest.

uunet (uunet.uu.net) currently carries these groups. We are working on
getting other major sites to carry them. I (tp@mccall.uucp) am trying to
arrange the distribution of these groups. Contact me if you can't find
them. Also, PLEASE let me know if you decide to carry them, so I can help
others find them. Note that the 2 mailing list gateways are not yet
operational, but we're working on it.

If you are sysadmin of a major site, please consider carrying these groups,
and let me know if you will. 

vmsnet.announce         general announcements of interest to all VMSnet readers
vmsnet.announce.newusers        orientation info for new users
vmsnet.mail             discussions of e-mail on VMS systems, OTHER than VMSnet
vmsnet.mail.pmdf        gatewayed to info-pmdf mailing list (not yet)
vmsnet.misc             discussions of VMSnet itself,
                        gatewayed to vmsnet mailing list (not yet)
vmsnet.sources          source code postings for VMS systems 
                        (including VMSnet and ANU News-related software)
vmsnet.sources.d        discussions and requests for same
vmsnet.sources.games    recreational software (optional)

The VMSnet working group has produced DECUS uucp, which allows uucp
connection to UNIX or VMS systems. It is integrated with ANU News, which
allows VMS systems to join Usenet and/or VMSnet.
-- 
Terry Poot (800)255-2762, in Kansas (913)776-3683
The McCall Pattern Company, 615 McCall Rd., Manhattan, KS 66502, USA
UUCP: rutgers!ksuvax1!mccall!tp   Internet: tp%mccall@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu