Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!iuvax!pur-ee!j.cc.purdue.edu!i.cc.purdue.edu!arthur.cs.purdue.edu!spaf From: spaf@arthur.cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers Subject: Changes to Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies Message-ID: <1992@arthur.cs.purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 09:36:29 EDT Article-I.D.: arthur.1992 Posted: Thu Oct 1 09:36:29 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Oct-87 06:52:35 EDT Expires: Sat, 24-Oct-87 06:10:41 EDT Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ. Lines: 142 Approved: spaf@purdue.EDU Xref: mnetor news.lists:261 news.groups:1618 news.announce.newusers:84 *** old/altgroups.n Tue Sep 15 11:22:00 1987 --- src/altgroups.n Thu Sep 24 08:08:50 1987 *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) ! [Most recent change: 14 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 5,7 ---- Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) ! [Most recent change: 23 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 13,16 **** sites wishing to support them and finding a feed. In general, these ! groups are not carried by the entire network due to their volume and/or ! a restricted sphere of interest. --- 13,17 ---- sites wishing to support them and finding a feed. In general, these ! groups are not carried by the entire network due to their volume, a ! restricted sphere of interest, or a different set of administrative ! rules and concerns. *************** *** 36,37 **** --- 37,41 ---- + Note that the "uunet" service carries all of these hierarchies. Contact + uunet!postmaster for subscription details. + Alt *************** *** 40,42 **** by a collection of sites that choose to carry them. Many Usenet sites ! are not interested in these groups, usually including the backbone, although some backbone sites do carry them. There are currently three --- 44,46 ---- by a collection of sites that choose to carry them. Many Usenet sites ! are not interested in these groups, often including the backbone, although some backbone sites do carry them. There are currently three *************** *** 45,47 **** --- 49,53 ---- alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity. + alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people. alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man. + alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming. alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid. *************** *** 51,57 **** Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to ! reid@decwrl.dec.com. ! Total traffic in the groups is pretty small -- maybe 10-30 messages a ! week. You can join the "alt subnet" by finding a site in your area ! that carries the groups. Either send mail to the administrators of the sites you connect to, or post something to a local "general" or --- 57,62 ---- Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to ! recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid). ! You can join the "alt subnet" by finding a site in your area that ! carries the groups. Either send mail to the administrators of the sites you connect to, or post something to a local "general" or *************** *** 59,63 **** it's "ba.wanted"). If no sites nearby are getting them, you can get ! them from uunet, which is a commercial uucp/Usenet service -- contact ! uunet!rick. Inet/DDN --- 64,92 ---- it's "ba.wanted"). If no sites nearby are getting them, you can get ! them from uunet. + Bionet + ------ + There is a newsgroup heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet" + originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of + machines including rutgers, ukma, and one of the machines at UCSD. + Contact Rob Liebschutz for more details. The + current newsgroup list looks like this: + + bionet.general General BIONET announcements. + bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science. + bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities. + bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community. + bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents. + bionet.molbio.genbank Info about the GenBank Nucleic acid database. + bionet.molbio.evolution How genes and proteins have evolved. + bionet.molbio.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells. + bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes. + bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer. + bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants. + bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases. + bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast. + bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists. + bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software. + bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET. + Inet/DDN *************** *** 70,73 **** flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and ! other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume is substantial and load ! significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu). --- 99,102 ---- flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and ! other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load ! may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu). *************** *** 76,79 **** ------- ! A third such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists ! of groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were originally exchanged by academic sites with large numbers of AT&T PCs, --- 105,108 ---- ------- ! Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of ! groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were originally exchanged by academic sites with large numbers of AT&T PCs, *************** *** 80,85 **** but other sites have joined this distribution. To get the newsgroups, ! you need to contact a site already getting them; gatech, psuvax1 and ! ukma all get these groups and the admins there may be willing to help ! find a feed should you desire (and ask nicely). The unix-pc groups ! circulated include: --- 109,114 ---- but other sites have joined this distribution. To get the newsgroups, ! you need to contact a site already getting them; ihnp4, gatech, psuvax1 ! and ukma all get these groups and the admins there may be willing to ! help find a feed should you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries ! these groups. The unix-pc groups circulated include: -- Gene Spafford Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf