\section{Mailings lists for SIPB services}

(written by ghudson@mit.edu and being edited into format by rei)

I've written up a list of mailing lists and corresponding discuss
meetings.  Some of the information I give here (e.g. how much volume
is on the lists) could change in the near future.

This file is /mit/ghudson/projects/sipb-maint/mailing-lists.  I've
probably left some lists out, and explained some lists inadequately.
The final resting place for this list should probably be the office
manual.

I've also left out sipb, sipb-prospectives, sipb-staff, and
sipb-core-staff.

I've tried to explain most of the terms that people might not
understand, but if there's something on here you're curious about
(e.g. "What's WAIS?"), feel free to ask me or someone else.

I haven't tried to explain how to use discuss; we have a document
"Using Discuss" which does a good job of that.

Enjoy.

--GBH

Time of writing: February 5, 1994

*** (this section being worked on ---rei)
\subsection{sipb mailing lists}

sipb, sipb-prospectives, sipb-staff (all the people actively around
doing things), sipb-core-staff (relatively unused list), sipb-soc
(social mailing list), sipb-todo, sipb-ec, sipb-events, bug-sipb,
sipb-afs, sipb-bitnet.

***


Except when otherwise noted, the contact list for a service (the best
place to send questions or requests) is the same as the maintenance
list (the place where maintainers send mail after making changes to
the service).

Discuss meetings, if not otherwise noted, archive mailing lists.

\subsection{usenet, usenet-grunge}

The usenet list is for maintenance of the news servers.

There are a lot of people on usenet; a few of them actually read and,
if appropriate, answer the mail that gets sent to it.

There is a separate list "usenet-grunge" that gets control messages
(messages creating and removing newsgroups); no one actually gets this
list in mail, but several people read the discuss meeting for it.

Discuss meetings:

bloom-picayune.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/usenet

charon.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/usenet-grunge

bloom-picayune.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/usenet-stats

This meeting archives status reports from senator-bedfellow, the news
server that newsreaders connect to.  Currently, it archives two status
reports each day, one report giving some statistics for the whole day,
and a second report giving various load indicators for each
fifteen-minute interval during the day.  This meeting does NOT archive
the status reports sent to usenet.

charon.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/usenet-archive

This meeting is for permanent archives of usenet information.
Currently, it is used for just about nothing.  Some information is
archived in /afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/news/notes instead.


\subsection{charon-maintainers}

This is a list for people who maintain services on charon.mit.edu.
Currently, these services include the web server, several discuss
meetings, one of the webster servers, the bitnet gateway, a gopher
server, mail, and SIPB member logins, and maybe a few I left out.
This is currently a low-volume list.

The web server has its own mailing list; see "webmaster" below.

Discuss meetings:

bloom-beacon.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/charon-maint

\subsection{rtfm-maintainers}

This is a list for people who maintain services on
bloom-picayune.mit.edu.  Currently, these services include the RTFM
services (archiving of periodic Usenet postings and access to these
archives via WAIS, ftp, and a mail server), irc, ...

Discuss meetings:

charon.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/rtfm-maint

\subsection{linux-dev, linux-help, linux-athena}

linux-dev is a list for development of the SIPB port of the Athena
environment to Linux, and also for other Linux-related matters
appropriate for the SIPB members active in supporting Linux.  This is
a medium-volume list.

linux-help is a list for users to send questions about Linux to.  It's
primarily for questions about the Athena port, but other questions are
also reasonable.  Most questions to this list get answered fairly
quickly.  This is a pretty high-volume list.

linux-athena is a list for announcements about the Athena port.  This
is a public list; everyone who uses the Athena port or wants to
receive announcements about it can add themselves.  Currently, this
list is just getting started, and isn't advertised all that well.  It
is expected to be a low-volume list.

Discuss meetings:

charon.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/linux-dev

charon.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/linux-help

charon.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/linux-athena

\subsection{bug-sipb, bug-outland}

These lists are for bug reports about software in the sipb and outland
lockers.  Most bug reports sent to these lists get answered fairly
quickly.  This is a medium- to low-volume list.

Discuss meetings:

bloom-picayune.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/bug-sipb

charon.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/bug-outland


\subsection{webmaster} 


This list is for maintenance of the SIPB Plexus server.  I don't know
if this is a high-volume list, or how responsive it is.

Discuss meetings:

charon.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/webm


\subsection{sipb-gnu}


This list is for maintenance of the SIPB gnu locker
(/afs/sipb/project/gnu).  It is a low-volume list.

This list is not archived.


\subsection{sipb-afsreq} 


This list is for maintenance of the SIPB AFS cell.  It is a low-volume
list.

Discuss meetings:

bloom-picayune.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/sipb-afsreq




