Please tell them to include PANAFRICA list
Chol
On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Mentor Cana wrote:
> I received this today. Does anyone know anything about the service?
>
> thanks,
> Mentor
>
> P.S. the three list mentioned are LISTSERV lists.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 14:04:46 -0700 (PDT)
> From: List Archive Manager <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: request to archive mailing lists
>
> Hi,
>
> InReference, Inc. has developed a search service (Reference.COM) that
> provides the Internet community fast, easy, and free access to Usenet
> and electronic mailing lists. The service is made possible in large part
> by the contributions (software, hardware, communications infrastructure)
> of NASA Ames, Sun, Oracle, Verity, Pacific Bell, Storage Computer and
> others. The service includes paid advertising from corporate sponsors,
> in addition to free advertising space for non-profits. The service is
> both Web and e-mail accessible. It is expected to be the largest online
> repository of Usenet and electronic mailing list archives.
>
> InReference's goal is to provide users with fairly complete coverage of
> Usenet and electronic mailing lists. To this end, we would like to
> subscribe to the following lists that you manage:
> ALBA-NET
> ALBANIAN
> ALBANEWS
>
> By allowing us access to your lists, you will be making your content
> (current and historical) easily accessible to the Internet community,
> as well as your own subscribers. As an example, we archive the INDIA-L
> mailing list from indnet.bgsu.edu. Subscribers to this mailing list
> can search and browse its contents at URL:
> [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]
>
> If you want us to archive the above mentioned lists, please reply to this
> message. Include in your reply the names of the lists that you would like
> us to archive. Also, if there are other lists that you manage and would
> like to have archived, include their names also.
>
> Please do *NOT* subscribe [log in to unmask] to any of the lists
> (list-manager is the alias for the person managing mailing list
> subscriptions). Should you have any questions regarding the service,
> please contact us at [log in to unmask]
>
> If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you do NOT want your
> lists archived and we will NOT subscribe to them.
>
> Thanks for your consideration.
>
>
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> you for free?
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> including ads on the web page, much like other free services do
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>
> Q: Just who are you?
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> technical team includes Eric Allman, the creator/developer of
> sendmail and Professor Hector Garcia-Molina, head of the
> Digital Library Project at Stanford University.
>
> Q: How will people access your service?
> A: Queries can be submitted and the results retrieved via the web
> (http://www.reference.com) or by e-mail. See our home page for
> details.
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