[ Please excuse the cross-posting with this announcement ]
 
                           The NODEINFO List
 
   The NODEINFO list has been established so that interested parties may
receive  and exchange  information regarding  problems and/or  questions
about nodes, particularly mail delivery problems.
 
   This  list is  not restricted  to BITNet  (CREN) nodes  only, and  is
intended to cover all of the  various networks.
 
   At first  glance, this list may  seem to duplicate other  lists, most
notably  LINKFAIL,  NODMGT-L,  and  LSTOWN-L, but  there  are  important
differences:
 
       LINKFAIL is  mostly concerned with BITNet  connections, and
               usually contains  messages concerning  outages that
               have passed  or will occur.  NODEINFO  is not meant
               to cover this area, though major outage notices may
               appear on NODEINFO if warranted.
 
       NODMGT-L is  mostly concerned with node  management issues,
               and includes discussion of  same from time to time.
               While  NODEINFO  may  cover some  of  these  areas,
               NODMGT-L is not meant as, and has not been used as,
               a forum to cover  the issues that NODEINFO proposes
               to cover.
 
       LSTOWN-L is meant for  (revised) LISTSERV list owners, and,
               though  it  has been  used  to  ask about  delivery
               problems, these problems are usually outside of the
               intended scope  of the  LSTOWN-L list,  though they
               have been tolerated in the past.
 
   In addition, please  be aware that the audience of  the NODEINFO list
is  expected  to  include  people  from many  backgrounds  -  from  node
administrators and postmasters to list  owners (LISTSERV or otherwise) -
and anyone  else interested  in appropriate  NODEINFO issues.   As such,
people need no longer subscribe to  other lists to discuss a topic which
only sometimes  appears, and so  they not only now  have a list  that is
more on topic, but they also  have one place to receive such information
from, which eliminates  the "sifting" through postings  that some people
must now do with the other lists.
 
   Issues  of a  technical  nature  (other than  those  contained in  an
explanation of  a problem)  are probably best  discussed on  the various
lists that exist for the specific software involved.
 
   This list is unmoderated at the present time.
 
   The   list    owner   for   this    list   is   Geert    K.    Marien
([log in to unmask]) who would also  like to acknowledge CUNY/UCC for
their support in this endeavor.
 
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