To whom it may concern, postmaster at rutvm1 I assume.
 
        According to Chris Condon at Yale in Netmonth, you are sometimes
hospitable enough to allow listserv@rutvm1 to accept guests who wish to
establish new mailing lists. I have had some difficulty getting a response
from cunyvms1 on this and UMNEWS@MAINE seems to be defunct.
 
        What I am interested in establishing will be called Southern Africa
News and will consist of material already being published on
econet/peacenet originating from a group called WESTPAC (largely based  on
ANC News Briefings) as well as other material that I obtain which I shall
duly pass on to a friend who is the person who is publishing the material
on econet/peacenet in the first place.
 
        My sense of this is that there should be a source of information
beyond the paid for (ironically) network for non-profits which econet/peace
net is. I have just received my third mailing from the fore-mentioned
friend so I begin to feel some pressure to publish myself.
 
        Any further information which I can provide will certainly be
forthcoming and any further help will be appreciated. I am about to receive
a VM account at CUNY, at which point, having direct access to INTERNET, I
should be able to place the material on NetNews (?...is this what usenet is
called now? I have been told that ).
 
        Thank you for your consideration.
 
                        Ted Yanow, 212-666-8418,
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