[ 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. ** ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** ** Geert K. Marien : [log in to unmask] (Bitnet: GKMQC@CUNYVM) ** ** ListOwner: AIRLINE, NODEINFO, RAILROAD, STAMPS, The INDIA List ** ** (All contents are my own opinions - unless otherwise stated) ** ** ------------------------------------------------------------------ **