From: Jeff Boscole MILTON U WASHINGTON EDU> Date: 21 may 1990 Subject: Rumors of th Bitnet GO-Listserver are Greatly Exaggerated ? True, the "nihongo" in "nihongo finhutc bitnet" means Japanese language. This seems to bring us full circle onto the tail of another discussion I recall about two years ago on a similar topic (in regards to this particular mailserver)! The rumors of a go-list for bitnet at nihongo finhutc bitnet have net yet proven themselves true! I have attempted to subscribe both to this listserver (without acknowledgment) and attampted to send mail to Mr. Paolini, without success... + paolini%tor01.cselt.stet.it pol88a to cnr it (Maurizio Paolini) : ? + paolini%tor01.cselt.stet.it pol88b to cnr it (Maurizio Paolini) : ? Neither has worked -- is there another way to reach him ? ------------------------------------------------------------- :-) What follows here is the announcement of the go-player bitnet listserver at smcvax: ------------------------------------------------------------------- >From NEW-LIST VM1 NoDak EDU Mon Apr 2 08:21:51 1990 Return-Path: VM1 NoDak EDU> Sender: NEW-LIST - New List Announcements VM1 NoDak EDU> >From: GOODWIN%SMCVAX.BITNET VM1 NoDak EDU Subject: NEW LIST: GO-L GO Game To: Multiple recipients of list NEW-LIST GO-L on MAILSERV@SMCVAX -------- GO-L, a new list for game players interested in the game of GO is now available for public use. The list is sponsored by Saint Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont. The list is intended to serve as a discussion point for GO-related topics, and as a meeting place for EMAIL games between list members. In contrast to the majority of BITNET lists, this one is supported by a DEC uVAX 3400 running the MAILSERV program for VAX/VMS. Consequently, commands used to access the list are slightly different than those used by LISTSERV. MAILSERV supports the following commands, among others: HELP - Ask for the HELP file. SUBSCRIBE - Subscribe to a list. LISTS - List all mailing lists for a MAILSERVer. MAILSERV accepts only mail messages; not interactive SENDs or TELLs. Be sure to send only a mail message with your commands in the body of the message. Don't type any other text into the message; it won't work! As an example, to subscribe to the GO-L list, send a mail message to MAILSERV@SMCVAX and in the body of the message just put the command SUBSCRIBE GO-L Notice that you don't need to give a subscription name; MAILSERV gets it from your address. If you have any problems with MAILSERV, please drop me line so I can take care of it. My address is GOODWIN@SMCVAX.