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ANNOUNCEMENT:  The FFP-L list is no longer operational.  It has been
renamed as 'PROTOCOL' and maintains the same subscriber list as the
old FFP-L list.  This is in preparation for an eventual merger with
the list ProtocolS@Rutgers.EDU.  When the merger is complete, the
subscriber list for the two lists will be combined, with an attempt
made to eliminate duplicates.

Meanwhile, here is the new charter for the PROTOCOL list.  -David-

PROTOCOL@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU  --  Computer Protocol Discussion
PROTOCOL@UIUCVMD.BITNET

   The PROTOCOL electronic mailing list is a forum for the discussion of
   all kinds of computer protocols.  This includes the format of data
   when transmitted on communications devices, plus the internal formats
   used to store data on storage media.

   Topics of dicussion will include the formats used by various archiving
   programs and applications, encodings used to transfer binary files via
   electronic mail and other text-only media, and networking protocols
   such as DECNET, UUCP, TCP/IP and OSI.  Discussion of file formats are
   welcome, including UUENCODE, XXENCODE, LCODER, SUPENCOD, ARC, ZIP,
   ZOO, TAR, COMPRESS, SFIF, GIF, TIFF, PBM, NETDATA, SHAR, and any
   others.  We are interested in contributions toward the development
   of general-purpose file transfer protocols.

   The list has the combined mission of two previous lists called
   "ProtocolS" and "FFP-L".  

   The PROTOCOL list is gatewayed to the UseNet list comp.protocols.misc.
   We welcome free-ranging discussion and product announcements.

[Note the above two paragraphs are not yet true.]

   The subscription is as for a normal BITNET LISTSERV list.  Send a
   message to LISTSERV@UIUCVMD.BITNET (LISTSERV AT UIUCVMD) or
   listserv@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu with the contents:

       SUBSCRIBE PROTOCOL Your Full Name

   The list is unmoderated, open enrollment, and is not digestified.
   The list coordinators are:

       Phil Howard <phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
   and
       David J. Camp <david@wubios.wustl.edu>
   and
       David M Katinsky <dmk@pilot.njin.net>