Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria,soc.answers,news.answers Subject: soc.culture.bulgaria FAQ (monthly posting) (part 2/2) Summary: Followup-To: soc.culture.bulgaria Distribution: Expires: Oct 31, 1995 00:00 EST Organization: Columbia University, Dept. of Computer Science, NYC Keywords: bulgaria culture travel monthly answers contact eastern europe Cc: Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu Summary: This posting contains Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Bulgaria and their answers. It should be read by anyone who wishes to post to the soc.culture.bulgaria Usenet newsgroup. The FAQ consists of two parts: general FAQ, and electronic resources FAQ. Last-Modified: January 31, 1995 Posting-Frequency: Monthly Version: 3.20 Archive-Name: bulgaria-faq/part2 SOC.CULTURE.BULGARIA FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ================================================ Part 2/2 (Electronic Resources) This is the second write-up of a reference to electronic resources pertaining to Bulgaria. It will be maintained separately from the main FAQ (see below). 1. Mail servers 1.1. mail netnews@db.stanford.edu RESOURCE ALIAS "the place to get news by mail" DESCRIPTION You can receive Usenet news by mail. MODERATOR ??? ACCESS send mail to netnews@db.stanford.edu In the body of the mail message, write "HELP" You will get further instructions on how to subscribe. RESOURCES NEEDED e-mail account only. 1.2. mail rtfm RESOURCE ALIAS "the official FAQ archive" DESCRIPTION an archive where all Frequently Asked Questions lists are kept. MODERATOR ??? ACCESS send mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu In the body of the mail message, write: "send usenet/news.answers/bulgaria-faq" RESOURCES NEEDED e-mail account only. 1.3. mail ruu RESOURCE ALIAS "the European FAQ archive" DESCRIPTION an archive where all Frequently Asked Questions lists are kept. MODERATOR ??? ACCESS send mail to mail-server@cs.ruu.nl In the body of the mail message, write: "send news.answers/bulgaria-faq" RESOURCES NEEDED e-mail account only. 1.4. mail soc-culture-bulgaria@cs.utexas.edu RESOURCE ALIAS "posting news by mail" MODERATOR ??? DESCRIPTION If your site doesn't allow you to post news, you can post by mail. ACCESS send mail to "soc-culture-bulgaria@cs.utexas.edu" RESOURCES NEEDED e-mail account only. 1.5. mail bitftp@pucc.bitnet RESOURCE ALIAS "ftp access by mail" MODERATOR ??? DESCRIPTION FTP access by mail. It allows you to obtain files if you don't have IP connection. ACCESS send mail to "bitftp@pucc.bitnet" and put "help" in the message body RESOURCES NEEDED e-mail account only. 1.6. mail webmail@www.ucc.ie RESOURCE ALIAS "http access by mail" MODERATOR ??? DESCRIPTION HTTP access by mail. It allows you to obtain files if you don't have IP connection. ACCESS put "go http://....." in the body of the message. To retrieve the home page for Bulgaria, you can send: "go http://pisa.rockefeller.edu:8080/Bulgaria/" Only one request per message is allowed. In response, the automated service will return both the source HTML file and its ASCII approximation. RESOURCES NEEDED e-mail account only. 2. Mailing lists 2.1. E-EUROPE RESOURCE ALIAS "the Eastern European list server" MODERATOR James Reese DESCRIPTION a discussion list related to Eastern European issues ACCESS send mail to listserv@pucc.bitnet or send mail to listserv@pucc.princeton.edu In the body of the mail message, write: "sub e-europe " to subscribe to the list RESOURCES NEEDED e-mail account only. 2.2. RFERL-L RESOURCE ALIAS "the Radio Free Europe list server" MODERATOR ??? DESCRIPTION a daily bulletin of recent developments in Eastern Europe ACCESS send mail to listserv@ubvm.bitnet or send mail to listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu In the body of the mail message, write: "sub rferl-l " to subscribe to the list RESOURCES NEEDED e-mail account only. 3. Usenet News 3.1. soc.culture.bulgaria RESOURCE ALIAS "s.c.b." MODERATOR unmoderated DESCRIPTION a discussion newsgroup related to Bulgaria ACCESS from your news reader (trn, rn, tin, xrn, etc.) you have to subscribe to soc.culture.bulgaria Different newsreaders have different subscription commands. RESOURCES NEEDED your site must receive Usenet news feed. If it doesn't, you can receive still post (see 1.4.) and receive (see 1.1.) news. 3.2. clari.world.europe.eastern RESOURCE ALIAS "UPI and Reuters news" MODERATOR aaron@clarinet.com DESCRIPTION A commercial newsgroup which is provided by clarinet.com ACCESS from your news reader you have to subscribe to clari.world.europe.eastern (see 3.1.) RESOURCES NEEDED your site must be subscribed to the clari news hierarchy. These news are copyrighted, so you won't be able to see them otherwise. 4. FTP sites 4.1. ftp shiva.cs.columbia.edu RESOURCE ALIAS "shiva" MODERATOR radev@cs.columbia.edu (Dragomir R. Radev) DESCRIPTION FTP site for information related to Bulgaria, especially the FAQ (see 7.1.) and the literary archive ACCESS ftp shiva.cs.columbia.edu login: anonymous password: then: "cd bulgaria" To get files, use the "get" command. RESOURCES NEEDED you need to be able to do ftp access. 4.2. ftp magdanoz.mcafee.com RESOURCE ALIAS "magdanoz FTP site" MODERATOR jivko@netcom.com (Jivko Kolchev) DESCRIPTION FTP site for information related to Bulgaria, ACCESS ftp magdanoz.mcafee.com login: vestnik password: vestnik To get files, use the "get" command. RESOURCES NEEDED you need to be able to do ftp access. 5. Telnet sites 5.1. telnet magdanoz.mcafee.com RESOURCE ALIAS Magdanoz, Vestnik MODERATOR jivko@netcom.com (Jivko Kolchev) DESCRIPTION chat server ACCESS 1. "telnet magdanoz.mcafee.com" or "telnet 192.187.128.6" 2. login: as "vestnik" 3. press one or two times the spacebar 4. press Ctrl-T to join the conference 5. start typing and ask for help RESOURCES NEEDED internet connectivity 24-line B/W display is sufficient 5.1. telnet tune.cs.columbia.edu 8888 RESOURCE ALIAS tune, baby tune MODERATOR radev@cs.columbia.edu (Dragomir R. Radev) DESCRIPTION no description available ACCESS 1. "telnet tune.cs.columbia.edu 8888" 2. start typing 3. You can type /help to get help. RESOURCES NEEDED internet connectivity 24-line B/W display is sufficient 6. WWW sites 6.1. http://pisa.rockefeller.edu:8080/Bulgaria/ RESOURCE ALIAS "WWW Bulgarian home page" MODERATOR penev@pisa.rockefeller.edu (Penyo Penev) DESCRIPTION a hypertext information system about Bulgaria. It contains sounds, photographs, and other resources. ACCESS use lynx or Mosaic to http://pisa.rockefeller.edu:8080/Bulgaria/ RESOURCES NEEDED lynx or Mosaic or a similar WWW browser installed on your machine. 6.2. http://asudesign.eas.asu.edu/places/Bulgaria/map.html RESOURCE ALIAS "Plamen's Bulgarian WWW page" MODERATOR plamen.bliznakov@asu.edu (Plamen Bliznakov) DESCRIPTION A collection of pointers to materials of interest to Bulgaria. It includes newswire from various sources. ACCESS use lynx or Mosaic to http://asudesign.eas.asu.edu/places/Bulgaria/map.html RESOURCES NEEDED lynx or Mosaic or a similar WWW browser installed on your machine. 6.3. http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~radev/bulginfo.html RESOURCE ALIAS "Drago's Bulgarian WWW page" MODERATOR radev@cs.columbia.edu (Dragomir R. Radev) DESCRIPTION A collection of pointers to materials of interest to Bulgaria. It includes a searchable archive of articles posted to soc.culture.bulgaria ACCESS use lynx or Mosaic to http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~radev/bulginfo.html RESOURCES NEEDED lynx or Mosaic or a similar WWW browser installed on your machine. 6.4. Dig Sys WWW RESOURCE ALIAS MODERATOR DESCRIPTION ACCESS RESOURCES NEEDED 6.5. AUBG WWW RESOURCE ALIAS MODERATOR DESCRIPTION ACCESS RESOURCES NEEDED 7. FAQ 7.1. faq soc.culture.bulgaria RESOURCE ALIAS "the s.c.b. FAQ" MODERATOR radev@cs.columbia.edu (Dragomir R. Radev) DESCRIPTION A list of frequently asked questions and answers about Bulgaria. ACCESS This list appears regularly on soc.culture.bulgaria. It is also available from the WWW Bulgarian home page, from the RTFM ftp site, from the SHIVA ftp site, by gopher from jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca, and from other places. RESOURCES NEEDED 8. Volunteers 8.1. Dragomir R. Radev RESOURCE ALIAS "drago" MODERATOR radev@cs.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION someone who will try to answer your questions or refer you to another resource ACCESS by e-mail RESOURCES NEEDED patience.