From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth)
Subject: ETEXT.archive.umich.edu ftp/gopher server update
Date: 26 Sep 1993 00:41:40 GMT
Organization: ETEXT Archives
Message-ID: <282og4$ln3@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
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Here's another update on the internet text-file archive,
etext.archive.umich.edu.  For those of you not familiar with the archive,
you should connect and look around.  Both anonymous ftp and gopher
protocols are supported.

In previous updates I've tried to detail specific journals added to the
archives.  This time there are just too many.  We've undergone massive
expansion, and right now the server looks rather like a snake that has
swallowed several rabbits and is now sunning itself on a rock.  The last
few weeks have seen nearly 150Mb of new text files added.

In other news, Rita Rouvalis has started assisting me with the 'zines
area, and will be maintaining her archives of CORE, InterText, DargonZine
and others in the /pub/Zines area of etext.archive.umich.edu as she
previously did on ftp.eff.org.

What follows is a brief sketch of the major parts of the archives, 
including changes.  If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write --
the archives are available 24hrs a day, and submissions are accepted
from any source.

Paul Southworth
Archivist
etext.archive.umich.edu

Please address correspondence to ftp@etext.archive.umich.edu
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Major areas of the archives:

Book.Reviews  A regularly updated archive mirror of the alt.books.reviews
              newsgroup.

CPSR          A complete mirror of the archives related to Computer
              Professionals for Social Responsibility from cpsr.org.

CuD           Computer underground Digest archives -- a complete mirror
              of /pub/cud from ftp.eff.org.  We also offer gopher access
              to these files which the EFF does not currently do.

Factsheet.Five  We're the primary archive site for ftp access to Jerod Pore's
              electronic version of the Factsheet Five 'zine review
              journal.

Fiction       Original works of fiction from all sorts of people, including
              an archive of all stories appearing on the rec.arts.prose
              newsgroup.

Gutenberg     A complete mirror of the ASCII text renditions of popular
              books.

Libellus      A new mirror of Latin electronic texts.

Mailing.Lists A fast-growing new archive area, with automated archiving
              of a variety of mailing lists, including all public lists
              operated by the New York Transfer new service, P-News,
              Anarchy List, Europen Counter Network, Progressive 
              Sociologists Network, Non Serviam, Nous Refuse, and more.
              Messages appear in the archives as soon as they are 
              received via email.  For best results, access this area via
              an internet gopher client.

Poetry        A new section of the archive, hopefully growing soon.  Currently
              has a handful of high quality poetry magazines.

Politics      Radical and interesting political files of all kinds from
              many sides of the world political scene.

Quartz        A new mirror of the entire archive on quartz.rutgers.edu.

Religious     A handful of religious texts, including the Holy Qur'an.

Zines         Dozens of electronic 'zines on diverse subjects -- music,
              cyberculture, religion, literature and science fiction.
              There is also now a "Zines-by-subject" directory offering
              general subject classification of the 'zines.