RFC 300 UNKNOWN MAIL · DISTRIBUTION
ARPA Network mailing lists
Updated distribution lists for sending RFCs to ARPANET participants
RFC EDITOR
North, J.B., "ARPA Network mailing lists", RFC 300, DOI 10.17487/RFC0300, January 1972, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc300>.
BIBTEX
@misc{rfc300,
series = {Request for Comments},
number = 300,
howpublished = {RFC 300},
publisher = {RFC Editor},
doi = {10.17487/RFC0300},
url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc300},
author = {J.B. North},
title = {{ARPA Network mailing lists}},
pagetotal = 9,
year = 1972,
month = jan,
} RFC text
Network Working Group Request for Comments: 300 25 January 1972 Obsoletes: RFC 211 NIC 7191 NIC 8468 ARPA NETWORK MAILING LISTS The following are three lists to be used for distribution of Network documents. List A should be used by sites when they distribute their own documents, to get RFC's to Liaisons as quickly as possible. All but local mail should be sent Air Mail. Lists B and C will be used by NIC in making distribution of copies to non-site Network participants and to Station Agents. For phone numbers and lists of names by sites see the Current Directory of Network Participants. (A) A. INITIAL DISTRIBUTION LIST Note: This list includes all Network Liaisons and others who should receive initial distribution of RFC's, whether sent from NIC or from sites. They will also receive selected catalogs and other formal documents from NIC. AMES-CD CMU A. Wayne Hathaway Harold R. Van Zoeren Mail Stop 233-9 Carnegie-Mellon University NASA Ames Research Center Computer Science Department Moffett Field, Calif. 94035 Schenley Park Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213 AMES-ILLIAC John W. McConnell DOCB NASA Ames research Center Mail Stop 202-10 Schuyler Stevenson R-523 Moffett Field, Calif. 94035 Department of Commerce NOAA 325 South Broadway ARPA Boulder, Colorado 80302 Steve D. Crocker HARV Advanced Research Project Agency 1400 Wilson Boulevard Robert L. Sundberg Arlington, Virginia 22209 Harvard University Aiken Computation Laboratory 33 Oxford Street Cambridge, Mass. 02138 BBN-NET IBMW Alex McKenzie Douglas McKay Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. IBM Watson Research Center 50 Moulton Street P.O. Box 218 Cambridge, Mass. 02138 Yorktown Heights, New York 10598 BBN-TENEX ILL Robert H. Thomas Karl C. Kelley Belt Beranek and Newman Inc. University of Illinois 50 Moulton Street Center for Advanced Computation Cambridge, Mass. 02138 Urbana, Illinois 61801 CASE LINC-67 Dr. Patrick W. Foulk Joel M. Winett Jennings Computing Center Massachusetts Institute of Room 306, Crawford Hall Technology Case Western Reserve University Lincoln Laboratory 10900 Euclid Avenue 244 Wood Street Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Lexington, Mass. 02173 CCA LINC-TX2 Richard A. Winter William Kantrowitz Computer Corporation of America Massachusetts Institute of 565 Technology Square Technology Cambridge, Mass. 02139 Lincoln Laboratory 244 Wood Street MIT-DMCG Lexington, Mass. 02173 Abhay Bhushan SRI-ARC Project MAC Room 206 545 Technology Square John T. Melvin Cambridge, Mass. 02139 Stanford Research Institute Augmentation Research Center Menlo Park, Calif. 94025 MIT-MULTICS Jeanne B. North (for NIC) see MIT-DMCG Stanford Research Institute Augmentation Research Center 333 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park, Calif. 94025 MITRE SU-AI Peggy M. Karp James A. (Andy) Moorer MITRE Corporation Stanford University Information Systems Dept., W140 Computation Center, AI Project Westgate Research Park Stanford, Calif. 94305 McLean, VA 22101 NBS SU-HP Thomas N. Pyke, Jr. Edward A. Feigenbaum National Bureau of Standards Stanford University Center for Computer Sciences and Heuristic Programming Technology Serra House Washington, D.C. 20234 Stanford, Calif. 94305 NIC UCLA-CCN see SRI-ARC Robert T. Braden University of California at RADC Los Angeles 5308 Math Sciences Building Thomas S. Lawrence Los Angeles, Calif. 90024 Rome Air Development Center (ISIM) Griffiss Air Force Base Rome, New York 13440 RAND UCLA-NMC John F. Heafner Ari O. Ollikainen Rand Corporation University of California at Computer Science Department Los Angeles 1700 Main Street Computer Science Department Santa Monica, Calif. 90406 3732 Boelter Hall Los Angeles, Calif. 90024 RAY UCSB Thomas O'Sullivan James E. White Raytheon Data Systems University of California at 1415 Boston-Providence Turnpike Santa Barbara Norwood, Mass. 02062 Computer Research Laboratory Santa Barbara, Calif. 90024 SDC UCSD-CC Abe S. Landsberg Charles Holland System Development Corporation Computer Center 2500 Colorado Avenue University of California at Santa Monica, Calif. 90406 San Diego La Jolla, Calif. 90037 SRI-AI USAF-ETAC B. Michael Wilber Capt. George N. Petregal Stanford Research Institute USAF-ETAC Artificial Intelligence Group Bldg. 159 333 Ravenswood Avenue Navy Yard Annex Menlo Park, Calif. 94025 Washington, D.C. 20333 USC James Pepin University of Southern California School of Engineering Los Angeles, Calif. 90007 UTAH Barry D. Wessler University of Utah Computer Science/IRL Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 (B) B. LIST FOR DISTRIBUTION FROM NIC Note: These Network participants will receive all formal Network documents sent from NIC, in the mailing to Liaisons when such is made, otherwise at the time documents are sent to Station Agents. CCCTF WATERU C. D. Shepard Prof. Donald Cowan Canadian Computer Communications Dept. of Computer Science Task Force University of Waterloo 100 Metcalfe Street Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 4th Floor Ottawa 2, Canada DART CHIU Prof. Robert F. Hargraves Prof. Robert L. Ashenhurst Kiewit Computation Center Institute for Computer Research Dartmouth University University of Chicago Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 Chicago, Illinois 60637 EDUCOM NPL John LeGates Derek Barber EDUCOM Computer Science Division 44 School Street National Physical Laboratory Boston, Mass. 02108 Teddington, Middlesex, England MERIT UBC E. M. Aupperle Dave Tywer MERIT Computer Network Computing Center University of Michigan University of British Columbia 1037 N. University Building Vancouver 8, Canada Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 NETH NSF Tjaart Schipper Dr. D. D. Aufenkamp 13 Marijkestraat Office of Computing Activities Leiderdorp, Netherlands National Science Foundation 1800 G Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20550 SUNY Prof. Art J. Bernstein SUNY Stoneybrook Dept. of Computer Science Stoneybrook, L.I., N.Y. 11790 UCI Prof. David Farber Dept. of Information and Computer Science University of California Irvine, Calif. 92664 UKICS Prof. Peter Kirstein Institute of Computer Science University of London 44 Gordon Square London, W.C.1, England WASHU Marianne Pepper Washington University Computer Systems Laboratory 724 South Euclid Avenue St. Louis, No. 63110 (C) C. NIC STATION AGENTS Note: Station Agents receive copies from NIC of all documents distributed to Liaisons, as well as documents sent as part of a Station collection. A mailing is made to Station Agents once a week, or oftener when quantity warrants. AMES-CD DOCB See AMES-ILLIAC Dorothy A. Reynolds P-522 Department of Commerce NOAA AMES-ILLIAC 325 South Broadway Boulder, Colorado 80302 Stan Golding Mail Stop 233-13 ILL NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, Calif. 94035 Marcia Trager University of Illinois ARPA Center for Advanced Computation 168 Engineering Research Pam J. Klotz Laboratory Advanced Research Projects Agency Urbana, Ill. 61801 1400 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, Va. 22209 BBN-NET LINC-67 see BBN-TENEX Carol J. Mostrom Massachusetts Institute of Technology BBN-TENEX Lincoln Laboratory 244 Wood Street Steve G. Chipman Lexington, Mass. 02173 Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. 50 Moulton Street LINC-TX2 Cambridge, Mass. 02138 see LINC-6 CASE MIT-DMCG John Barden Frances Y. Knight Case Western Reserve University Project MAC Computing and Information Sciences 545 Technology Square 10900 Euclid Ave. Cambridge, Mass. 02139 Cleveland, Ohio 44106 MIT-MULTICS see MIT-DMCG CCA MITRE Martha A. Ginsberg Ernest H. Forman Computer Corporation of America MITRE Corporation 565 Technology Square Information Systems Dept., Cambridge, Mass. 02139 W150 Westgate Research Park CMU McLean, Va. 22101 Nancy R. Teater NBS Carnegie-Mellon University Computer Science Department Mrs. Shirley W. Watkins Schenley Park National Bureau of Standards Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213 Bldg. 225, Room B216 Washington, D.C. 20234 HARV NIC Bradley A. Reassow see SRI-ARC Harvard University Aiken Computation Laboratory UCLA-[NMC] 33 Oxford Street Cambridge, Mass. 02138 Anita Coley University of California at RADC Los Angeles Computer Science Department Marcelle D. Petell 3732 Boelter Hall Rome Air Development Center (ISIM) Los Angeles, Calif. 90024 Griffiss Air Force Base Rome, New York 13440 RAND UCSB Linda M. Connelly Connie Rosewall Rand Corporation University of California at Computer Science Department Santa Barbara 1700 Main Street Computer Research Laboratory Santa Monica, Calif. 90406 Santa Barbara, Calif. 93106 RAY UCSD-CC Laura White Charles Hollano Raytheon Data Systems Computer Center 1415 Boston-Providence Turnpike University of California at Norwood, Mass. 02062 San Diego La Jolla, Calif. 90037 SDC USAF-ETAC Janet W. Troxel M/Sgt. Glen Grazier System Development Corporation USAF-ETAC Information Processing Information Bldg. 159 Center Navy Yard Annex 2500 Colorado Avenue Washington, D. C. 20333 Santa Monica, Calif. 90406 SRI-AI USC Rilla J. Reynolds Linda M. Webster Stanford Research Institute University of Southern California Artificial Intelligence Group Olin Hall of Engineering 333 Ravenswood Ave. Los Angeles, Calif. 90007 Menlo Park, Calif. 94025 SRI-ARC UTAH Cindy Page Gennie L. Cederholm Stanford Research Institute University of Utah Augmentation Research Center 3154 Merrill Engineering Bldg. 333 Ravenswood Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 Menlo Park, Calif. 94025 SU-AI SU-HP Barbara A. Barnett Carol Wilkinson Stanford University Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Project Heuristic Programming Project D.C. Power Lab Serra House Stanford, Calif. 94305 Stanford, Calif. 94305 UCLA-CCN Imogen C. Beattie University of California at Los Angeles 3531 Boelter Hall Los Angeles, Calif. 90024 [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ] [ into the online RFC archives by Mirsad Todorovac 11/98 ]
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PROBLEMAs the ARPANET continued to grow in early 1972, the distribution lists needed to be updated to include new sites and participants.
MECHANISMRFC 300 updates RFC 211 with three revised mailing lists: List A for site liaisons, List B for other network participants and international contacts, and List C for NIC Station Agents.
UPDATED DISTRIBUTION LISTThis became the new standard distribution list and was replaced by RFC 303 as the network continued to expand.
§1Overview
RFC 300 was published in January 1972 and updates RFC 211. It provides three revised distribution lists for network documents. List A should be used by sites distributing their own documents to reach liaisons quickly. Lists B and C are used by the Network Information Center (NIC) to distribute to other participants and station agents respectively.
Like its predecessor, RFC 300 assumes postal delivery, recommending air mail for all but local deliveries. The RFC notes that phone numbers and site-specific information can be found in the Current Directory of Network Participants.
This is an updated phone book for sending network papers. It has new sites added since the last one.
§2The Three Distribution Lists
List A (Initial Distribution) includes all network liaisons and others who should receive RFCs from either NIC or from sites. This list has expanded to include new sites like DOCB (Department of Commerce NOAA), UCSD-CC, and USAF-ETAC. It covers about 30 major network participants.
List B (NIC Distribution) consists of other network participants who receive all formal documents sent from NIC. This list includes international contacts such as NETH (Netherlands), UKICS (University of London), and WATERU (University of Waterloo in Canada).
List C (Station Agents) lists the local representatives at each site who distribute documents and receive a new mailing from NIC once a week or more frequently as needed.
List A is for the main people who need papers right away. List B includes people in other countries. List C is local helpers at each site.
§3Network Expansion
RFC 300 reflects significant growth in the ARPANET since RFC 211. New sites have joined, including academic institutions like UCSD and University of Chicago, international research centers, and government agencies like USAF-ETAC and NOAA. The list shows the ARPANET's expansion from a primarily US-based network to one with international participation.
Despite the growth in participants, the distribution mechanism remains postal mail with air mail for distant sites. Each site is responsible for collecting its own mail and distributing documents internally through its station agent.
More universities and countries joined the network. The list is much longer now. But people still had to mail papers the old way.