30 What are the electronic forums on Sri Lanka?
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This article is from the Sri Lanka FAQ, by Prasad Dharmasena dharma@eng.umd.edu with numerous contributions by others.
30 What are the electronic forums on Sri Lanka?
SLNet: A moderated electronic mailing list which carries news and info.
This is not a discussion group. To become a member of SLNet, send an
e-mail to <slnet-request@lacnet.org> with the following one-liner in
the body of your message. (Fill in your name)
subscribe your_first_name your_last_name
Serendipity: An electronic magazine published on a bi-monthly basis by the
Sri Lanka Academic Interest Group. Its primary audience is the expatriate
Sri Lankans. It is aimed at increasing the awareness of Sri Lanka and the
artistic and scholarly activities of the Sri Lankan community spread all
over the world. Electronic copies of Serendipity are available free of
charge in ASCII (plain text) or TeX formats. To obtain past issues,
please send an e-mail to <dharma@src.umd.edu> with "help" in the subject
line. An auto-mailer will reply with a directory listing.
Serendipity issues: <dharma@src.umd.edu>
[ Serendipity Electronic Journal has not been published since January
of 1995. We don't know when, if at all, it will be published again. ]
Sawnet: South Asian Women's NET is a forum for south asian women, and
those interested in issues relevant to south asian women. Membership
is limited to women only (not necessarily South Asian). To subscribe
to Sawnet, send a message to <sawnet@qiclab.scn.rain.com> with the
subject "Sawnet subscription request."
Contact info: <susan@pablo.niddk.nih.gov> Susan Chacko
LaRC: Lanka Ribald Classics is an electronic magazine aimed at archiving
unwritten humor from Sri Lanka. Rated R. To become a member of the
mailing list, send an e-mail to <wpd@eng.umd.edu> Send contributions to
the same address.
[ This has not been published in a long while. Have we exhausted all
the "unwritten humor of Sri Lanka" already? ]
GASSHO: A bimonthly electronic journal seeking to promote communications
and community amongst Buddhist scholars, laypractitioners, monks and nuns.
GASSHO is a non-sectarian publication and does not represent any particular
school of Buddhism. <dharma@netcom.com> or <GASSHO@f33.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG>
Review Editor, GASSHO
P.O. Box 4951
Berkeley, CA 94704-4951
[ This list and the following list are not
directly related to Sri Lanka, but Buddhism
is a major religion in the country ]
BUDDHA-L: Buddhist Academic Discussion Forum. To subscribe send an e-mail
to <LISTSERV@ULKYVM.BITNET> with "subscribe buddha-l your-name" in the
message body. Text archives maybe found via FTP/Gopher on coombs.anu.edu.au
or its mirror sites under /coombspapers/otherarchives
CricInfo: This is a gopher. [Cricket is the second religion for all.]
Path is: <Other Gophers/North America/USA/Oregon/CricInfo Gopher>
soc.culture.sri-lanka: A newsgroup on Usenet. Other relevant news groups
include soc.culture.tamil, soc.culture.indian, soc.culture.asian.american,
rec.sport.cricket, rec.sport.cricket.scores, misc.news.southasia, alt.
visa.us, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.flame, alt.I.am.holier.than.thou.
BBS': Your local BBS' might carry full Usenet and Internet mail, in which
case you can subscribe to any news group or a mailing list on the Internet.
Online services that do provide, at least, an e-mail link to Internet
include: Netcom, UUnet, PSInet, CompuServe, America Online, Genie, Prodigy,
Delphi, FidoNet, etc. Prices vary depending on the services/times that
you access the service. (more info: see books/publications on <32> All
of them tell you how to "get online.")
WWW/Gopher/Veronica: see below
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