Announcing JUMP IN THE RIVER, The Sinead O'Connor Mailing List

[mcb@presto.ig.com (Michael C. Berch)]

In conjunction with the release of her second album, "I Do Not Want
What I Haven't Got.", and in response to the many requests I have
received by mail over the last couple of weeks, I am pleased to
announce the formation of

			  JUMP IN THE RIVER
		   The Sinead O'Connor Mailing List

I expect Jump-in-the-River to be similar to other lists of the genre,
e.g., Ceremony, Love-Hounds, Chalkhills, and so forth.  It will NOT be
a digest, though a digest format may be offered as well in the future
for people who prefer it to individual messages.  An archive will be
set up as well for anonymous FTP and possible UUCP, along with
resources such as fan club, record company, and music publisher
addresses, lyric files, and so forth.

The list will not be edited/moderated in the traditional sense, but
the authors of inappropriate messages ("Hey, what did you think of
Judas Priest's last album, huh?") pointless provocation ("Sinead
is/was a skinhead, therefore she must be a Nazi, right?"), and/or
uninteresting flame wars will be quietly and politely suppressed.

The list should be up and running in a few days.  Please send
subscription requests to

	       jump-in-the-river-request@presto.ig.com

or, for those averse to so much typing,

		      jitr-request@presto.ig.com

For those unable to use domain addresses, these addresses can be reached
via UUCP using the path:

	     {apple,ames,rutgers}!bionet!ig!jitr-request

or for UUNET subscribers only:

		   uunet!presto.ig.com!jitr-request

The submission addresses, effective this weekend, will be the obvious:

Internet:	jump-in-the-river@presto.ig.com
		jitr@presto.ig.com

General UUCP:	{apple,ames,rutgers}!bionet!ig!jump-in-the-river
		{apple,ames,rutgers}!bionet!ig!jitr

UUNET members:	uunet!presto.ig.com!jump-in-the-river
		uunet!presto.ig.com!jitr

When you request a subscription, please provide an unambiguous mail
address; we prefer domain addresses, but can handle UUCP paths.  If
you site is in the UUCP maps, site!user is fine; otherwise please
provide a path from a well-known site.  BITNET subscribers are
welcome; I plan to arrange direct BITNET LISTSERV access at a future
time; for now, BITNET subscriptions will be mailed directly.  Site
redistribution lists are welcome as well.

The list should be in operation by Monday, 26 March, but please wait
for a confirmation from me (you'll get one when you sign up) before
making submissions.  I've been working on a short review of "I Do Not
Want...", so that will probably be one of the first real messages.

Have fun,

Michael
(personal mail) mcb@presto.ig.com
(list stuff)    jump-in-the-river-request@presto.ig.com