Where The Site Has Been FAQed
The U2 FAQ
Version 1.2
This section deals with the Wire mailing list, various ways to obtain U2 info in USENET, IRC, commercial online services
FTP and WWW sites.
1.1 What is the Wire mailing-list? How do I subscribe, etc ?
JA
Hello. I am Joel Abbott (abbott@inslab.uky.edu), and I maintain u2-list (or Wire as the subscribers have nicknamed it).
As of May 1, 1995, u2-list had 1350 subscribers. On 1/20/94, wire moved from math.jmu.edu to inslab.uky.edu.
I am the third administrator of the U2 mailing list. The founder was Rob Bakie (slinkie@milton.u.washington.edu), and
the second was Thomas Jordan (tjordan@math.jmu.edu). The list lives on!
There are no moderators on this list, so everything you send to: u2-list@inslab.uky.edu goes directly to everyone in the alias
file. The administrative address for u2-list is: u2-list-request@inslab.uky.edu. Please use this address
for administrative messages (removal from list, change of address, etc.,), and NOT the regular list, as the rest of the list
recipients probably aren't interested in your request to be removed/changed, etc! DO NOT SEND THESE REQUESTS TO
THE POSTINGS ADDRESS! This is one of the worst things a person can do. Please don't do it.
The second worst thing you can do is to include the entire digest inside of your mail message when you are posting.
If you are going to include something, only include what is relevant to your posting. Including the whole digest not only increases
the size of the next digest two-fold, but it is very annoying. DO NOT DO THIS EITHER.
Wire stuff is being archived at:
ftp://ftp.inslab.uky.edu/pub/mailing.lists/u2-list/
Everything that Thomas Jordan put together, things that have been contributed by members of wire, and the things I have found are
all located here. This includes samples, pictures, past postings, etc. Anonymous ftp is the only way to get these items. Please
do not ask me to mail them. If you want to donate something to the archive, put it in
ftp://ftp.inslab.uky.edu/incoming/
but please send me mail and let me know that you have done so. Be sure to include the name of the file/files you have uploaded.
Doing this will make sure I get to it before the directory gets cleaned out. I don't scan /incoming regularly.
Please, keep in mind that this list is what you make of it. There is no charge for this list, and it is worth that much. :)
The content is entirely based on you, the subscriber and poster.
1.2 Where can I find U2-related files via ftp ? What files are available ?
MJS
There are several FTP sites with pictures, sound files, lyrics, and tabs. A complete listing of all files at each site is in
Appendix A.
ftp.inslab.uky.edu/pub/u2 This is the proverbial big one. The WIRE archives, text files, pictures, sound files, programs and videos.
cs.uwp.edu/pub/music/artists/u/u2
Mirror Sites:
www.wit.com/music/u/u2 This is the mother lode of music files, there are directories for any band you can think of here. This site has the usual stuff pictures - GIF, TIFF, JPEG, and BMP formats - and lyrics. There is one sound file, bonobye.wav,
which features Bono saying goodnight to a stadium of screaming fans.
chaos.pc.cc.cmu.edu/pub/u2 This is the ftp server for Michael Sherman's
U2 WWW page. Pictures in JPEG format, many from the PPV special.
ftp.luth.se What cs.uwp.edu is to pictures, this site is to sound files. Every major artist has a
directory. The U2 directory has files in the AU format
1.3 Are there any U2-related newsgroups ?
There are two: alt.fan.u2 [founded originally for discussion of the ZooTV tour] and alt.music.u2
1.4 Are there any U2-related WWW sites ?
MJS
Does Edge own any hats ? In the name of sanity, I've tried to group these pages into categories. I've included a list of those
sites which I know to be up and running as of the date of this FAQ. Frankly, this section is thoroughly "out of control." If you
have a U2 page and it isn't listed here, e-mail me and I'll include it in the next version.
U2 PAGES
U2 LINKS PAGES
U2 LYRICS AND TAB PAGES
U2 DISCOGRAPHIES
SOME U2 CONTENT
MAINLY TEXT U2 SITES
U2-RELATED SITES
COMMERCIAL SERVICES
APPARENTLY DEAD SITES
1.5 What about commercial online services ?
Still haven't had enough? Well, get those credit cards out and check out these services :
America Online - available worldwide
Plenty of U2 files are available from the Software Archive [keyword: download] and the U2 faithful meet every Wednesday nite at 9pm EST.
CompuServe - available worldwide
Michelle Perez (Melon) is the high priestess of the U2 section online [GO U2FANS] which includes an archive of U2 material and special events. Some recent conference guests were - Bill Flanagan, author of At the End of the World, and Dave Fanning. In addition, Island Records maintains an archive here with sound files and pictures.
Delphi - United States and Canada
I haven't been online there in ages. Anyone have anymore info ?
Prodigy - United States and Canada
My online home. All U2 fans are welcome at the U2 bulletin board [JUMP: Music 1, then topic Rock L-Z] where we discuss everything from the latest news, the best imports and, of course, Adam's most recent haircut. A weekly chatfest is held in Chat Music Member Room ZooStation Saturdays at Midnight.
1.6 Is there a U2 channel on IRC ?
Yes. U2 fans can meet at #U2 For more info, check out UV's web page.
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