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Frequently Asked Questions

for Water Cooled VWs

--Intro--

rec.autos.vw

Version:
15 Apr 95 = Inception, Derived from faq.vw.general. 15 May 95 = First Release
1 Jun 95 = Updates
15 Jun 95 = rtfm alternates

Initiator's Note: Please feel free to submit any additional info.

Jan Vandenbrande
jan@ug.eds.com (new address)
jan@lipari.usc.edu (school address, works) See also the list of contributors at the end. Familiar with: 78R, 81S, 84S, 86GTI, 90G60, 92SLC, 92P


Copyright Notice (c) -- 1993, 1994, 1995: All Rights Reserved

The information contained here is collectively copyrighted by the authors. The right to reproduce this is hereby given, provided it is copied intact, with the copyright notice inclusive. However, the authors explicitly prohibit selling this document, any of its parts, or any document which contains parts of this document.


Index


FOR THE ATTENTION SPAN CHALLENGED

You can find some version of the VW FAQs and the VW archives at:

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.autos.vw (Usenet archives) http://www.umanitoba.ca/KSL/volks/vwhome.html (VW FAQs & Archives) http://www.metrics.com/vw/vw.html (VW FAQs & Archives) http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~ceegha/cars/faq/tech/intro.html (UK version of FAQs & Archives) ftp://ftp.lap.umd.edu/Public/vw_archives/ (VW FAQ & archives)

and

New Dimension's BBS.

In utter emergence contact the archive maintainer:

Jan (pronounced "Yahn") jan@ug.eds.com

For more details, and what these funny "http://" means see the rest. Lots of COOL stuff.

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this Frequently Asked Question [FAQ] file is to provide a *short* summary of the resources available pertaining predominantly to Watercooled [W] VWs, where this information is posted, archived and accessible to you.

Due to its origin, the FAQs are mostly geared towards the US Market, where cars based on the Jetta/Golf/Rabbit platforms of all three generations are the most prevelent.
As a consequence, the focus is mostly on fuel injected cars with emmission control devices.

The intent is to keep this file short to encourage easy distribution (some mailers do not allow files above a certain size to be received) and increase awareness to the VW community of the availability of these resources.

This FAQ was derivative from the general watercooled VW FAQ rec.autos.vw volume can be reduced.

The FAQs please:

Here is a quick summary. Details follow. What I tried to do here is dissasociate information with where it is stored and how it can be accessed.

The following types of (electronic) information are available:

The originals of these [W] VW FAQs and the [W] VW Archives are being maintained by the author. However, there are now numerous sites available that have a portion or a modified form of these archives available. There are also other archive sites, either on Internet or on other BBSs archives that contain either VW or other car related material.

The [W] VW FAQs are also periodically posted on rec.autos.vw, rec.answers, news.answers and automatically updated at the rtfm site at MIT where all the other UseNet FAQs live.

The following electronic services are available:

To access the info:

To discuss and distribute info related to VWs/cars:

Confused?
Most of the archives and discussion groups are avaible on the Internet, while a few others require you to log into a BBS system directly with a modem (e.g., New Dimensions).

If you have direct Internet access then you can directly transfer files, send mail, read Usenet, or browse home pages with a variety of programs that often come with your System or be bought for a small sum. Internet is now also available through third party services such as AOL, Compuserve and others, and they may or may not provide all the standard Internet services mentioned here.


ELECTRONIC INFORMATION

THE V-FILES (aka The Archives)

This is the original list of archives I am currently maintaining. Some of these files are not mine but useful copies from other sites (Those labeled with [ND] are copies from the ND BBS). These archives live on several sites, and can be accessed in several different formats. More on that later.

Directory of Archives

Body            Body & Interior, Crashtest, locks, gauges, wax
Brakes          Rotors, Pads, Tools
Electrical      Lights, Audio
Engine          Engine & Assecories, ECU, liquids
FAQs            All FAQs & General Info
Other           Tools, How to use
Pictures        GIFs, JPEGs (subject to space)
PowerUpgrades   Mods to increase power
Suspension      Suspension mods, alignment, steering, bearings
Transmission    Linkages, Fluids, clutch CVJoints
WheelsTires     Tire Impressions (see also faqs)

Body

A3_CrashTest = Notes on A3 Crash tests (Europe) Detailing = Reynolds' Car Care Specialties Notes Instrument_Lights = Experiences on changing them in A2 Jetta Rebuilding_Ignition_Switch= Info on how to rebuild ignition switches SeatBelt_Retrofit = How to retrofit 2-point belts with 3-point belts. Steering = Email on 3rd party steering wheels Stuck_Door_Locks = How to unstuck stuck door locks Swap_Lock_Tumblers = How to swap lock tumblers Wiper = How to fix ineffective wiper problems central-lock.repair
   fan                   = Problems with resistor pack/fixes
   gauges                = How to install
   leaks                 = Water leaking into cars (Jettas/Others)
   speedo.fix            = How to fix broken gear

wax = Stuff on wax impressions

Brakes

Brake_Upgrades = How to upgrade to bigger brakes Brake_Pads = Comparison of pads (Repco, Mintex, Stock, others) Rear_Brakes_Tool = Tool required to replace rear pads on newer VWs Repco_MetalMasters = see Brake_Pads

Electrical

Battery = Email on leak free batteries Coding_Radios = How to code Heidelberg Radios DRL_Removal = Notes on how to disable DRL (ND) Ground = How to analyze and retrofit a new ground (ND) Lights = Info on improving VW lighting Radar_Frequencies = Radar frequencies US & Europe VW_Audio = Stuff on VW Audio issues
   antenna               = Problem fixes for Fuba antenna
   fog_driv_lights       = Notes on fog/driving/H4 A2 retrofit lights
   mfa.test              = Additional functions of the Multi-Function Analyzer

Engine

16V_Idle_Probs = ND write up on solving 16V idle problems A1_Idle_Probs = ND write up on solving A1 idle problems A2_Idle_Probs = How to diagnose/solve some idle probs A2_Starer_Removal = Starter Removal procedure Adj_cam_sprocket = Peter T's report on his adjustable timing sprocket Anti_Freeze = r.a posting on coolant. What it is etc. Camshaft_Notes = Notes on camshaft replacement
   Carb_Tuning           = Old fashioned method of tuning a carb
   Carb_to_FI            = How to convert to FI
   Changing_Belts	 = Info on swapping Timing Belts
   EngineSwaps           = Info on swapping engines (inc. VR6)
   ExhaustAnalyzer       = How to make an Exhaust analyzer with an O2 sensor
   Exhausts              = Notes on exhausts (Gill, Leis, Stock, SuperT, etc)
   HopKits	         = Notes on Hop Kits (engine shake on uneven roads)
   IdleStabilizer        = See A2_Idle_Probs
   Octane_Ratings        = Octane ratings US vs Rest of World

Replacing_Fuel_Filters= For an A-2 car. Replacing_Points =
Throttle_Switch = Notes on Throttle Switches VANAGON_Stall = Vanagon stalling problems

   a2-cam-follow         = How to fix valve ticking in GTIs
   heater_core           = Problems, recall info
   knock_sensor          = Knock sensor probs
   oil                   = Problems/causes of low oil pressure buzzer warnings
   oil_filter_vw         = Dissection of VW vs FRAM oil filter, Mecca filters
   oilpressure           = How to measure, known problems
   oxysensor             = How to reset light
   splash                = How to fix belt squeal on later models

FAQs

EU_VW_Tuners = VW tuners in the UK & Germany Nomenclature = Official Name for things
   Slick50               = Renamed faq.oil.slick50
   VW_Mechanics          = People's opinions on VW Mechanics in the US

faq.bus = Stuff on what bus/vanagon to buy. faq.oil = All you wanted to know about oil/synthetics faq.oil.2 = Some notes on M1 & Syntex

   faq.oil.slick50       = Articles on PTFE (Teflon tm) oil additives
   faq.ra.1              = Usenet rec.auto.* series/policies (Richard Welty)
   faq.ra.2              = Automotive Mailing Lists (Richard Welty)
   faq.ra.3              = Automotive Articles Archive Server (Richard Welty)
   faq.ra.4              = General Driving/Car FAQs (Richard Welty)
   faq.ra.5              = General Driving/Car FAQs (Richard Welty)
   faq.ra.6              = Setting up mailservers (Richard Welty)
   faq.radar		 = FAQ on radar detectors and the like.
   faq.tires.sizes       = General info on tires (sizes mostly)
   faq.tires.survey      = General info on tires (net survey & summary)
   faq.tires.winter	 = Most recent reviews on winter/snow tires from Norway
   faq.vw.air            = Aircooled faq. I know, it doesn't belong here, but...
   faq.vw.general        = This file
   faq.vw.perf.txt       = The performance VW faq
   faq.vw.tech           = The technical VW faq

Other

Tools = How to make manifold clamp removal tool TorquingBolts = How to toque bolts (or how not to).

Pictures

A2W1.TIF = NDs Turbo watercooling routing (N/A) A2W2.TIF = NDs Turbo watercooling routing 2 (N/A) BRAKE01.GIF = NDs Installing larger calipers ELEIGN1.GIF = NDs Installing Electrical ignition (N/A) ELEIGN2.GIF = NDs Installing Electrical ignition (N/A) RELAY1.GIF = NDs Facts about relays (N/A) VR6VSR2.JPG = NDs Picture of VR6 Variable Intake Manifold VSR01.GIF = NDs Picture of VR6 Variable Intake Manifold corrado.GIF = Red Corrado in the clouds (N/A) vwcorrado.gif = Yellow Corrado (N/A) N/A = not available from Inet Archives.

PowerUpgrades

A1_Audi_Tbody = See A1_Power_Upgrades A1_Power_Upgrades = Audi TBodys, cams, etc A2_Power_Upgrades = ECU changes, cams A3_Power_Upgrades = Chips, cams
   Fox_Performance       = How to boost performance on a Fox.
   G60_Chip_Specs        = G60 ECU EPROM Specs.

G60_Power_Upgrades = Summary of available G60 Power Upgrades GTI_Power_Upgrades = see A2_Power_Upgrades & A3_Power_Upgrades Intake_Mods = Airbox modifications for more power, sewerpipe Power_Corrections = Notes on calculating power Splitfire_Plugs
VR6_Power_Upgrades = Summary of available VR6 Power Upgrades VR6_Variable_Intake = Description of the VR6 variable intake manifold. VR6_Variable_Intake_MH= Impressions
VW_Perf_Times = Timing results for performance mods (Cabby, G60, SLC) Wired_Hotrod = Wired article on performance chips (AT & APS etc)

   collins_1             = R.Collins (ex Drake employee) on VW performance
   collins_2                (mostly A1 & A2 GTIs)

collins_3
collins_4
collins_5
collins_misc1 = Misc. R.Collins communications. collins_misc2

Suspension

Boge_probs = Problem with rear Boge shocks Changing_Shocks = Procedures for A1 & A2 cars StressBar = Notes on Stressbars
Suspension_Mods = Experiences & explanations. TieRod_Replacement = Symptoms & solutions. Van_Syn_Alignment = Vanagon Syncro Alignment Specs (BOOK WRONG)
   a1-mounts             = Changing A1 motor mounts
   a1.struts             = See Changing_Shocks
   alignment             = Shade tree alignment notes
   bearings              = Analyzing and fixing wheel bearing problems
   shocks_jan            = See Changing_Shocks
   shocks_mark           = See Changing_Shocks

Transmission

02A_Problems = Problems with G60/SLC/VR6 C & P GLX XMissions Adjust_Linkages = Notes on adjusting shift linkages Bearing_Replacement = How to replace wheel bearings G60_Xmission_Mods = How to improve shifting in Corrado G60s (weight) Short_Shift_Kit = How to make your own short shift kit Solid_Shifter = Make your own shifter counter weight TrannySwaps
Tranny_Specs = Specs of trannys from 78-85 clutch
cv_joints = Notes on removing CV Joints
   specs                 = see Tranny_Specs
   tranny.lube           = Choices and recommendations
   upshift.light         = How to fix

WheelsTires

BFG_R1_Tires = Description of BFG R1 Tires (Racing) CAR_Corrado_Tire_Test = Summary of CAR's tire test on Corrado tire_size.c = c program to calcuate tire sizes
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

THE WORLD WIDE WEB

This is the most convenient and most modern way to access the archives, text, graphics, sounds, movies that is becoming increasingly available.

Here is a list of VW and other car related sites. Some of these sites offer duplicates of the [W] Archives, or variations thereof.
To access these sites you'll need programs such as mosaic or xmosaic of NTSA, Unix lynx, netscape or similar.
The "http://some.address/subdirs/filename" is called the Universal Resource Locator [URL] and tells those programs where that file is located and how it should be accessed.
Filenames with a ".html" extensions (for HyperText Markup Language) contain formatting instruction and links to other sites that are interpreted by the above programs.

A tip from Kenneth Finnegan: Some browsers puke if you don't put a trailing / on the address.For example: http://ug.cs.dal.ca/~gajewski/corrado.html/

VW Related Sites:

Name: VW AG home page, in German
URL: http://www.vw.iplus.com/
Keeper: VAG

Name: VW FAQs & Archives
URL: http://www.umanitoba.ca/KSL/volks/vwhome.html Keeper: Trev Skil <umskilni@mail.cc.umanitoba.ca> Submissions: ftp://ftp.umanitoba.ca/pub/KSL/

Name: VW FAQs & Archives
URL: http://www.metrics.com/vw/vw.html Keeper: Tom Haapanen -- tomh@metrics.com

Name: UK version of VW FAQs & Archives URL: http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~ceegha/cars/faq/tech/intro.html Keeper: Gregor Anderson -- ceegha@caledonia.hw.ac.uk

Name: VW FAQs & Archives
URL: ftp://ftp.lap.umd.edu/Public/vw_archives/ gopher://gopher.lap.umd.edu/11ftp%3aPublic%3avw_archives%3a Keeper: sobiloff@lap.UMD.EDU (Blake Sobiloff), 301/405-5936 (Voice) New address: bsobilof@inet.ed.gov

Name: VW FAQs & Archives
URL: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~hornung http://weber.u.washington.edu/~hornung/vwfaq.html Keeper: Michael S. Hornung -- hornung@stein.u.washington.edu

Name: Corrado Home Page (including some of the VW FAQs & archives) URL: http://ug.cs.dal.ca/~gajewski
http://ug.cs.dal.ca/~gajewski/corrado.html Keeper: Andy (gajewski@ug.cs.dal.ca,jgajew@ac.dal.ca)

Name: Popular Mechanics Reviews (VW Page & Jetta /// review) URL: http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/auto/1MAKE.html#Volkswagen http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/auto/2V_JETA.html Keeper: Popular Mechanics

Name: Dealer Net
URL: http://www.dealernet.com/vw/vw.html http://www.dealernet.com/cgi-bin/texdnv?file=/cars/95/vw/vw.htm

Name: Funkengroovin Magazine
URL: http://www.vwgroovin.com/groovin/ Keeper: VWGroovin@aol.com

Other VW & Car Related tid bits:


Name: Audi, VW's luxury line
URL: http://ursa12.cs.utah.edu:5000/
http://starfleet.itc.snetlink.com/audi/audi.html

Name: Porsche, where it all started
URL: http://tta.com/Porschephiles/home.html

Name: BMW, it's German
URL: http://cbsgi1.bu.edu/bmw/bmw.html

Name: Lots of interesting technical goodies URL: gopher://tamscc.tamu.edu
Keeper: Wally Strzelec wally@tamu.edu

Name: Other Car Page
URL: http://ganglion.anes.med.umich.edu/NSX/misc/other-pages.html

Name: Goodyear
URL: http://www.goodyear.com/

Name: Team.Net: Auto-X Home Page
URL: http://www.team.net/

Name: Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) URL: http://www.balltown.cma.com/scca/SCCAToC.html

Name: Tech Service Bulletin Info
URL: http://www.alldata.tsb.com
GOPHER: gopher.alldata.tsb.com gopher://199.4.107.1:70/11c:/year Keeper: Theresa@alldata.com for more information.

Name: Valvoline
URL: http://www.valvoline.com/

Name: Edmunds Car Prices
URL: gopher://gopher.enews.com:2100/11/showroom/edmunds

Name: CARS Net Auto Swapmeet
URL: http://www2.connectnet.com:80/users/CARS/

Name: Classic Cars
URL: http://www.primenet.com/~komet/classic/clascars.html

Name: Beverly Hills Mototing Accessories URL: http://www.shopping2000.com/shopping2000/bev-hills/ Comments Sells all kinds of (expensive) car goodies

Name: VW Pages at Yahoo
URL: http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Automobiles/Volkswagen/

Name: Gasoline FAQ
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/gasoline.html

Name: PTFE (SnakeOil) FAQ
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/snakeoil.html

Name: Coolant Numbers
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/coolant.html

Name: Oxysensor Info
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/o2sensor.html

Name: Break in Info
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/breakin.html

Name: Tire Info
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/tires.html

Name: Lots of other Links
URL: http://mtmis1.mis.semi.harris.com/autos.html

Name: Synthetic Oils
URL: http://mtmis1.mis.semi.harris.com/syn_oil.html

Name: Amsoil
URL: http://www.xmission.com/~gastown/amsoil/index.html

Name: Speedtrap Registry
URL: http://www.nashville.net/speedtrap/

Name: Car Care (Catalog & Tips)
URL: http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/ http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/washing.html http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/prewax.html http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/waxing.html http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/wheel.html http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/tires.html http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/leather.html http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/vinyl.html

THE ARCHIVES SITES

These methods will allow you to retrieve archives and other information in a more manual way. Pictures, movies, etc are usually first compressed and converted to an ASCII format (uuencode, BinHex, etc) before sent to you through the net.

ACCESS BY FTP:

FTP (for File Transfer Protocol) is one of the older methods to exchange files between machines on the internet.

If you have a Unix or VMS system hooked up to Internet the following commands should work for you. If however you are accessing Internet through a MacIntosh/Finder, IBM-type machine, or are accessing Usenet/News or Internet indirectly through AOL/CompuServe/Others, the procedure may be different or access may not exist. However, before contacting either Jan, Blake or Dan, please try to find out the capabilities of your service first to try to access those files directly. If neither methods listed work, as a last resort, contact one of us and explicitely say that you tried but failed. Note that the server is sometimes down, or time-outs occur due to net traffic, so please try a couple times before complaining. We cannot provide you with any help setting up access to Internet, ftp, or alternate access methods (because we simple don't know either).

A typical ftp session works as follows from the command line (Unix/VMS). Substitute all items in <> with strings:

ftp <address, e.g. ftp.lap.umd.edu> Login as: anonymous
Passwd: <your-email-addres, for me = jan@ug.eds.com> cd <the directory to go to, e.g., pub or vw_archives> ls
get <file>
....
bye

The Sites

Name: [W] VW Archives Mirror
Adress: ftp.lap.umd.edu (129.2.36.152) Directory: /Public/vw-archives
Keeper: Blake Sobiloff, sobiloff@lap.umd.edu New address: bsobilof@inet.ed.gov

Name: Official USENET FAQ-Maintainer archive site Adress: rtfm.mit.edu
Directory: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.autos.vw Keeper: FAQ Maintainers
Note rtfm is often flooded. Try one of the mirror sites:

                North America:
                        ftp.uu.net     		       /usenet/news.answers
                        mirrors.aol.com                /pub/rtfm/usenet
                Europe:
                        ftp.uni-paderborn.de           /pub/FAQ
                        ftp.Germany.EU.net             /pub/newsarchive/news.answers
                        ftp.univ-lyon1.fr              /pub/faq
                        ftp.sunet.se                   /pub/usenet
                Asia:
                        nctuccca.edu.tw                /USENET/FAQ
                        hwarang.postech.ac.kr          /pub/usenet/news.answers
                        ftp.hk.super.net               /mirror/faqs

Name: General, Auto-x related and technical archives (see URL) Adress: ftp.tamu.edu
Directory: /pub/Autox
Keeper: Maintained by Wally Strzelec wally@tamu.edu

Name: Pictures of VWs:
Adress: techie.phys.sfu.ca
Keeper: Unknown

Name: Pictures of VWs:
Adress: ftp.funet.fi == nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100) Directory: /pub/pics/vehicles/cars/VW (login:pictures, pass:anonymous) /pub/pics/gifs/pics/machines/cars/VW Keeper: Unknown

Name: Pictures of VWs:
Adress: wuarchive.wustl.edu
Directory: /graphics/gif
Keeper: Unknown

Name: Pictures of VWs:
Adress: ftp.uhb.fr (192.134.240.50)
Directory: /transfert
Keeper: rivalin@uhb.fr (Jeff (aka gigi) rivalin)

NOTE: For more info on pictures, formats, etc, check out the FAQ in any of the

      UseNet *.graphics.* or *.pictures.* groups.
      (warning, these files take up A LOT of space):

ACCESS BY MAIL:

Send mail to ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com, a one line message: `help' (no quotes of course). No subject... just the one word. You'll get a large message in reply, describing exactly how to get files from FTP archives, via e-mail.

New Dimension's BBS

An older copy of all the archives are available on ND's BBS. See further on how to access this BBS.
Note: NewDimension's BBS has its own set of archives and a bunch of pictures!

Automated E-Mail server: vw@pro-newton.cts.com


All the archive files listed in the 12/1/93 edition of the VW FAQ are there. To use the server, send E-Mail to vw@pro-newton.cts.com with the request in the subject line (or on the first line of the body).

        Help    Sends help
        index vw        sends the index of the vw/ directory, with short desc.
        dir vw  lists only the filenames in the vw/ directory.
        send vw/file1 [vw/file2...] send specified files

E-Mail here or to danb@pro-newton.cts.com for more information. NOTE: DO NOT USE THE FILENAMES LISTED BELOW ON THIS SERVER! SEE THE INDEX. (The names are different because of differences in operating system filenaming conventions).

Other (e-mail, non-automated):


jan@ug.eds.com has all/most of the originals

Send e-mail & specify the filenames in the body of the message. Note that we do NOT have an automatic mailer, this is all done manually and should be used only as a last resort! Please specify the files EXACTLY as they are spelled, and give your full e-mail address (it sometimes gets corrupted).

Additional contributions are welcome. We will be publishing these tips on a regular basis, and welcome any additions or edits.
Note that this list does not reflect frequent edits. *name = has been superseeded by another file


DISCUSSION GROUPS

USENET

Usenet is one of the largest, world wide set of discussion groups. There are a variety of car related groups, the most relevant here is:

rec.autos.vw

The FAQs are periodically posted on this group. There are many programs that provide access to UseNet. On VMS there is News, Unix: rn, xrn, gnus, through the WWW, and there are readers for Macs, PCs, etc. AOL, CompuServe and other providers also provide access to UseNet in some form or another.

Q: How do I post on rec.autos.vw if you do not have usenet access but do have internet e-mail access?

  1. Send your posting to rec-autos-vw@cs.utexas.edu (128.83.139.9) Note replacement of '.'s with '-'s in group name. This works for other groups as well.
  2. Where can I get "general" info on cars?
  3. See Richard Welty's FAQ postings in rec.autos.* first, or in the archives mentioned above.
  4. Is VW monitoring UseNet? Who else is monitoring UseNet or one of the mail list servers?
  5. VW does have a web page, but that does not mean they monitor any of the groups or mail list servers. However, several of the tuners (ND, AMS, VT, ???) and car magazine authors/editors (EC, VWT, Greg Raven) are currently monitoring and participating on either UseNet or one of the Mail List discussion groups using either their real name or an alias. I personally welcome their presence, but please do not expect them to provide you with answers to any of your questions. They are all busy people, and they may have certain reasons why they may not want to answer any of your questions (liability). On the other hand, be also aware of the reverse, that one tuner may put down an other's products.

MAIL SERVERS

A mail server is a centralized site where all mail messages received are retransmitted to all the subscribers. To become member of such a mail server, you typically have to send a message to either a person or the mail server.

The following is taken from Richard Welty's Automobile Mailing List FAQ:

---- Text from Richard ---

There are a number of electronic mailing lists on the network devoted to various special automotive topics. Some of these are very specialized, and at the end of this posting I list a number that are focused on the activities of specific localized clubs.

The list of available sites is available at:

ftp://ftp.balltown.cma.com/pub/misc/Autos/mailing-lists.text

or at the rtfm.mit.edu site with all the rec.autos.* groups.

It is maintained by Richard Welty (welty@balltown.cma.com).

Most mailing lists provide separate addresses for administrative queries and for general mail; where separate administrative addresses exist, I have listed those below, as the general addresses are not appropriate for inquirys and requests.

Listserv, listproc & majordomo:

these are the three most common automatic list handlers. Listserv and listproc take similar commands; majordomo is subtly different. commands for all three should be in the body of the mail message. a listserv/listproc request to join the honda list should look like the following:

sub HONDA-L Joe. W. Newbie

note the real name. listserv/listproc will get the email address from the message header.

a majordomo request to join the italian cars list should look like

subscribe italian-cars newbie@aol.com

note the email address and lack of real name. the email address is optional; if omitted, majordomo will extract the real name from the message header (this is often the best way to handle this.) ---- End Text from Richard ---

A quick summary (some from Richard's List):

Audi

         (send requests to majordomo@coimbra.ans.net, command is
            subscribe quattro)

Porsches
(send requests to porschephiles-request@tta.com)

Vintage VW (Aircooled):

   listserv @ sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu                        (to subscribe)
   vintagvw @ sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu                        (to post)
   sroka @ sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu                           (questions)

To subscribe to the vintage vw mailing list, send a post to:

LISTSERV@SJSUVM1.sjsu.edu, with `subscribe VINTAGVW Your Name' in the BODY of the message. Much talk about bugs, some of it even mechanical/ technical in nature. All types of air cooled vw stuff.

To subscribe to the vanagon mailing list, send a post to:

listserv@lenti.med.umn.edu with `subscribe vanagon Your Name' in the BODY. all type of bricks from 1956 (oldest)-1995....Don't know why we spend so much time talking about old songs, though.......

A NEW one! The THING registry! Unfortunately, I don't know *ANYTHING AT ALL* about this list, (It's NOT a mailing list, I'm told.) But it's an active list of owners, for whatever reason such a list would be kept for, I suppose.....it's:

THING-request@rush.cc.edu with `subscribe thing' in the body.

This list was started 2 Apr 1994 and is run by Gerald Skerbitz gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu


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Mike (mvoorhis@wpi.edu)
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