From: rusin@math.niu.edu (Dave Rusin)
Subject: Archives of sci.math.research
Date: 5 May 1999 00:30:03 -0500
Newsgroups: sci.math.research

Nearly-complete archives of previous posts to sci.math.research are
now available (again).

Almost immediately after the inception of this newsgroup in September, 1991,
an archive of postings was made available from a gopher server at Lake
Forest College. That archive was taken offline last year. The files have 
now been added to the Epigone archive at the Math Forum (at Swarthmore
University)  which has already been archiving the traffic
independently for the last few years.  The files may be accessed at
	http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/sci.math.research/
either by thread (in chronological order) or through a search engine.

Other sources of USENET archives, such as DejaNews, also offer access to
old posts, with other interfaces which may offer additional features; but
as far as I am aware the Math Forum is the only site currently housing the
complete archives.

Special thanks to those who maintained the archive previously and made it
available now, in particular  Michael Boardman  and  Dave Yuen. 
Thanks also to  Steve Weimar  and  Jay Scott  at the Math Forum for 
agreeing to house the older posts and converting the old records to the
necessary format.

One copy of the old database appears to have a few defects, so from time
to time one may encounter files with a missing line, for example. Anyone
who has other records of defective or missing posts is invited to share
the corrections. 

There is no "FAQ" file for this newsgroup, but those who are new to the
group and think their question may be fairly common are encouraged to
search the archives before posting.

dave