The mail-based discussion list: VMSGopher-L@trln.lib.unc.edu. has been created to facilitate communication between people involved in development and testing of Gopher protocol software for the VMS environment. This list is gatewayed to the Usenet newsgroup vmsnet.infosystems.gopher so posts appearing on that VMS-specific newsgroup are automatically forwarded to the list and posts made to the list are automatically forwarded to the newsgroup. To subscribe to this list, send a message to MXServer@trln.lib.unc.edu, with the single line SUBSCRIBE VMSGopher-L "Your Real Name in Quotes" in the body of the message. More general discussion about Gopher should be directed to the Usenet newsgroup comp.infosystems.gopher or to the mail-based discussion list gopher-news@boombox.micro.umn.edu. All messages to this VMSGopher-L/vmsnet.infosystems.gopher are archived and are retrievable via an email fileserver or by Gopher. For information about the fileserver, send a message to archives@trln.lib.unc.edu, with the single line HELP in the body of the message. To retrieve the archives via Gopher, connect to the Gopher server at port 70 on trln.lib.unc.edu. The Gopher-accessible archives are fully indexed to assist as a reference tool.