X FILE 11291093 Part 3 of 5 9/1/97 /Newsgroups/ alt.tv.x-files is the original newsgroup, discussing the show as aired on U.S./North American television. United Kingdom viewers of the show might want to check out uk.media.tv.sf.x-files. Australian Viewers have the newsgroup aus.tv.x-files. These latter two carry discussion minus spoilers that would appear on the North American newsgroup. Russia also has an X Files newsgroup: ru.video.x-files. /Electronic Mailing Lists/ There is an Internet mailing list for _The X Files_, run by Chael Hall, which discusses the episodes currently being aired in North America. To sign up for the list, send a message to majordomo@chaos.taylored.com with "SUBSCRIBE X-FILES" (for instant messages) or "SUBSCRIBE X-FILES-DIGEST" (for digest mode). You will receive the list in digest mode unless specified. A German moderated group posting only reliable information about the show has been established by Michael Kleinhenz, michael@stargate.pfalz.de. Only "official" submissions will be accepted such as reliable information about new episodes, books, comics. etc. Articles must be mailed to the moderator for approval before they will be mailed. To subscribe send mail to listserv@stargate.pfalz.de with "subscribe x-files-info" in the body of the message, not the subject line. This is a German-language list. There are two UK mail lists. One available only as a weekly digest, discussing current airings can be subscribed to by e-mail to mdb@leicester.ac.uk with the following text in your subject line: SUBSCRIBE X-FILES-UK. For the second UK mail list, send a note to Listproc@uel.ac.uk with the notice "Subscribe XFiles " in the body of the message. An Australian mail list, discussing _X Files_ episodes airing in Australia, has been established. Send e-mail to aus-xf-request@aurora.apana.org.au with the following in the body of the message: "Subscribe aus-xf . To send mail to the list, send your message to aus-xf@aurora.apana.org.au. If you are a Dutch speaking X-Phile you can join the Dutch X-Files mailing list. To subscribe send a message with subject "xf: aan ADMIN" to trustno1.truth@pi.net. The body of the message must contain "subscribe, xf list ". You will receive the information you need to be a good list member and how to unsubscribe (should you ever choose so). A second Dutch mailing list, "Dutch Mulder and Scully Digest," talks about everything about the X Files. To subscribe, send email to dmsd@worldaccess.nl and type "DMSD: subscribe" as subject and type your email address in the body of the message. There is a mailing list for those who wish to discuss a Mulder/Scully romance. XF Romantics is a mailing list dedicated to discussion of the show with an emphasis on the romance. To subscribe, send an email to majordomo@chaos.taylored.com with the contents "subscribe xf-romantics," or, for the digest version, "subscribe xf-romantics-digest." There are also a number of mailing lists for X Files fan fiction. One is x-files-fanfic, run by Monica Vallejo (monicav@mindspring.com). To subscribe, send a message to majordomo@chaos.taylored.com with no subject and the following as a complete text of the message: SUBECRIBE X-FILES-FANFIC. Jeannine Ackerson has established the XF Creative mailing list. To subscribe, send a message to listserv@server.microserve.net and put in the message "Subscribe XFCreative " or check out their website at http://www.slip.net/~takakin0/xfc.htm. Other fan fiction email lists can be found posted in the alt.tv.x-files.creative newsgroup, or post an inquiry to the newsgroup. Craig Winley runs a mailing list about X Files net resources. To subscribe, go to his web site at http://www.xtrreme.gorilla.net.au/admin/list.html and follow the instructions. If you have questions, contact Craig at cwinley@wantree.com.au. /FTP Sites and Home Pages/ *FTP Sites* The FTP site at ftp.cs.nmt.edu has a variety of information, with the FAQs, episode guide, music, images, and fan fiction ; directory path is /xfiles. An FTP site is at ftp.rutgers.edu (/pub/x-files), storing only the graphic and sound files. The FTP site aql.gatech.edu is temporarily inactive. It also carries X Files material: sounds, .gifs, and creative stories; directory path is /pub/xfiles. The site ftp.shore.net , run by Pete T. Manolakos (ptman@shore.net), carries text files only; directory path is /members/ptman/x-files. Eric Shapow's ftp site is at trustno1.res.cmu.edu. It carries the alt.tv.x-files.creative stories. The Gossamer Archives Project is archiving fan fiction at various servers around the world. Go to http://gossaamer.simplenet.com/, or its mirror, http://gossamer.x-philes.com/, for information. *Home Pages* With the number of possible home page addresses hitting over 1200, this section will be restricted to a fewer number of highlight sites. There are a few websites that have relatively comprehensive listings of X Files sites, particularly for North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Try checking these out before you search Yahoo: X Links Central -- www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6050/xfsites.html Phillip's Ultimate, Biggest List of X Files Links -- www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/2499/fxfilesmain.html Danny Sanders' Dutch X Files Home Page -- www.stack.nl/~danny/x-files/x-files.html The Official X Files Home Page, run by Fox Television, the official X Files site, is at http://www.thex-files.com/. The X Files FAQ you are currently reading can be found at Mr Gigabyte's site: http://web20.mindlink.net/a4369 Barbara Reuf explains the X Files mythology episodes in Ketchup on the Mythology Arc at her website, and also keeps the ATX Essay Challenge Archive, as well as the Newbie Info Kiosk: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/7094 Tiny Dancer has an extensive Episode Guide at her site: http://www.globalserve.net/~rhonda/xfindex.html For local syndication information check out: http://www.its-happening-again.com [the passwords are "trustno1," "cigarette smoking man," and "astadourian"] Other non-North American websites can be found at: Ireland http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~stdcu/x-files - Strange Things DCU http://www.bazza.com/sj/xfiles/main.html - Mulder's X-Files Page France http://depinfo.u-bourgogne.fr/xfiles - Aux frontieres du reel http://www.eerie.fr/~alquier/xfiles.html - Aux frontieres d'URL Sweden http://www.ludat.lth.se/~dat92oma/x-files.html - Mertenssons XF Page http://www.dzp.pp.se/x-files - Svenska X-Files Denmark http://www.cybercity.dk/users/ccc12991/xfiles/xfiles.htm - Danish XF http://www.mi.aau.dk/~ingersj/xfiles.html - X-Files Picture Archive Germany http://twind.simplenet.com/xfiles/xinhalt.htm - Die Akte X Online http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~kleinhen/xfiles/x-files - The X-Files http://www.yi.com/home/VonderheideRoman/ - Akte X The Netherlands http://www.stack.nl/~danny/x-files/x-files.html - Dutch X-Files Page http://www.HZeeland.nl/~sross/yaxs.html - Yet Another X-Files Site http://www.xs4all.nl/~togtcma/xfiles.htm - G's X-Files Page http://www.telebyte.nl/~f.mulder/index.htm - X-Files http://www.interstroom.nl/~jsa Belgium http://www.linkline.be/users/camand/tmxst/ - The Most "X-Site" Thing Israel http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/2400/ - Israeli GA Home Page http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3452/x-files.html - XF in Israel http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8270/ - Israeli X-Files Page Brazil http://www.ppgonweb.com/thex-files/ - The X-Files Connection http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6320 - The Truth is Hereg. Japan http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~mh_mulder - Club DD Russia http://www.aha.ru/~somin/xfiles.htm - Oleg's X Files page (with FAQ) http://www.lipetsk.ru/~wwwsdn/ - Dmitry's X Files page Italy http://www.cli.di.unipi.it/~salvi - Italian XF Site (with FAQ) http://www.agora.stm.it/M.Amari/home.htm Scotland http://www.geocities.com/Area51/5712 - Lucy & Wakko's Unofficial X Files Page /Online Services XF Special Interest Groups/ *America Online* The America Online X Files Club consists of two forums on AOL. The Keyword: XFILES takes you directly to them. The first is the AOL X Files Fan Forum where you can participate on the discussion boards and discuss the show with other members as well as producers and writers of the show. There are three weekly chats based on the show with more to be added soon. There is also a file archive with pictures based on the show and lots of show information including logs of all the chats and conferences. The area also has many online resources including the Episode Guide, FAQ, and David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson FAQs. AOL also has a Visual Episode Guide with descriptions, production crew, cast, and a custom member-created graphic based on the episode. The second forum is the X Files Simming Forum where two weekly role-playing simulations take place based on the X Files. This area has discussion boards, file archives, and lots of show information. The AOL X Files Fan Forum is hosted by Jerry Jones, FoxxMulder@aol.com, and Debbie Brown, MrsSpooky@aol.com. *Delphi* The Delphi X Files Special Interest Group has closed. The X Files SIG information has been folded into the Sci-Fi SIG. *Compuserve* Compuserve has an active X Files forum and two weekly discussion groups. The forum is in the SF/Fantasy Media+ section and can be reached by using the "Go" command and entering SFMEDTWO. It has a scroll rate of about 200 messages a day (more when new or important episodes air). The US Philes conference is held Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. Eastern in the SFMEDIA+ conference room called "The Phile Cabinet (7)." The UK Philes also hold a conference at 9 p.m. UK time on Tuesdays in the same location. *MSN* MSN has a special folder for the X Files (called X-Files), including two chat roomts, a BBS, video reviews, and pictures. You can search for it using "find all msn services." *Prodigy* X Files information is available only on the TV Bulletin Board; no special area or bulletin board is available. *Other Online Services* At this time we do not have information on special interest groups on other online services. /Other Electronic Info/ An X Files discussion is held at 10 p.m. Eastern time (right after the aired episode ends in the U.S. Eastern/Central time zones) on the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channels #xf (no bots) and #x-files (bot-controlled). A BBS in Maryland has an X Files forum with many resources, Multilevel Planes of Infinity. The board is dedicated to the study of UFOs and other associated materials and subjects. The phone number is (301) 261-6242. A British BBS called the Demons Domain BBS has many X Files JPGs, GIFs, WAVs and documents. It is a 24 hour BBS taking all speed up to 28.8k, and the sysop is Chris Jackson (CM-C.S.Jackson@tees.ac.uk). It can be phoned at (01642) 72 47 58; FidoNet address 2:256/604 Swedish X Files fans have a FidoNet called R20_X-FILES at 2:200/422.27. For information contact Per Hedetun at per.hedetun@nostromo.ct.se. A French online X Files service can be reached at 3615 "24IMAGES" The Spring has an X Files forum in its TV Conference area. To access, telnet to spring.com, and log in as "new" (don't add quotes). You will be asked a few questions, but there is no charge for access. There is an X Files MUSH at 134.174.51.13 port 7777.