Software Vault: The Gold Collection/Software Vault - The Gold Collection (American Databankers) (1993).ISO/cdr12/newsgrup.zip/ALT_GRUP.LIS

Internet Message Format | 1993-04-30 | 103KB

From: [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers
Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part I
Summary: First of two postings.  This part describes the following
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 26 Apr 1993 00:02:08 -0500
Expires: 25 Jun 93 17:02:07 GMT
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
Lines: 1149
Approved: [e-mail]
Supersedes: <[e-mail]>

Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/part1
Original-author: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)
Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 25 Apr 1993 by [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)


Introduction
------------
The Usenet software allows the support and transport of hierarchies of
newsgroups not part of the "traditional" Usenet through use of the
distribution mechanism. These hierarchies of groups are available to
sites wishing to support them and able to find a feed.    In general,
these groups are not carried by the entire network because of their
volume, restricted spheres of interest, or a different set of
administrative rules and concerns.

In general, it is a bad idea to forward these newsgroups to your
neighbors without asking them first; they should only be received at a
site by choice.  Not only is this generally-accepted net etiquette, it
helps to preserve the freedom to do and say as the posters please in
these newsgroups, as the only people who get them are those who asked
to get them.  This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, because every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies.  Because of the sheer size of the mainstream
Usenet, extra-long or controversial postings are more likely to cause
problems when posted to the Usenet; however, these alternative
hierarchies exist precisely to support those kinds of postings (if
germane to the hierarchy).

Usually, there is is no restriction on getting these groups as long as
you have the capacity to receive, store, and forward the groups;
software after B 2.11 news is required to make the distribution
mechanism work properly for these groups.  How to join each
distribution is described below.

Note that the "uunet" service carries all of these hierarchies.
Contact [e-mail] for subscription details.

Also note -- the lists in this article are totally unofficial and
possibly incomplete or inaccurate.  I try to keep the lists up-to-date,
but make no guarantee that any of the information contained corresponds
with the named groups in any significant way.  Corrections and comments
should be mailed to the reply address in the header of this article.

Alt
---
"alt" is a collection of newsgroups that is being distributed by a
collection of sites that choose to carry the groups.  Many Usenet
sites do not receive these groups.  Here is a recent list of the 'alt"
newsgroups:

alt.1d        One-dimensional imaging, & the thinking behind it.
alt.2d        Two dimension imaging for plane thinkers.
alt.3d            Three-dimensional imaging.
alt.abortion.inequity    Sexism comes in many guises.
alt.abuse-recovery    Helping victims of abuse to recover. (Moderated)
alt.abuse.offender.recovery    ??.
alt.activism        Activities for activists.
alt.activism.d        A place to discuss issues in alt.activism.
alt.adoption        For those involved with or contemplating adoption.
alt.aeffle.und.pferdle    German TV cartoon characters.
alt.agriculture.fruit    Hey, nice melons!.
alt.agriculture.misc    General discussions of agriculture, farming, etc.
alt.aldus.freehand    Discuss Aldus Freehand.
alt.aldus.misc        Discuss other Aldus products.
alt.aldus.pagemaker    Don't use expensive user support, come here instead.
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk    simoN.
alt.alien.visitors    Space Aliens on Earth!    Abduction!  Gov't Coverup!
alt.alt         Recursive fun.
alt.amateur-comp    The Amateur Computerist.
alt.american.automobile.breakdown.breakdown.breakdown    "...then the steering wheel came off in my hands".
alt.anarchism        %SYSTEM-F-ANARCHISM, the operating system is overthrown.
alt.angst        Anxiety in the modern world.
alt.angst.xibo.sex    Tightening the screws of your existence.
alt.answers        As if anyone on alt has the answers. (Moderated)
alt.anybody        You talking to me?
alt.appalachian     Appalachian regional issues discussion.
alt.archery        Robin Hood had the right idea.
alt.architecture    Building design/construction and related topics.
alt.artcom        Artistic Community, arts & communication.
alt.astrology        Twinkle, twinkle, little planet.
alt.atheism        Godless heathens.
alt.atheism.moderated    Focused Godless heathens. (Moderated)
alt.authorware        Discussions on the use of the Authorware package.
alt.autos.antique    Discussion of all facets of older automobiles.
alt.autos.rod-n-custom    Discussion of souped-up or customised autos.
alt.bacchus        The non-profit "BACCHUS" organization.
alt.backrubs        Lower...to the right...aaaah!
alt.bad.clams        Bad clams sneak up behind you and pounce. Bad clams kill.
alt.baldspot        Discussions for the hairing impaired.
alt.basement.graveyard    Another side of the do-it-yourself movement.
alt.bbs         See alt.self-reference.
alt.bbs.doors        Bulletin board system add-on executables, or "doors".
alt.bbs.internet    BBSs that are hooked up to the Internet.
alt.bbs.metal        The METAL telecomm environment.
alt.bbs.searchlight    Searchlight BBS system discussions.
alt.bbs.unixbbs     Bulletin Board Systems under Uniclones.
alt.bbs.unixbbs.uniboard    Discussions about the Uniboard BBS.
alt.bbs.uupcb        ??.
alt.beadworld        We will appease the bead gods.
alt.beer        Good for what ales ya.
alt.best.of.internet    Sort of an oxymoron.
alt.bigfoot        Dr. Scholl's gone native.
alt.binaries.multimedia Sound, text and graphics data rolled in one.
alt.binaries.pictures.d Discussions about picture postings.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica    Gigabytes of copyright violations.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d Discussing erotic copyright violations.
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.d    Discussion about huge image files. (Moderated)
alt.binaries.pictures.fractals    Cheaper just to send the program parameters.
alt.binaries.pictures.misc    Have we saturated the network yet?
alt.binaries.pictures.supermodels    Yet more copyright violations.
alt.binaries.pictures.tasteless "Eccchh, that last one was *sick*...".
alt.binaries.pictures.utilities Discussion of binary posting utilities.
alt.binaries.sounds.d    Sounding off.
alt.binaries.sounds.erotica    Ngghhh! MMMMMMM! uuuhhhnnnnnOOOOOHHHhhhhh...
alt.binaries.sounds.misc    Digitized audio adventures.
alt.birthright        Birthright Party propaganda.
alt.bitch.pork        Flames in a particular vein.
alt.bite.my.butt    One newsgroup under god, with tyranny & malice for all.
alt.bitterness        No matter what it's for, you know how it'll turn out.
alt.bizarre        Too wierd for the wierdos.
alt.blahblah        Iggy? is that you?
alt.bogus.group     Nothing is too good for you, is it.
alt.bonsai        Zen and the art of little trees.
alt.books.anne-rice    Vampyres are us.
alt.books.deryni    Katherine Kurtz's books, especially the Deryni series.
alt.books.reviews    "If you want to know how it turns out, read it!".
alt.boomerang        Technology and use of the boomerang.
alt.boostagogo        ??.
alt.brother-jed     The born-again minister touring US campuses.
alt.buddha.short.fat.guy    Religion. And not religion. Both. Neither.
alt.business.multi-level    Multi-level (network) marketing businesses.
alt.business.multi-level.scam.scam.scam Hey, look! Mikey likes it!
alt.butt-keg.marmalade    Typical yanqui analytic humor.
alt.butt.harp        There's a group for *everything* in alt.*.
alt.buttered.scones    You bring the tea.
alt.cabal        Ah, the good ole days....
alt.cable-tv.re-regulate    This probably wouldn't fix the content problem.
alt.cad         Computer Aided Design.
alt.cad.autocad     CAD as practiced by customers of Autodesk.
alt.california        The state and the state of mind.
alt.callahans        Callahan's bar for puns and fellowship.
alt.cascade        Art or litter you decide.
alt.cd-rom        Discussions of optical storage media.
alt.censorship        Discussion about restricting speech/press.
alt.cereal        Breakfast cereals and their (m)ilk.
alt.cesium        Your life is ticking away in very precise increments...
alt.chess.bdg        The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit.
alt.chess.ics        The Internet Chess Server @valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu.
alt.child-support    Raising children in a split family.
alt.chinchilla        Chinchilla farming and cultivation.
alt.chinese.text    Postings in Chinese; Chinese language software.
alt.chinese.text.big5    Posting in Chinese[BIG 5].
alt.clubs.compsci    Often computer science is like being conked on the head.
alt.clueless        Duh.
alt.co-evolution    About the Whole Earth Review and associated lifestyles.
alt.co-ops        Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.cobol        Relationship between programming and stone axes.
alt.college.college-bowl    Discussions of the College Bowl competition.
alt.college.food    Dining halls, cafeterias, mystery meat, and more.
alt.colorguard        Marching bands etc.
alt.com         ??.
alt.comedy.british    British humour.
alt.comics.buffalo-roam A postscript comic strip.
alt.comics.lnh        Interactive net.madness in the superhero genre.
alt.comics.superman    No one knows it is also alt.clark.kent.
alt.comics.superman.dies.dies.dies    I wonder if we can get the Naked Guy to replace him.
alt.comp.acad-freedom.news    Academic freedom issues related to computers. (Moderated)
alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk    Academic freedom issues related to computers.
alt.conference-ctr    Conference center management issues.
alt.config        Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.config.control-freaks    alt.config is for the other freaks.
alt.consciousness    Discussions on consciousness.
alt.conspiracy        Be paranoid -- they're out to get you.
alt.conspiracy.jfk    The Kennedy assassination.
alt.control-theory    Feedback & similar cybernosis.
alt.cosuard        Council of Sysops & Users Against Rate Discrimination.
alt.crackers        Best when read with alt.cheese.
alt.crackers.saltine    No chloresterol, either.
alt.craig.hulsey.rack.rack.rack A pool shark.
alt.cult-movies     Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS).
alt.culture.alaska    Is this where the ice weasels come from?
alt.culture.argentina    ??.
alt.culture.austrian    They aren't the ones with kangaroos.
alt.culture.electric-midget    Waiting for the dwarf, or someone like him.
alt.culture.indonesia    Indonesian culture, news, etc.
alt.culture.karnataka    Culture and language of the Indian state of Karnataka.
alt.culture.kerala    People of Keralite origin and the malayalam language.
alt.culture.ny-upstate    They have more than snow and Lake Ontario.
alt.culture.oregon    Home of legal-discrimination advocates.
alt.culture.theory    Cultural theory & current practical problems.
alt.culture.tuva    Topics related to the Republic of Tannu Tuva.
alt.culture.us.asian-indian    Asian Indians in the US and Canada.
alt.culture.usenet    A self-referential oxymoron.
alt.current-events.somalia    Discussion of the situation in Somalia.
alt.current-events.wtc-explosion    The explosion in the World Trade Center.
alt.cyb-sys        Cybernetics and Systems.
alt.cyberpunk        High-tech low-life.
alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo    Literary virtual reality in a cyberpunk hangout.
alt.cyberpunk.movement    Cybernizing the Universe.
alt.cyberpunk.tech    Cyberspace and Cyberpunk technology.
alt.cyberspace        Cyberspace and how it should work.
alt.cybertoon        Cyberpunk epic.
alt.dads-rights     Rights of fathers trying to win custody in court.
alt.dcom.telecom    Discussion of telecommunications technology.
alt.dear.whitehouse    When Hints from Heloise aren't enough.
alt.desert-shield.erotica    Happiness is a warm gun.
alt.desert-storm    The war against Iraq in Kuwait.
alt.desert-storm.facts    For factual information on The Gulf War.
alt.desert-thekurds    What's happening to the Kurds in Iraq.
alt.desert.storm.its.not.scud.its.al-hussein.dammit    So use another kind of missile.
alt.desert.toppings    I'll have just a little more crude oil on that, please.
alt.destroy.the.earth    Deteriorata meets the Space Orphans.
alt.deutsche.bundesbahn.kotz.kotz.kotz    Flaming the German rail system.
alt.dev.null        The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated)
alt.devilbunnies    Probably better left undescribed.
alt.discordia        All hail Eris, etc.
alt.discrimination    Quotas, affirmative action, bigotry, persecution.
alt.divination        Divination techniques (e.g., I Ching, Tarot, runes).
alt.dragons-inn     A computer fantasy environment (like Usenet is).
alt.dreams        What do they mean?
alt.drugs        Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.drugs.caffeine    All about the world's most-used stimulant drug.
alt.drugs.usenet    Many things are addictive besides pills.
alt.duke.basketball.sucks.sucks.sucks    Nothing to discuss, everybody knows.
alt.earth_summit    Another triumph for George Bush.
alt.education.bangkok.cmc    A distance-education project.
alt.education.bangkok.databases A distance-education project.
alt.education.bangkok.planning    A distance-education project.
alt.education.bangkok.research    A distance-education project.
alt.education.bangkok.student    A distance-education project.
alt.education.bangkok.theory    A distance-education project.
alt.education.disabled    Learning experiences for the disabled.
alt.education.distance    Learning over nets etc.
alt.elvis.sighting    Guess who I saw at K-mart?
alt.emulators.ibmpc.apple2    The blind leading the blind.
alt.emusic        Ethnic, exotic, electronic, elaborate, etc. music.
alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die    We just can't get enough of him.
alt.ernie-pook        Long live Lynda Barry.
alt.etext        Electronic text announcements.
alt.eunuchs.questions    Handling user problems in the real world.
alt.evil        Tales from the dark side.
alt.exploding.kibo    Perhaps just wishful thinking.
alt.extropians        ??.
alt.fan.BIFF        COWABUNGA, D00D!!! MY BROTHER SEZ HES AWSUM.
alt.fan.alok.vijayvargia    Vote early, and vote often.
alt.fan.amy-fisher    Joey's friend.
alt.fan.andrew-beal    Usenet is never having to say you're sorry.
alt.fan.asprin        Discussing the works of Robert Lynn Asprin.
alt.fan.biafra        An ex-Dead Kennedy.
alt.fan.bill-gates    Fans of the original micro-softie.
alt.fan.bill-fenner    PSU's cute, loveable, and fuzzy news admin.
alt.fan.brian-ellis    ??.
alt.fan.bruce-becker    Bruce Becker, alt.* groups resucitator.
alt.fan.bruce.woodcock    ??.
alt.fan.bugtown     For fans of the works of Matt Howarth.
alt.fan.chaki.chaki.chaki    Chaki's fan club.
alt.fan.charles-lasner    Is assembly language better?
alt.fan.chris-elliott    Son of the comedian Bob of "Bob and Ray" fame.
alt.fan.dale-bass    Dale Bass, baseless refuter of Scientific American.
alt.fan.dan-quayle    For discussion of the US Vice President.
alt.fan.dave_barry    Electronic fan club for humorist Dave Barry.
alt.fan.david-sternlight    David Sternlight, sci.crypt crusader.
alt.fan.debbie.gibson    The world's oldest cheerleader.
alt.fan.dice-man    Fans of Andrew Dice Clay.
alt.fan.dick-depew    Dump on Dick.
alt.fan.disney.afternoon    Disney Afternoon characters & shows.
alt.fan.don.no-soul.simmons    From "Amazon Women On The Moon" fame.
alt.fan.douglas-adams    Author of "The Meaning of Liff", & other fine works.
alt.fan.ecsd        Same as alt.fan.eric-dynamic.
alt.fan.eddings     The works of writer David Eddings.
alt.fan.elvis-presley    The King.
alt.fan.eric-dynamic    Same as alt.fan.ecsd.
alt.fan.frank-zappa    Is that a Sears poncho?
alt.fan.furry        Fans of funny animals, ala Steve Gallacci's book.
alt.fan.gene-scott    A late-nite tv bible-thumper.
alt.fan.gooley        Fans of Markian Gooley and his followers.
alt.fan.goons        Careful Neddy, it's that dastardly Moriarty again.
alt.fan.greaseman    Fans of Doug Tracht, the DJ.
alt.fan.harry-mandel    ??.
alt.fan.holmes        Elementary, my dear Watfor.
alt.fan.howard-stern    Fans of the abrasive radio & TV personality.
alt.fan.hurricane.yip    ??.
alt.fan.itchy-n-scratchy    Bart Simpson's favorite TV cartoon.
alt.fan.james-bond    On his Majesty's Secret Service (& secret linen too).
alt.fan.jimmy-buffett    A white sports coat and a pink crustacean.
alt.fan.jiro-nakamura    Visiting the shaman.
alt.fan.john-palmer    Tygra, tygra, burning blight...
alt.fan.ken-johnson    Discussion pertaining to the great man himself.
alt.fan.kent-montana    Appreciation of the Kent Montana Book Series.
alt.fan.kevin-darcy    For Kebbie.
alt.fan.kevin-walsh    For Prof Walsh fans.
alt.fan.lemurs        Little critters with BIG eyes.
alt.fan.lemurs.cooked    Discussion/appreciation of lemur cuisine.
alt.fan.letterman    One of the top 10 reasons to get the alt groups.
alt.fan.lightbulbs    A hardware problem.
alt.fan.madonna     Nice tits, eh... And how about that puppy?
alt.fan.maria-callas    An opera singer.
alt.fan.mary-chungs    The famous Cambridge, MA restaurant.
alt.fan.matt.welsh    I saw a greater need.
alt.fan.max-headroom    A famous Canadian.
alt.fan.meredith-tanner Talk.Bizarre Goddess and Singing Babe.
alt.fan.mike-jittlov    Electronic fan club for animator Mike Jittlov.
alt.fan.monty-python    Electronic fan club for those wacky Brits.
alt.fan.mst3k        Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tv show.
alt.fan.mts        Michigan Terminal System, a 1970 precursor to TSO.
alt.fan.naked-guy    Discussing Andrew Martinez - the Naked Guy.
alt.fan.nathan.brazil    Hero of a Jack Chalker novel.
alt.news.macedonia    ??.
alt.fan.mr-rogers    It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
alt.fan.oingo-boingo    The Mystic Knights and their music.
alt.fan.pern        Anne McCaffery's s-f oeuvre.
alt.fan.peter.hammill    Fans of the avant-garde musician.
alt.fan.piers-anthony    For fans of the s-f author Piers Anthony.
alt.fan.poris        ??.
alt.fan.pratchett    For fans of Terry Pratchett, s-f humor writer.
alt.fan.q        The Qmnipotent Qne holds court here.
alt.fan.rama-krishna    ??.
alt.fan.rita-rudner    A TV comedienne.
alt.fan.robbie.pink.tutu    Electronic fan club for Rob "Tutu" Kolstad.
alt.fan.robert.mcelwaine    Another favorite net-personality.
alt.fan.roger.david.carasso    Arguments for allowing abortion up to age 21.
alt.fan.rumpole     Join us in Pommeroy's for some Chateau Thames Embankment.
alt.fan.run-dmc     Walk dis way...
alt.fan.rush-limbaugh    Derogation of others for fun and profit.
alt.fan.schwaben    A nice part of Germany.
alt.fan.scott-tai    ??.
alt.fan.serdar-argic    All about Armenia, Turkey, genocide, and robot-posting.
alt.fan.shostakovich    Classical music composer.
alt.fan.spinal-tap    Down on the sex farm.
alt.fan.steve-zellers    He is the solution to the nitrogen equation.
alt.fan.suicide-squid    Breathtaking adventure stories.
alt.fan.tania.bedrax    Parfum in a small vial.
alt.fan.tna        For the college radio show "T n A".
alt.fan.tolkien     ...and in the dark shall find them.
alt.fan.tom-robbins    A novelist of quaint & affecting tales.
alt.fan.tom_peterson    Portland, Oregon's favorite son.
alt.fan.vic-reeves    Britain's top Light Entertainer and Formation Mollusc.
alt.fan.wal-greenslade    This is the BBC Home Service.......<CHING!>
alt.fan.warlord     The War Lord of the West Preservation Fan Club.
alt.fan.wodehouse    Discussion of the works of humour author P.G. Wodehouse.
alt.fan.woody-allen    "Bananas", "Sleeper", "The Front", "Annie Hall", ...
alt.fandom.cons     Announcements of conventions (SciFi and others).
alt.fandom.misc     Other topics for fans of various kinds.
alt.fans.david.davidian.fascist.fascist.fascist     Political commentary.
alt.fashion        All facets of the fasion industry discussed.
alt.fax.bondage     The ancient secrets revealed.
alt.feet        Tales too ticklish to tell.
alt.feminism        Like soc.feminism, only different.
alt.filepro        ??.
alt.flack        FubGeniuf ftuff.
alt.flame        Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.flame.abortion    Somewhere to direct followups to.
alt.flame.eternal    In heaven... nothing ever happens...
alt.flame.hairy-douchebag.meredith-tanner    Typical yanqui non-consensual humor.
alt.flame.hairy-douchebag.roger-david-carasso    More flames.
alt.flame.hirai.cs.dork Flaming a Nutty Perfesser.
alt.flame.marshal.perlman.weenie    More flames, from Carasso.
alt.flame.mike-steiner    ??.
alt.flame.pizza.greasy    Surrogate for Domino's delivery vehicles.
alt.flame.psu        Penn State gets its own.
alt.flame.sean-ryan    Sean "Hardcore Alaskan" Ryan and his adoring fans.
alt.flame.spelling    Fore andd abowt piple whoe kant spel.
alt.flame.those.nasty.little.hangnails-ouch    Worse than torture.
alt.flame.weemba    Roasting the one & only Matthew P. Wiener.
alt.folklore.college    Collegiate humor.
alt.folklore.computers    Stories & anecdotes about computers (some true!).
alt.folklore.ghost-stories    Boo!.
alt.folklore.science    The folklore of science, not the science of folklore.
alt.folklore.urban    Urban legends, ala Jan Harold Brunvand.
alt.fondle.vomit    Chia pet replacement.
alt.food        Most folks like it.
alt.food.cocacola    & Royal Crown, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, NEHI, etc...
alt.food.dennys     A chain of fast food restaurants.
alt.food.sugar-cereals    All about sugary breakfast cereals.
alt.foolish.users    Final resting place for the "idiot-proof" zealots.
alt.forgery        One place for all forgeries--crossposting encouraged.
alt.freedom.of.information.act    "...EXCEPT THAT Congress shall limit...".
alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg    Picard, you are not yourself lately.
alt.fruchti.xload.glotz.glotz.glotz        For you, fruchtzwerg!.
alt.galactic-guide    Entries for the actual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
alt.games.frp.live-action    Discussion of all forms of live-action gaming.
alt.games.gb        The Galactic Bloodshed conquest game.
alt.games.lynx        The Atari Lynx.
alt.games.mornington.crescent    Discussion of the Crescent game, and playing.
alt.games.omega     The computer game Omega.
alt.games.sf2        The video game Street Fighter 2.
alt.games.tiddlywinks    All aspects of the game of Tiddlywinks.
alt.games.torg        Gateway for TORG mailing list.
alt.games.vga-planets    Discussion of Tim Wisseman's VGA Planets.
alt.games.video.classic From early TV remote controls to Space Invaders, etc.
alt.gathering.rainbow    For discussing the annual Rainbow Gathering.
alt.geek        To fulfill an observed need.
alt.gobment.lones    Talk about the thousand points of blight.
alt.good.morning    Would you like coffee with that?.
alt.good.news        A place for some news that's good news.
alt.gorby.coup.coup.coup    Some say he did it to himself.
alt.gorby.gone.gone.gone    Some say he did it to himself.
alt.gorets        ...is like a crowded theatre full of piggies.
alt.gossip.royalty    GIF's of Fergy on page 3...
alt.gothic        The gothic movement: things mournful and dark.
alt.gourmand        Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.grad-student.tenured    Most prison terms are finished sooner.
alt.graffiti        Usenet spraypainters and their documenters.
alt.graphics        Some prefer this to comp.graphics.
alt.graphics.pixutils    Discussion of pixmap utilities.
alt.great-lakes     Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.great.ass.paulina    "For a year I get nothing and then this".
alt.great.ass.wheaton    More Stardrek.
alt.grins.und.grunz    Latu:rnich swachsinn.
alt.guinea.pig.conspiracy    They're here for a reason. It's been kept quiet UNTIL NOW.
alt.guitar        You axed for it, you got it.
alt.hackers        Descriptions of projects currently under development. (Moderated)
alt.hackers.cough.cough.cough    "Where's my dextromethorpan?".
alt.hackers.malicious    The really bad guys - don't take candy from them.
alt.half.operating.system.delay.delay.delay    1/2 an OS for 1/2 a computer, twice as late.
alt.happy.birthday.to.me    Sing along the dotted line.
alt.hash.house.harriers Running & drinking, now there's a great combination.
alt.hayco.sucks.mud    Odd perversion.
alt.heraldry.sca    Heraldry in the Society of Creative Anachronism.
alt.hindu        The Hindu religion. (Moderated)
alt.hinz.und.grunz    Moin ihr flaschen- und kinder-scha:nder.
alt.history.living    A forum for discussing the hobby of living history.
alt.history.what-if    What would the net have been like without this group?.
alt.horror        The horror genre.
alt.horror.cthulhu    Campus Crusade for Cthulhu, Ctulhu, Ctulu, and the rest.
alt.horror.werewolves    They were wolves, now they're something to be wary of.
alt.hotfut        Hospital of the Future.
alt.hotrod        High speed automobiles. (Moderated)
alt.housing.nontrad    Nontraditional housing (see alt.toys.lego).
alt.hurricane.andrew    The 1992 hurricane disaster.
alt.hypertext        Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.hypnosis        When you awaken, you will forget about this newsgroup.
alt.illuminati        See alt.cabal.    Fnord.
alt.imploding.kibo    What goes out must come in.
alt.individualism    Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.industrial        The Industrial Computing Society.
alt.industrial.computing    The Industrial Computing Society tries again.
alt.inet92        Relating to the Inet '92 conference in Kobe, Japan.
alt.info-science    This is really about library science.
alt.info-theory     This is really about information theory.
alt.internet.access.wanted    "Oh. OK, how about just an MX record for now?"
alt.internet.services        Not available in the uucp world, even via email.
alt.internet.talk-radio Carl Malamud's Internet Talk Radio program.
alt.iraqi.dictator.bomb.bomb.bomb    Keep doing it till you've got it right.
alt.irc         Internet Relay Chat material.
alt.irc.bot        Discussion of creating irc bots.
alt.irc.corruption    Is nowhere safe?
alt.irc.corruption.log.log.log    Discussions of corrupted loggers.
alt.irc.ircii        Discussion of the IRC II client program.
alt.irc.recovery    Kill your television... er, IRC client.
alt.irc.sleaze        Internet Relay Chat flamage.
alt.irc.sleaze.mark    More Internet Relay Chat flamage.
alt.iq.endless-discussion    ??.
alt.is.too        NOT!
alt.isea        International Symposia of Electronic Arts.
alt.journalism.criticism    I write, therefore I'm biased.
alt.journalism.gonzo    Fans of Hunter S. Thompson.
alt.journalism.music    General discussion of music journalism issues.
alt.jubjub        Bandersnatchii are welcome here too.
alt.kalbo        ??.
alt.karaoke        Amazing that so many people know how to sing off-key.
alt.ketchup        Whak* Whak* ...shake... Whak* Damn, all over my tie.
alt.kids-talk        A place for the pre-college set on the net.
alt.kill.the.whales    This newsgroup is evidence for the coming apocalypse.
alt.killfiles        A means for modulating your version of usenet reality.
alt.kodak.cd.bitch.bitch.bitch    Definitely a challenge to the dedicated hacker.
alt.lang.apl        Compact, cryptic, Greek letters -- the perfect language.
alt.lang.asm        Assembly languages of various flavors.
alt.lang.awk        A handy UNIX interpreted language.
alt.lang.basic        The Language That Would Not Die.
alt.lang.cfutures    Discussion of the future of the C programming language
alt.lang.intercal    A joke language with a real compiler.
alt.lang.ml        The ML and SML symbolic languages.
alt.lang.sas        The SAS statistical language.
alt.lang.teco        The TECO editor language.
alt.lawyers.sue.sue.sue Worse than banana slug fleas.
alt.letter.chain    A microcosm of Usenet itself.
alt.letzebuerger    Forum for Luxemburgish students.
alt.licker.store    Hiccup!
alt.life.sucks        & then you shrivel up.
alt.locksmithing    You locked your keys in *where*?
alt.lucid-emacs.bug    Bug reports about Lucid Emacs.
alt.lucid-emacs.help    Q&A and general discussion of Lucid Emacs.
alt.lwaxana-troi.die.die.die    More Stardrek.
alt.lycra        For fans of Spandex & similar apparel.
alt.machines.misc    ??.
alt.magic        For discussion about stage magic.
alt.magick        For discussion about supernatural arts.
alt.magnus_and_ketil    A sometimes inspired doofus.
alt.maroney        This is really, really stupid.
alt.materials.simulation    Computer modeling of materials. (Moderated)
alt.mcdonalds        Can I get fries with that?
alt.med.cfs        Chronic fatigue syndrome information.
alt.meditation        General discussion of meditation.
alt.meditation.transcendental    Contemplation of states beyond the teeth.
alt.messianic        Messianic traditions.
alt.mfs         A test group, they said. Oh, sure.
alt.military.cadet    Preparing for the coming apocalypse.
alt.misanthropy     Who asked you, you scum?
alt.mindcontrol     You WILL read this group and ENJOY it!
alt.missing-kids    Locating missing children.
alt.models        Model building, design, etc.
alt.motd        Messages Of The Day.
alt.mothers        Most people have at least one.
alt.move.michelle.regina    Doesn't she realize what that means?
alt.mud.bsx        BSX VR system.
alt.mud.chupchups    ??.
alt.mud.t-rev.stomp.stomp.stomp "Handkerchief?" "Yes, you ninny, and quickly!"
alt.music.a-cappella    Voice only, no /dev/sound.
alt.music.alternative    For groups having 2 or less Platinum-selling albums.
alt.music.bela-fleck    Discussion related to Bela  and the Flecktones.
alt.music.canada    Oh, Canada, eh?
alt.music.category-freak    Lips that touch Def Leppard shall never touch mine.
alt.music.enya        Gaelic set to spacey music.
alt.music.filk        sf/fantasy related folk music.
alt.music.hardcore    Could be porno set to music.
alt.music.jewish    Music to make you feel guilty.
alt.music.machines.of.loving.grace    Another pop group.
alt.music.marillion    Another pop group.
alt.music.pop.will.eat.itself    Another pop group.
alt.music.progressive    Yes, Marillion, Asia, King Crimson, etc.
alt.music.queen     He's dead, Jim.
alt.music.rush        For Rushheads.
alt.music.ska        Discussions of ska ( skank ) music, bands, and suchlike.
alt.music.the.police    Don't stand so close.
alt.music.tmbg        Another pop group.
alt.my.crummy.boss    Where'd I put my gun?
alt.my.head.hurts    I can't believe this is happening AGAIN...
alt.mythology        Zeus rules.
alt.national.enquirer    Entertaining, utter drek.
alt.native        Issues for and about indigenous peoples of the world.
alt.necktie        Silly uses of silk.
alt.necromicon        Yet another sign of the coming apocalypse.
alt.net.personalities    A fan group for everybody.
alt.newbie        Alt's answer to news.newusers.*.
alt.newgroup        For people who don't like to rmgroup/newgroup things.
alt.news.macedonia    News concerning Macedonia in the Balkan Region.
alt.news-media        Don't believe the hype.
alt.news.members    Society for the Propagation of news.members.
alt.newsgroup.creators.dork.dork.dork    Feh.
alt.nick.sucks        Probably.
alt.nodies        Alaskan helpers.
alt.noise        BZZZZT! KRAK!! BLAM! %$@#*?! etc.
alt.non.sequitur    Richard Nixon.
alt.ntc-textile-res    ??.
alt.olympics.medal-tally    Hey, dude, mine's bigger.
alt.online-service    Large commercial online services, and the Internet.
alt.oobe        Out Of Body Experiences (but there's some soul left).
alt.org.food-not-bombs    Food Not Bombs is an anti-hunger organisation.
alt.org.pugwash     Technological issues from a social stance.
alt.os.multics        30 years old and going strong.
alt.os.nachos        A snack operating system for teaching.
alt.overlords        Office of the Omnipotent Overlords of the Omniverse.
alt.pagan        Discussions about paganism & religion.
alt.pantyhose        What else would be between the pagans and the paranormal?.
alt.paranormal        Phenomena which are not scientifically explicable.
alt.parents-teens    Parent-teenager relationships.
alt.party        Parties, celebration and general debauchery.
alt.pave.the.earth    One world, one people, one slab of asphalt.
alt.pcnews        Discussing PCNews software.
alt.peace.corps     Get paid for foreign travel.
alt.peeves        Discussion of peeves & related.
alt.periphs.pcmcia    Credit card sized plug in peripherals (PCMCIA, JEDIA)
alt.personals        Do you really want to meet someone this way?
alt.personals.ads    Geek seeks Dweeb. Object: low-level interfacing.
alt.personals.bondage    Are you tied up this evening?
alt.personals.misc    Dweeb seeks Geek. Object: low-level interfacing.
alt.personals.poly    Do you multiprocess?
alt.pets.chia        "Well, I've never been bitten by one!"
alt.philosophy.objectivism    A product of the Ayn Rand corporation.
alt.planning.urban    As if any city is really planned.
alt.politics.british    Politics and a real Queen, too.
alt.politics.bush    Discussing Mr. Read-My-Lips.
alt.politics.clinton    Discussing Slick Willie & Co.
alt.politics.correct    A Neil Bush fan club.
alt.politics.democrats.clinton    Another view of silly season in the US.
alt.politics.democrats.d    Another view of silly season in the US.
alt.politics.ec     European community stuff.
alt.politics.economics    War == Poverty, & other discussions.
alt.politics.elections    Everyone who votes for Quayle gets a free lollipop.
alt.politics.equality    An oxymoron.
alt.politics.europe.misc    Misc. discussions on European politics.
alt.politics.greens    Green party politics & activities worldwide.
alt.politics.homosexuality    As the name implies
alt.politics.italy    How they handle cigarette riots & other things.
alt.politics.kibo    BOOM. Ka-WHUMP. CRASH. ...oops...
alt.politics.libertarian    The libertarian ideology.
alt.politics.marrou    Andre Marrou, Libertarian presidential candidate.
alt.politics.media    There's lies, damn lies, statistics, and news reports.
alt.politics.org.misc    Political organizations.
alt.politics.org.un    Politics at the "United" Nations.
alt.politics.perot    Discussion of the non-candidate.
alt.politics.radical-left    Who remains after the radicals left?
alt.politics.reform    Political reform.
alt.politics.sex    Not a good idea to mix them, sez Marilyn & Profumo.
alt.politics.shelfbutt    Typical yanqui racist humor.
alt.politics.usa.constitution    U.S. Constitutional politics.
alt.politics.usa.misc    Misc. USA politics.
alt.politics.usa.republican    Discussions of the USA Republican Party.
alt.politics.vietnamese Political & social discussions about Vietnam.
alt.polyamory        For those who maintain multiple love relationships.
alt.postmodern        Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like.
alt.president.clinton    Will the CIA undermine his efforts?
alt.prisons        Can I get an alt.* feed in the slammer?.
alt.privacy        Privacy issues in cyberspace.
alt.privacy.anon-server Use and abuse discussions.
alt.privacy.clipper    No, really, we can't read it. *snicker*.
alt.prophecies.nostradamus    He said it so it must be true.
alt.prose        Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d        Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.psychoactives    Better living through chemistry.
alt.psychology.personality    Personality taxonomy, such as Myers-Briggs.
alt.pub.cloven-shield    S-F role-playing.
alt.pub.havens-rest    S-F role-playing.
alt.pulp        Paperback fiction, newsprint production, orange juice.
alt.puns.joey-buttafuoco    The possibilities are almost endless.
alt.ql.creative     The "Quantum Leap" tv show.
alt.quake        About California and other earthquakes.
alt.quotations        Another form of sampling.
alt.radio.pirate    Hide the gear, here comes the magic station-wagons.
alt.radio.scanner    Discussion of scanning radio receivers.
alt.rap         For fans of rap music.
alt.rap-gdead        Fans of The Grateful Dead and Rap.  Really.
alt.rave        Techno-culture: music, dancing, drugs, dancing...
alt.recovery        For people in recovery programs (e.g., AA, ACA, GA).
alt.recovery.codependency    For people in yet more recovery programs.
alt.religion.adm3a    Flaming the merits of the Sigler-Lear ADM3A.
alt.religion.all-worlds Grokking the Church of All Worlds from Heinlein's book.
alt.religion.computers    People who believe computing is "real life."
alt.religion.emacs    Emacs.    Umacs.    We all macs.
alt.religion.kibology    He's Fred, Jim.
alt.religion.monica    Discussion about net-venus Monica and her works.
alt.religion.sabaean    Discussing the Sabaean religious order.
alt.religion.santaism    Devil-worshipping dyslexics.
alt.religion.scientology    He's dead, Jim.
alt.religion.vince    No, not him, the other one -- Vince!
alt.revisionism     "It CAN'T be that way 'cause here's the FACTS".
alt.revolution.counter    Discussions of counter-revolutionary issues.
alt.rhode_island    Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rissa        Fans (and otherwise) of Patricia O'Tuama.
alt.rmgroup        For the people who like to rmgroup/newgroup things.
alt.rock-n-roll     Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs.
alt.rock-n-roll.acdc    Dirty deeds done dirt cheap.
alt.rock-n-roll.classic Like the Mac classic and the Sparc classic.
alt.rock-n-roll.hard    Music where stance is everything.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal    For the headbangers on the net.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal.gnr    "Axl Rose" is an anagram for "Oral Sex".
alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy    Non-sissyboy metal bands.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal.ironmaiden    Sonic torture methods.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica Another pop group.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive    Slayer teams up with Tom Cora.
alt.rock-n-roll.symphonic    Cognitive dissonance in an orchestral mode.
alt.rodney.dangerfield        A newsgroup that don't get no respect.
alt.rodney.king     Four of a kind beat a king.
alt.romance        Discussion about the romantic side of love.
alt.romance.chat    Talk about no sex.
alt.rush-limbaugh    Fans of the conservative activist radio announcer.
alt.sadistic.dentists.drill.drill.drill Novocaine won't help you.
alt.satanism        Not such a bad dude once you get to know him.
alt.save.the.earth    Environmentalist causes.
alt.sci.astro.aips    Discussions on the Astronomical Image Processing System.
alt.sci.astro.figaro    The Figaro data-reduction package.
alt.sci.image-facility    ??.
alt.sci.physics.acoustics    Sound advice.
alt.sci.physics.new-theories    Scientific theories you won't find in journals.
alt.sci.planetary    Studies in planetary science.
alt.sect.ahmadiyya    Discussion of the Ahmadiyyat sect of Islam.
alt.security.index    Pointers to good stuff in {alt,misc}.security. (Moderated)
alt.security.keydist    Exchange of keys for public key encryption systems.
alt.security.pgp    The Pretty Good Privacy package.
alt.security.ripem    A secure email system illegal to export from the US.
alt.sega.genesis    Another addiction.
alt.self-improve    Self-improvement in less than 14 characters.
alt.sewing        A group that is not as it seams.
alt.sex         Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sex.NOT        For those who've had enough of sex, or else want to.
alt.sex.aluminum.baseball.bat    Postings of a very prurient nature.
alt.sex.bestiality    Happiness is a warm puppy.
alt.sex.bestiality.hamster.duct-tape    That little squeek they make is so *cute*...
alt.sex.bondage     Tie me, whip me, make me read the net!
alt.sex.bondage.particle.physics    Extracting yourself from a quagma.
alt.sex.boredom     For those who fall asleep BEFORE.
alt.sex.carasso     Where Carasso's SO is himself.
alt.sex.carasso.snuggles    I can't talk, my mouth is full.
alt.sex.fetish.feet    Kiss them. Now.
alt.sex.head        Tales of certain erotic activities.
alt.sex.ho        Gangsta fun.
alt.sex.homosexual    As the name implies.
alt.sex.masturbation    Where one's SO is oneself.
alt.sex.motss        Jesse Helms would not subscribe to this group.
alt.sex.movies        Discussing the ins and outs of certain movies.
alt.sex.nudels.me.too    ??.
alt.sex.sonja        Yesssss....
alt.sex.stories     For those who need it *NOW*.
alt.sex.stories.d    For those who talk about needing it *NOW*
alt.sex.trans        Transsexuality.
alt.sex.wanted        Requests for erotica, either literary or in the flesh.
alt.sex.wizards     Questions for only true Sex wizards.
alt.sex.woody-allen    A Mid-Summer's Night Sex Comedy.
alt.sexual.abuse.recovery    Helping others deal with traumatic experiences.
alt.sexy.bald.captains    More Stardrek.
alt.sf4m        Stony Brook Science Fiction Forum discussions.
alt.shenanigans     Practical jokes, pranks, randomness, etc.
alt.showbiz.gossip    Who's doing what to whom in showbiz.
alt.shrinky.dinks    What are they?
alt.shut.the.hell.up.geek    Group for Usenet motto.
alt.sigma2.height    Big or small, come one come all.
alt.sigma2.penis    The bigger they are, the softer they fall.
alt.silly.group.names.d Eponymy.
alt.skate-board     Discussion of all apsects of skate-boarding.
alt.skinheads        The skinhead culture/anti-culture.
alt.slack        Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.slack.BoB.dirtbag    Posting berating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.slime        Worse than lawyers.
alt.smouldering.dog.zone    Explosions and the deity.
alt.snowmobiles     High-horsepower sleds in the powder.
alt.society.ati     The Activist Times Digest.  (Moderated)
alt.society.civil-disob Civil disobedience.
alt.society.civil-liberties    Individual rights.
alt.society.etrnl-vigilanc    A Barry Goldwater fan club.
alt.society.revolution    Discussions on revolution(s).
alt.society.sovereign    Independantistes, unite!
alt.soft-sys.tooltalk        Forum for ToolTalk related issues.
alt.sources        Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga    Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources.
alt.sources.amiga.d        Discussion of technically-oriented Amiga PC sources.
alt.sources.d        Discussion of posted sources.
alt.sources.index    Pointers to source code in alt.sources.*. (Moderated)
alt.sources.patches    Reposted patches from non-bugs groups.
alt.sources.wanted    Requests for source code.
alt.spam.tin        Spam is neither particle nor wave - it is a property.
alt.spleen        The spleen is underappreciated...
alt.sport.bowling    In the gutter again.
alt.sport.bungee    Like alt.suicide with rubber bands.
alt.sport.darts     Look what you've done to the wall!
alt.sport.lasertag    Indoor splatball with infrared lasers.
alt.sport.photon    Light amusement.
alt.sport.pool        Knock your balls into your pockets for fun.
alt.stagecraft        Technical theatre issues.
alt.startrek.creative    Stories and parodies related to Star Trek.
alt.stupid.putz     Getting the next-to-the-last word.
alt.stupid.putz.BoB.BoB.BoB    J.R. "BoB" Dobbs has no Slack.
alt.stupid.putz.gritzner    Thomas Gritzner pseudo-fans.
alt.stupidity        Discussion about stupid newsgroups.
alt.suburbs        Sprawling on the fringes of the city.
alt.suicide.finals    Is that last name, first?
alt.suicide.holiday    Talk of why suicides increase at holidays.
alt.suit.att-bsdi    Is this where David gets Goliath again?
alt.super.nes        Discussion of the Super Nintendo video game.
alt.supermodels     Discussing famous & beautiful models.
alt.support        Dealing with emotional situations & experiences.
alt.support.big-folks    Sizeism can be as awful as sexism or racism.
alt.support.cancer    Dealing with the Big C.
alt.support.diet    Seeking enlightenment through weight loss.
alt.support.mult-sclerosis    Discussion about living with multiple sclerosis.
alt.support.step-parents    ??.
alt.surfing        Riding the ocean waves.
alt.sustainable.agriculture    Such as the Mekong delta before Agent Orange.
alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork Don't ask.
alt.sys.amiga.demos    Code and talk to show off the Amiga.
alt.sys.amiga.uucp    AmigaUUCP.
alt.sys.amiga.uucp.patches    Patches for AmigaUUCP.
alt.sys.intergraph    Support for Intergraph machines.
alt.sys.pdp8        There's an X Windows port in progress...
alt.sys.perq        Keeping the antiques working.
alt.tarot        In this card game you play for keeps...
alt.tasteless        Truly disgusting.
alt.tasteless.jokes    Sometimes insulting rather than disgusting or humorous.
alt.tasteless.penis    Not a recipe group (we hope!).
alt.test        Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.text.dwb        Discussion of the AT&T Documenter's WorkBench.
alt.thrash        Thrashlife.
alt.timewasters     A Dutch computer club; perhaps a microcosm of Usenet...
alt.tla         Palindromic fun, or else Three-Letter-Acronyms.
alt.todd.green.likes.it.up.the.butt    Typical yanqui sexist humor.
alt.toolkits.xview    The X windows XView toolkit.
alt.toon-pics        More copyright violations.
alt.toys.lego        Snap 'em together.
alt.transgendered    Boys will be girls, and vice-versa.
alt.true.crime        To balance out all the false crime on the net.
alt.tv.90210        Teenyboppers on tv.
alt.tv.antagonists    Fans of the new "The Antagonists" TV show.
alt.tv.babylon-5    Casablanca in space.
alt.tv.beakmans-world    Beakman, Josie the kid, and the big rat.
alt.tv.dinosaur.barney.die.die.die    Are you extinct yet?
alt.tv.dinosaurs    The bigger they are...
alt.tv.fifteen        Nickolodeon's show, "Fifteen", etc.
alt.tv.infomercials    Yes! Ron Popeil is telling the truth! Depend on it!
alt.tv.la-law        For the folks out in la-law land.
alt.tv.liquid-tv    Right there on your pitcher tube.
alt.tv.mash        Nothing like a good comedy about war and dying.
alt.tv.melrose-place    More teenyboppers on tv.
alt.tv.misc        Better to talk about it than watch it.
alt.tv.mst3k        Hey, you robots! Down in front!.
alt.tv.muppets        Miss Piggy on the tube.
alt.tv.mwc        "Married... With Children".
alt.tv.northern-exp    For the TV show with moss growing on it.
alt.tv.prisoner     The Prisoner television series from years ago.
alt.tv.red-dwarf    The British sci-fi/comedy show.
alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy    Some change from Lassie, eh?
alt.tv.saved-by-the-bell    Fans of the clapper.
alt.tv.seinfeld     A funny guy.
alt.tv.simpsons     Don't have a cow, man!
alt.tv.snl        The Saturday Nite Limbaugh ...errr, *Live* TV show.
alt.tv.tiny-toon    Discussion about the "Tiny Toon Adventures" show.
alt.tv.tiny-toon.plucky-duck    Discussion about "The Plucky Duck Show".
alt.tv.twin-peaks    Discussion about the popular (and unusual) TV show.
alt.usage.english    English grammar, word usages, and related topics.
alt.usenet.offline-reader    Getting your fix offline.
alt.usenet.recovery    Reupholster your news reader.
alt.uu.announce     Announcements of Usenet University.
alt.uu.comp.misc    Computer department of Usenet University.
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions    UU Linux learning group - the Q&A column.
alt.uu.future        Planning the future of Usenet University.
alt.uu.lang.esperanto.misc    Study of Esperanto in Usenet University.
alt.uu.lang.misc    Language department of Usenet University.
alt.uu.lang.russian.misc    Study of Russian in Usenet University.
alt.uu.math.misc    Math department of Usenet University.
alt.uu.misc.misc    Misc. department of Usenet University.
alt.uu.tools        Tools for Usenet University and education.
alt.uu.virtual-worlds.misc    Study of virtual worlds in Usenet University.
alt.vampyres        Discussion of vampires and related writings, films, etc.
alt.video.laserdisc    ??.
alt.vigilantes        Lynch those folks in alt.criminals!
alt.visa.us        Discussion/information on visas pertaining to US.
alt.wall        "5397 miles to Wall Drug". (Moderated)
alt.wanted.mars.women    Mars Needs Women!
alt.wanted.moslem.bestiality    It won't be too popular with some folks.
alt.wanted.moslem.gay    This is not suggested reading for the intolerant.
alt.wanted.moslem.men    Does this include Salman Rushdie?
alt.wanted.moslem.women For those so inclined.
alt.war         Not just collateral damage.
alt.war.civil.usa    Lest we forget...
alt.war.vietnam     Lest we forget...
alt.waves        ??.
alt.wee.willie.wisner    The guy who came in from the cold (for a while, anyway).
alt.weemba        Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
alt.whine        Why me?
alt.who.is.bob        Send $11.
alt.windows.text    Text-based (i.e., non-graphical) window systems.
alt.winsock        Windows Sockets.
alt.wolves        Discussing wolves & wolf-mix dogs.
alt.world.taeis     The shared-world project "taeis".
alt.wpi.negativland.subgenii.for.rent    Not to be missed.
alt.x-headers.overboard RFC-822 may have opened up Pandora's box.
alt.zines        Small magazines, mostly noncommercial.
alt.znet.fnet        Z*NET-related FNET topics & gateway.
alt.znet.pc        Z*NET International PC, an ASCII-based magazine.

Submissions to the moderated alt groups should be made to the
addresses listed in the companion posting of moderator addresses.

You can join the "alt subnet" by finding a site in your area that
carries the groups.  Either send mail to the administrators of the
sites you connect to, or post something to a local "general" or
"wanted" newsgroup for your area .  If no sites nearby are getting
them, you can get them from uunet or psi.

Bionet
------
There is a newsgroup hierarchy for topics interesting to biologists
called "bionet" originating from net.bio.net and carried on a number
of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD.  Contact David Kristofferson <[e-mail]>
for more details.  The current newsgroup list looks like this:

bionet.agroforestry    Discussion of Agroforestry.
bionet.announce     Announcements of interest to biologists. (Moderated)
bionet.biology.computational    Computer and mathematical applications. (Moderated)
bionet.biology.n2-fixation    Research issues on biological nitrogen fixation.
bionet.biology.tropical Discussions about tropical biology.
bionet.drosophila    Discussions about the biology of Drosophila.
bionet.general        General BIOSCI discussion.
bionet.genome.chrom22    Discussion of Chromosome 22.
bionet.genome.arabidopsis    Information about the Arabidopsis project.
bionet.immunology    Discussions about research in immunology.
bionet.info-theory    Discussions about biological information theory.
bionet.jobs        Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.journals.contents    Contents of biology journal publications. (Moderated)
bionet.journals.note    Advice on dealing with journals in biology.
bionet.molbio.ageing    Discussions of cellular and organismal ageing.
bionet.molbio.bio-matrix    Computer applications to biological databases.
bionet.molbio.embldatabank    Info about the EMBL Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.evolution How genes and proteins have evolved.
bionet.molbio.gdb    Messages to and from the GDB database staff.
bionet.molbio.genbank    Info about the GenBank Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.genbank.updates    Hot off the presses! (Moderated)
bionet.molbio.gene-linkage    Discussions about genetic linkage analysis.
bionet.molbio.genome-program    Discussion of Human Genome Project issues.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts    Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.hiv    Discussions about the molecular biology of HIV.
bionet.molbio.proteins    Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.rapd    Research on Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA.
bionet.molbio.yeast    Discussions about the molecular biology and genetics of yeast.
bionet.neuroscience    Research issues in the neurosciences.
bionet.plants        Discussion about all aspects of plant biology.
bionet.population-bio    Technical discussions about population biology.
bionet.sci-resources    Information about funding agencies, etc. (Moderated)
bionet.software     Information about software for biology.
bionet.software.sources Software Source relating to biology. (Moderated)
bionet.users.addresses    Who's who in Biology.
bionet.virology     Discussions about research in virology.
bionet.women-in-bio    Discussions about women in biology.
bionet.xtallography    Discussions about protein crystallography.

Submissions to bionet.software.sources should be mailed to
[e-mail] (Kenton Hoover).

Bit
---
"bit" is a collection of newsgroups which are being distributed by a
collection of sites that choose to carry them. The "bit" newsgroups
are redistributions of the more popular BitNet LISTSERV mailing lists.
Here is a list of the "bit" newsgroups:

bit.admin    bit Newgroups Discussions.
bit.general    Discussions Relating to BitNet/Usenet.
bit.listserv.ada-law    ADA Law Discussions.
bit.listserv.advanc-l    Geac Advanced Integrated Library System Users.
bit.listserv.advise-l    User Services List.
bit.listserv.aix-l    IBM AIX Discussion List.
bit.listserv.allmusic    Discussions on all forms of Music.
bit.listserv.appc-l    APPC Discussion List.
bit.listserv.apple2-l    Apple II List.
bit.listserv.applicat    Applications under BITNET.
bit.listserv.arie-l    RLG Ariel Document Transmission Group.
bit.listserv.ashe-l    Higher Ed Policy and Research.
bit.listserv.asm370    IBM 370 Assembly Programming Discussions.
bit.listserv.autism    Autism and Developmental Disability List.
bit.listserv.banyan-l    Banyan Vines Network Software Discussions.
bit.listserv.big-lan    Campus-Size LAN Discussion Group. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.billing    Chargeback of computer resources.
bit.listserv.biosph-l    Biosphere, ecology, Discussion List.
bit.listserv.bitnews    BITNET News.
bit.listserv.blindnws    Blindness Issues and Discussions. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.buslib-l    Business Libraries List.
bit.listserv.c+health    Computer and Health Discussion List.
bit.listserv.candle-l    Candle Products Discussion List.
bit.listserv.catholic    Free Catholics Mailing List.
bit.listserv.cdromlan    CD-ROM on Local Area Networks.
bit.listserv.christia    Practical Christian Life. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.cfs.newsletter    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Newsletter. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.cics-l    CICS Discussion List.
bit.listserv.cinema-l    Discussions on all forms of Cinema.
bit.listserv.circplus    Circulation Reserve and Related Library Issues.
bit.listserv.cmspip-l    VM/SP CMS Pipelines Discussion List.
bit.listserv.commed    Communication education.
bit.listserv.csg-l    Control System Group Network.
bit.listserv.cumrec-l    CUMREC-L Administrative computer use.
bit.listserv.cw-email    Campus-Wide E-mail Discussion List.
bit.listserv.cwis-l    Campus-Wide Information Systems.
bit.listserv.cyber-l    CDC Computer Discussion.
bit.listserv.c18-l    18th Century Interdisciplinary Discussion.
bit.listserv.c370-l    C/370 Discussion List.
bit.listserv.dasig    Database Administration.
bit.listserv.dbase-l    Discussion on the use of the dBase IV.
bit.listserv.db2-l    DB2 Data Base Discussion List.
bit.listserv.deaf-l    Deaf List.
bit.listserv.decnews    Digital Equipment Corporation News List.
bit.listserv.dectei-l    DECUS Education Software Library Discussions.
bit.listserv.devel-l    Technology Transfer in International Development.
bit.listserv.disarm-l    Disarmament Discussion List.
bit.listserv.domain-l    Domains Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.earntech    EARN Technical Group.
bit.listserv.ecolog-l    Ecological Society of America.
bit.listserv.edi-l    Electronic Data Interchange Issues.
bit.listserv.edpolyan    Professionals and Students Discuss Education.
bit.listserv.edstat-l    Statistics Education Discussion List.
bit.listserv.edtech    EDTECH - Educational Technology. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.edusig-l    EDUSIG Discussions.
bit.listserv.emusic-l    Electronic Music Discussion List.
bit.listserv.endnote    Bibsoft Endnote Discussions.
bit.listserv.envbeh-l    Forum on Environment and Human Behavior.
bit.listserv.erl-l    Educational Research List.
bit.listserv.ethics-l    Discussion of Ethics in Computing.
bit.listserv.ethology    Ethology List.
bit.listserv.euearn-l    Eastern Europe List.
bit.listserv.film-l    Film making and reviews List.
bit.listserv.fnord-l    New Ways of Thinking List.
bit.listserv.free-l    Fathers Rights and Equality Discussion List.
bit.listserv.frac-l    FRACTAL Discussion List.
bit.listserv.games-l    Computer Games List.
bit.listserv.gaynet    GayNet Discussion List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.gddm-l    The GDDM Discussion List.
bit.listserv.geodesic    List for the Discussion of Buckminster Fuller.
bit.listserv.gguide    BITNIC GGUIDE List.
bit.listserv.govdoc-l    Discussion of Government Document Issues.
bit.listserv.gutnberg    GUTNBERG Discussion List.
bit.listserv.hellas    The Hellenic Discussion List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.help-net    Help on BitNet and the Internet.
bit.listserv.hindu-d    Hindu Digest. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.history    History List.
bit.listserv.hytel-l    HYTELNET Discussions. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.i-amiga    Info-Amiga List.
bit.listserv.ibm-hesc    IBM Higher Education Consortium.
bit.listserv.ibm-main    IBM Mainframe Discussion List.
bit.listserv.ibm-nets    BITNIC IBM-NETS List.
bit.listserv.ibmtcp-l    IBM TCP/IP List.
bit.listserv.ibm7171    Protocol Converter List.
bit.listserv.india-d    India Interest Group. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.info-gcg    INFO-GCG: GCG Genetics Software Discussion.
bit.listserv.ingrafx    Information Graphics.
bit.listserv.innopac    Innovative Interfaces Online Public Access.
bit.listserv.ioob-l    Industrial Psychology.
bit.listserv.ipct-l    Interpersonal Computing and Technology List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.isn    ISN Data Switch Technical Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.jes2-l    JES2 Discussion group.
bit.listserv.jnet-l    BITNIC JNET-L List.
bit.listserv.l-hcap    Handicap List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.l-vmctr    VMCENTER Components Discussion List.
bit.listserv.lawsch-l    Law School Discussion List.
bit.listserv.liaison    BITNIC LIAISON.
bit.listserv.libref-l    Library Reference Issues.
bit.listserv.libres    Library and Information Science Research. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.license    Software Licensing List.
bit.listserv.linkfail    Link failure announcements.
bit.listserv.literary    Discussions about Literature.
bit.listserv.lstsrv-l    Forum on LISTSERV.
bit.listserv.mail-l    BITNIC MAIL-L List.
bit.listserv.mailbook    MAIL/MAILBOOK subscription List.
bit.listserv.mba-l    MBA Student curriculum Discussion.
bit.listserv.mbu-l    Megabyte University - Computers and Writing.
bit.listserv.mdphd-l    Dual Degree Programs Discussion List.
bit.listserv.medlib-l    Medical Libraries Discussion List.
bit.listserv.medforum    Medical Student Discussions. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.mednews    Health Info-Com Network Newsletter. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.mideur-l    Middle Europe Discussion List.
bit.listserv.netnws-l    NETNWS-L Netnews List.
bit.listserv.nettrain    Network Trainers List.
bit.listserv.new-list    NEW-LIST - New List Announcements. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.next-l    NeXT Computer List.
bit.listserv.nodmgt-l    Node Management.
bit.listserv.notis-l    NOTIS/DOBIS Discussion group List.
bit.listserv.notabene    Nota Bene List.
bit.listserv.novell    Novell LAN Interest Group.
bit.listserv.omrscan    OMR Scanner Discussion.
bit.listserv.os2-l    OS/2 Discussion.
bit.listserv.ozone    OZONE Discussion List.
bit.listserv.pacs-l    Public-Access Computer System Forum. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.page-l    IBM 3812/3820 Tips and Problems Discussion List.
bit.listserv.pagemakr    PageMaker for Desktop Publishers.
bit.listserv.pmdf-l    PMDF Distribution List.
bit.listserv.politics    Forum for the Discussion of Politics.
bit.listserv.postcard    Postcard Collectors Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.power-l    POWER-L IBM RS/6000 POWER Family.
bit.listserv.powerh-l    PowerHouse Discussion List.
bit.listserv.psycgrad    Psychology Grad Student Discussions.
bit.listserv.qualrs-l    Qualitative Research of the Human Sciences.
bit.listserv.relusr-l    Relay Users Forum.
bit.listserv.rhetoric    Rhetoric, social movements, persuasion.
bit.listserv.rscs-l    VM/RSCS Mailing List.
bit.listserv.rscsmods    The RSCS modifications List.
bit.listserv.s-comput    SuperComputers List.
bit.listserv.sas-l    SAS Discussion.
bit.listserv.script-l    IBM vs Waterloo SCRIPT Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.scuba-l    Scuba diving Discussion List.
bit.listserv.seasia-l    Southeast Asia Discussion List.
bit.listserv.seds-l    Interchapter SEDS Communications.
bit.listserv.sfs-l    VM Shared File System Discussion List.
bit.listserv.sganet    Student Government Global Mail Network.
bit.listserv.simula    The SIMULA Language List.
bit.listserv.slart-l    SLA Research and Teaching.
bit.listserv.slovak-l    Slovak Discussion List.
bit.listserv.snamgt-l    SNA Network Management Discussion.
bit.listserv.sos-data    Social Science Data List.
bit.listserv.spires-l    SPIRES Conference List.
bit.listserv.sportpsy    Exercise and Sports Psychology.
bit.listserv.spssx-l    SPSSX Discussion.
bit.listserv.sqlinfo    Forum for SQL/DS and Related Topics.
bit.listserv.stat-l    STATISTICAL CONSULTING.
bit.listserv.tech-l    BITNIC TECH-L List.
bit.listserv.techwr-l    Technical Writing List.
bit.listserv.test    Test Newsgroup.
bit.listserv.tex-l    The TeXnical topics List.
bit.listserv.tn3270-l    tn3270 protocol Discussion List.
bit.listserv.toolb-l    Asymetrix Toolbook List.
bit.listserv.trans-l    BITNIC TRANS-L List.
bit.listserv.travel-l    Tourism Discussions.
bit.listserv.ucp-l    University Computing Project Mailing List.
bit.listserv.ug-l    Usage Guidelines.
bit.listserv.uigis-l    User Interface for Geographical Info Systems.
bit.listserv.urep-l    UREP-L Mailing List.
bit.listserv.usrdir-l    User Directory List.
bit.listserv.uus-l    Unitarian-Universalist List.
bit.listserv.valert-l    Virus Alert List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.vfort-l    VS-Fortran Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vm-util    VM Utilities Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vmesa-l    VM/ESA Mailing List.
bit.listserv.vmslsv-l    VAX/VMS LISTSERV Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vmxa-l    VM/XA Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vnews-l    VNEWS Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vpiej-l    Electronic Publishing Discussion List.
bit.listserv.win3-l    Microsoft Windows Version 3 Forum.
bit.listserv.words-l    English Language Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.wpwin-l    WordPerfect for Windows.
bit.listserv.wpcorp-l    WordPerfect Corporation Products Discussions.
bit.listserv.xcult-l    International Intercultural Newsletter.
bit.listserv.xedit-l    VM System Editor List.
bit.listserv.xerox-l    The Xerox Discussion List.
bit.listserv.xmailer    Crosswell Mailer.
bit.listserv.xtropy-l    Extopian List.
bit.listserv.x400-l    x.400 Protocol List.
bit.listserv.9370-l    IBM 9370 and VM/IS specific topics List.
bit.listserv.3com-l    3Com Products Discussion  List.
bit.mailserv.word-mac    Word Processing on the Macintosh.
bit.mailserv.word-pc    Word Processing on the IBM PC.

Biz
---
"Biz" is a distribution of newsgroups that are carried and propagated
by sites interested in the world of business products around them -- in
particular, computer products and services.  This includes product
announcements, announcements of fixes and enhancements, product
reviews, and postings of demo software.  Current biz groups include:

biz.books.technical    A place to contact book sellers & buyers.
biz.clarinet        Announcements about ClariNet.
biz.clarinet.sample    Samples of ClariNet newsgroups for the outside world.
biz.comp.hardware    Generic commercial hardware postings.
biz.comp.services    Generic commercial service postings.
biz.comp.software    Generic commercial software postings.
biz.comp.telebit    Support of the Telebit modem.
biz.comp.telebit.netblazer    The Telebit Netblazer.
biz.config        Biz Usenet configuration and administration.
biz.control        Control information and messages.
biz.dec         DEC equipment & software.
biz.dec.ip        IP networking on DEC machines.
biz.dec.workstations    DEC workstation discussions & info.
biz.jobs.offered    Position announcements.
biz.misc        Miscellaneous postings of a commercial nature.
biz.sco.announce    SCO and related product announcements. (Moderated)
biz.sco.binaries    Binary packages for SCO Xenix, UNIX, or ODT.
biz.sco.general     Q&A, discussions and comments on SCO products.
biz.sco.magazine    To discuss the magazine and its contents.
biz.sco.opendesktop    ODT environment and applications tech info, q&a.
biz.sco.sources     Source code ported to an SCO operating environment.
biz.tadpole.sparcbook    Discussions on the Sparcbook portable computer.
biz.test        Biz newsgroup test messages.
biz.stolen        Postings about stolen merchandise.

Feeds may possibly be obtained from ddsw1.mcs.com, husc6.harvard.edu,
rpi.edu, rutgers.edu, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.
--
Gene Spafford
Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
Internet:  [e-mail]    phone:    [phone]

From: [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers
Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part II
Summary: Second of two postings.  This part describes the following
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 26 Apr 1993 00:02:15 -0500
Expires: 25 Jun 93 17:02:12 GMT
References: <[e-mail]>
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
Lines: 687
Approved: [e-mail]
Supersedes: <[e-mail]>

Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/part2


ClariNet
--------
The ClariNet hierarchy consists of newsgroups gatewayed from
commercial news services and other ``official'' sources.  A feed of
the ClariNet groups requires payment of a fee and execution of a
license.  More information may be obtained by sending mail to
"[e-mail]".

clari.biz.commodity    Commodity news and price reports. (Moderated)
clari.biz.courts    Lawsuits and business related legal matters. (Moderated)
clari.biz.economy    Economic news and indicators. (Moderated)
clari.biz.economy.world Economy stories for non-US countries. (Moderated)
clari.biz.features        Business feature stories. (Moderated)
clari.biz.finance    Finance, currency, Corporate finance. (Moderated)
clari.biz.finance.earnings    Earnings & dividend reports. (Moderated)
clari.biz.finance.personal    Personal investing & finance. (Moderated)
clari.biz.finance.services    Banks and financial industries. (Moderated)
clari.biz.invest    News for investors. (Moderated)
clari.biz.labor     Strikes, unions and labor relations. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market    General stock market news. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market.amex    American Stock Exchange reports & news. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market.dow    Dow Jones NYSE reports. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market.ny    NYSE reports. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market.otc    NASDAQ reports. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market.report General market reports, S&P, etc. (Moderated)
clari.biz.mergers    Mergers and acquisitions. (Moderated)
clari.biz.misc        Other business news. (Moderated)
clari.biz.products    Important new products & services. (Moderated)
clari.biz.top        Top business news. (Moderated)
clari.biz.urgent    Breaking business news. (Moderated)
clari.canada.biz    Canadian Business Summaries. (Moderated)
clari.canada.features    Alamanac, Ottawa Special, Arts. (Moderated)
clari.canada.general    Short items on Canadian News stories. (Moderated)
clari.canada.gov    Government related news (all levels). (Moderated)
clari.canada.law    Crimes, the courts and the law. (Moderated)
clari.canada.newscast    Regular newscast for Canadians. (Moderated)
clari.canada.politics    Political and election items. (Moderated)
clari.canada.trouble    Mishaps, accidents and serious problems. (Moderated)
clari.feature.dave_barry    Columns of humourist Dave Barry. (Moderated)
clari.feature.kinsey    Sex Q&A and Advice from Kinsey Institute. (Moderated)
clari.feature.mike_royko    Chicago Opinion Columnist Mike Royko. (Moderated)
clari.feature.miss_manners    Judith Martin's Humourous Etiquette Advice. (Moderated)
clari.local.alberta.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.arizona        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.arizona.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.bc.briefs        Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.california        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.california.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.chicago        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.chicago.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.florida        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.florida.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.georgia        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.georgia.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.headlines    Various local headline summaries. (Moderated)
clari.local.illinois        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.illinois.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.indiana        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.indiana.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.iowa        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.iowa.briefs     Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.los_angeles     Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.los_angeles.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.louisiana        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.manitoba.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.maritimes.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.maryland        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.maryland.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.massachusetts    Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.massachusetts.briefs        Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.michigan        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.michigan.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.minnesota        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.minnesota.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.missouri        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.missouri.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.nebraska        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.nebraska.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.nevada        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.nevada.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_england     Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_hampshire    Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_jersey        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_jersey.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_york        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_york.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.nyc         Local news (New York City). (Moderated)
clari.local.nyc.briefs        Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.ohio        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.ohio.briefs     Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.ontario.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.oregon        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.oregon.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.pennsylvania    Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.pennsylvania.briefs     Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.saskatchewan.briefs     Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.sfbay        Stories datelined San Francisco Bay Area. (Moderated)
clari.local.texas        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.texas.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.utah        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.utah.briefs     Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.virginia+dc     Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.virginia+dc.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.washington        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.washington.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.wisconsin        Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.wisconsin.briefs    Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.nb.apple        Newsbytes Apple/Macintosh news. (Moderated)
clari.nb.business    Newsbytes business & industry news. (Moderated)
clari.nb.general    Newsbytes general computer news. (Moderated)
clari.nb.govt        Newsbytes legal and government computer news. (Moderated)
clari.nb.ibm        Newsbytes IBM PC World coverage. (Moderated)
clari.nb.review     Newsbytes new product reviews. (Moderated)
clari.nb.telecom    Newsbytes telecom & online industry news. (Moderated)
clari.nb.top        Newsbytes top stories (crossposted). (Moderated)
clari.nb.trends     Newsbytes new developments & trends. (Moderated)
clari.nb.unix        Newsbytes Unix news. (Moderated)
clari.net.admin     Announcements for news admins at ClariNet sites. (Moderated)
clari.net.announce    Announcements for all ClariNet readers. (Moderated)
clari.net.products    New ClariNet products. (Moderated)
clari.net.newusers    Everything you wanted to know about ClariNet.  (Moderated)
clari.net.talk        Discussion of ClariNet -- only unmoderated group.
clari.news.almanac    Daily almanac - quotes, 'this date in history' etc. (Moderated)
clari.news.arts     Stage, drama & other fine arts. (Moderated)
clari.news.aviation    Aviation industry and mishaps. (Moderated)
clari.news.books    Books & publishing. (Moderated)
clari.news.briefs    Regular news summaries. (Moderated)
clari.news.bulletin    Major breaking stories of the week. (Moderated)
clari.news.canada    News related to Canada. (Moderated)
clari.news.cast     Regular U.S. news summary. (Moderated)
clari.news.children    Stories related to children and parenting. (Moderated)
clari.news.consumer    Consumer news, car reviews etc. (Moderated)
clari.news.demonstration    Demonstrations around the world. (Moderated)
clari.news.disaster    Major problems, accidents & natural disasters. (Moderated)
clari.news.economy    General economic news. (Moderated)
clari.news.election    News regarding both US and international elections. (Moderated)
clari.news.entertain    Entertainment industry news & features. (Moderated)
clari.news.europe    News related to Europe. (Moderated)
clari.news.features    Unclassified feature stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.fighting    Clashes around the world. (Moderated)
clari.news.flash    Ultra-important once-a-year news flashes. (Moderated)
clari.news.goodnews    Stories of success and survival. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov        General Government related stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.agency    Government agencies, FBI etc. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.budget    Budgets at all levels. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.corrupt    Government corruption, kickbacks etc. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.international    International government-related stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.officials    Government officials & their problems. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.state    State government stories of national importance. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.taxes    Tax laws, trials etc. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.usa    US Federal government news.  (High volume). (Moderated)
clari.news.group    Special interest groups not covered in their own group. (Moderated)
clari.news.group.blacks News of interest to black people. (Moderated)
clari.news.group.gays    Homosexuality & Gay Rights. (Moderated)
clari.news.group.jews    Jews & Jewish interests. (Moderated)
clari.news.group.women    Women's issues and abortion. (Moderated)
clari.news.headlines    Hourly list of the top U.S./World headlines. (Moderated)
clari.news.hot.east_europe    News from Eastern Europe. (Moderated)
clari.news.hot.iraq        Persian Gulf Crisis news. (Moderated)
clari.news.hot.rodney_king    L.A. Riot news. (Moderated)
clari.news.hot.somalia        News from Somalia. (Moderated)
clari.news.hot.ussr        News from the Soviet Union. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest        Human interest stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest.animals    Animals in the news. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest.history    Human interest stories & history in the making. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest.people    Famous people in the news. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest.people.column    Daily "People" column -- tidbits on celebs. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest.quirks    Unusual or funny news stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.issues        Stories on major issues not covered in their own group. (Moderated)
clari.news.issues.civil_rights    Freedom, Racism, Civil Rights Issues. (Moderated)
clari.news.issues.conflict    Conflict between groups around the world. (Moderated)
clari.news.issues.family    Family, Child abuse, etc. (Moderated)
clari.news.labor    Unions, strikes. (Moderated)
clari.news.labor.strike Strikes. (Moderated)
clari.news.law        General group for law related issues. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.civil    Civil trials & litigation. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.crime    Major crimes. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.crime.sex    Sex crimes and trials. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.crime.trial    Trials for criminal actions. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.crime.violent    Violent crime & criminals. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.drugs    Drug related crimes & drug stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.investigation    Investigation of crimes. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.police    Police & law enforcement. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.prison    Prisons, prisoners & escapes. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.profession    Lawyers, Judges etc. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.supreme    U.S. Supreme court rulings & news. (Moderated)
clari.news.lifestyle    Fashion, leisure etc. (Moderated)
clari.news.military    Military equipment, people & issues. (Moderated)
clari.news.movies    Reviews, news and stories on movie stars. (Moderated)
clari.news.music    Reviews and issues concerning music & musicians. (Moderated)
clari.news.politics    Politicians & politics. (Moderated)
clari.news.politics.people    Politicians & Political Personalities. (Moderated)
clari.news.religion    Religion, religious leaders, televangelists. (Moderated)
clari.news.sex        Sexual issues, sex-related political stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.terrorism    Terrorist actions & related news around the world. (Moderated)
clari.news.top        Top US news stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.top.world    Top international news stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.trends    Surveys and trends. (Moderated)
clari.news.trouble    Less major accidents, problems & mishaps. (Moderated)
clari.news.tv        TV schedules, news, reviews & stars. (Moderated)
clari.news.urgent    Major breaking stories of the day. (Moderated)
clari.news.weather    Weather and temperature reports. (Moderated)
clari.sfbay.briefs    ?? (Moderated)
clari.sfbay.entertain    ?? (Moderated)
clari.sfbay.fire    ?? (Moderated)
clari.sfbay.general    ?? (Moderated)
clari.sfbay.misc    ?? (Moderated)
clari.sfbay.police    ?? (Moderated)
clari.sfbay.roads    ?? (Moderated)
clari.sfbay.short    ?? (Moderated)
clari.sfbay.weather    ?? (Moderated)
clari.sports.baseball    Baseball scores, stories, games, stats. (Moderated)
clari.sports.basketball Basketball coverage. (Moderated)
clari.sports.features    Sports feature stories. (Moderated)
clari.sports.football    Pro football coverage. (Moderated)
clari.sports.hockey    NHL coverage. (Moderated)
clari.sports.misc    Other sports, plus general sports news. (Moderated)
clari.sports.motor    Racing, Motor Sports. (Moderated)
clari.sports.olympic    The Olympic Games. (Moderated)
clari.sports.tennis    Tennis news & scores. (Moderated)
clari.sports.top    Top sports news. (Moderated)
clari.streetprice    Database of direct buyer prices for computer eqpt. (Moderated)
clari.tw.aerospace    Aerospace industry and companies. (Moderated)
clari.tw.computers    Computer industry, applications and developments. (Moderated)
clari.tw.defense    Defense industry issues. (Moderated)
clari.tw.education    Stories involving Universities & colleges. (Moderated)
clari.tw.electronics    Electronics makers and sellers. (Moderated)
clari.tw.environment    Environmental news, hazardous waste, forests. (Moderated)
clari.tw.health     Disease, medicine, health care, sick celebs. (Moderated)
clari.tw.health.aids    AIDS stories, research, political issues. (Moderated)
clari.tw.misc        General technical industry stories. (Moderated)
clari.tw.nuclear    Nuclear power & waste. (Moderated)
clari.tw.science    General science stories. (Moderated)
clari.tw.space        NASA, Astronomy & spaceflight. (Moderated)
clari.tw.stocks     Regular reports on computer & technology stock prices. (Moderated)
clari.tw.telecom    Phones, Satellites, Media & general Telecom. (Moderated)

GNU
---
gnUSENET (gnUSENET is Not USENET) is a set of newsgroups that are
gated bi-directionally with the Internet mailing lists of the GNU
Project of the Free Software Foundation.  GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be
a complete operating system, including application programs, with
freely redistributable source code.  Please use ONLY gnu.misc.discuss
for discussion of topics considered contrary to GNU aims and political
philosophy (e.g., porting of GNU code to Apple machines, usefulness of
intellectual property laws, etc.).

The GNU mailing lists and newsgroups, like the GNU project itself,
exist to promote the freedom to share software.  So please don't use
these newsgroups (or the other GNU lists) to promote or recommend
non-free software.  (Using them to post ordering information is the
ultimate faux pas.)  If there is no free program to do a certain task,
then somebody should write one!

Current groups include:

gnu.announce        Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.bash.bug        Bourne Again SHell bug reports and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.chess        Announcements about the GNU Chess program.
gnu.emacs.announce    Announcements about GNU Emacs. (Moderated)
gnu.emacs.bug        GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.emacs.gnews     News reading under GNU Emacs using Weemba's Gnews.
gnu.emacs.gnus        News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
gnu.emacs.help        User queries and answers.
gnu.emacs.sources    ONLY (please!) C and Lisp source code for GNU Emacs.
gnu.emacs.vm.bug    Bug reports on the Emacs VM mail package.
gnu.emacs.vm.info    Information about the Emacs VM mail package.
gnu.emacs.vms        VMS port of GNU Emacs.
gnu.epoch.misc        The Epoch X11 extensions to Emacs.
gnu.g++.announce    Announcements about the GNU C++ Compiler. (Moderated)
gnu.g++.bug        g++ bug reports and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.g++.help        GNU C++ compiler (G++) user queries and answers.
gnu.g++.lib.bug     g++ library bug reports/suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.gcc.announce    Announcements about the GNU C Compiler. (Moderated)
gnu.gcc.bug        GNU C Compiler bug reports/suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.gcc.help        GNU C Compiler (gcc) user queries and answers.
gnu.gdb.bug        gcc/g++ DeBugger bugs and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.ghostscript.bug    GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs. (Moderated)
gnu.gnusenet.config    GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration.
gnu.gnusenet.test    GNU's Not Usenet alternative hierarchy testing.
gnu.groff.bug        Bugs in the GNU roff programs. (Moderated)
gnu.misc.discuss    Serious discussion about GNU and freed software.
gnu.smalltalk.bug    Bugs in GNU Smalltalk. (Moderated)
gnu.utils.bug        GNU utilities bugs (e.g., make, gawk. ls). (Moderated)

Use gnu.emacs.help to discuss software on gnu.emacs.sources and to ask
for sources.  gnu.emacs.sources is archived by many sites and they
want sources ONLY!

The gnu.*.bug groups are pseudo-moderated (that is, the group is
marked moderated so that postings are mailed to prep.ai.mit.edu and
then redistributed to the both the mailing list and newsgroup from
there).  The gnu.*announce groups are all fully moderated.

If one of your USENET feeds cannot provide you with a feed of the
gnUSENET newsgroups, send mail to [e-mail]
to ask for a feed.

Questions about GNU can be directed to [e-mail] or:
    Free Software Foundation
    675 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge, MA  02139
    USA
    [phone]

IEEE
----
The IEEE newsgroups concern the IEEE -- the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers.

ieee.announce        General Announcements for IEEE community.
ieee.config        Postings about managing the ieee.* groups.
ieee.general        IEEE - General discussion.
ieee.pcnfs        Discussion & tips on PC-NFS.
ieee.rab.announce    Regional Activities Board - Announcements.
ieee.rab.general    Regional Activities Board - General discussion.
ieee.region1        Region 1 Announcements.
ieee.tab.announce    Technical Activities Board - Announcements.
ieee.tab.general    Technical Activities Board - General discussion.
ieee.tcos        The TCOS newsletter and discussion. (Moderated)
ieee.usab.announce    USAB - Announcements.
ieee.usab.general    USAB - General discussion.

We are willing to distribute these newsgroups via NNTP to any site
that desires to carry them.  If you would like a feed of these
newsgroups, have the newsadmin for your site contact '[e-mail]'
for a feed.

Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution.  This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Internet discussion lists.    These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other transport mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link).    Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair ([e-mail]).

Current inet groups are:

comp.ai.edu        Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision        Artificial Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel    Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.editors        Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition    Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370    Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu        The CLU language & related topics.
comp.lang.forth.mac    The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon        Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl        IDL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz    The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x    The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx        The REXX command language.
comp.lang.scheme.c    The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual    Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad        Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media    Multimedia Mail.
comp.music        Applications of computers in music research.
comp.networks.noctools.announce Info and announcements about NOC tools. (Moderated)
comp.networks.noctools.bugs    Bug reports and fixes for NOC tools.
comp.networks.noctools.d    Discussion about NOC tools.
comp.networks.noctools.submissions    New NOC tools submissions.
comp.networks.noctools.tools    Descriptions of available NOC tools. (Moderated)
comp.networks.noctools.wanted    Requests for NOC software.
comp.org.isoc.interest    Discussion about the Internet Society.
comp.os.aos        Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst    Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.msdos.4dos    The 4DOS command processor for MS-DOS.
comp.os.rsts        Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v        The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers    Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ    The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions.
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet    Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.snmp    The Simple Network Management Protocol.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains    Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.protocols.time.ntp The network time protocol.
comp.security.announce    Announcements from the CERT about security. (Moderated)
comp.soft-sys.andrew    The Andrew system from CMU.
comp.soft-sys.nextstep    The NeXTstep computing environment.
comp.std.announce    Announcements about standards activities. (Moderated)
comp.sys.cdc        Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds    Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310    Anything related to the Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar    Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super        Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer    The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith     Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620    AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory        Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata    Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys    Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray        Cray computers and their operating systems.
comp.unix.solaris    Discussions about the Solaris operating system.
comp.windows.x.announce X Consortium announcements. (Moderated)
comp.windows.x.motif    The Motif GUI for the X Window System.
news.software.nntp    The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex    The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet        A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology    Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis    Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta    Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto    The neutral international language Esperanto.

ddn.mgt-bulletin    The DDN Management Bulletin from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated)
ddn.newsletter        The DDN Newsletter from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated)

Info
---
The "info" hierarchy is a collection of mailing lists gatewayed into
news at the University of Illinois.  The lists are selected based on
local interests but have proven popular at a number of sites.  Groups
are removed when they become available via more mainstream
hierarchies.  Sites are encouraged to mark *'ed groups as 'n' in their
active file.  These groups are generally concerned with getting real
work done and readers dislike extraneous postings.  Postings can still
be made by emailing to the listed contact address.  The mailpaths
entry for the hierarchy is
    info.all    [e-mail]     OR
    info.all    [e-mail]

info.academic-freedom    Academic freedom in the computer age ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.admin    Administrative messages regarding info.* groups ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.big-internet    *Issues facing a huge Internet ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.bind    *The Berkeley BIND server ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.brl-cad    BRL's Solid Modeling CAD system ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.bytecounters    *NSstat network analysis program. ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.convex    Convex Corp machines ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.firearms    Non-political firearms discussions ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.firearms.politics    Political firearms discussions ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.gated    *Cornell's GATED program ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.grass.programmer    GRASS geographic information system programmer issues (grassp-list @moon.cecer.army.mil). (Moderated)
info.grass.user GRASS geographic information system user issues ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.ietf    *Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) discussions ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.ietf.hosts *IETF host requirements discussions ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.ietf.isoc    *Internet Society discussions ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.ietf.njm    *Jo-MAAN - the Joint Monitoring Access between Adjacent Networks IETF working group ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.ietf.smtp    *IETF SMTP extension discussions ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.isode    *The ISO Development Environment package ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.jethro-tull    Discussions about Jethro Tull's music ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.labmgr    Computer lab managers list ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.mach    The Mach operating system ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.mh.workers *MH development discussions ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.nets    Inter-network connectivity ([e-mail]).
info.nsf.grants *NSF grant notes ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.nsfnet.cert    *Computer Emergency Response Team announcements ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.nupop    Northwestern University's POP for PCs ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.nysersnmp    *The SNMP software distributed by PSI ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.osf    *OSF Electronic Bulletin mailings ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.pem-dev    *IETF privacy enhanced mail discussions ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.ph     Qi, ph, sendmail/phquery discussions ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.rfc    *Announcements of newly released RFCs ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.slug    Care and feeding of Symbolics Lisp machines ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.snmp    *SNMP (Simple Gateway/Network Monitoring Protocol) ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.solbourne        Discussions & info about Solbourne computers ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.sun-managers    *Sun-managers digest ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.sun-nets    *Sun-nets (nee Sun Spots) digest ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.theorynt    Theory list ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.unix-sw    Software available for anonymous FTP ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.wisenet    Women In Science and Engineering NETwork ([e-mail]). (Moderated)

K12
---
K12Net is a loosely-organized, totally decentralized network of school
based/oriented "electronic bulletin board systems" (BBS's) throughout
North America, Australia, and Europe that share curriculum-related
message bases or "echo forums," classroom-to-classroom projects, and
educational files -- making them available to students and educators
at no cost and usually on a local phone call.

K12Net was born in the summer of 1990 as a collection of FidoNet
echomail conferences.  It was created by teachers so that they and
their students can use networking technology to advance education in
the 'K12' arena.  On FidoNet, it spans North America, goes through
Europe to the Soviet Union, wanders around Australia, etc.

As an experiment, m2xenix.psg.com is gating the echos (from
puddle.fidonet.org aka 1:105/42) into Usenet newsgroups and feeding
them to uunet.uu.net where they are available to all and sundry.  The
initial name mapping is as follows:

k12.chat.elementary    Informal discussion among elementary students, grades K-5.
k12.chat.junior     Informal discussion among students in grades 6-8.
k12.chat.senior     Informal discussion among high school students.
k12.chat.teacher    Informal discussion among teachers in grades K-12.
k12.ed.art        Art curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.business     Business education curriculum in grades K-12.
k12.ed.comp.literacy    Teaching computer literacy in grades K-12.
k12.ed.health-pe    Health and Physical Education curriculum in grades K-12.
k12.ed.life-skills    Home Economics and Career education in grades K-12.
k12.ed.math        Mathematics curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.music        Music and Performing Arts curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.science        Science curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.soc-studies    Social Studies and History curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.special        K-12 education for students w/ handicaps or special needs.
k12.ed.tag        K-12 education for talented and gifted students.
k12.ed.tech        Industrial Arts and vocational education in grades K-12.
k12.lang.art        Language Arts curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.lang.deutsch-eng    Bilingual German/English practice with native speakers.
k12.lang.esp-eng    Bilingual Spanish/English practice with native speakers.
k12.lang.francais    Bilingual French/English practice with native speakers.
k12.lang.russian    Bilingual Russian/English practice with native speakers.

The k12.chat.* groups contain inter-student chat, and tend to be,
shall we say, uninteresting to many adults, and a bit voluminous.

For further information, contact Janet Murray,
[e-mail].

RELCOM
------
Relcom.* is the hierarchy of Russian-language newsgroups distributed
mostly on the territory of the former Soviet Union (non-CIS countries
included).  These groups are available in Europe and Northern America;
due to the 8-bit encoding (KOI-8) of Cyrillic letters, minor software
modifications may be required.

Newsgroups under the hierarchy relcom.commerce contain classified
advertisements and are relatively high-volume; the nature of the
information distributed in those groups may contradict policy of some
networks.  However, they may be valuable for researchers and
businessmen interested in the first-hand information on the economics
of FSU countries.

Eugene Peskin <[e-mail]> is the Relcom staff member
responsible for netnews -- contact him for more information.

relcom.ads            Non-commercial ads. (Moderated)
relcom.archives         Messages about new items on archive sites.
relcom.archives.d        Discussions on file servers, archives.
relcom.bbs            BBS news.
relcom.commerce.audio-video    Audio & video equipment.
relcom.commerce.chemical    Chemical production.
relcom.commerce.construction    Construction materials and equipment.
relcom.commerce.consume     Cosmetics, parfumes, dresses, shoes.
relcom.commerce.computers    Computer hardware.
relcom.commerce.energy        Gas, coal, oil, fuel, generators, etc.
relcom.commerce.estate        Real estate.
relcom.commerce.food        Food & drinks (including alcoholic).
relcom.commerce.household    Everything for house -- furniture, freezers, ovens, etc.
relcom.commerce.infoserv    Information services.
relcom.commerce.jobs        Jobs offered/wanted.
relcom.commerce.machinery    Machinery, plant equipment.
relcom.commerce.medicine    Medical services, equipment, drugs.
relcom.commerce.metals        Metals and metal products.
relcom.commerce.money        Credits, deposits, currency.
relcom.commerce.orgtech     Office equipment.
relcom.commerce.other        Miscelannia.
relcom.commerce.software    Software.
relcom.commerce.stocks        Stocks and bonds.
relcom.commerce.talk        Discussions about commercial groups.
relcom.commerce.tobacco     Cigarettes and tobacco.
relcom.commerce.transport    Vehicles and spare parts.
relcom.comp.binaries        Binary codes of computer programs.(Moderated)
relcom.comp.lang.pascal     Using of Pascal programming language.
relcom.comp.os.os2        FIDOnet area, OS/2 operational system.
relcom.comp.os.vms        VMS operational system.
relcom.exnet            Discussions on ExNet electronic exchange.
relcom.exnet.quote        ExNet quotes.
relcom.fido.flirt        FIDOnet, just talking of love.
relcom.fido.ru.hacker        FIDOnet, hackers and crackers (legal!).
relcom.fido.ru.modem        Inter-network discussion on modems.
relcom.fido.ru.networks     Inter-network discussion of global nets.
relcom.fido.ru.unix        Inter-network challenge to OS Unix.
relcom.fido.ru.strack        FIDOnet, digitized sound.
relcom.fido.su.books        FIDOnet, for book readers and lovers.
relcom.fido.su.c-c++        FIDOnet, C & C++ language.
relcom.fido.su.dbms        FIDOnet, database management systems.
relcom.fido.su.general        FIDOnet, about everything and nothing.
relcom.fido.su.hardw        FIDOnet, computer hardware.
relcom.fido.su.magic        FIDOnet, magic and occult sciences.
relcom.fido.su.softw        FIDOnet, software in general.
relcom.fido.su.tolkien        FIDOnet, creations of J.R.R.T Tolkien.
relcom.fido.su.virus        FIDOnet, viruses and vaccines.
relcom.humor            Ha-ha-ha. Jokes, you know them, funny.
relcom.infomarket.quote     Ex-USSR exchanges's quotes /ASMP/. (Moderated)
relcom.infomarket.talk        Discussion on market development /ASMP/. (Moderated)
relcom.jusinf            Information on laws by "Justicinform". (Moderated)
relcom.kids            About kids.
relcom.lan            Inter-network discussion on local area networks.
relcom.maps            Relcom maps.
relcom.msdos            MS-DOS software.
relcom.music            Music lovers.
relcom.netnews            Announcements and articles important for all netters.
relcom.netnews.big        General BIG articles.
relcom.newusers         Q&A of new Relcom users.
relcom.penpals            To find friends, colleagues, etc.
relcom.politics         Political discussions.
relcom.postmasters        For RELCOM postmasters, official.(Moderated)
relcom.postmasters.d        Discussion of postmaster's troubles and bright ideas.
relcom.relarn.general        Scientific academical subnet RELARN:general issues.(Moderated)
relcom.renews            Net magazine RENEWS. (Moderated).
relcom.sources            Software sources.
relcom.spbnews            Political & economic news digest by SPB-News Agency. (Moderated)
relcom.talk            Unfettered talk.
relcom.tcpip            TCP/IP protocols and their implementation.
relcom.terms            Discussion of various terms and terminology.
relcom.test            "Wow, does it really work?".
relcom.wtc            Commercial proposals of World Trade Centers.(Moderated)
relcom.x            X Windows discussion.

U3B
---
Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
except for the UNIX PC/3B1.  Both uunet and ames carry these groups.

u3b.config    3B Distribution configuration.
u3b.misc    3B Miscellaneous Discussions.
u3b.sources    Sources for AT&T 3B systems.
u3b.tech    3B Technical Discussions.
u3b.test    3B Distribution Testing.


VMSnet
------
This hierarchy is for topics of interest to VAX/VMS users (but not
necessarily VMS-specific). These groups are a project of the VMSnet working
group of the VAX SIG of the US Chapter of DECUS (the Digital Equipment
Computer User's Society). They are carried by most major usenet news sites,
and almost half of all netnews sites. To find a feed, contact the system
managers of news sites near you, and/or post to a local or regional
newsgroup and ask if anyone in the area is carrying the VMSnet newsgroups.

If you have tried these alternatives and still can not find a site in your
local area that carries the VMSnet groups, you can send mail to the VMSnet
Network Coordinator, currently Terry Poot <[e-mail]>, who will attempt
to assist you in finding a feed for the groups. Alternatively, you can send
mail to the VMSnet mailing list <[e-mail]>, which is
also gatewayed to the vmsnet.uucp newsgroup and ask for help.

In either case, be sure to state where you are geographically, and what
your constraints are. For instance, if you can only place local phone
calls, be sure to say just what areas are a local call for you. Also
describe your network connectivity (what networks you are on, your uucp
neighbors, etc.).

Here is a recent list of VMSnet newsgroups. NOTE: this is NOT the
definitive list of VMSnet newsgroups. The current definitive list is always
the most recent checkgroups posting in vmsnet.admin. It is posted monthly
or whenever the set of newsgroups is changed.

vmsnet.admin    Administration of the VMSnet newsgroups.
vmsnet.alpha    Discussion about Alpha AXP architecture, systems, porting, etc.
vmsnet.announce General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated)
vmsnet.announce.newusers    Orientation info for new users. (Moderated)
vmsnet.decus.journal    The DECUServe Journal. (Moderated)
vmsnet.decus.lugs    Discussion of DECUS Local User Groups and related issues.
vmsnet.employment    Jobs sought/offered, workplace and employment related issues.
vmsnet.internals    VMS internals, MACRO-32, Bliss, etc., gatewayed to MACRO32 list.
vmsnet.mail.misc    Other electronic mail software.
vmsnet.mail.pmdf    PMDF email system, gatewayed to ipmdf mailing list.
vmsnet.mail.mx    MX email system, gatewayed to MX mailing list.
vmsnet.misc    General VMS topics not covered elsewhere.
vmsnet.networks.desktop.misc    Other desktop integration software.
vmsnet.networks.desktop.pathworks    DEC Pathworks desktop integration software.
vmsnet.networks.management.decmcc    DECmcc and related software.
vmsnet.networks.management.misc Other network management solutions.
vmsnet.networks.misc    General networking topics not covered elsewhere.
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.cmu-tek    CMU-TEK TCP/IP package, gatewayed to [e-mail].
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.misc    Other TCP/IP solutions for VMS.
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet TGV's Multinet TCP/IP, gatewayed to info-multinet.
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.tcpware    Discussion of Process Software's TCPWARE TCP/IP software.
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.ucx    DEC's VMS/Ultrix Connection (or TCP/IP services for VMS) product.
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.wintcp    The Wollongong Group's WIN-TCP TCP/IP software.
vmsnet.pdp-11    PDP-11 hardware and software, gatewayed to info-pdp11.
vmsnet.sources    Source code postings ONLY. (Moderated)
vmsnet.sources.d    Discussion about or requests for sources.
vmsnet.sources.games    Recreational software postings.
vmsnet.sysmgt    VMS system management.
vmsnet.test    Test messages.
vmsnet.tpu    TPU language and applications, gatewayed to info-tpu.
vmsnet.uucp    DECUS uucp software, gatewayed to vmsnet mailing list.
vmsnet.vms-posix    Discussion about VMS POSIX.
--
Gene Spafford
Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
Internet:  [e-mail]    phone:    [phone]