Software Vault: The Diamond Collection/The Diamond Collection (Software Vault)(Digital Impact).ISO/cdr39/itermez.zip/PART1

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From: [e-mail] (David C Lawrence)
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Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part I
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Summary: First of two postings.  This part describes the following
    alternate hierarchies: alt, bionet, bit, biz
Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu news.lists:1288 news.groups:54116 news.announce.newgroups:2702 news.answers:23431

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: 1 Aug 1994 by [e-mail] (David C Lawrence)


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 many
active "alt" newsgroups:
beginalt
alt.1d                  One-dimensional imaging, & the thinking behind it.
alt.2600                The magazine or the game system.  You decide.
alt.2600.hope.tech      Technology concerns for Hackers on Planet Earth 1994.
alt.3d                  Three-dimensional imaging.
alt.abortion.inequity   Paternal obligations of failing to abort unwanted child.
alt.abuse.recovery      Helping victims of abuse to recover.
alt.abuse.transcendence Non-standard ways to deal with all forms of abuse.
alt.activism            Activities for activists.
alt.activism.d          A place to discuss issues in alt.activism.
alt.activism.death-penalty      For people opposed to capital punishment.
alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb       The penultimate alt group.
alt.adoption            For those involved with or contemplating adoption.
alt.agriculture.misc    Like sci.agriculture, only different.
alt.alcohol             Don't drink and drive on the Info...no, I can't say it.
alt.aldus.freehand      The other hand is busy.
alt.aldus.pagemaker     Don't use expensive user support, come here instead.
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk     Something about simoN.
alt.alien.visitors      Space Aliens on Earth!  Abduction!  Gov't Coverup!
alt.alt                 ASCII stereograms.
alt.alt.alt.alt.alt     When the ants go marching five by five.
alt.amateur-comp        Discussion and input for Amateur Computerist Newsletter.
alt.amazon-women.admirers       Worshiping women you have to look up to.
alt.anagrams            Playing with words.
alt.angst               Anxiety in the modern world.
alt.animals.dolphins    Flipper, Darwin, and all their friends.
alt.animation.warner-bros       Discussions about Warner Brothers cartoons.
alt.answers             As if anyone on alt has the answers. (Moderated)
alt.aol-sucks           Why some people hate AOL and its users.
alt.aol.rejects         Another forum for gripes about America Online.
alt.appalachian         Appalachian region awareness, events, and culture.
alt.aquaria             The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.aquaria.killies     Killifish, members of family cyprinodontidae.
alt.archery             Robin Hood had the right idea.
alt.architecture        Building design/construction and related topics.
alt.architecture.alternative    Non-traditional building designs.
alt.architecture.int-design     Interior design of man-made spaces.
alt.artcom              Artistic Community, arts & communication.
alt.arts.ballet         All aspects of ballet & modern dance as performing art.
alt.ascii-art           Pictures composed of ASCII characters.
alt.ascii-art.animation Movies composed of ASCII characters.
alt.asian-movies        Movies from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland.
alt.astrology           Twinkle, twinkle, little planet.
alt.atari-jaguar.discussion     As opposed to simply alt.atari.jaguar.
alt.atari.2600          The Atari 2600 game system, not 2600 Magazine.
alt.atheism             Godless heathens.
alt.atheism.moderated   Focused Godless heathens. (Moderated)
alt.atheism.satire      Atheism-related humour and satire.
alt.authorware          About Authorware, produced by Authorware.  So subtle.
alt.autos.antique       Discussion of all facets of older automobiles.
alt.autos.camaro.firebird       A couple of American sports cars.
alt.autos.rod-n-custom  Vehicles with modified engines and/or appearance.
alt.backrubs            Lower...to the right...aaaah!
alt.banjo               Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah.
alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die "There's enough hatred of Barney for everyone!"
alt.basement.graveyard  Another side of the do-it-yourself movement.
alt.bbc.the_net.jules.conceited.little.tart     The game reviewer on The Net.
alt.bbs                 Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.bbs.ads             Ads for various computer BBS's.
alt.bbs.allsysop        SysOp concerns of ALL networks and technologies.
alt.bbs.first-class     The First Class Mac GUI BBS.
alt.bbs.gigo-gateway    Garbage in, garbage out --- alt.* in a nutshell.
alt.bbs.internet        BBSs that are hooked up to the Internet.
alt.bbs.lists           Postings of regional BBS listings.
alt.bbs.majorbbs        The MajorBBS by Galacticomm, Inc.
alt.bbs.metal           The METAL Telecommunications Enviornment.
alt.bbs.pcboard         Technical support for the PCBoard BBS.
alt.bbs.pcbuucp         The commerical PCBoard gateway, PCB-UUCP.
alt.bbs.renegade        The James Dean of BBSes.
alt.bbs.unixbbs         UnixBBS, from Nervous XTC.
alt.bbs.watergate       The WaterGate mail processor.
alt.bbs.wildcat         WILDCAT! BBS from Mustang Software, Inc.
alt.beadworld           We must appease the Bead Gods.
alt.beer                Good for what ales ya.
alt.best.of.internet    It was a time of sorrow, it was a time of joy.
alt.bigfoot             Dr. Scholl's gone native.
alt.binaries.clip-art   Distribution of DOS, Mac and Unix clipart.
alt.binaries.doom       Binaries for or of the DOOM PC game.
alt.binaries.misc       Random large files without a more appropriate group.
alt.binaries.multimedia Sound, text and graphics data rolled in one.
alt.binaries.pictures   Additional volume in the form of huge image files.
alt.binaries.pictures.anime     Images from Japanese animation.
alt.binaries.pictures.ascii     Pictures composed of ASCII characters.
alt.binaries.pictures.cartoons  Images from animated cartoons.
alt.binaries.pictures.d Discussions about picture postings.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica   Gigabytes of copyright violations.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bestiality        Pictures of sex with animals.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.blondes   Copyright violations featuring blondes.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.cartoons  Copyright violations featuring toons.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d Discussing erotic copyright violations.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.female    Copyright violations featuring females.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.furry     Erotic Furry Images.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male      Copyright violations featuring males.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.orientals Copyright violations featuring Asians.
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.d        Discussion of the fine-art binaries. (Moderated)
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.digitized        Art from conventional media. (Moderated)
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.graphics         Art created on computers. (Moderated)
alt.binaries.pictures.fractals  Cheaper just to send the program parameters.
alt.binaries.pictures.furry     Originaly funny animal art.
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 Posting of pictures-related utilities.
alt.binaries.sounds.d   Sounding off.
alt.binaries.sounds.midi        MIDI binaries.
alt.binaries.sounds.misc        Digitized audio adventures.
alt.binaries.sounds.mods        MODs and related sound formats.
alt.binaries.sounds.movies      Sounds from copyrighted movies.
alt.binaries.sounds.music       Music samples in MOD/669 format.
alt.binaries.sounds.tv  Sounds from copyrighted television shows.
alt.binaries.sounds.utilities   Sound utilities.
alt.birthright          Birthright Party propaganda.
alt.bitch.pork          Flames in a particular vein.
alt.bitterness          No matter what it's for, you know how it'll turn out.
alt.bonehead.tom-servo  Paying homage to the Mad Newgrouper.
alt.bonsai              Little trees and battle screams.
alt.books.anne-rice     The Vampire Thermostat.
alt.books.deryni        Katherine Kurtz's books, especially the Deryni series.
alt.books.isaac-asimov  Fans of the late SF/science author Isaac Asimov.
alt.books.m-lackey      Author Mercedes Lackey and her books.
alt.books.reviews       "If you want to know how it turns out, read it!".
alt.books.stephen-king  The works of horror writer Stephen King.
alt.books.technical     Discussion of technical books.
alt.boomerang           The angular throwing club, not the Eddie Murphy flick.
alt.brother-jed         The born-again minister touring US campuses.
alt.buddha.short.fat.guy        Religion. And not religion. Both. Neither.
alt.business.import-export      Business aspects of international trade.
alt.business.misc       All aspects of commerce.
alt.business.multi-level        Multi-level (network) marketing businesses.
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.captain.sarcastic   For the captain's minions.
alt.cars.Ford-Probe     "PROBE ME" --- actual Viriginia woman's license plate.
alt.cascade             Art or litter you decide.
alt.caving              Spelunk.
alt.cd-rom              Discussions of optical storage media.
alt.cd-rom.reviews      Reviews of various published things available on CD-ROM.
alt.celebrities         Famous people and their sycophants.
alt.cellular-phone-tech Brilliant telephony mind blows netnews naming.
alt.censorship          Discussion about restricting speech/press.
alt.cereal              Breakfast cereals and their (m)ilk.
alt.cesium              College Educated Students in Universal Mainland.
alt.child-support       Raising children in a split family.
alt.chinchilla          The nature of chinchilla farming in America Today.
alt.chinese.computing   Discussion group for Chinese computing.
alt.chinese.text        Postings in Chinese; Chinese language software.
alt.chinese.text.big5   Posting in Chinese[BIG 5].
alt.christnet           Gathering place for Christian ministers and users.
alt.christnet.bible     Bible discussion and research.
alt.christnet.evangelical       Some aspect of evangelism.
alt.christnet.hypocrisy "Vengeance is mine!" sayeth jfurr.
alt.christnet.philosophy        Philosophical implications of Christianity.
alt.christnet.second-coming.real-soon-now       It could happen.
alt.christnet.theology  The distinctives of God of Christian theology.
alt.clearing.technology Traumatic Incident Reduction and Clearing.
alt.clothing.lingerie   The special secrets under wraps.
alt.clothing.sneakers   Sports, casual, collection, or just one pair.
alt.co-ops              Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.cobol               Relationship between programming and stone axes.
alt.coffee              Another group worshipping caffeine.
alt.collecting.autographs       WOW! You got Pete Rose's? What about Kibo's?
alt.college.college-bowl        Discussions of the College Bowl competition.
alt.college.food        Dining halls, cafeterias, mystery meat, and more.
alt.college.fraternities        College and university fraternities.
alt.college.sororities  College and university sororities.
alt.college.tunnels     Tunnelling beneath the campuses.
alt.college.us          Is that "us" as in "U. S.", or do you just mean y'all?
alt.comedy.british      Discussion of British comedy in a variety of media.
alt.comedy.british.blackadder   The Black Adder programme.
alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre        Firesign Theatre in all its flaming glory.
alt.comedy.slapstick.3-stooges  Hey, Mo!
alt.comedy.standup      Discussion of stand-up comedy and comedians.
alt.comics.alternative  You could try a book without pictures, for example.
alt.comics.batman       Marketing mania.
alt.comics.elfquest     W & R Pini's ElfQuest series.
alt.comics.lnh          Interactive net.madness in the superhero genre.
alt.comics.superman     No one knows it is also alt.clark.kent.
alt.comp.acad-freedom.news      Academic freedom issues related to computers. (Moderated)
alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk      Academic freedom issues related to computers.
alt.comp.compression    Like comp.compression, only different.
alt.comp.databases.xbase.clipper        The Clipper database language.
alt.comp.fsp            A file transport protocol.
alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt     Designing devious devices in the den.
alt.computer.consultants        The business of consulting about computers.
alt.config              Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.consciousness       Discussions on the study of the human consciousness.
alt.consciousness.mysticism     The quest for ultimate reality.
alt.consciousness.near-death-exp        Discussion of the near-death experience.
alt.conspiracy          Be paranoid -- they're out to get you.
alt.conspiracy.jfk      The Kennedy assassination.
alt.consumers.free-stuff        Free offers and how to take advantage of them.
alt.cosuard             Sysops against rate discrimination.
alt.coupons             /koo pahns/, not /kew pahns/.  Try it.
alt.cows.moo.moo.moo    Like cows would cluck or something.
alt.creative-cook       Like rec.food.cooking, only different.
alt.creative-cooking    Like rec.food.cooking, only different.
alt.cuddle              What cows do with their food; should be alt.cows.cuddle.
alt.cult-movies         Movies with a cult following.
alt.cult-movies.evil-deads      The Evil Dead movie series.
alt.cult-movies.rocky-horror    Virgin!  Virgin!  Virgin!  Virgin!
alt.culture.alaska      Is this where the ice weasels come from?
alt.culture.austrian    You'll find more Austrians in soc.culture.austria.
alt.culture.hawaii      Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka 'Aina I Ka Pono.
alt.culture.indonesia   Indonesian culture, news, etc.
alt.culture.internet    The culture(s) of the Internet.
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  New York State, above Westchester.
alt.culture.oregon      Discussion about the state of Oregon.
alt.culture.tuva        Topics related to the Republic of Tuva, South Siberia.
alt.culture.us.1970s    At least pick a _good_ decade to be stuck in the past.
alt.culture.us.asian-indian     Asian Indians in the US and Canada.
alt.culture.us.southwest        Basking in the sun of the US's lower left.
alt.culture.usenet      A self-referential oxymoron.
alt.culture.zippies     Zippie Culture
alt.current-events.bosnia       The strife of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater   The Clinton Whitewater Scandle.
alt.current-events.korean-crisis        North Korea's nuclear armament.
alt.current-events.net-abuse    Usenet spamming, Green Card and the like.
alt.current-events.russia       Current happenings in Russia.
alt.current-events.ukraine      Current and fast paced Ukrainian events.
alt.current-events.usa  What's new in the United States.
alt.cyberpunk           High-tech low-life.
alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo  Literary virtual reality in a cyberpunk hangout.
alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo.d        Meta-discussion about Chatsubo stories.
alt.cyberpunk.movement  A little laxative might help.
alt.cyberpunk.tech      Cyberspace and Cyberpunk technology.
alt.cyberspace          Cyberspace and how it should work.
alt.dads-rights         Rights of fathers. (Moderated)
alt.dcom.telecom        Discussion of telecommunications technology.
alt.dead.porn.stars     ... and the diseases that killed them, next on Geraldo.
alt.dear.whitehouse     When Hints from Heloise aren't enough.
alt.decathena           Digital's DECathena product. (Moderated)
alt.desert-storm        Continuing proof that alt groups never die.
alt.destroy.the.earth   Please leave the light on when you leave.
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         Breathing fire tends to make one very thirsty.
alt.dreams              What do they mean?
alt.dreams.lucid        What do they _really_ mean?
alt.drinks.kool-aid     Beverage break on the Information Superhighway.
alt.drugs               Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.drugs.caffeine      All about the world's most-used stimulant drug.
alt.drugs.chemistry     discussion of drug chemistry and synthesis
alt.drugs.culture       entertainment while under the influence
alt.drugs.pot           Cannabis conversations.
alt.drumcorps           Like rec.arts.marching.drumcorps, only different.
alt.drunken.bastards    Peeing in the potted plants.
alt.duck.quack.quack.quack      It looks like a duck, but it's an alt group.
alt.dumpster            Oscar has always wanted a roomier place.
alt.education.disabled  Education for people with physical/mental disabilities.
alt.education.distance  Learning from teachers who are far away.
alt.education.email-project     The Email project for teaching English
alt.education.research  Studying about studying.
alt.elvis.king          Fat and dead, too.  Pretty useless king.
alt.emusic              Ethnic, exotic, electronic, elaborate, etc, music.
alt.energy.renewable    Fueling ourselves without depleting everything.
alt.engr.explosives     BOOM.
alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die   We just can't get enough of him.
alt.evil                Tales from the dark side.
alt.exotic-music        Exotic music discussions.
alt.fairs.renaissance   Discussions of Renaissance Faires and Festivals
alt.fan.actors                  Discussion of actors and actresses
alt.fan.art-bell        For fans of Art Bell
alt.fan.barry-manilow           Discussion group for fans of Barry Manilow
alt.fan.bill-gates      Fans of the original micro-softie.
alt.fan.blues-brothers  Jake & Elwood ride again!
alt.fan.brie            Such a cheesy name.
alt.fan.british-accent  "Oooh, he just sounds soooo cool!  *Giggle*"
alt.fan.bruce-campbell  From the Evil Dead to Brisco County, Jr.
alt.fan.cecil-adams     The brother Douglas Adams never talks about.
alt.fan.chris-elliott   Get a Life, you Letterman flunky.
alt.fan.conan-obrien    Late Night with a big red pompadour.
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-bowie     The man who fell to earth.
alt.fan.debbie.gibson   Thwarter of the supervillain Tiffany.
alt.fan.devo            Funny hats do not a band make.
alt.fan.disney.afternoon        Disney Afternoon characters & shows.
alt.fan.don-n-mike      Two radio guys.
alt.fan.douglas-adams   Author of "The Meaning of Liff", & other fine works.
alt.fan.dr-bronner      ALL-ONE! ALL-ONE! ALL-ONE!
alt.fan.dragonlance     Please ignore if group exists on your site.
alt.fan.dragons         People love automobiles at Pennsic.
alt.fan.dune            Herbert's drinking buddies.
alt.fan.eddings         The works of writer David Eddings.
alt.fan.frank-zappa     Is that a Sears poncho?
alt.fan.furry           Fans of funny animals, ala Steve Gallacci's book.
alt.fan.furry.muck      FurryMUCK and other anthropomorphic MU*s.
alt.fan.g-gordon-liddy  Crime does pay, or we wouldn't have so much of it.
alt.fan.gene-scott      Some TV preacher and horsebreeder.
alt.fan.goons           Careful Neddy, it's that dastardly Moriarty again.
alt.fan.greaseman       Fans of Doug Tracht, the DJ.
alt.fan.greg-kinnear    The host of "TalkSoup" on the E! Entertainment Channel.
alt.fan.hello-kitty     I have no damn mouth!
alt.fan.holmes          Elementary, my dear Watson.  Like he ever said that.
alt.fan.howard-stern    Fans of the abrasive radio & TV personality.
alt.fan.james-bond      On his Majesty's Secret Service (& secret linen too).
alt.fan.jello-biafra    The Dead Kennedys' lead singer.
alt.fan.jen-coolest     Gosh, isn't she just wonderful?
alt.fan.jimmy-buffett   A white sports coat and a pink crustacean.
alt.fan.joel-furr       Joel Furr.
alt.fan.john-palmer     With an army of lawyers from a Michigan warren.
alt.fan.john-winston    The future people speak.
alt.fan.karla-homolka   Why are there so few hot, exhibitionist, S&M women?
alt.fan.kroq            LA radio station KROQ, FM 106.7.  Great monster name.
alt.fan.laurie.anderson Will it be a music concert or a lecture this time?
alt.fan.lemurs          Little critters with BIG eyes.
alt.fan.letterman       One of the top 10 reasons to get the alt groups.
alt.fan.lion-king       Discussion of Disney's "The Lion King"
alt.fan.madonna         Nice tits, eh... And how about that puppy?
alt.fan.marcia-clark    No one would know her, but she prosecutes O.J. Simpson.
alt.fan.mel-brooks      Actor/directory/funnyman Mel Brooks.
alt.fan.mike-jittlov    Electronic fan club for animator Mike Jittlov.
alt.fan.monty-python    Electronic fan club for those wacky Brits.
alt.fan.mr-kfi          Fans of the "dopest, freshest homeboy" on KFI.
alt.fan.mst3k           I thought people hated jerks who talked in theatres.
alt.fan.noam-chomsky    Noam Chomsky's writings and opinions.
alt.fan.oingo-boingo    Have you ever played ping pong in Pago Pago?
alt.fan.oj-simpson      Juice! Juice! Juice!
alt.fan.oj-simpson.die.die.die  People who favour a guilty verdict.
alt.fan.oj-simpson.gas-chamber  Burn, Hollywood, Burn, I smell a riot going on.
alt.fan.ok-soda         It's not that good, it's just OK.
alt.fan.penn-n-teller   The magicians Penn Jillette & Teller.
alt.fan.pern            Anne McCaffery's s-f oeuvre.
alt.fan.piers-anthony   For fans of the s-f author Piers Anthony.
alt.fan.pratchett       For fans of Terry Pratchett, s-f humor writer.
alt.fan.q               Omnipotent being from either Star Trek or James Bond.
alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy  For folks who couldn't find alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy.
alt.fan.robert-jordan   Baseball's most popular minor leaguer.
alt.fan.ronald-reagan   Jellybeans and all.
alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   Derogation of others for fun and profit.
alt.fan.serdar-argic    Notorious activist from zuma.uucp.
alt.fan.shostakovich    Fans of the music of Shostakovich.
alt.fan.skinny          Fat fetishes have no place here.
alt.fan.spinal-tap      Down on the sex farm.
alt.fan.sting           See alt.sex.bestiality.with-bees.
alt.fan.surak           That wild and crazy Vulcan.
alt.fan.teen.idols      Boys and men that teenagers worship.
alt.fan.teen.starlets   Girls and women that teenagers worship.
alt.fan.tolkien         Mortal Men doomed to die.
alt.fan.tom-robbins     31 flavours for readers.
alt.fan.tom-servo       The robot runs amok with alt.* group creations.
alt.fan.tonya-harding.whack.whack.whack Someone get this chick a colorist!
alt.fan.u2              The Irish rock band U2.
alt.fan.vic-reeves      Britain's top light entertainer and formation mollusc.
alt.fan.warlord         The War Lord of the West Preservation Fan Club.
alt.fan.wedge           Standing by, red 2.
alt.fan.weird-al        He's rather a lot like Kibo, actually.
alt.fan.wodehouse       Discussion of the works of humour author P.G. Wodehouse.
alt.fan.woody-allen     The diminutive neurotic.
alt.fandom.cons         Announcements of conventions (SciFi and others).
alt.fashion             All facets of the fasion industry discussed.
alt.fax                 Like comp.dcom.fax, only different.
alt.feminism            Like soc.feminism, only different.
alt.feminism.individualism      Discussions about feminism and individualism.
alt.fishing             Like rec.outdoors.fishing, only different.
alt.flame               Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.flame.roommate      Putting the pig on a spit.
alt.flame.spelling      USENET's favourite fallacious argoomint.
alt.folklore.college    Collegiate humor.
alt.folklore.computers  Stories & anecdotes about computers (some true!).
alt.folklore.ghost-stories      Boo!
alt.folklore.herbs      Discussion of all aspects of herbs and their uses.
alt.folklore.info       Current urban legends and other folklore. (Moderated)
alt.folklore.military   Military-oriented 'urban legends' and folklore.
alt.folklore.science    The folklore of science, not the science of folklore.
alt.folklore.suburban   Serious discussion of urban legends. (Moderated)
alt.folklore.urban      Urban legends, ala Jan Harold Brunvand.
alt.food.cocacola       An American Classic.  Buy our nostalgic art.
alt.food.coffee         Black gold of another sort.  Colombian tea.
alt.food.fat-free       Quest for thinness.
alt.food.ice-cream      I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
alt.food.mcdonalds      Carl Sagan's favourite burger place.
alt.food.sushi          The ancient art of preparing raw fish.
alt.food.waffle-house   Not just for breakfast anymore.
alt.food.wine           All about wine,for oeneophiles.
alt.fractal-design.painter      Fractal Design's "Natural Media" painting.
alt.fraternity.sorority Discussions of fraternity/sorority life and issues.
alt.freaks              Rick James, we love you!
alt.freemasonry         Someone will build my basement for free?  Cool.
alt.fun.with.luc        Luc has fun and likes cheese.
alt.fun.with.matt       No arms and no legs on a doorstep; how fun could it be?
alt.galactic-guide      Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Known Galaxy Project.
alt.gambling            Like rec.gambling, only different.
alt.games.cosmic-wimpout        A dice game popular in the computer crowd.
alt.games.doom          A really popular PC game.
alt.games.doom.announce Announcements about the PC game Doom (Moderated)
alt.games.doom.newplayers       Helping people new to a really popular PC game.
alt.games.frp.dnd-util  Computer utilities for Dungeons and Dragons.
alt.games.frp.tekumel   Empire of the Petal Throne FRPG by M. A. R. Barker.
alt.games.gb            The Galactic Bloodshed conquest game.
alt.games.lynx          The Atari Lynx.
alt.games.mk            Struggling in Mortal Kombat!
alt.games.mornington.cresent    You can't get there from here.
alt.games.mtrek         Multi-Trek, a multi-user Star Trek-like game.
alt.games.netrek.paradise       Discussion of the paradise version of netrek.
alt.games.sf2           The video game Street Fighter 2.
alt.games.torg          Gateway for TORG mailing list.
alt.games.vga-planets   Discussion of Tim Wisseman's VGA Planets.
alt.games.video.classic Video games from before the mid-1980s.
alt.games.whitewolf     Discussion of WhiteWolf's line of gothic/horror RPGs.
alt.games.xpilot        Discussion on all aspects of the X11 game Xpilot.
alt.games.xtrek         The networked game Xtrek.
alt.gathering.rainbow   For discussing the annual Rainbow Gathering.
alt.geek                To fulfill an observed need.
alt.genealogy           Like soc.roots, only different.
alt.good.morning        Would you like coffee with that?
alt.good.news           A place for some news that's good news.
alt.gopher              Discussion of the gopher information service.
alt.gothic              The gothic movement: things mournful and dark.
alt.gourmand            Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.grad-student.tenured        Professional students.
alt.graffiti            The writing is on the wall.
alt.graphics.pixutils   Discussion of pixmap utilities.
alt.great-lakes         Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.great.ass.paulina   Ditch Rick for these drooling fanboys.  Yah, right.
alt.guitar              You axed for it, you got it.
alt.guitar.bass         Bass guitars.
alt.guitar.tab          Discussions about guitar tablature music.
alt.hackers             Descriptions of projects currently under development. (Moderated)
alt.health.cfids-action Chronic Fatigue Snydrome Action Group. (Moderated)
alt.hemp                It's about knot-tying with rope.  Knot!
alt.hi.are.you.cute     Are there a lot of pathetic people on the net or what?
alt.hindu               The Hindu religion. (Moderated)
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.home.repair         Bob Vila would love this group.
alt.homosexual          Same as alt.sex.homosexual.
alt.horror              The horror genre.
alt.horror.cthulhu      Campus Crusade for Cthulhu, Ctulhu, Ctulu, and the rest.
alt.horror.shub-internet        The process with a thousand young.
alt.horror.werewolves   They were wolves, now they're something to be wary of.
alt.hotrod              High speed automobiles. (Moderated)
alt.humor.best-of-usenet        What the moderator thinks is funniest. (Moderated)
alt.humor.best-of-usenet.d      Discussion of alt.humor.best-of-usenet posts.
alt.humor.puns          Not here.
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.image.medical       Medical image exchange discussions.
alt.impeach.clinton     Some think he performs as though he is impeared.
alt.india.progressive   Progressive politics in the Indian sub-continent. (Moderated)
alt.individualism       Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.industrial          The Industrial Computing Society claimed this name.
alt.infertility         Discussion of infertility causes and treatments.
alt.internet.access.wanted      "Oh. OK, how about just an MX record for now?"
alt.internet.media-coverage     ThiTo discuss the coverage of the internet by the media.
alt.internet.services   Not available in the uucp world, even via email.
alt.internet.talk-radio Carl Malamud's Internet Talk Radio program.
alt.irc                 Internet Relay Chat material.
alt.irc.announce        Announcements about Internet Relay Chat (IRC). (Moderated)
alt.irc.hottub          Discussion of the IRC channel #hottub.
alt.irc.jeopardy        For discussion of the IRC channel #jeopardy
alt.irc.questions       How-to questions for IRC (International Relay Chat).
alt.is.doomed           If it's a sewer, let's treat it like one! (Moderated)
alt.japanese.text       Postings in Japanese; Japanese language software.
alt.journalism          Shop talk by journalists and journalism students.
alt.journalism.criticism        I write, therefore I'm biased.
alt.journalism.gonzo    Hunter S. Thomspon's approach to reporting.
alt.kalbo               Bald guys of the world, unite!
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     And fulfill the prophecy of Star Trek IV!
alt.lang.asm            Assembly languages of various flavors.
alt.lang.basic          The Language That Would Not Die.
alt.lang.ca-realizer    Discussion of the GUI programming environment
alt.language.urdu.poetry        Poetry in the Indic Urdu language.
alt.law-enforcement     No, ossifer, there's nothing illegal going on in alt.
alt.lefthanders         How gauche.
alt.lemmings            Rodents with a death wish.
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.lycra               The WunderFabrik.
alt.mag.playboy         Four decades of appreciation or degradation. Your pick.
alt.magic               For discussion about stage magic.
alt.magick              For discussion about supernatural arts.
alt.magick.chaos        Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards.
alt.magick.ethics       Discussion of the ethics/morals of magickal work
alt.magick.order        Discussion of magickopolitical hierarchy.
alt.magick.sex          Pursuing spirituality through sexuality and vice versa.
alt.magick.tyagi        Magick as revealed by Mordred Nagasiva.
alt.make.money.fast     And piss off thousands of people even faster.
alt.manga               Like rec.arts.manga, only different.
alt.math.iams           Internet Amateur Mathematics Society. (Moderated)
alt.mcdonalds           Can I get fries with that?
alt.med.allergy         Helping people with allergies.
alt.med.cfs             Chronic fatigue syndrome information.
alt.med.fibromyalgia    Fibromyalgia Fibrositis List.
alt.meditation          General discussion of meditation.
alt.meditation.quanyin  The Quan Yin method of meditation.
alt.meditation.transcendental   Contemplation of states beyond the teeth.
alt.mensa.steiner.whiner.whiner.whiner  Steiner makes some friends.
alt.messianic           Messianic traditions.
alt.military.cadet      Preparing for the coming apocalypse.
alt.mindcontrol         Are you sure those thoughts are really your own?
alt.misanthropy         People who hate people.
alt.missing-kids        Locating missing children.
alt.motd                The messages of the day.
alt.motherjones         Mother Jones magazine.
alt.motorcycles.harley  Like rec.motorcycles.harley, only different.
alt.movies.monster      Godzilla! The Wolfman! The Thing! Aiiieee!!
alt.msdos.programmer    For the serious MS/DOS programmer (no forsale ads).
alt.mud                 Like rec.games.mud, only different.
alt.music.a-cappella    Like rec.music.a-cappella, only different.
alt.music.alternative   For groups having 2 or less Platinum-selling albums.
alt.music.alternative.female    Discussing alternative music by female artists.
alt.music.amy-grant     Discussion about Amy Grant and her music.
alt.music.beastie-boys  Discussion of crossover group, The
alt.music.bela-fleck    Bela and the Flecktones.
alt.music.big-band      Sounds from the Big Band era.
alt.music.billy-joel    Discussion of Billy Brinkley, err Joel.
alt.music.blues-traveler        For "All fellow travelers."
alt.music.brian-eno     Apparently too popular to warrant further description.
alt.music.canada        Oh, Canada, eh?
alt.music.chapel-hill   You might think hymnals and chants, but you'd be wrong.
alt.music.complex-arrang        To complex for _your_ simple mind.
alt.music.danzig        Discussion of the works of Glenn Danzig.  MOTHER!
alt.music.deep-purple   Discussions about Deep Purple and related artists.
alt.music.dream-theater Is "progressive metal" an accepted label?
alt.music.ebm           Electronic (or not?) Body Music.
alt.music.ecto          Happy Rhodes and other music by plasms.
alt.music.elo           The Electric Light Orchestra.
alt.music.enya          Gaelic set to spacey music.
alt.music.fates-warning Fates Warning.
alt.music.filk          SF/fantasy related folk music.
alt.music.fleetwood-mac Rock group Fleetwood Mac and its members.
alt.music.hardcore      Could be porno set to music.
alt.music.independent   Soloists without contracts with the major labels.
alt.music.james-taylor  JT!
alt.music.jethro-tull   Ironman sitting on a park bench.
alt.music.jewish        Music from the Jewish heritage.
alt.music.jimi.hendrix  'Scuse me, while I kiss the sky.
alt.music.kylie-minogue Music of Kylie Minogue.
alt.music.led-zeppelin  Discussion about Led Zeppelin and their music.
alt.music.marillion     A progressive band.  The Silmarillion is a book.
alt.music.misc          Like rec.music.misc, only different.
alt.music.monkees       Hey, hey, they were the Monkees.
alt.music.moody-blues   Still In Search of the Lost Chord.
alt.music.nin           Nine Inch Nails.
alt.music.nirvana       Generation X's Seattle leaders, leaderless.
alt.music.paul-simon    Discussion of Paul Simon's music.
alt.music.pearl-jam     The music of the alternative rock band Pearl Jam.
alt.music.peter-gabriel So, it's the music of Peter Gabriel, sans frontier.
alt.music.pink-floyd    Sold out shows everywhere.
alt.music.prince        So my Prince came.  Make him go away.
alt.music.producer      Discussion about record production and A&R.
alt.music.progressive   Yes, Marillion, Asia, King Crimson, etc.
alt.music.queen         He's dead, Jim.
alt.music.roger-waters  To Pink or Not to Pink.
alt.music.rush          For Rushheads.
alt.music.ska           Discussions of ska ( skank ) music, bands, and suchlike.
alt.music.smash-pumpkins        The Smashing Pumpkins.
alt.music.sonic-youth   Loud enough to make you deaf.
alt.music.sophie-hawkins        News & Discussions on Sophie B. Hawkins
alt.music.swedish-pop   ABBA and beyond.
alt.music.swedish-pop.bork.bork.bork    ABBA meets the Muppets.
alt.music.synthpop      Depeche Mode, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, and much more!
alt.music.techno        Bring on the bass!
alt.music.the-doors     A rider on the storm no more.
alt.music.the.police    If you play it too loud, they bust your party.
alt.music.tlc           Tender Loving Care, or maybe not, but it didn't say.
alt.music.tmbg          They Might Be Giants.
alt.music.todd-rundgren Todd Rundgren music fandom.
alt.music.u2            Another group for the band U2. See also alt.fan.u2.
alt.music.ween          Marble Tulip Juicy Tree.
alt.music.weird-al      Parodies-R-Us.
alt.music.world         Discussion of music from around the world.
alt.music.yes           The progressive band Yes.
alt.my.head.hurts       So don't do that.
alt.mythology           Zeus rules.
alt.mythology.mythic-animals    Creatures of myth, fantasy, and imagination.
alt.native              People indigenous to an area before modern colonisation.
alt.necromicon          Big time death wish.
alt.newbie              The altnet housewarming committee.
alt.newbies             Housewarming for a group.
alt.newgroup.for.fun.fun.fun    Yes, we delight in your games.
alt.news-media          Don't believe the hype.
alt.news.macedonia      News concerning Macedonia in the Balkan Region.
alt.noise               Ow, quit it.
alt.non.sequitur        Richard Nixon.
alt.nuke.the.USA        Last one out is a radioactive egg.
alt.online-service      Large commercial online services, and the Internet.
alt.online-service.america-online       Or should that be "America Offline?"
alt.online-service.compuserve   Discussions and questions about Compuserve.
alt.online-service.delphi       Run!  It's the Delphoids!
alt.online-service.freenet      Public FreeNet systems.
alt.online-service.genie        Discussions and questions about GEnie.
alt.online-service.prodigy      The Sears Prodigy system.
alt.org.earth-first             Discussion of the Earth First! society
alt.org.toastmasters    Public speaking and Toastmasters International.
alt.os.multics          30 years old and going strong.
alt.out-of-body         Out of Body Experiences.
alt.pagan               Discussions about paganism & religion.
alt.pantyhose           Stockings are sexier.
alt.paranet.abduct      "They replaced Jim-Bob with a look-alike!"
alt.paranet.metaphysics Philosphical ontology, cosmology and cosmetology.
alt.paranet.paranormal  "If it exists, how can supernatural be beyond natural?"
alt.paranet.psi         "How much pressure can you generate with your brain?"
alt.paranet.science     "Maybe if we dissect the psychic ..."
alt.paranet.skeptic     "I don't believe they turned you into a newt."
alt.paranet.ufo         "Heck, I guess naming it ``UFO'' identifies it."
alt.paranormal          Phenomena which are not scientifically explicable.
alt.paranormal.channeling       Spiritual mediumship, channeling and channelers.
alt.parents-teens       Parent-teenager relationships.
alt.party               Parties, celebration and general debauchery.
alt.pave.the.earth      Damn the environmentalists, full speed ahead!
alt.peace-corps         The works of the Peace Corps.
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.bi        Personals by or seeking bisexuals.
alt.personals.big-folks Romance for large people.
alt.personals.bondage   Are you tied up this evening?
alt.personals.fat       Romance for fat people.
alt.personals.fetish    Romance for object-oriented people.
alt.personals.misc      Dweeb seeks Geek. Object: low-level interfacing.
alt.personals.poly      Hi there, do you multiprocess?
alt.personals.spanking  Oedipus gives this group a thumbs up.
alt.personals.spanking.punishment       In search of bad butt burn.
alt.pets.rabbits        Coneys abound. See also alt.fan.john-palmer.
alt.philosophy.jarf     The Jarf philosphy/metaphysics/religion/culture.
alt.philosophy.objectivism      A product of the Ayn Rand corporation.
alt.philosophy.zen      Meditating on how the alt.* namespace works.
alt.pinecone            The heart of camp arts & crafts.
alt.planning.urban      Urban development.
alt.politics.british    Politics and a real Queen, too.
alt.politics.clinton    Discussing Slick Willie & Co.
alt.politics.correct    A Neil Bush fan club.
alt.politics.datahighway        Electronic interstate infrastructure.
alt.politics.ec         The European economic community.
alt.politics.economics  War == Poverty, & other discussions.
alt.politics.elections  All about the process of electing leaders.
alt.politics.europe.misc        The general political situation in Europe.
alt.politics.greens     Green party politics & activities worldwide.
alt.politics.homosexuality      As the name implies.
alt.politics.libertarian        The libertarian ideology.
alt.politics.org.batf   Politics of the U.S. firearms (etc.) regulation agency.
alt.politics.org.cia    The United States Centrial Intelligence Agency.
alt.politics.org.misc   Political organizations.
alt.politics.org.nsa    The ultrasecret security arm of the US government.
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.socialism.trotsky  Trotskyite socialism discussions.
alt.politics.usa.constitution   U.S. Constitutional politics.
alt.politics.usa.misc   Miscellaneous USA politics.
alt.politics.usa.republican     Discussions of the USA Republican Party.
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.clipper     The USA administration's Clipper encryption plan.
alt.prophecies.nostradamus      Mystic verse.
alt.prose               Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.psychoactives       Better living through chemistry.
alt.psychology.help     An alt.support group away from home.
alt.psychology.personality      Personality taxonomy, such as Myers-Briggs.
alt.psychotic.roommates Single white female seeks roommate.
alt.pub-ban.homolka     About the publication ban on the Karla Homolka trial.
alt.pub.coffeehouse.amethyst    Realistic place to meet and chat with friends.
alt.pub.dragons-inn     Fantasy virtual reality pub similar to alt.callahans.
alt.pud                 "Discussion of the TFiLE PuD!@#@#!@$!" Whatever.
alt.punk                Burning them keeps insects away.
alt.punk.straight-edge  Shaving eyebrows for fun and profit.
alt.quotations          Quotations, quips, .sig lines, witticisms, et al.
alt.radio.networks.npr  U.S. National Public Radio: shows, stories, hosts, etc.
alt.radio.pirate        Hide the gear, here comes the magic station-wagons.
alt.radio.scanner       Like rec.radio.scanner, only different.
alt.radio.uk            Radio in the United Kingdom
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, etc.
alt.rec.camping         Like rec.backcountry, only different.
alt.recovery            For people in recovery programs (e.g., AA, ACA, GA).
alt.recovery.addiction.sexual   Recovering sex addicts.
alt.recovery.catholicism        Getting over a Roman Catholic upbringing.
alt.recovery.codependency       Mutually destructive relationships.
alt.recovery.religion   The twelve steps from the Ten Commandments.
alt.religion.all-worlds Grokking the Church of All Worlds from Heinlein's book.
alt.religion.amiga      Rumours of Commodore's death are greatly exaggerated.
alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan   The teachings of Buddha as studied in Tibet.
alt.religion.christian  Unmoderated forum for discussing Christianity.
alt.religion.computers  Tiresome technical tirades.
alt.religion.eckankar   Eckankar, the religion of the Light and Sound of God.
alt.religion.emacs      Emacs.  Umacs.  We all macs.
alt.religion.gnostic    History and philosophies of the Gnostic sects.
alt.religion.islam      Discussion of Islamic Faith & Soc.Religion.Islam.
alt.religion.kibology   He's Fred, Jim.
alt.religion.monica     Discussion about net-venus Monica and her works.
alt.religion.mormon     Mormon religion.
alt.religion.scientology        L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology.
alt.religion.sexuality  The politics of sexuality and religion.
alt.religion.zoroastrianism     Zoraster's/Zarathustra's religion, mazdaism.
alt.revenge             Two wrongs trying to make a right.
alt.revisionism         "It CAN'T be that way 'cause here's the FACTS".
alt.revolution.counter  Discussions of counter-revolutionary issues.
alt.rhode_island        A little state with apparently world wide interest.
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.aerosmith       Lead singer looks like an ugly lady.
alt.rock-n-roll.classic Classic rock, both the music and its marketing.
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.death     "Death metal" and newgroup overkill.
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 Sort of like Formica with more hair.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive       Slayer teams up with Tom Cora.
alt.rock-n-roll.oldies  Discussion of rock and roll music from 1950-1970.
alt.rock-n-roll.stones  Gathering plenty of moss by now.
alt.romance             Discussion about the romantic side of love.
alt.romance.chat        Talk about no sex.
alt.romance.unhappy     alt.angst on the run.
alt.rush-limbaugh       Fans of the conservative activist radio announcer.
alt.rv                  Rotten varmints or recreational vehicles, you decide.
alt.satanism            Not such a bad dude once you get to know him.
alt.satellite.tv.europe All about European satellite tv.
alt.save.the.earth      Environmentalist causes.
alt.sb.programmer       Programming the Sound Blaster PC sound card.
alt.school.homework-help        Looking for assistance with schoolwork.
alt.sci.physics.new-theories    Scientific theories you won't find in journals.
alt.sci.planetary       Studies in planetary science.
alt.sci.sociology       People are really interesting when you watch them.
alt.sci.tech.indonesian Science and technology in Indonesia.
alt.scooter             Motor scooters, like Vespas, Lambrettas, etc.
alt.security            Security issues on computer systems.
alt.security.index      Pointers to good stuff in alt.security. (Moderated)
alt.security.pgp        The Pretty Good Privacy package.
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.bestiality      Happiness is a warm puppy.
alt.sex.bestiality.barney       For people with big, purple newt fetishes.
alt.sex.bondage         Tie me, whip me, make me read the net!
alt.sex.breast          Discussions about female breasts - big and small.
alt.sex.cthulhu         It's amazing what tentacles can do.
alt.sex.enemas          Cleansing the bowels as an erotic act.
alt.sex.erotica.marketplace     The business of sex.
alt.sex.exhibitionism   So you want to be a star.
alt.sex.fat             Rollin' with the rolly polly.
alt.sex.femdom          Discussions about female dominant relationships.
alt.sex.fetish.amputee  Sexual attraction to missing body parts.
alt.sex.fetish.diapers  They're dry and secure all day, too.
alt.sex.fetish.fashion  Rubber, leather, chains, and other fetish clothing.
alt.sex.fetish.feet     Kiss them. Now.
alt.sex.fetish.hair     Hair, hair, everywhere. Palms even.
alt.sex.fetish.orientals        The mysteries of Asia are a potent lure.
alt.sex.fetish.startrek Illogical yet fascinating Star Trek lust.
alt.sex.fetish.tickling Laughter is the best foreplay.
alt.sex.fetish.watersports      They don't mean hottub polo.
alt.sex.girl.watchers   Like alt.sex.voyeurism, only different.
alt.sex.homosexual      Homosexual relations.
alt.sex.intergen        Robbing the cradle and the grave.
alt.sex.magazines       Discussions of magazines with sticky pages.
alt.sex.masterbation    Even bad spellers need relief.
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.necrophilia     Dead people as stimulus.
alt.sex.pedophilia      Discussing the issues around attraction to children.
alt.sex.pictures        Gigabytes of copyright violations.
alt.sex.pictures.female Copyright violations featuring mostly females.
alt.sex.services        The oldest profession.
alt.sex.sounds          Noises from the heat of passion.
alt.sex.spanking        Bondage for beginners.
alt.sex.stories         For those who need it *NOW*.
alt.sex.stories.d       For those who talk about needing it *NOW*.
alt.sex.strip-clubs     Discussion of strip clubs, exotic dancers, etc.
alt.sex.voyeurism       A lot of lurkers in this group.
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     For the young women on the net.
alt.sexual.abuse.recovery       Helping others deal with traumatic experiences.
alt.sexy.bald.captains  More Stardrek.
alt.shared-reality.startrek.klingon     Klingons: Blood, Honor and Tribbles.
alt.shenanigans         Practical jokes, pranks, randomness, etc.
alt.showbiz.gossip      A misguided attempt to centralise gossip.
alt.shut.the.hell.up.geek       Group for Usenet motto.
alt.silly.group.names.d Eponymy.
alt.skate               Like rec.skate, only different.
alt.skate-board         Discussion of all apsects of skate-boarding.
alt.skinheads           The skinhead culture/anti-culture.
alt.sl9                 Crashing into Jupiter.
alt.slack               Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.smokers             Puffing on tobacco.
alt.smokers.cigars      From stogies to cubans.
alt.smokers.pipes       Briars, meerschaums, and calabashes.
alt.snail-mail          Mail sent on paper.  Some people still do that.
alt.snowmobiles         For bikers who don't like two wheels in snow and ice.
alt.society.anarchy     Societies without rulers.
alt.society.ati         The Activist Times Digest. (Moderated)
alt.society.civil-liberties     Same as alt.society.civil-liberty.
alt.society.civil-liberty       Same as alt.society.civil-liberties.
alt.society.conservatism        Social, cultural, and political conservatism.
alt.society.futures     Musing on where we're all headed.
alt.society.generation-x        Lifestyles of those born 1960-early-1970s.
alt.society.neutopia    A place to further the cause of peace and love.
alt.society.paradigms   Social and cultural patterns.
alt.society.underwear   What's the big deal, anyway?
alt.soft-sys.corel.draw The Corel Draw graphics package.
alt.soulmates           Richard Bach and his herculean odds.
alt.sources             Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga       Source code for the Amiga.
alt.sources.d           Discussion of posted sources.
alt.sources.index       Pointers to source code in alt.sources.*. (Moderated)
alt.sources.mac         Source code for Apple Macintosh computers.
alt.sources.wanted      Requests for source code.
alt.spam                What is that stuff that doth jiggle in the breeze?
alt.sport.bowling       In the gutter again.
alt.sport.darts         Look what you've done to the wall!
alt.sport.foosball      Table soccer and dizzy little men.
alt.sport.jet-ski       Discussion of personal watercraft.
alt.sport.lasertag      Indoor splatball with infrared lasers.
alt.sport.paintball     Splat, you're it.
alt.sport.pool          Knock your balls into your pockets for fun.
alt.sport.racquetball   All aspects of indoor racquetball and related sports.
alt.sport.squash        With the proper technique, vegetables can go very fast.
alt.sports.baseball.atlanta-braves      Atlanta Braves major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.balt-orioles        Baltimore Orioles major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.bos-redsox  Boston Red Sox major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.calif-angels        California Angles major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.chi-whitesox        Chicago White Sox major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs        Chicago Cubs major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.cinci-reds  Cincinnati Reds major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.cleve-indians       Cleveland Indians major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.col-rockies Colorado Rockies major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.detroit-tigers      Detroit Tigers major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.fla-marlins Florida Marlins major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.houston-astros      Houston Astros major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.kc-royals   Kansas City Royals major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.la-dodgers  Los Angeles Dodgers major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.minor-leagues       Minor league baseball talk.
alt.sports.baseball.mke-brewers Milwaukee Brewers major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.mn-twins    Minnesota Twins major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.montreal-expos      Montreal Expos major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.ny-mets             New York Mets baseball talk.
alt.sports.baseball.ny-yankees          New York Yankees baeball talk.
alt.sports.baseball.oakland-as          Oakland As major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.phila-phillies      Philadelphia Phillies baseball talk.
alt.sports.baseball.pitt-pirates        Pittsburg Pirates major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.sd-padres   San Diego Padres major league baseball talk.
alt.sports.baseball.sea-mariners        Seattle Mariners major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.sf-giants           San Francisco Giants baseball talk.
alt.sports.baseball.stl-cardinals       St Louis Cardinals baseball talk.
alt.sports.baseball.texas-rangers       Texas Rangers major league baseball.
alt.sports.baseball.tor-bluejays        Toronto Blue Jays baseball talk.
alt.sports.basketball.nba.chicago-bulls Chicago Bulls NBA basketball.
alt.sports.basketball.nba.hou-rockets   Houston Rockets NBA basketball.
alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers     Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball.
alt.sports.basketball.nba.mn-wolves     Minnesota Timberwolves NBA basketball.
alt.sports.basketball.nba.orlando-magic Orlando Magic NBA basketball talk.
alt.sports.basketball.nba.phx-suns      Phoenix Suns NBA basketball talk.
alt.sports.basketball.nba.wash-bullets  Discussion of the Washington Bullets.
alt.sports.basketball.pro.ny-knicks     New York Knicks NBA basketball talk.
alt.sports.college.ivy-league   Ivy League athletics.
alt.sports.football.arena       Arena football (US-style, not soccer).
alt.sports.football.mn-vikings          Minnesota Vikings football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.atl-falcons     Atlanta Falcons NFL Football talk
alt.sports.football.pro.buffalo-bills   Buffalo Bills NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.cleve-browns    Cleveland Browns NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys  Dallas Cowboys NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.denver-broncos  Denver Broncos NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.detroit-lions   Detroit Lions NFL football
alt.sports.football.pro.gb-packers      Green Bay Packers NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.kc-chiefs       Kansas City Chiefs NFL football
alt.sports.football.pro.la-raiders      Los Angeles Raiders NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.miami-dolphins  Miami Dolphins NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.ne-patriots     New England Patriots NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.no-saints       New Orleans Saints NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.ny-giants       New York Giants NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.ny-jets         New York Jets NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.phila-eagles    Philadelphia Eagles NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.pitt-steelers   Pittsburgh Steelers NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.sd-chargers     San Diego Chargers NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.sea-seahawks    Seattle Seahawks NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.sf-49ers        San Francisco 49ers NFL football talk.
alt.sports.football.pro.wash-redskins   Washington Redskins football talk.
alt.sports.hockey.nhl.boston-bruins     Boston Bruins NHL hockey talk.
alt.sports.hockey.nhl.la-kings          Los Angeles Kings NHL hockey talk.
alt.sports.hockey.nhl.nj-devils         New Jersey Devils NHL hockey talk.
alt.sports.hockey.nhl.ny-islanders      New York Islanders NHL hockey talk.
alt.sports.hockey.nhl.ny-rangers        New York Rangers NHL hockey talk.
alt.sports.hockey.nhl.pit-penguins      Pittsburgh Penguins NHL hockey talk.
alt.sports.hockey.nhl.sj-sharks         San Jose Sharks NHL hockey talk.
alt.sports.hockey.nhl.tor-mapleleafs    Toronto Maple Leafs NHL hockey talk.
alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks      Vancouver Canucks NHL hockey talk.
alt.sports.hockey.rhi   Some hockey league, maybe.
alt.sports.oj-simpson   His time is passed, but some want to still discuss it.
alt.stagecraft          Technical theatre issues.
alt.starfleet.rpg       Starfleet role playing stories.
alt.startrek.creative   Stories and parodies related to Star Trek.
alt.startrek.klingon    AcK!  What is that thing on your head?!
alt.stop.spamming       Trying to prevent net abuse.
alt.stupidity           Discussion about stupid newsgroups.
alt.suicide.holiday     Talk of why suicides increase at holidays.
alt.super.nes           Like rec.games.video.nintendo, only different.
alt.supermodels         Discussing famous & beautiful models.
alt.supermodels.cindy-crawford  House of Style's overexposed host.
alt.support             Dealing with emotional situations & experiences.
alt.support.abuse-partners      People with people who were abused.
alt.support.anxiety-panic       Support for people who have panic attacks.
alt.support.arthritis   Helping people with stiff joints.
alt.support.asthma      Dealing with labored breathing.
alt.support.attn-deficit        Attention Deficit Disorder.
alt.support.big-folks   Sizeism can be as awful as sexism or racism.
alt.support.cancer      Emotional aid for people with cancer.
alt.support.cerebral-palsy      Cerebral Palsy support
alt.support.crohns-colitis      Support for sufferers of ulcerative colitis.
alt.support.depression  Depression and mood disorders.
alt.support.diet        Seeking enlightenment through weight loss.
alt.support.divorce     Discussion of marital breakups.
alt.support.eating-disord       People over the edge about weight loss.
alt.support.epilepsy    Epilepsy support.
alt.support.loneliness  It's not easy being green.
alt.support.mult-sclerosis      Living with multiple sclerosis.
alt.support.non-smokers Discussing issues relating to second-hand smoke.
alt.support.obesity     Support/resources to treat obesity. (Moderated)
alt.support.shyness     Um, er, <blush>, well, maybe I will post, after all.
alt.support.stop-smoking        Getting over the nicotine addiction.
alt.support.stuttering  Support for people who stutter.
alt.support.tall        Issues of interest to tall people.
alt.support.tinnitus    Coping with ringing ears and other head noises.
alt.surfing             Riding the ocean waves.
alt.surrealism          Surrealist ideologies and their influences.
alt.sustainable.agriculture     Such as the Mekong delta before Agent Orange.
alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork The beginning of the end.
alt.sys.amiga.demos     Code and talk to show off the Amiga.
alt.sys.amiga.uucp      AmigaUUCP.
alt.sys.intergraph      Support for Intergraph machines.
alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000    A PC clone vendor.
alt.sys.pc-clone.zeos   Zeos computer systems.
alt.sys.perq            PERQ graphics workstations.
alt.sys.sun             Technical discussion of Sun Microsystems products.
alt.taiwan.republic     Like soc.culture.taiwan, only different.
alt.tarot               Your destiny is in the cards.
alt.tasteless           Truly disgusting.
alt.tasteless.jokes     Sometimes insulting rather than disgusting or humorous.
alt.test                Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.test.my.new.group   Thank you for sharing.
alt.test.test           Like we really needed another.
alt.thinking.hurts      So don't do that.
alt.thrash              Thrashlife.
alt.timewasters         A pretty good summary of making the list of alt groups.
alt.toolkits.xview      The X windows XView toolkit.
alt.toys.hi-tech        Optimus Prime is my hero.
alt.toys.transformers   From robots to vehicles and back again.
alt.transgendered       Boys will be girls, and vice-versa.
alt.travel.road-trip    Ever go to Montreal for pizza --- from Albany?
alt.true-crime          Criminal acts around the world.
alt.tv.animaniacs       Steven Spielberg's Animaniacs!
alt.tv.babylon-5        Casablanca in space.
alt.tv.bakersfield-pd   The Bakersfield PD television show.
alt.tv.barney           He's everywhere.  Now appearing in several alt groups.
alt.tv.beakmans-world   Some sort of science and comedy show.
alt.tv.beavis-n-butthead        Uh huh huh huh uh uh huh uh huh.
alt.tv.bh90210          Fans of "Beverly Hills 90210" TV show.
alt.tv.brady-bunch      Here's the story of a lovely lady.
alt.tv.brisco-county    A western comedy adventure.
alt.tv.comedy-central   Just what the hell is going on here?
alt.tv.commercials      Keep them on the boob tube and off the net.
alt.tv.dinosaurs        A live action animated sitcom.
alt.tv.dinosaurs.barney.die.die.die     Squish the saccharine newt.
alt.tv.game-shows       Just look at these wonderful prizes.
alt.tv.hbo              The Home Box Office cable movie network.
alt.tv.hermans-head     Fans of those inside (and outside) of Herman's Head.
alt.tv.highlander       There was only one, then a bad sequel, now a tv show.
alt.tv.infomercials     30 minutes to sell you a vacuum hair cutting system.
alt.tv.kids-in-hall     The Kids in the Hall comedy skits.
alt.tv.kungfu           "Kung-fu" and "Kung-fu, The Legend Continues".
alt.tv.liquid-tv        Animated variety.
alt.tv.lois-n-clark     The new adventures of the man from Krypton, Superman.
alt.tv.mad-about-you    Some people really love their televisions.
alt.tv.mash             Nothing like a good comedy about war and dying.
alt.tv.max-headroom     Blipverts will kill ya.
alt.tv.melrose-place    Cat fights and sleaziness, Wednesdays on FOX.
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.nickelodeon      The first network for kids.
alt.tv.northern-exp     For the TV show with moss growing on it.
alt.tv.nypd-blue        For fans of the NYPD Blue TV show.
alt.tv.prisoner         The Prisoner television series from years ago.
alt.tv.real-world       discussion of the tv program "The Real World"
alt.tv.red-dwarf        The British sci-fi/comedy show.
alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy     Some change from Lassie, eh?
alt.tv.robocop                  Discussion of out favorite cybercop.
alt.tv.robotech         The Robotech animated SF TV series.
alt.tv.rockford-files   But he won't do windows.
alt.tv.roseanne         In all her glory.
alt.tv.saved-bell       Saved by the Bell, a sitcom for teens.
alt.tv.seinfeld         A funny guy.
alt.tv.simpsons         Don't have a cow, man!
alt.tv.snl              Saturday Night Live, older but not better.
alt.tv.talkshows.late   Late night wars on the major networks.
alt.tv.time-traxx       Back from the future in Time Traxx.
alt.tv.tiny-toon        Discussion about the "Tiny Toon Adventures" show.
alt.tv.tiny-toon.fandom Apparently one fan group could not bind them all.
alt.tv.tv-nation        Some show called "TV Nation".
alt.tv.twin-peaks       Discussion about the popular (and unusual) TV show.
alt.tv.x-files          Extra-terrestrial coverup conspiracies.
alt.tv.x-files.creative Creative Writings for the The X-Files.
alt.unix.wizards.free   Like comp.unix.wizards, only unmoderated.
alt.usage.english       English grammar, word usages, and related topics.
alt.usage.german        Questions and answers about the German language.
alt.usenet.kooks        I have a theory about why we have such crazy theories.
alt.usenet.offline-reader       Getting your fix offline.
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions  Usenet University helps with LINUX.
alt.uu.future           Does Usenet University have a viable future?
alt.uu.lang.russian.misc        Learning Russian at the Usenet University.
alt.vampyres            Discussion of vampires and related writings, films, etc.
alt.video.laserdisc     LD players and selections available for them.
alt.visa.us             Discussion/information on visas pertaining to US.
alt.war                 Not just collateral damage.
alt.war.civil.usa       Discussion of the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865).
alt.war.vietnam         Discussion of all aspects of the Vietnam War.
alt.wedding             Til death or our lawyers do us part.
alt.winsock             Windows Sockets.
alt.wired               Wired Magazine.
alt.wolves              Discussing wolves & wolf-mix dogs.
alt.women.attitudes     The different attitudes that women have.
alt.zen                 It is.
alt.zima                A clear malt beverage, better with lime.
alt.zines               Small magazines, mostly noncommercial.
end.

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 currently carried at
over a third of the sites participating in the Arbitron readership
survey.  Contact <[e-mail]> for more details.
The current newsgroup list looks like this:

beginbionet
bionet.agroforestry     Discussion of Agroforestry.
bionet.announce         Announcements of widespread interest to biologists. (Moderated)
bionet.biology.computational    Computer and mathematical applications. (Moderated)
bionet.biology.grasses  Discussion of the biology of grasses: cereal, forage, turf, etc.
bionet.biology.n2-fixation      Research issues on biological nitrogen fixation.
bionet.biology.tropical Discussions about tropical biology.
bionet.biophysics       The science and profession of biophysics.
bionet.celegans         Research discussion of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.
bionet.cellbiol         Disucssions about cell biology.
bionet.cellbiol.cytonet The cytoskeleton, plasma membrane and cell wall.
bionet.chlamydomonas    Discussions about the green alga Chlamydomonas.
bionet.drosophila       Discussions about the biology of fruit flies.
bionet.general          General BIOSCI discussion.
bionet.genome.arabidopsis       Information about the Arabidopsis project.
bionet.genome.chromosomes       Mapping and sequencing of eucaryote chromosomes.
bionet.immunology       Discussions about research in immunology.
bionet.info-theory      Discussions about biological information theory.
bionet.jobs             Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.jobs.wanted      Requests for employment in the biological sciences.
bionet.journals.contents        Contents of biology journal publications. (Moderated)
bionet.journals.note    Advice on dealing with journals in biology.
bionet.metabolic-reg    Kinetics and thermodynamics at the celluar level.
bionet.microbiology     Discussion of issues related to the science and profession of microbiology.
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.hiv       Discussions about the molecular biology of HIV.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts    Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.proteins  Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.rapd      Research on Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA.
bionet.molbio.yeast     The molecular biology and genetics of yeast.
bionet.molec-model      Discussion of the physical and chemical aspects of molecular modelling.
bionet.mycology                 Discussions about filamentous fungi.
bionet.neuroscience     Research issues in the neurosciences.
bionet.organisms.urodeles       Discussions among research scientists using urodele amphibians in any biological field.
bionet.organisms.zebrafish      Discussions about research using the model organism Zebrafish (Danio rerio).
bionet.parasitology     Research discussions in parasitology.
bionet.photosynthesis   Discussions about research on photosynthesis.
bionet.plants           Discussion about all aspects of plant biology.
bionet.population-bio   Technical discussions about population biology.
bionet.prof-society.biophysics  Biophysical Society official announcements. (Moderated)
bionet.protista         Discussion on ciliates and other protists.
bionet.sci-resources    Information about funding agencies, etc. (Moderated)
bionet.software         Information about software for biology.
bionet.software.acedb   Discussions by users of genome DBs using ACEDB.
bionet.software.gcg     Discussions about using the ACEDB software.
bionet.software.sources Software Source relating to biology. (Moderated)
bionet.structural-nmr   Exploring the structure of macromolecules using NMR.
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.
end.

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.
Contact Jim McIntosh <[e-mail]> for more information.

Here is a list of the "bit" newsgroups:

beginbit
bit.admin               bit.* newgroups discussions.
bit.general             Discussions relating to BitNet/Usenet.
bit.lang.neder-l        Dutch Language and Literature List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.3com-l     3Com Products Discussion List.
bit.listserv.9370-l     IBM 9370 and VM/IS specific topics List.
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.aect-l     Educational Communication and Technology.
bit.listserv.aera       American Educational Research Association. (Moderated)
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.asis-l     American Society of Information Science.
bit.listserv.asm370     IBM 370 Assembly Programming Discussions.
bit.listserv.authorware Authorware Professional Authoring Program.
bit.listserv.autism     Autism List.
bit.listserv.autocat    Library Cataloging and Authorities List.
bit.listserv.axslib-l   Library Access for People with Disabilities.
bit.listserv.banyan-l   Banyan Vines Network Software Discussions.
bit.listserv.basque-l   Basque Culture List. (Moderated)
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.blues-l    Blues Music List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.bosnet     Bosnia News. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.buslib-l   Business Libraries List.
bit.listserv.c+health   Computers and Health Discussion List.
bit.listserv.c18-l      18th Century Interdisciplinary Discussion.
bit.listserv.c370-l     C/370 Discussion List.
bit.listserv.calc-ti    Texas Instruments Graphics Calulators.
bit.listserv.candle-l   Candle Products Discussion List.
bit.listserv.catala     Catalan Discussion List.
bit.listserv.catholic   Free Catholics Mailing List.
bit.listserv.cdromlan   CD-ROM on Local Area Networks.
bit.listserv.cfs.newsletter     Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Newsletter. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.christia   Practical Christian Life. (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.coco       Tandy Color Computer List.
bit.listserv.csg-l      Control System Group Network.
bit.listserv.cumrec-l   CUMREC-L Administrative computer use. (Moderated)
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.dasig      Database Administration.
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.devmedia   Media for Development and Democracy. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.disarm-l   Disarmament Discussion List.
bit.listserv.domain-l   Domains Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.down-syn   Downs Syndrome Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.dsshe-l    Disabled Student Services in Higher Education.
bit.listserv.e-europe   Eastern Europe Business Network. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.earntech   EARN Technical Group.
bit.listserv.easi       Computer Access for People with Disabilities.
bit.listserv.edi-l      Electronic Data Interchange Issues.
bit.listserv.edpolyan   Education Policy Analysis Forum. (Moderated)
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.ethics-l   Discussion of Ethics in Computing.
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.frac-l     FRACTAL Discussion List.
bit.listserv.free-l     Fathers Rights and Equality Discussion List.
bit.listserv.freemasonry        Free Masonry Discussion List. (Moderated)
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.geograph   Geography List.
bit.listserv.gguide     BITNIC GGUIDE List.
bit.listserv.gophern    Lets go Gopherin.
bit.listserv.govdoc-l   Discussion of Government Document Issues.
bit.listserv.graph-ti   Discussion of the TI-8x Series Calculators.
bit.listserv.gutnberg   GUTNBERG Discussion List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.hdesk-l    Help Desk Operations.
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.hungary    Hungarian Discussion 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.ibm7171    Protocol Converter List.
bit.listserv.ibmtcp-l   IBM TCP/IP List.
bit.listserv.idms-l     CA-IDMS Discussions.
bit.listserv.imagelib   Image Databases in Libraries.
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.japan      Japanese Business and Economics Network. (Moderated)
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. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.libres     Library and Information Science Research. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.license    Software Licensing List.
bit.listserv.linkfail   Link failure announcements.
bit.listserv.lis-l      Library and Information Science Students.
bit.listserv.literary   Discussions about Literature.
bit.listserv.lsoft-announce     ListServ Announcements. (Moderated)
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 List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.medforum   Medical Students Discussions. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.medlib-l   Medical Libraries Discussion List.
bit.listserv.mednews    Health Info-Com Network Newsletter. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.mideur-l   Middle Europe Discussion List.
bit.listserv.mla-l      Music Library Association.
bit.listserv.muslims    Islamic Information and News Network. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.netnws-l   NETNWS-L Netnews List.
bit.listserv.nettrain   Network Trainers List. (Moderated)
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.notabene   Nota Bene List.
bit.listserv.notis-l    NOTIS/DOBIS Discussion group List.
bit.listserv.novell     Novell LAN Interest Group.
bit.listserv.opers-l    Mainframe Operations Discussion List.
bit.listserv.os2-l      OS/2 Discussion.
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.pakistan   Pakistan News Service. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.physhare   K-12 Physics List.
bit.listserv.pmail      Pegasus Mail Discussions.
bit.listserv.pmdf-l     PMDF Distribution List.
bit.listserv.pns-l      Pakistan News Service Discussions. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.politics   Forum for the Discussion of Politics.
bit.listserv.por        Public Opinion Research Discussions.
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.quaker-p   ??? (Moderated)
bit.listserv.quality    TQM in Manufacturing and Service Industries. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.qualrs-l   Qualitative Research of the Human Sciences.
bit.listserv.relusr-l   Relay Users Forum.
bit.listserv.rra-l      Romance Readers Anonymous. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.rscs-l     VM/RSCS Mailing List.
bit.listserv.rscsmods   The RSCS modifications List.
bit.listserv.screen-l   Film and Television Discussion List. (Moderated)
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.skeptic    Discussion of Extraordinary Things. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.slart-l    SLA Reseach and Teaching. (Moderated) (Moderated)
bit.listserv.slovak-l   Slovak Discussion List.
bit.listserv.snamgt-l   SNA Network Management Discussion.
bit.listserv.snurse-l   International Nursing Student Group.
bit.listserv.sos-data   Social Science Data List.
bit.listserv.spires-l   SPIRES Conference List.
bit.listserv.sportpsy   Exercise and Sports Psychology.
bit.listserv.sqlinfo    Forum for SQL/DS and Related Topics.
bit.listserv.sthcult    Southern Cultures Discussions.
bit.listserv.superguy   Superguy Story List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.tbi-support        Traumatic Brain Injury Support List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.tech-l     BITNIC TECH-L List.
bit.listserv.techwr-l   Technical Writing List.
bit.listserv.tecmat-l   Technology in Secondary Math.
bit.listserv.tesl-l     Teachers of ESL. (Moderated)
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.transplant Transplant Recipients List.
bit.listserv.travel-l   Tourism Discussions.
bit.listserv.tsorexx    REXX for TSO List.
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.vocnet     Vocational Education Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.vpiej-l    Electronic Publishing Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vse-l      IBM VSE/ESA Discussion List.
bit.listserv.wac-l      Writing Across the Curriculum.
bit.listserv.win3-l     Microsoft Windows Version 3 Forum.
bit.listserv.words-l    English Language Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.wpcorp-l   WordPerfect Corporation Products Discussions.
bit.listserv.wpwin-l    WordPerfect for Windows.
bit.listserv.www-vm     World-wide Wed on VM Platform List.
bit.listserv.wx-talk    Weather Issues Discussions.
bit.listserv.x400-l     x.400 Protocol List.
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.mailserv.word-mac   Word Processing on the Macintosh.
bit.mailserv.word-pc    Word Processing on the IBM PC.
bit.org.peace-corps     International Volunteers Discussion Group.
bit.software.international      International Software List. (Moderated)
bit.tech.africana       Information Technology and Africa.
end.

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:

beginbiz
biz.americast           AmeriCast announcements.
biz.americast.samples   Samples of AmeriCast. (Moderated)
biz.books.technical     Technical bookstore & publisher advertising & info.
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.mcs            MCSNet. (Moderated)
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.dec                 DEC equipment & software.
biz.dec.decathena       DECathena discussions.
biz.dec.decnews         The DECNews newsletter. (Moderated)
biz.dec.ip              IP networking on DEC machines.
biz.digex.announce      Announcements from Digex. (Moderated)
biz.digital.announce    Digital Equipment Corp news & announcements. (Moderated)
biz.digital.articles    Digital Equipment Corp newsletter, catalog & journal. (Moderated)
biz.jobs.offered        Position announcements.
biz.misc                Miscellaneous postings of a commercial nature.
biz.next.newprod        New product announcements for the NeXT.
biz.oreilly.announce    New product announcements from O'Reilly and Associates (Moderated)
biz.pagesat             For discussion of the Pagesat Satellite Usenet Newsfeed.
biz.sco.announce        SCO and related product announcements. (Moderated)
biz.sco.binaries        Binary packages for SCO Xenix, UNIX, or ODT. (Moderated)
biz.sco.general         Q&A, discussions and comments on SCO products.
biz.sco.magazine        To discuss SCO 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. (Moderated)
biz.sco.wserver         SCO widget server questions, answers and discussion.
biz.stolen              Postings about stolen merchandise.
biz.stortek.forum       Storage Technology Corporation.
biz.tadpole.sparcbook   Discussions on the Sparcbook portable computer.
biz.test                Biz newsgroup test messages.
biz.univel.misc         Discussions and comments on Univel products.
biz.zeos.announce       Zeos Product Announcements. (Moderated)
biz.zeos.general        Zeos technical support and general information.
end.

Feeds may possibly be obtained from husc6.harvard.edu, news.mcs.com,
rpi.edu, rutgers.edu, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.