The World of Computer Software/World_Of_Computer_Software-02-387-Vol-3of3.iso/p/pcbuucp7.zip/USENET.LST

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Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/part1
Original-author: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 10 Jan 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 finding 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;
2.10.3 or 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 uunet!uunet-request 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 directly to me.

Alt
---
"alt" is a collection of newsgroups which are being distributed
by a collection of sites that choose to carry them.  Many Usenet sites
are not interested in these groups.  Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups, produced with the help of Bruce Becker:

alt.1d  One-dimensional imaging, & the thinking behind it.
alt.3d   Three-dimensional imaging.
alt.abortion.inequity Sexism comes in many guises.
alt.abuse-recovery ??. (Moderated)
alt.activism  Activities for activists.
alt.activism.d  A place to discuss issues in alt.activism.
alt.adoption  ??.
alt.aeffle.und.pferdle German TV cartoon characters.
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.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.unixbbs  Bulletin Board Systems under Uniclones.
alt.bbs.unixbbs.uniboard Discussions about the Uniboard BBS.
alt.bbs.uupcb  ??.
alt.beer  Good for what ales ya.
alt.best.of.internet Sort of an oxymoron.
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.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.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.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.cesium  Your life is ticking away in very precise increments...
alt.chess.bdg  The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit.
alt.child-support Raising children in a split family.
alt.chinese.text Postings in Chinese; Chinese language software.
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.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.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.electric-midget Waiting for the dwarf, or someone like him.
alt.culture.indonesia ??.
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 ??.
alt.culture.oregon Home of legal-discrimination advocates.
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.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.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.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 A distance-education project.
alt.education.bangkok.cmc ??.
alt.education.bangkok.databases ??.
alt.education.bangkok.planning ??.
alt.education.bangkok.research ??.
alt.education.bangkok.student ??.
alt.education.bangkok.theory ??.
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.eunuchs.questions ??.
alt.evil  Tales from the dark side.
alt.exploding.kibo Perhaps just wishful thinking.
alt.fan.BIFF  COWABUNGA, D00D!!! MY BROTHER SEZ HES AWSUM.
alt.fan.alok.vijayvargia Vote early, and vote often.
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-fenner PSU's cute, loveable, and fuzzy news admin.
alt.fan.brian-ellis ??.
alt.fan.bruce-becker ??.
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 More flames.
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 ??.
alt.fan.dice-man Fans of Andrew Dice Clay.
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  ??.
alt.fan.eddings  The works of writer David Eddings.
alt.fan.elvis-presley The King.
alt.fan.eric-dynamic ??.
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.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.kent-montana Appreciation of the Kent Montana Book Series.
alt.fan.kevin-darcy For Kebbie.
alt.fan.lemurs  Little critters with BIG eyes.
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.matt.welsh I saw a greater need.
alt.fan.max-headroom A famous Canadian.
alt.fan.meredith-tanner ??.
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 ??.
alt.fan.nathan.brazil Hero of a Jack Chalker novel.
alt.news.macedonia ??.
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.roger.david.carasso Arguments for allowing abortion up to age 21.
alt.fan.run-dmc  Walk dis way...
alt.fan.schwaben A nice part of Germany.
alt.fan.scott-tai ??.
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.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 An outspoken Alaskan.
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.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.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 ??.
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.hackers  Descriptions of projects currently under development. (Moderated)
alt.hackers.cough.cough.cough ??.
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.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.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.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.iraqi.dictator.bomb.bomb.bomb Keep doing it till you've got it right.
alt.irc   Internet Relay Chat material.
alt.irc.bot  ??.
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.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.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  ??.
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.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.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.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  ??.
alt.move.michelle.regina Doesn't she realize what that means?
alt.mud.t-rev.stomp.stomp.stomp "Handkerchief?" "Yes, you ninny, and quickly!"
alt.music.alternative For groups having 2 or less Platinum-selling albums.
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  ??.
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.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-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.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.nachos  A snack operating system for teaching.
alt.overlords  Office of the Omnipotent Overlords of the Omniverse.
alt.pagan  Discussions about paganism & religion.
alt.paranormal  Phenomena which are not scientifically explicable.
alt.parents-teens Parent-teenager relationships.
alt.party  Parties, celebration and general debauchery.
alt.pcnews  Discussing PCNews software.
alt.peace.corps  Get paid for foreign travel.
alt.peeves  Discussion of peeves & related.
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.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.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.privacy  Privacy issues in cyberspace.
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.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.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.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.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 ??.
alt.sect.ahmadiyya Discussion of the Ahmadiyyat sect of Islam.
alt.security.index Pointers to good stuff in {alt,misc}.security. (Moderated)
alt.security.pgp The Pretty Good Privacy package.
alt.security.ripem A secure email system illegal to export from the US.
alt.sega.genesis ??.
alt.self-improve Self-improvement in less than 14 characters.
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.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.shenanigans  Practical jokes, pranks, randomness, etc.
alt.showbiz.gossip Who's doing what to whom in showbiz.
alt.shrinky.dinks What are they?
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.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 ??.
alt.stupid.putz.gritzner ??.
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.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.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.tarot  In this card game you play for keeps...
alt.tasteless  Truly disgusting.
alt.tasteless.jokes Sometimes insulting rather than disgusting or humorous.
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.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.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.melrose-place More teenyboppers on tv.
alt.tv.misc  Better to talk about it than watch it.
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.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.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.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.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.gourmand group should be mailed to
[e-mail] (Brian Reid).  alt.society.cu-digest
submissions should be mailed to [e-mail] or
[e-mail] (Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer).

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.

Bionet
------
There is a newsgroup hierarchy for topics interesting to biologists
called "bionet" originating from genbank.bio.net and carried on a
growing 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.tropical  Discussions about tropical biology.
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.
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.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.
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
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"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.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.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.buslib-l Business Libraries List.
bit.listserv.c+health Computer and Health Discussion List.
bit.listserv.candle-l Candle Products Discussion List.
bit.listserv.cdromlan CD-ROM on Local Area Networks.
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.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 Disussion 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.dipl-l Diplomacy Game Discussion List.
bit.listserv.disarm-l Disarmament Discussion List.
bit.listserv.domain-l Domains Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.earntech EARN Technical Group.
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.emusic-l Electronic Music Discussion List.
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.frac-l FRACTAL Discussion List.
bit.listserv.free-l Fathers Rights and Equality Discussions.
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.history History List.
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.infonets Infonets Redistribution.
bit.listserv.ingrafx Information Graphics.
bit.listserv.innopac Innovative Interfaces Online Public Access.
bit.listserv.ioob-l Industrial Psychology.
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. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.libres Library and Information Science Research.
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 List.
bit.listserv.medlib-l Medical Libraries Discussion List.
bit.listserv.mednews 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.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.power-l POWER-L IBM RS/6000 POWER Family.
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.rexxlist REXX Programming Discussion List.
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.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.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 Discussions.
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.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.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]



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.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:

Newsgroup  Description
---------  -----------
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 all fully moderated.

If one of your USENET feeds, can't provide you with a feed of the
gnUSENET newsgroups, send mail to [e-mail]
to ask 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]). (Moderated)
info.nsf.grants *NSF grant notes ([e-mail]). (Moderated)
info.nsfnet.cert *Computer Emergency Response Team announcements ([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 relatively high-volume; the nature of the
information distributed in those groups may contradict policy of some
networks.  However, it may be really 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  Personal ads. (Moderated)
relcom.ads.comp  (Will be removed.) (Moderated)
relcom.archives  Messages about new items on archive sites.
relcom.archives.d Discussions on file servers, archives.
relcom.bbs  BBS news.
relcom.commerce  General commercial information and discussion.
relcom.commerce.audio-video Audio & video equipment.
relcom.commerce.chemical Chemical production.
relcom.commerce.computers Computer hardware.
relcom.commerce.construction Construction materials and equipment.
relcom.commerce.consume Cosmetics, parfumes, dresses, shoes, etc.
relcom.commerce.energy Gas, coal, oil, fuel, generators, etc.
relcom.commerce.estate Real estate.
relcom.commerce.food Food & drink (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 Miscellania.
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.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 Unix forum.
relcom.fido.su.books FIDOnet, for book readers and lovers.
relcom.fido.su.c-c++ FIDOnet, C++ language.
relcom.fido.su.general FIDOnet, about everything and nothing.
relcom.fido.su.hardw FIDOnet, computer hardware.
relcom.fido.su.tolkien FIDOnet, J.R.R. Tolkien fandom.
relcom.fido.su.virus FIDOnet, viruses and vaccines.
relcom.humor  Ha-ha-ha. Jokes, you know them, funny.
relcom.infomarket.quote CIS exchanges' 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.penpals  To find friends, colleagues, etc.
relcom.politics  Political discussions.
relcom.postmasters RELCOM postmasters, official. (Moderated)
relcom.postmasters.d Discussion of postmaster's troubles and bright ideas.
relcom.renews  Net magazine RENEWS. (Moderated).
relcom.rferl  RFERL daily reports.
relcom.sources  Program sources.
relcom.spbnews  Political & economic digest by SPB-News Agency. (Moderated)
relcom.talk  Unfettered talk.
relcom.terms  Terminology (mostly technical).
relcom.test  "Wow, does it really work?"
relcom.wtc  Commercial proposals of World Trade Centers.
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 from RPI, 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.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]


Archive-name: active-newsgroups/part1
Last-change: 31 Jan 1993 by [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)


The following is a list of currently active USENET newsgroups as of
1 Feb 1993.  This list does not include the gatewayed Internet
newsgroups (see below).  The groups distributed worldwide are divided
into seven broad classifications: "news", "soc", "talk", "misc",
"sci", "comp" and "rec".  Each of these classifications is organized
into groups and subgroups according to topic.

"comp"  Topics of interest to both computer professionals and
 hobbyists, including topics in computer science, software
 source, and information on hardware and software systems.

"sci"   Discussions marked by special and usually practical knowledge,
 relating to research in or application of the established
 sciences.

"misc"  Groups addressing themes not easily classified under any of the
 other headings or which incorporate themes from multiple
 categories.

"soc" Groups primarily addressing social issues and socializing.

"talk" Groups largely debate-oriented and tending to feature long
 discussions without resolution and without appreciable amounts
 of generally useful information.

"news" Groups concerned with the news network and software themselves.

"rec" Groups oriented towards the arts, hobbies and recreational
        activities.

These "world" newsgroups are (usually) circulated around the entire
USENET -- this implies world-wide distribution.  Not all groups
actually enjoy such wide distribution, however.  Some sites take only
a selected subset of the more "technical" groups, and controversial
"noise" groups are often not carried by many sites (these groups are
often under the "talk" and "soc" classifications).  Many sites do not
carry some or all of the comp.binaries groups.

There are groups in other subcategories, but they are local: to
institutions, to geographic regions, etc. and they are not listed
here.  Note that these distribution categories can be used to restrict
the propagation of news articles.  Currently, distributions include:
 world  worldwide distribution (default)
 att  limited to AT&T
 can  limited (mostly) to Canada
 eunet  limited (mostly) to European sites in EUNet
 na  limited (mostly) to North America
 usa  limited (mostly) to the United States
There may be other regional and local distribution categories available
at your site.  Most US states have distribution categories named after
the two letter abbreviation for that state or category (e.g., "ga" for
Georgia, "nj" for New Jersey). Please use an appropriate distribution
category if your article is not likely to be of interest to USENET
readers worldwide.  A companion article to this lists all of the
regional distributions and their newsgroups.

Some groups are moderated or are monitored mailing lists.  They can
only be posted to by mailing submissions to the coordinator (provided
in a companion posting).  Some selected sites provide automatic
remailing in support of B2.11 and C news -- posting to one of these
groups automatically mails the article for the poster. Some of the
moderated groups are gatewayed to USENET from the Internet and appear
as newsgroups to facilitate distribution and posting from the Usenet.
Some of these gatewayed Internet newsgroups are listed below, and the
rest appear in a companion posting that lists alternative newsgroup
hierarchies.  Other of the "world" groups are bidirectionally
gatewayed with Internet mailing lists; items submitted from the
Internet side to the digest are split up and submitted to the USENET
group, while articles submitted on the USENET side are bundled up and
submitted to the mailing list.  A complete list of moderated
newsgroups, submission addresses and moderators is given in a
companion posting.

The following "world" groups have been gatewayed with the listed
Internet lists.  Some of them may not still be gatewayed due to
broken software and/or gateways; such groups are marked with an
asterisk ("*") in the list below.  Please contact me if you should know
of their current status.  Also note that the group "comp.lang.forth" is
gatewayed with the Bitnet discussion list "[e-mail]",
comp.lang.apl is gatewayed with APL-L at the unb.ca node, and
rec.railroad is run from "[e-mail]".
Some of these lists are gated one-way into Usenet groups; those groups
have been marked with a ">" symbol in the list below.

If you are reading this article from a site not on the Usenet, you may
subscribe to Internet lists by writing to the request address.  You
form such an address by putting "-request" before the "@" symbol, as
in "[e-mail]".  This gets your message
directly to the list maintainer instead of broadcasting it to all the
readers of the list.

Also note that moderators of Usenet groups may not be in charge of the
corresponding mailing list or gateway.  For example, the moderator of
comp.sources.unix does not have anything to do with the unix-sources
mailing list; matters concerning the mailing list should be addressed
to [e-mail]

 Usenet Group      Internet list
 ------------      -------------
 comp.databases.ingres [e-mail]
 comp.dcom.modems [e-mail]
 comp.dcom.telecom [e-mail]
 comp.emacs  [e-mail]
 comp.graphics.gnuplot [e-mail]
 *comp.lang.ada  [e-mail]
 comp.lang.c  [e-mail]
 >comp.lang.c++  [e-mail]
 >comp.lang.c++  [e-mail]
 comp.lang.modula2 [e-mail]
 *comp.lang.pascal [e-mail]
 *comp.lang.prolog [e-mail]
 comp.mail.mh  [e-mail]
 comp.os.cpm  [e-mail]
 comp.os.minix  [e-mail]
 comp.os.vms  [e-mail]
 comp.protocols.kerberos [e-mail]
 comp.protocols.tcp-ip [e-mail]
 comp.society.privacy [e-mail]
 comp.sources.misc [e-mail]
 comp.sources.unix [e-mail]
  comp.specification.z [e-mail]
 comp.sys.apollo  [e-mail]
 comp.sys.apple2  [e-mail]
 comp.sys.atari.8bit [e-mail]
 comp.sys.atari.st [e-mail]
 comp.sys.misc  [e-mail]
 comp.sys.prime  [e-mail]
 comp.sys.tahoe  [e-mail]
 comp.sys.xerox  [e-mail]
 *comp.terminals  [e-mail]
 >comp.text.tex  [e-mail]
 >comp.text.tex  [e-mail]
 comp.unix.questions [e-mail]
 comp.unix.internals [e-mail]
 comp.windows.interviews [e-mail]
 comp.windows.x  [e-mail]
 *rec.arts.sf.misc [e-mail]
 rec.food.recipes [e-mail]
        rec.radio.amateur.misc  [e-mail]
        rec.radio.amateur.packet    [e-mail]
 rec.radio.amateur.policy  [e-mail]
 rec.radio.shortwave     [e-mail]
 rec.music.funky  [e-mail]
 rec.music.gdead  [e-mail]
  rec.music.phish  [e-mail]
 rec.music.makers.synth [e-mail]
 rec.sport.disc  [e-mail]
        rec.video               [e-mail]
 *sci.astro  [e-mail]
 sci.physics  [e-mail]
 sci.physics.fusion [e-mail]
 sci.space  [e-mail]
 soc.roots  [e-mail]

Please notify me of any errors or changes to the information in this article.

Gene Spafford
[e-mail]
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroup  Description
----------------------------------------------------------------------
comp.admin.policy Discussions of site administration policies.
comp.ai   Artificial intelligence discussions.
comp.ai.fuzzy  Fuzzy set theory, aka fuzzy logic.
comp.ai.genetic  Genetic algorithms in computing.
comp.ai.neural-nets All aspects of neural networks.
comp.ai.nlang-know-rep Natural Language and Knowledge Representation. (Moderated)
comp.ai.philosophy Philosophical aspects of Artificial Intelligence.
comp.ai.shells  Artificial intelligence applied to shells.
comp.answers  Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated)
comp.apps.spreadsheets Spreadsheets on various platforms.
comp.arch  Computer architecture.
comp.arch.bus.vmebus Hardware and software for VMEbus Systems.
comp.arch.storage Storage system issues, both hardware and software.
comp.archives  Descriptions of public access archives. (Moderated)
comp.archives.admin Issues relating to computer archive administration.
comp.archives.msdos.announce Announcements about MSDOS archives. (Moderated)
comp.archives.msdos.d Discussion of materials available in MSDOS archives.
comp.bbs.misc  All aspects of computer bulletin board systems.
comp.bbs.waffle  The Waffle BBS and USENET system on all platforms.
comp.benchmarks  Discussion of benchmarking techniques and results.
comp.binaries.acorn Binary-only postings for Acorn machines. (Moderated)
comp.binaries.amiga Encoded public domain programs in binary. (Moderated)
comp.binaries.apple2 Binary-only postings for the Apple II computer.
comp.binaries.atari.st Binary-only postings for the Atari ST. (Moderated)
comp.binaries.ibm.pc Binary-only postings for IBM PC/MS-DOS. (Moderated)
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Discussions about IBM/PC binary postings.
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted Requests for IBM PC and compatible programs.
comp.binaries.mac Encoded Macintosh programs in binary. (Moderated)
comp.binaries.ms-windows Binary programs for Microsoft Windows. (Moderated)
comp.binaries.os2 Binaries for use under the OS/2 ABI. (Moderated)
comp.bugs.2bsd  Reports of UNIX* version 2BSD related bugs.
comp.bugs.4bsd  Reports of UNIX version 4BSD related bugs.
comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes Bug reports/fixes for BSD Unix. (Moderated)
comp.bugs.misc  General UNIX bug reports and fixes (incl V7, uucp)
comp.bugs.sys5  Reports of USG (System III, V, etc.) bugs.
comp.cad.cadence Users of Cadence Design Systems products.
comp.client-server Topics relating to client/server technology.
comp.cog-eng  Cognitive engineering.
comp.compilers  Compiler construction, theory, etc. (Moderated)
comp.compression Data compression algorithms and theory.
comp.compression.research Discussions about data compression research.
comp.databases  Database and data management issues and theory.
comp.databases.informix Informix database management software discussions.
comp.databases.ingres Issues relating to INGRES products.
comp.databases.oracle The SQL database products of the Oracle Corporation.
comp.databases.sybase Implementations of the SQL Server.
comp.databases.theory Discussing advances in database technology.
comp.dcom.cell-relay Forum for discussion of Cell Relay-based products.
comp.dcom.fax  Fax hardware, software, and protocols.
comp.dcom.isdn  The Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
comp.dcom.lans.ethernet Discussions of the Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 protocols.
comp.dcom.lans.fddi Discussions of the FDDI protocol suite.
comp.dcom.lans.misc Local area network hardware and software.
comp.dcom.modems Data communications hardware and software.
comp.dcom.servers Selecting and operating data communications servers.
comp.dcom.sys.cisco Info on Cisco routers and bridges.
comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet Wellfleet bridge & router systems hardware & software.
comp.dcom.telecom Telecommunications digest. (Moderated)
comp.doc  Archived public-domain documentation. (Moderated)
comp.doc.techreports Lists of technical reports. (Moderated)
comp.dsp  Digital Signal Processing using computers.
comp.edu  Computer science education.
comp.emacs  EMACS editors of different flavors.
comp.fonts  Typefonts -- design, conversion, use, etc.
comp.graphics  Computer graphics, art, animation, image processing.
comp.graphics.animation Technical aspects of computer animation.
comp.graphics.avs The Application Visualization System.
comp.graphics.explorer The Explorer Modular Visualisation Environment (MVE).
comp.graphics.gnuplot The GNUPLOT interactive function plotter.
comp.graphics.opengl The OpenGL 3D application programming interface.
comp.graphics.research Highly technical computer graphics discussion. (Moderated)
comp.graphics.visualization Info on scientific visualization.
comp.groupware  Software and hardware for shared interactive environments.
comp.human-factors Issues related to human-computer interaction (HCI).
comp.infosystems Any discussion about information systems.
comp.infosystems.gis All aspects of Geographic Information Systems.
comp.infosystems.gopher Discussion of the gopher information service.
comp.infosystems.wais The Z39.50-based WAIS full-text search system.
comp.internet.library Discussing electronic libraries. (Moderated)
comp.ivideodisc  Interactive videodiscs -- uses, potential, etc.
comp.lang.ada  Discussion about Ada*.
comp.lang.apl  Discussion about APL.
comp.lang.c  Discussion about C.
comp.lang.c++  The object-oriented C++ language.
comp.lang.clos  Common Lisp Object System discussions.
comp.lang.dylan  For discussion of the Dylan language.
comp.lang.eiffel The object-oriented Eiffel language.
comp.lang.forth  Discussion about Forth.
comp.lang.fortran Discussion about FORTRAN.
comp.lang.functional Discussion about functional languages.
comp.lang.hermes The Hermes language for distributed applications.
comp.lang.idl-pvwave IDL and PV-Wave language discussions.
comp.lang.lisp  Discussion about LISP.
comp.lang.lisp.mcl Discussing Apple's Macintosh Common Lisp.
comp.lang.logo  The Logo teaching and learning language.
comp.lang.misc  Different computer languages not specifically listed.
comp.lang.modula2 Discussion about Modula-2.
comp.lang.modula3 Discussion about the Modula-3 language.
comp.lang.objective-c The Objective-C language and environment.
comp.lang.pascal Discussion about Pascal.
comp.lang.perl  Discussion of Larry Wall's Perl system.
comp.lang.pop  Pop11 and the Plug user group.
comp.lang.postscript The PostScript Page Description Language.
comp.lang.prolog Discussion about PROLOG.
comp.lang.scheme The Scheme Programming language.
comp.lang.sigplan Info & announcements from ACM SIGPLAN. (Moderated)
comp.lang.smalltalk Discussion about Smalltalk 80.
comp.lang.tcl  The Tcl programming language and related tools.
comp.lang.verilog Discussing Verilog and PLI.
comp.lang.vhdl  VHSIC Hardware Description Language, IEEE 1076/87.
comp.laser-printers Laser printers, hardware & software. (Moderated)
comp.lsi  Large scale integrated circuits.
comp.lsi.testing Testing of electronic circuits.
comp.mail.elm  Discussion and fixes for ELM mail system.
comp.mail.headers Gatewayed from the Internet header-people list.
comp.mail.maps  Various maps, including UUCP maps. (Moderated)
comp.mail.mh  The UCI version of the Rand Message Handling system.
comp.mail.mime  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions of RFC 1341.
comp.mail.misc  General discussions about computer mail.
comp.mail.mush  The Mail User's Shell (MUSH).
comp.mail.sendmail Configuring and using the BSD sendmail agent.
comp.mail.uucp  Mail in the uucp network environment.
comp.misc  General topics about computers not covered elsewhere.
comp.multimedia  Interactive multimedia technologies of all kinds.
comp.newprod  Announcements of new products of interest. (Moderated)
comp.object  Object-oriented programming and languages.
comp.org.acm  Topics about the Association for Computing Machinery.
comp.org.decus  Digital Equipment Computer Users' Society newsgroup.
comp.org.eff.news News from the Electronic Frontiers Foundation. (Moderated)
comp.org.eff.talk Discussion of EFF goals, strategies, etc.
comp.org.fidonet FidoNews digest, official news of FidoNet Assoc. (Moderated)
comp.org.ieee  Issues and announcements about the IEEE & its members.
comp.org.issnnet The International Student Society for Neural Networks.
comp.org.sug  Talk about/for the The Sun User's Group.
comp.org.usenix  USENIX Association events and announcements.
comp.org.usenix.roomshare Finding lodging during Usenix conferences.
comp.os.coherent Discussion and support of the Coherent operating system.
comp.os.cpm  Discussion about the CP/M operating system.
comp.os.linux  The free UNIX-clone for the 386/486, LINUX.
comp.os.linux.announce Announcements important to the Linux community. (Moderated)
comp.os.mach  The MACH OS from CMU & other places.
comp.os.minix  Discussion of Tanenbaum's MINIX system.
comp.os.misc  General OS-oriented discussion not carried elsewhere.
comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy Speculation and debate about Microsoft Windows.
comp.os.ms-windows.announce Announcements relating to Windows. (Moderated)
comp.os.ms-windows.apps  Applications in the Windows environment.
comp.os.ms-windows.misc  General discussions about Windows issues.
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc Programming Microsoft Windows.
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools Development tools in Windows.
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 32-bit Windows programming interfaces.
comp.os.ms-windows.setup Installing and configuring Microsoft Windows.
comp.os.msdos.apps Discussion of applications that run under MS-DOS.
comp.os.msdos.desqview QuarterDeck's Desqview and related products.
comp.os.msdos.misc Miscellaneous topics about MS-DOS machines.
comp.os.msdos.pcgeos GeoWorks PC/GEOS and PC/GEOS-based packages.
comp.os.msdos.programmer Programming MS-DOS machines.
comp.os.os2.advocacy Supporting and flaming OS/2.
comp.os.os2.apps Discussions of applications under OS/2.
comp.os.os2.misc Miscellaneous topics about the OS/2 system.
comp.os.os2.networking Networking in OS/2 environments.
comp.os.os2.programmer Programming OS/2 machines.
comp.os.os9  Discussions about the os9 operating system.
comp.os.research Operating systems and related areas. (Moderated)
comp.os.vms  DEC's VAX* line of computers & VMS.
comp.os.vxworks  The VxWorks real-time operating system.
comp.os.xinu  The XINU operating system from Purdue (D. Comer).
comp.parallel  Massively parallel hardware/software. (Moderated)
comp.patents  Discussing patents of computer technology. (Moderated)
comp.periphs  Peripheral devices.
comp.periphs.scsi Discussion of SCSI-based peripheral devices.
comp.programming Programming issues that transcend languages and OSs.
comp.protocols.appletalk Applebus hardware & software.
comp.protocols.ibm Networking with IBM mainframes.
comp.protocols.iso The ISO protocol stack.
comp.protocols.kerberos The Kerberos authentication server.
comp.protocols.kermit Info about the Kermit package. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.misc Various forms and types of FTP protocol.
comp.protocols.nfs Discussion about the Network File System protocol.
comp.protocols.ppp Discussion of the Internet Point to Point Protocol.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip TCP and IP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc TCP/IP for IBM(-like) personal computers.
comp.realtime  Issues related to real-time computing.
comp.research.japan The nature of research in Japan. (Moderated)
comp.risks  Risks to the public from computers & users. (Moderated)
comp.robotics  All aspects of robots and their applications.
comp.security.misc Security issues of computers and networks.
comp.simulation  Simulation methods, problems, uses. (Moderated)
comp.society  The impact of technology on society. (Moderated)
comp.society.cu-digest The Computer Underground Digest. (Moderated)
comp.society.development Computer technology in developing countries.
comp.society.folklore Computer folklore & culture, past & present. (Moderated)
comp.society.futures Events in technology affecting future computing.
comp.society.privacy Effects of technology on privacy. (Moderated)
comp.soft-sys.khoros The Khoros X11 visualization system.
comp.soft-sys.matlab The MathWorks calculation and visualization package.
comp.software-eng Software Engineering and related topics.
comp.software.licensing Software licensing technology.
comp.sources.3b1 Source code-only postings for the AT&T 3b1. (Moderated)
comp.sources.acorn Source code-only postings for the Acorn. (Moderated)
comp.sources.amiga Source code-only postings for the Amiga. (Moderated)
comp.sources.apple2 Source code and discussion for the Apple2. (Moderated)
comp.sources.atari.st Source code-only postings for the Atari ST. (Moderated)
comp.sources.bugs Bug reports, fixes, discussion for posted sources.
comp.sources.d  For any discussion of source postings.
comp.sources.games Postings of recreational software. (Moderated)
comp.sources.games.bugs Bug reports and fixes for posted game software.
comp.sources.hp48 Programs for the HP48 and HP28 calculators. (Moderated)
comp.sources.mac Software for the Apple Macintosh. (Moderated)
comp.sources.misc Posting of software. (Moderated)
comp.sources.reviewed Source code evaluated by peer review. (Moderated)
comp.sources.sun Software for Sun workstations. (Moderated)
comp.sources.testers Finding people to test software.
comp.sources.unix Postings of complete, UNIX-oriented sources. (Moderated)
comp.sources.wanted Requests for software and fixes.
comp.sources.x  Software for the X windows system. (Moderated)
comp.speech  Research & applications in speech science & technology.
comp.specification Languages and methodologies for formal specification.
comp.specification.z Discussion about the formal specification notation Z.
comp.std.c  Discussion about C language standards.
comp.std.c++  Discussion about C++ language, library, standards.
comp.std.internat Discussion about international standards.
comp.std.misc  Discussion about various standards.
comp.std.mumps  Discussion for the X11.1 committee on Mumps. (Moderated)
comp.std.unix  Discussion for the P1003 committee on UNIX. (Moderated)
comp.sw.components Software components and related technology.
comp.sys.3b1  Discussion and support of AT&T 7300/3B1/UnixPC.
comp.sys.acorn  Discussion on Acorn and ARM-based computers.
comp.sys.acorn.advocacy Why Acorn computers and programs are better.
comp.sys.acorn.announce Announcements for Acorn and ARM users. (Moderated)
comp.sys.acorn.tech Software and hardware aspects of Acorn and ARM products.
comp.sys.alliant Info and discussion about Alliant computers.
comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Why an Amiga is better than XYZ.
comp.sys.amiga.announce Announcements about the Amiga. (Moderated)
comp.sys.amiga.applications Miscellaneous applications.
comp.sys.amiga.audio Music, MIDI, speech synthesis, other sounds.
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Methods of getting bytes in and out.
comp.sys.amiga.emulations Various hardware & software emulators.
comp.sys.amiga.games Discussion of games for the Commodore Amiga.
comp.sys.amiga.graphics Charts, graphs, pictures, etc.
comp.sys.amiga.hardware Amiga computer hardware, Q&A, reviews, etc.
comp.sys.amiga.introduction Group for newcomers to Amigas.
comp.sys.amiga.marketplace Where to find it, prices, etc.
comp.sys.amiga.misc Discussions not falling in another Amiga group.
comp.sys.amiga.multimedia Animations, video, & multimedia.
comp.sys.amiga.programmer Developers & hobbyists discuss code.
comp.sys.amiga.reviews  Reviews of Amiga software, hardware. (Moderated)
comp.sys.apollo  Apollo computer systems.
comp.sys.apple2  Discussion about Apple II micros.
comp.sys.apple2.gno The AppleIIgs GNO multitasking environment.
comp.sys.atari.8bit Discussion about 8 bit Atari micros.
comp.sys.atari.st Discussion about 16 bit Atari micros.
comp.sys.atari.st.tech Technical discussions of Atari ST hard/software.
comp.sys.att  Discussions about AT&T microcomputers.
comp.sys.cbm  Discussion about Commodore micros.
comp.sys.concurrent The Concurrent/Masscomp line of computers. (Moderated)
comp.sys.convex  Convex computer systems hardware and software.
comp.sys.dec  Discussions about DEC computer systems.
comp.sys.dec.micro DEC Micros (Rainbow, Professional 350/380)
comp.sys.encore  Encore's MultiMax computers.
comp.sys.hp  Discussion about Hewlett-Packard equipment.
comp.sys.hp48  Hewlett-Packard's HP48 and HP28 calculators.
comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest The IBM PC, PC-XT, and PC-AT. (Moderated)
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games Games for IBM PCs and compatibles.
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware XT/AT/EISA hardware, any vendor.
comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Discussion about IBM personal computers.
comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Topics related to IBM's RT computer.
comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard Hardware and software aspects of PC sound cards.
comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware Microchannel hardware, any vendor.
comp.sys.intel  Discussions about Intel systems and parts.
comp.sys.isis  The ISIS distributed system from Cornell.
comp.sys.laptops Laptop (portable) computers.
comp.sys.m6809  Discussion about 6809's.
comp.sys.m68k  Discussion about 68k's.
comp.sys.m68k.pc Discussion about 68k-based PCs. (Moderated)
comp.sys.m88k  Discussion about 88k-based computers.
comp.sys.mac.advocacy The Macintosh computer family compared to others.
comp.sys.mac.announce Important notices for Macintosh users. (Moderated)
comp.sys.mac.apps Discussions of Macintosh applications.
comp.sys.mac.comm Discussion of Macintosh communications.
comp.sys.mac.databases Database systems for the Apple Macintosh.
comp.sys.mac.digest Apple Macintosh: info&uses, but no programs. (Moderated)
comp.sys.mac.games Discussions of games on the Macintosh.
comp.sys.mac.hardware Macintosh hardware issues & discussions.
comp.sys.mac.hypercard The Macintosh Hypercard: info & uses.
comp.sys.mac.misc General discussions about the Apple Macintosh.
comp.sys.mac.oop.macapp3 Version 3 of the MacApp object oriented system.
comp.sys.mac.oop.misc Object oriented programming issues on the Mac.
comp.sys.mac.programmer Discussion by people programming the Apple Macintosh.
comp.sys.mac.system Discussions of Macintosh system software.
comp.sys.mac.wanted Postings of "I want XYZ for my Mac."
comp.sys.mentor  Mentor Graphics products & the Silicon Compiler System.
comp.sys.mips  Systems based on MIPS chips.
comp.sys.misc  Discussion about computers of all kinds.
comp.sys.ncr  Discussion about NCR computers.
comp.sys.next.advocacy The NeXT religion.
comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated)
comp.sys.next.bugs Discussion and solutions for known NeXT bugs.
comp.sys.next.hardware Discussing the physical aspects of NeXT computers.
comp.sys.next.marketplace NeXT hardware, software and jobs.
comp.sys.next.misc General discussion about the NeXT computer system.
comp.sys.next.programmer NeXT related programming issues.
comp.sys.next.software Function, use and availability of NeXT programs.
comp.sys.next.sysadmin Discussions related to NeXT system administration.
comp.sys.novell  Discussion of Novell Netware products.
comp.sys.nsc.32k National Semiconductor 32000 series chips.
comp.sys.palmtops Super-powered calculators the palm of your hand.
comp.sys.pen  Interacting with computers through pen gestures.
comp.sys.prime  Prime Computer products.
comp.sys.proteon Proteon gateway products.
comp.sys.pyramid Pyramid 90x computers.
comp.sys.ridge  Ridge 32 computers and ROS.
comp.sys.sequent Sequent systems, (Balance and Symmetry).
comp.sys.sgi.admin System administration on Silicon Graphics's Irises.
comp.sys.sgi.announce Announcements for the SGI community. (Moderated)
comp.sys.sgi.apps Applications which run on the Iris.
comp.sys.sgi.bugs Bugs found in the IRIX operating system.
comp.sys.sgi.graphics Graphics packages and issues on SGI machines.
comp.sys.sgi.hardware Base systems and peripherals for Iris computers.
comp.sys.sgi.misc General discussion about Silicon Graphics's machines.
comp.sys.stratus Stratus products, incl. System/88, CPS-32, VOS and FTX.
comp.sys.sun.admin Sun system administration issues and questions.
comp.sys.sun.announce Sun announcements and Sunergy mailings. (Moderated)
comp.sys.sun.apps Software applications for Sun computer systems.
comp.sys.sun.hardware Sun Microsystems hardware.
comp.sys.sun.misc Miscellaneous discussions about Sun products.
comp.sys.sun.wanted People looking for Sun products and support.
comp.sys.tahoe  CCI 6/32, Harris HCX/7, & Sperry 7000 computers.
comp.sys.tandy  Discussion about Tandy computers: new & old.
comp.sys.ti  Discussion about Texas Instruments.
comp.sys.transputer The Transputer computer and OCCAM language.
comp.sys.unisys  Sperry, Burroughs, Convergent and Unisys* systems.
comp.sys.xerox  Xerox 1100 workstations and protocols.
comp.sys.zenith.z100 The Zenith Z-100 (Heath H-100) family of computers.
comp.terminals  All sorts of terminals.
comp.text  Text processing issues and methods.
comp.text.desktop Technology & techniques of desktop publishing.
comp.text.frame  Desktop publishing with FrameMaker.
comp.text.interleaf Applications and use of Interleaf software.
comp.text.sgml  ISO 8879 SGML, structured documents, markup languages.
comp.text.tex  Discussion about the TeX and LaTeX systems & macros.
comp.theory.info-retrieval Information Retrieval topics. (Moderated)
comp.unix.admin  Administering a Unix-based system.
comp.unix.aix  IBM's version of UNIX.
comp.unix.amiga  Minix, SYSV4 and other *nix on an Amiga.
comp.unix.aux  The version of UNIX for Apple Macintosh II computers.
comp.unix.bsd  Discussion of Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX.
comp.unix.dos-under-unix MS-DOS running under UNIX by whatever means.
comp.unix.internals Discussions on hacking UNIX internals.
comp.unix.large  UNIX on mainframes and in large networks.
comp.unix.misc  Various topics that don't fit other groups.
comp.unix.osf.misc Various aspects of Open Software Foundation products.
comp.unix.osf.osf1 The Open Software Foundation's OSF/1.
comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit UNIX on 286 architectures.
comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit UNIX on 386 and 486 architectures.
comp.unix.programmer Q&A for people programming under Unix.
comp.unix.questions UNIX neophytes group.
comp.unix.shell  Using and programming the Unix shell.
comp.unix.sys3  System III UNIX discussions.
comp.unix.sys5.misc Versions of System V which predate Release 3.
comp.unix.sys5.r3 Discussing System V Release 3.
comp.unix.sys5.r4 Discussing System V Release 4.
comp.unix.ultrix Discussions about DEC's Ultrix.
comp.unix.wizards Questions for only true Unix wizards.
comp.unix.xenix.misc General discussions regarding XENIX (except SCO).
comp.unix.xenix.sco XENIX versions from the Santa Cruz Operation.
comp.virus  Computer viruses & security. (Moderated)
comp.windows.garnet The Garnet user interface development environment.
comp.windows.interviews The InterViews object-oriented windowing system.
comp.windows.misc Various issues about windowing systems.
comp.windows.news Sun Microsystems' NeWS window system.
comp.windows.open-look Discussion about the Open Look GUI.
comp.windows.x  Discussion about the X Window System.
comp.windows.x.apps Getting and using, not programming, applications for X.
comp.windows.x.i386unix The XFree86 window system and others.
comp.windows.x.intrinsics Discussion of the X toolkit.
comp.windows.x.pex The PHIGS extension of the X Window System.

misc.activism.progressive Information for Progressive activists. (Moderated)
misc.answers  Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated)
misc.books.technical Discussion of books about technical topics.
misc.consumers  Consumer interests, product reviews, etc.
misc.consumers.house Discussion about owning and maintaining a house.
misc.education  Discussion of the educational system.
misc.emerg-services Forum for paramedics & other first responders.
misc.entrepreneurs Discussion on operating a business.
misc.fitness  Physical fitness, exercise, etc.
misc.forsale  Short, tasteful postings about items for sale.
misc.forsale.computers.d Discussion of misc.forsale.computers.*.
misc.forsale.computers.mac Apple Macintosh related computer items.
misc.forsale.computers.other Selling miscellaneous computer stuff.
misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone IBM PC related computer items.
misc.forsale.computers.workstation Workstation related computer items.
misc.handicap  Items of interest for/about the handicapped. (Moderated)
misc.headlines  Current interest: drug testing, terrorism, etc.
misc.health.alternative Alternative, complementary and holistic health care.
misc.int-property Discussion of intellectual property rights.
misc.invest  Investments and the handling of money.
misc.invest.real-estate Property investments.
misc.jobs.contract Discussions about contract labor.
misc.jobs.misc  Discussion about employment, workplaces, careers.
misc.jobs.offered Announcements of positions available.
misc.jobs.offered.entry Job listings only for entry-level positions.
misc.jobs.resumes Postings of resumes and "situation wanted" articles.
misc.kids  Children, their behavior and activities.
misc.legal  Legalities and the ethics of law.
misc.legal.computing Discussing the legal climate of the computing world.
misc.misc  Various discussions not fitting in any other group.
misc.news.east-europe.rferl Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Daily Report. (Moderated)
misc.news.southasia News from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, etc. (Moderated)
misc.rural  Devoted to issues concerning rural living.
misc.taxes  Tax laws and advice.
misc.test  For testing of network software.  Very boring.
misc.wanted  Requests for things that are needed (NOT software).
misc.writing  Discussion of writing in all of its forms.

news.admin.misc  General topics of network news administration.
news.admin.policy Policy issues of USENET.
news.admin.technical Technical aspects of maintaining network news. (Moderated)
news.announce.conferences Calls for papers and conference announcements. (Moderated)
news.announce.important General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated)
news.announce.newgroups Calls for newgroups & announcements of same. (Moderated)
news.announce.newusers Explanatory postings for new users. (Moderated)
news.answers  Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated)
news.config  Postings of system down times and interruptions.
news.future  The future technology of network news systems.
news.groups  Discussions and lists of newsgroups.
news.lists  News-related statistics and lists. (Moderated)
news.lists.ps-maps Maps relating to USENET traffic flows. (Moderated)
news.misc  Discussions of USENET itself.
news.newsites  Postings of new site announcements.
news.newusers.questions Q & A for users new to the Usenet.
news.software.anu-news VMS B-news software from Australian National Univ.
news.software.b  Discussion about B-news-compatible software.
news.software.nn Discussion about the "nn" news reader package.
news.software.notes Notesfile software from the Univ. of Illinois.
news.software.readers Discussion of software used to read network news.

rec.answers  Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated)
rec.antiques  Discussing antiques and vintage items.
rec.aquaria  Keeping fish and aquaria as a hobby.
rec.arts.animation Discussion of various kinds of animation.
rec.arts.anime  Japanese animation fen discussion.
rec.arts.bodyart Tattoos and body decoration discussions.
rec.arts.books  Books of all genres, and the publishing industry.
rec.arts.cinema  Discussion of the art of cinema. (Moderated)
rec.arts.comics.info Reviews, convention information and other comics news. (Moderated)
rec.arts.comics.marketplace The exchange of comics and comic related items.
rec.arts.comics.misc Comic books, graphic novels, sequential art.
rec.arts.comics.strips Discussion of short-form comics.
rec.arts.comics.xbooks The Mutant Universe of Marvel Comics.
rec.arts.dance  Any aspects of dance not covered in another newsgroup.
rec.arts.disney  Discussion of any Disney-related subjects.
rec.arts.drwho  Discussion about Dr. Who.
rec.arts.erotica Erotic fiction and verse. (Moderated)
rec.arts.fine  Fine arts & artists.
rec.arts.int-fiction Discussions about interactive fiction.
rec.arts.manga  All aspects of the Japanese storytelling art form.
rec.arts.marching.drumcorps Drum and bugle corps.
rec.arts.marching.misc Marching-related performance activities.
rec.arts.misc  Discussions about the arts not in other groups.
rec.arts.movies  Discussions of movies and movie making.
rec.arts.movies.reviews Reviews of movies. (Moderated)
rec.arts.poems  For the posting of poems.
rec.arts.sf.announce Major announcements of the SF world. (Moderated)
rec.arts.sf.fandom Discussions of SF fan activities.
rec.arts.sf.marketplace Personal forsale notices of SF materials.
rec.arts.sf.misc Science fiction lovers' newsgroup.
rec.arts.sf.movies Discussing SF motion pictures.
rec.arts.sf.reviews Reviews of science fiction/fantasy/horror works. (Moderated)
rec.arts.sf.science Real and speculative aspects of SF science.
rec.arts.sf.starwars Discussion of the Star Wars universe.
rec.arts.sf.tv  Discussing general television SF.
rec.arts.sf.written Discussion of written science fiction and fantasy.
rec.arts.startrek.current New Star Trek shows, movies and books.
rec.arts.startrek.fandom Star Trek conventions and memorabilia.
rec.arts.startrek.info Information about the universe of Star Trek. (Moderated)
rec.arts.startrek.misc  General discussions of Star Trek.
rec.arts.startrek.tech  Star Trek's depiction of future technologies.
rec.arts.theatre Discussion of all aspects of stage work & theatre.
rec.arts.tv  The boob tube, its history, and past and current shows.
rec.arts.tv.soaps Postings about soap operas.
rec.arts.tv.uk  Discussions of telly shows from the UK.
rec.arts.wobegon "A Prairie Home Companion" radio show discussion.
rec.audio  High fidelity audio.
rec.audio.car  Discussions of automobile audio systems.
rec.audio.high-end High-end audio systems. (Moderated)
rec.audio.pro  Professional audio recording and studio engineering.
rec.autos  Automobiles, automotive products and laws.
rec.autos.antique Discussing all aspects of automobiles over 25 years old.
rec.autos.driving Driving automobiles.
rec.autos.sport  Discussion of organized, legal auto competitions.
rec.autos.tech  Technical aspects of automobiles, et. al.
rec.autos.vw  Issues pertaining to Volkswagen products.
rec.aviation.announce Events of interest to the aviation community. (Moderated)
rec.aviation.answers Frequently asked questions about aviation. (Moderated)
rec.aviation.homebuilt Selecting, designing, building, and restoring aircraft.
rec.aviation.ifr Flying under Instrument Flight Rules.
rec.aviation.military Military aircraft of the past, present and future.
rec.aviation.misc Miscellaneous topics in aviation.
rec.aviation.owning Information on owning airplanes.
rec.aviation.piloting General discussion for aviators.
rec.aviation.products Reviews and discussion of products useful to pilots.
rec.aviation.simulators Flight simulation on all levels.
rec.aviation.soaring All aspects of sailplanes and hang-gliders.
rec.aviation.stories Anecdotes of flight experiences. (Moderated)
rec.aviation.student Learning to fly.
rec.backcountry  Activities in the Great Outdoors.
rec.bicycles.marketplace Buying, selling & reviewing items for cycling.
rec.bicycles.misc General discussion of bicycling.
rec.bicycles.racing Bicycle racing techniques, rules and results.
rec.bicycles.rides Discussions of tours and training or commuting routes.
rec.bicycles.soc Societal issues of bicycling.
rec.bicycles.tech Cycling product design, construction, maintenance, etc.
rec.birds  Hobbyists interested in bird watching.
rec.boats  Hobbyists interested in boating.
rec.boats.paddle Talk about any boats with oars, paddles, etc.
rec.climbing  Climbing techniques, competition announcements, etc.
rec.collecting  Discussion among collectors of many things.
rec.collecting.cards Collecting all sorts of sport and non-sport cards.
rec.crafts.brewing The art of making beers and meads.
rec.crafts.metalworking All aspects of working with metal.
rec.crafts.misc  Handiwork arts not covered elsewhere.
rec.crafts.textiles Sewing, weaving, knitting and other fiber arts.
rec.equestrian  Discussion of things equestrian.
rec.folk-dancing Folk dances, dancers, and dancing.
rec.food.cooking Food, cooking, cookbooks, and recipes.
rec.food.drink  Wines and spirits.
rec.food.historic The history of food making arts.
rec.food.recipes Recipes for interesting food and drink. (Moderated)
rec.food.restaurants Discussion of dining out.
rec.food.sourdough Making and baking with sourdough.
rec.food.veg  Vegetarians.
rec.gambling  Articles on games of chance & betting.
rec.games.abstract Perfect information, pure strategy games.
rec.games.backgammon Discussion of the game of backgammon.
rec.games.board  Discussion and hints on board games.
rec.games.board.ce The Cosmic Encounter board game.
rec.games.bridge Hobbyists interested in bridge.
rec.games.chess  Chess & computer chess.
rec.games.corewar The Core War computer challenge.
rec.games.cyber  Discussions of cyberpunk related games. (Moderated)
rec.games.design Discussion of game design related issues.
rec.games.diplomacy The conquest game Diplomacy.
rec.games.empire Discussion and hints about Empire.
rec.games.frp.advocacy Flames and rebuttals about various role-playing systems.
rec.games.frp.announce Announcements of happenings in the role-playing world. (Moderated)
rec.games.frp.archives Archivable fantasy stories and other projects. (Moderated)
rec.games.frp.dnd Fantasy role-playing with TSR's Dungeons and Dragons.
rec.games.frp.marketplace Role-playing game materials wanted and for sale.
rec.games.frp.misc General discussions of role-playing games.
rec.games.go  Discussion about Go.
rec.games.hack  Discussion, hints, etc. about the Hack game.
rec.games.int-fiction All aspects of interactive fiction games.
rec.games.mecha  Giant robot games.
rec.games.misc  Games and computer games.
rec.games.moria  Comments, hints, and info about the Moria game.
rec.games.mud.admin Admnistrative issues of multiuser dungeons.
rec.games.mud.announce Informational articles about multiuser dungeons. (Moderated)
rec.games.mud.diku All about DikuMuds.
rec.games.mud.lp Discussions of the LPMUD computer role playing game.
rec.games.mud.misc Various aspects of multiuser computer games.
rec.games.mud.tiny Discussion about Tiny muds, like MUSH, MUSE and MOO.
rec.games.netrek Discussion of the X window system game Netrek (XtrekII).
rec.games.pbm  Discussion about Play by Mail games.
rec.games.pinball Discussing pinball-related issues.
rec.games.programmer Discussion of adventure game programming.
rec.games.rogue  Discussion and hints about Rogue.
rec.games.trivia Discussion about trivia.
rec.games.video  Discussion about video games.
rec.games.video.arcade Discussions about coin-operated video games.
rec.games.xtank.play Strategy and tactics for the distributed game Xtank.
rec.games.xtank.programmer Coding the Xtank game and its robots.
rec.gardens  Gardening, methods and results.
rec.guns  Discussions about firearms. (Moderated)
rec.heraldry  Discussion of coats of arms.
rec.humor  Jokes and the like.  May be somewhat offensive.
rec.humor.d  Discussions on the content of rec.humor articles.
rec.humor.funny  Jokes that are funny (in the moderator's opinion). (Moderated)
rec.humor.oracle Sagacious advice from the USENET Oracle. (Moderated)
rec.humor.oracle.d Comments about the USENET Oracle's comments.
rec.hunting  Discussions about hunting. (Moderated)
rec.juggling  Juggling techniques, equipment and events.
rec.kites  Talk about kites and kiting.
rec.mag   Magazine summaries, tables of contents, etc.
rec.martial-arts Discussion of the various martial art forms.
rec.misc  General topics about recreational/participant sports.
rec.models.railroad Model railroads of all scales.
rec.models.rc  Radio-controlled models for hobbyists.
rec.models.rockets Model rockets for hobbyists.
rec.models.scale Construction of models.
rec.motorcycles  Motorcycles and related products and laws.
rec.motorcycles.dirt Riding motorcycles and ATVs off-road.
rec.motorcycles.harley All aspects of Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
rec.motorcycles.racing Discussion of all aspects of racing motorcycles.
rec.music.afro-latin Music with afro-latin, African and Latin influences.
rec.music.beatles Postings about the Fab Four & their music.
rec.music.bluenote Discussion of jazz, blues, and related types of music.
rec.music.cd  CDs -- availability and other discussions.
rec.music.christian Christian music, both contemporary and traditional.
rec.music.classical Discussion about classical music.
rec.music.compose Creating musical and lyrical works.
rec.music.country.western C&W music, performers, performances, etc.
rec.music.dementia Discussion of comedy and novelty music.
rec.music.dylan  Discussion of Bob's works & music.
rec.music.early  Discussion of pre-classical European music.
rec.music.folk  Folks discussing folk music of various sorts.
rec.music.funky  Funk, rap, hip-hop, house, soul, r&b and related.
rec.music.gaffa  Discussion of Kate Bush & other alternative music. (Moderated)
rec.music.gdead  A group for (Grateful) Dead-heads.
rec.music.indian.classical Hindustani and Carnatic Indian classical music.
rec.music.indian.misc  Discussing Indian music in general.
rec.music.industrial Discussion of all industrial-related music styles.
rec.music.info  News and announcements on musical topics. (Moderated)
rec.music.makers For performers and their discussions.
rec.music.makers.bass Upright bass and bass guitar techniques and equipment.
rec.music.makers.guitar Electric and acoustic guitar techniques and equipment.
rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Guitar tablature/chords.
rec.music.makers.percussion Drum & other percussion techniques & equipment.
rec.music.makers.synth  Synthesizers and computer music.
rec.music.marketplace Records, tapes, and CDs: wanted, for sale, etc.
rec.music.misc  Music lovers' group.
rec.music.newage "New Age" music discussions.
rec.music.phish  Discussing the musical group Phish.
rec.music.reggae The melodies of the Caribbean.
rec.music.reviews Reviews of music of all genres and mediums. (Moderated)
rec.music.video  Discussion of music videos and music video software.
rec.nude  Hobbyists interested in naturist/nudist activities.
rec.org.mensa  Talking with members of the high IQ society Mensa.
rec.org.sca  Society for Creative Anachronism.
rec.outdoors.fishing All aspects of sport and commercial fishing.
rec.pets  Pets, pet care, and household animals in general.
rec.pets.birds  The culture and care of indoor birds.
rec.pets.cats  Discussion about domestic cats.
rec.pets.dogs  Any and all subjects relating to dogs as pets.
rec.pets.herp  Reptiles, amphibians and other exotic vivarium pets.
rec.photo  Hobbyists interested in photography.
rec.puzzles  Puzzles, problems, and quizzes.
rec.puzzles.crosswords Making and playing gridded word puzzles.
rec.pyrotechnics Fireworks, rocketry, safety, & other topics.
rec.radio.amateur.misc Amateur radio practices, contests, events, rules, etc.
rec.radio.amateur.packet Discussion about packet radio setups.
rec.radio.amateur.policy Radio use & regulation policy.
rec.radio.broadcasting Local area broadcast radio. (Moderated)
rec.radio.cb  Citizen-band radio.
rec.radio.info  Informational postings related to radio. (Moderated)
rec.radio.noncomm Topics relating to noncommercial radio.
rec.radio.shortwave Shortwave radio enthusiasts.
rec.radio.swap  Offers to trade and swap radio equipment.
rec.railroad  Real and model train fans' newsgroup.
rec.roller-coaster Roller coasters and other amusement park rides.
rec.running  Running for enjoyment, sport, exercise, etc.
rec.scouting  Scouting youth organizations worldwide.
rec.scuba  Hobbyists interested in SCUBA diving.
rec.skate  Ice skating and roller skating.
rec.skiing  Hobbyists interested in snow skiing.
rec.skydiving  Hobbyists interested in skydiving.
rec.sport.baseball Discussion about baseball.
rec.sport.baseball.college Baseball on the collegiate level.
rec.sport.baseball.fantasy Rotisserie (fantasy) baseball play.
rec.sport.basketball.college Hoops on the collegiate level.
rec.sport.basketball.misc Discussion about basketball.
rec.sport.basketball.pro Talk of professional basketball.
rec.sport.cricket Discussion about the sport of cricket.
rec.sport.cricket.scores Scores from cricket matches around the globe. (Moderated)
rec.sport.disc  Discussion of flying disc based sports.
rec.sport.fencing All aspects of swordplay.
rec.sport.football.australian Discussion of Australian (Rules) Football.
rec.sport.football.college US-style college football.
rec.sport.football.misc Discussion about American-style football.
rec.sport.football.pro US-style professional football.
rec.sport.golf  Discussion about all aspects of golfing.
rec.sport.hockey Discussion about ice hockey.
rec.sport.hockey.field Discussion of the sport of field hockey.
rec.sport.misc  Spectator sports.
rec.sport.olympics All aspects of the Olympic Games.
rec.sport.paintball Discussing all aspects of the survival game paintball.
rec.sport.pro-wrestling Discussion about professional wrestling.
rec.sport.rugby  Discussion about the game of rugby.
rec.sport.soccer Discussion about soccer (Association Football).
rec.sport.swimming Training for and competing in swimming events.
rec.sport.table-tennis Things related to table tennis (aka Ping Pong).
rec.sport.tennis Things related to the sport of tennis.
rec.sport.triathlon Discussing all aspects of multi-event sports.
rec.sport.volleyball Discussion about volleyball.
rec.travel  Traveling all over the world.
rec.travel.air  Airline travel around the world.
rec.travel.marketplace Tickets and accomodations wanted and for sale.
rec.video  Video and video components.
rec.video.cable-tv Technical and regulatory issues of cable television.
rec.video.production Making professional quality video productions.
rec.video.releases Pre-recorded video releases on laserdisc and videotape.
rec.video.satellite Getting shows via satellite.
rec.windsurfing  Riding the waves as a hobby.
rec.woodworking  Hobbyists interested in woodworking.

sci.aeronautics  The science of aeronautics & related technology.
sci.aeronautics.airliners Airliner technology. (Moderated)
sci.answers  Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated)
sci.anthropology All aspects of studying humankind.
sci.aquaria  Only scientifically-oriented postings about aquaria.
sci.archaeology  Studying antiquities of the world.
sci.astro  Astronomy discussions and information.
sci.astro.fits  Issues related to the Flexible Image Transport System.
sci.astro.hubble Processing Hubble Space Telescope data. (Moderated)
sci.bio   Biology and related sciences.
sci.chem  Chemistry and related sciences.
sci.chem.organomet Organometallic chemistry.
sci.classics  Studying classical history, languages, art and more.
sci.cognitive  Perception, memory, judgement and reasoning.
sci.comp-aided  The use of computers as tools in scientific research.
sci.cryonics  Theory and practice of biostasis, suspended animation.
sci.crypt  Different methods of data en/decryption.
sci.econ  The science of economics.
sci.edu   The science of education.
sci.electronics  Circuits, theory, electrons and discussions.
sci.energy  Discussions about energy, science & technology.
sci.engr  Technical discussions about engineering tasks.
sci.engr.biomed  Discussing the field of biomedical engineering.
sci.engr.chem  All aspects of chemical engineering.
sci.engr.civil  Topics related to civil engineering.
sci.engr.control The engineering of control systems.
sci.engr.mech  The field of mechanical engineering.
sci.environment  Discussions about the environment and ecology.
sci.fractals  Objects of non-integral dimension and other chaos.
sci.geo.fluids  Discussion of geophysical fluid dynamics.
sci.geo.geology  Discussion of solid earth sciences.
sci.geo.meteorology Discussion of meteorology and related topics.
sci.image.processing Scientific image processing and analysis.
sci.lang  Natural languages, communication, etc.
sci.lang.japan  The Japanese language, both spoken and written.
sci.logic  Logic -- math, philosophy & computational aspects.
sci.materials  All aspects of materials engineering.
sci.math  Mathematical discussions and pursuits.
sci.math.research Discussion of current mathematical research. (Moderated)
sci.math.stat  Statistics discussion.
sci.math.symbolic Symbolic algebra discussion.
sci.med   Medicine and its related products and regulations.
sci.med.aids  AIDS: treatment, pathology/biology of HIV, prevention. (Moderated)
sci.med.dentistry Dentally related topics; all about teeth.
sci.med.nutrition Physiological impacts of diet.
sci.med.occupational Preventing, detecting & treating occupational injuries.
sci.med.physics  Issues of physics in medical testing/care.
sci.military  Discussion about science & the military. (Moderated)
sci.misc  Short-lived discussions on subjects in the sciences.
sci.nanotech  Self-reproducing molecular-scale machines. (Moderated)
sci.optics  Discussion relating to the science of optics.
sci.philosophy.tech Technical philosophy: math, science, logic, etc.
sci.physics  Physical laws, properties, etc.
sci.physics.fusion Info on fusion, esp. "cold" fusion.
sci.psychology  Topics related to psychology.
sci.psychology.digest PSYCOLOQUY: Refereed Psychology Journal and Newsletter. (Moderated)
sci.research  Research methods, funding, ethics, and whatever.
sci.research.careers Issues relevant to careers in scientific research.
sci.skeptic  Skeptics discussing pseudo-science.
sci.space  Space, space programs, space related research, etc.
sci.space.news  Announcements of space-related news items. (Moderated)
sci.space.shuttle The space shuttle and the STS program.
sci.systems  The theory and application of systems science.
sci.virtual-worlds Modelling the universe. (Moderated)
sci.virtual-worlds.apps Current and future uses of virtual-worlds technology. (Moderated)

soc.answers  Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated)
soc.bi   Discussions of bisexuality.
soc.college  College, college activities, campus life, etc.
soc.college.grad General issues related to graduate schools.
soc.college.gradinfo Information about graduate schools.
soc.couples  Discussions for couples (cf. soc.singles).
soc.culture.afghanistan Discussion of the Afghan society.
soc.culture.african Discussions about Africa & things African.
soc.culture.african.american Discussions about Afro-American issues.
soc.culture.arabic Technological & cultural issues, *not* politics.
soc.culture.asean Countries of the Assoc. of SE Asian Nations.
soc.culture.asian.american Issues & discussion about Asian-Americans.
soc.culture.australian  Australian culture and society.
soc.culture.bangladesh Issues & discussion about Bangladesh.
soc.culture.bosna-herzgvna The indepedent state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
soc.culture.brazil Talking about the people and country of Brazil.
soc.culture.british Issues about Britain & those of British descent.
soc.culture.bulgaria Discussing Bulgarian society.
soc.culture.canada Discussions of Canada and its people.
soc.culture.caribbean Life in the Caribbean.
soc.culture.celtic Irish, Scottish, Breton, Cornish, Manx & Welsh.
soc.culture.china About China and Chinese culture.
soc.culture.croatia The lives of people of Croatia.
soc.culture.czecho-slovak Bohemian, Slovak, Moravian and Silesian life.
soc.culture.europe Discussing all aspects of all-European society.
soc.culture.filipino Group about the Filipino culture.
soc.culture.french French culture, history, and related discussions.
soc.culture.german Discussions about German culture and history.
soc.culture.greek Group about Greeks.
soc.culture.hongkong Discussions pertaining to Hong Kong.
soc.culture.indian Group for discussion about India & things Indian.
soc.culture.indian.telugu The culture of the Telugu people of India.
soc.culture.iranian Discussions about Iran and things Iranian/Persian.
soc.culture.italian The Italian people and their culture.
soc.culture.japan Everything Japanese, except the Japanese language.
soc.culture.jewish Jewish culture & religion. (cf. talk.politics.mideast)
soc.culture.korean Discussions about Korean & things Korean.
soc.culture.latin-america Topics about Latin-America.
soc.culture.lebanon Discussion about things Lebanese.
soc.culture.magyar The Hungarian people & their culture.
soc.culture.mexican Discussion of Mexico's society.
soc.culture.misc Group for discussion about other cultures.
soc.culture.nepal Discussion of people and things in & from Nepal.
soc.culture.netherlands People from the Netherlands and Belgium.
soc.culture.new-zealand Discussion of topics related to New Zealand.
soc.culture.nordic Discussion about culture up north.
soc.culture.pakistan Topics of discussion about Pakistan.
soc.culture.polish Polish culture, Polish past, and Polish politics.
soc.culture.portuguese Discussion of the people of Portugal.
soc.culture.romanian Discussion of Romanian and Moldavian people.
soc.culture.singapore The past, present and future of Singapore.
soc.culture.soviet Topics relating to Russian or Soviet culture.
soc.culture.spain Discussion of culture on the Iberian peninsula.
soc.culture.sri-lanka Things & people from Sri Lanka.
soc.culture.taiwan Discussion about things Taiwanese.
soc.culture.tamil Tamil language, history and culture.
soc.culture.thai Thai people and their culture.
soc.culture.turkish Discussion about things Turkish.
soc.culture.usa  The culture of the United States of America.
soc.culture.vietnamese Issues and discussions of Vietnamese culture.
soc.culture.yugoslavia Discussions of Yugoslavia and its people.
soc.feminism  Discussion of feminism & feminist issues. (Moderated)
soc.history  Discussions of things historical.
soc.libraries.talk Discussing all aspects of libraries.
soc.men   Issues related to men, their problems & relationships.
soc.misc  Socially-oriented topics not in other groups.
soc.motss  Issues pertaining to homosexuality.
soc.net-people  Announcements, requests, etc. about people on the net.
soc.penpals  In search of net.friendships.
soc.politics  Political problems, systems, solutions. (Moderated)
soc.politics.arms-d Arms discussion digest. (Moderated)
soc.religion.bahai Discussion of the Baha'i Faith. (Moderated)
soc.religion.christian Christianity and related topics. (Moderated)
soc.religion.eastern Discussions of Eastern religions. (Moderated)
soc.religion.islam Discussions of the Islamic faith. (Moderated)
soc.religion.quaker The Religious Society of Friends.
soc.rights.human Human rights & activism (e.g., Amnesty International).
soc.roots  Genealogical matters.
soc.singles  Newsgroup for single people, their activities, etc.
soc.veterans  Social issues relating to military veterans.
soc.women  Issues related to women, their problems & relationships.

talk.abortion  All sorts of discussions and arguments on abortion.
talk.answers  Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated)
talk.bizarre  The unusual, bizarre, curious, and often stupid.
talk.environment Discussion the state of the environment & what to do.
talk.origins  Evolution versus creationism (sometimes hot!).
talk.philosophy.misc Philosophical musings on all topics.
talk.politics.animals The use and/or abuse of animals.
talk.politics.china Discussion of political issues related to China.
talk.politics.drugs The politics of drug issues.
talk.politics.guns The politics of firearm ownership and (mis)use.
talk.politics.medicine The politics and ethics involved with health care.
talk.politics.mideast Discussion & debate over Middle Eastern events.
talk.politics.misc Political discussions and ravings of all kinds.
talk.politics.soviet Discussion of Soviet politics, domestic and foreign.
talk.politics.space Non-technical issues affecting space exploration.
talk.politics.theory Theory of politics and political systems.
talk.rape  Discussions on stopping rape; not to be crossposted.
talk.religion.misc Religious, ethical, & moral implications.
talk.religion.newage Esoteric and minority religions & philosophies.
talk.rumors  For the posting of rumors.
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* UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
* DEC and Ultrix are Trademarks of the Digital Equipment Corporation.
* VAX is a Trademark of the Digital Equipment Corporation.
* Ada is a registered Trademark of the Ada Joint Program Office of the
   United States Department of Defense.
* Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corporation.
--
Gene Spafford
Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
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bit.admin bit Newgroups Discussions.
bit.general Discussions Relating to BitNet/Usenet.
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.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.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 Disussion 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.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.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.history History List.
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.infonets Infonets Redistribution.
bit.listserv.ingrafx Information Graphics.
bit.listserv.innopac Innovative Interfaces Online Public Access.
bit.listserv.ioob-l Industrial Psychology.
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.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.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.
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