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Article #439Changes to List of Active Newsgroups
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Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1986 05:24
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1986 05:24
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! Newsgroups: mod.newslists,mod.announce.newusers,net.news.group
Expires: 21days
! Approved: spaf@gatech.CSNET
! [Most recent change: 31 October 1986 by spaf]
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! Newsgroups: mod.newslists,mod.announce.newusers,news.groups
Expires: 21days
! Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU
! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu]
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The following is a list of currently active USENET newsgroups as of
! 1 December 1986. There are three basic subcategories of netwide
! newsgroups: "net", "mod" and the new categories. The "net" groups
! are based on the old naming convention for newsgroups, and these are
! graducally being phased into the new classification categories of
! "news", "soc", "talk", "misc", "sci", "comp" and "rec". The "talk"
! classification is fully established as of this publication, and the
! "soc," "sci," and "misc" groups now exist in parallel with their old
! "net" counterparts. "sci" newsgroups are intended to be technical in
! nature, and relate to the sciences. The "misc" groups address themes
! not easily classified under any of the other headings. "soc" groups
! address social issues. "talk" groups are largely debate-oriented, and
! tend to feature long discussions without either resolution or large
! amounts of useful information. "news" groups concern the news network
! and software itself. "rec" are recreation and hobby-oriented groups.
! The "mod" groups will eventually undergo conversion into the same name
! space.
! "net" groups consist of USENET bulletin-board newsgroups that are
! (usually) circulated around the entire USENET -- this implies
! world-wide distribution. Not all "net" groups actually enjoy such wide
! distribution, however. The European Usenet sites (Eunet) take only a
! selected subset of the more "technical" groups, and controversial
! "noise" groups are often not carried by many sites in the US and Canada.
"mod" groups are moderated or are monitored mailing lists. They can
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The following is a list of currently active USENET newsgroups as of
! 1 December 1986. There are two basic subcategories of netwide
! newsgroups: "world" and "mod". The "world" groups 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.
! The "comp" classification includes topics of interest to computer
! professionals and hobbyists, including topics in computer science,
! software source, and information on hardware and software systems. The
! "sci" newsgroups are intended to be technical in nature and relate to
! the established sciences. The "misc" groups address themes not easily
! classified under any of the other headings or which incorporate themes
! from multiple categories. The "soc" groups address social issues and
! socializing. The "talk" groups are largely debate-oriented, and tend
! to feature long discussions without resolution and without appreciable
! amounts of useful information. The "news" groups concern the news
! network and software itself. The "rec" groups are recreation and
! hobby-oriented groups. An eventual goal is to include the current
! "mod" groups into the same seven category naming scheme sometime in
! 1987.
+ The "world" and "mod" newsgroups are (usually) circulated around the
+ entire USENET -- this implies world-wide distribution. Not all groups
+ actually enjoy such wide distribution, however. The European Usenet
+ sites (Eunet) take only a selected subset of the more "technical"
+ groups, and controversial "noise" groups are often not carried by many
+ sites in the US and Canada (these groups are primarily under the "talk"
+ and "soc" classifications).
+
"mod" groups are moderated or are monitored mailing lists. They can
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only be posted to by mailing submissions to the coordinator (provided
! in a companion posting). Some of the "mod" groups are gatewayed to
! USENET from the ARPA Internet and appear as "mod" groups to facilitate
! distribution and posting from the Usenet.
! Some of the "net" groups are bidirectionally gatewayed with
ARPA Internet mailing lists; items submitted from the ARPA side to
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only be posted to by mailing submissions to the coordinator (provided
! in a companion posting). Some selected sites provide automatic
! remailing in support of 2.11 news -- posting to a mod group
! automatically mails the article for the poster. Some of the "mod"
! groups are gatewayed to USENET from the ARPA Internet and appear as
! "mod" groups to facilitate distribution and posting from the Usenet.
! Some of the "world" groups are bidirectionally gatewayed with
ARPA Internet mailing lists; items submitted from the ARPA side to
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! The following "net" groups have been gatewayed with the listed
Arpa Internet lists. Some of them may not still be gatewayed due to
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! "net" groups are remnants of the old naming scheme and they will soon
! be deleted or merged into the "world" group structure.
!
! The following "world" groups have been gatewayed with the listed
Arpa Internet lists. Some of them may not still be gatewayed due to
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asterisk ("*") in the list below. Please contact me if you should know
! of their current status. Also note that the group "net.lang.forth" is
gatewayed with the Bitnet discussion list "umforth@weizmann.bitnet".
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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 "umforth@weizmann.bitnet".
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*talk.origins evolution@kestrel.arpa
! net.ham-radio info-hams@simtel20.arpa
! net.ham-radio.packet packet-radio@eddie.mit.edu
! net.micro.amiga info-amiga@red.rutgers.edu
! net.railroad railroad@rochester.arpa
! net.sf-lovers sf-lovers@red.rutgers.edu
net.sources unix-sources@brl.arpa
- net.video videotech@simtel20.arpa
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*talk.origins evolution@kestrel.arpa
! *rec.ham-radio info-hams@simtel20.arpa
! *rec.ham-radio.packet packet-radio@eddie.mit.edu
! *rec.railroad railroad@rochester.arpa
! *rec.arts.sf-lovers sf-lovers@red.rutgers.edu
! *rec.video videotech@simtel20.arpa
net.sources unix-sources@brl.arpa
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Gene Spafford
! gatech!spaf
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Gene Spafford
! spaf@gatech.EDU
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- net.ai Artificial intelligence discussions.
net.announce.arpa-internet Announcements from the Arpa world
- net.arch Computer architecture.
net.audio High fidelity audio.
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net.books Books of all genres, shapes, and sizes.
- net.bugs General bug reports and fixes.
- net.bugs.2bsd Reports of UNIX* version 2BSD related bugs.
- net.bugs.4bsd Reports of UNIX version 4BSD related bugs.
- net.bugs.usg Reports of USG (System III, V, etc.) bugs.
- net.bugs.uucp Reports of UUCP related bugs.
- net.bugs.v7 Reports of UNIX V7 related bugs.
- net.cog-eng Cognitive engineering.
net.comics The funnies, old and new.
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net.cooks Food, cooking, cookbooks, and recipes.
- net.cse Computer science education.
net.cycle Motorcycles and related products and laws.
- net.database Database and data management issues and theory.
- net.dcom Data communications hardware and software.
- net.decus DEC* Users' Society newsgroup.
- net.emacs EMACS editors of different flavors.
- net.eunice The SRI Eunice system.
net.games Games and computer games.
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net.garden Gardening, methods and results.
- net.graphics Computer graphics, art, animation, image processing,
- pattern recognition, and machine vision.
net.ham-radio Amateur Radio practices, contests, events, rules, etc.
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net.ham-radio.packet Discussion about packet radio setups.
- net.info-terms All sorts of terminals.
- net.internat Discussion about international standards
net.jokes Jokes and the like. May be somewhat offensive.
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net.jokes.d Discussions on the content of net.jokes articles
- net.lan Local area network hardware and software.
- net.lang Different computer languages.
- net.lang.ada Discussion about Ada*.
- net.lang.apl Discussion about APL.
- net.lang.c Discussion about C.
- net.lang.c++ The object-oriented C++ language.
- net.lang.f77 Discussion about FORTRAN.
- net.lang.forth Discussion about Forth.
- net.lang.lisp Discussion about LISP.
- net.lang.mod2 Discussion about Modula-2.
- net.lang.pascal Discussion about Pascal.
- net.lang.prolog Discussion about PROLOG.
- net.lang.st80 Discussion about Smalltalk 80.
- net.lsi Large scale integrated circuits.
net.mag Magazine summaries, tables of contents, etc.
- net.mail Proposed new mail/network standards.
- net.mail.headers Gatewayed from the ARPA header-people list.
- net.micro Micro computers of all kinds.
- net.micro.6809 Discussion about 6809's.
- net.micro.68k Discussion about 68k's.
- net.micro.apple Discussion about Apple micros.
- net.micro.amiga Talk about the new Amiga micro.
- net.micro.atari8 Discussion about 8 bit Atari micros.
- net.micro.atari16 Discussion about 16 bit Atari micros.
- net.micro.att Discussions about AT&T microcomputers
- net.micro.cbm Discussion about Commodore micros.
- net.micro.cpm Discussion about the CP/M operating system.
- net.micro.hp Discussion about Hewlett/Packard's.
- net.micro.mac Material about the Apple Macintosh & Lisa
- net.micro.ns32k National Semiconductor 32000 series chips
- net.micro.pc Discussion about IBM personal computers.
- net.micro.ti Discussion about Texas Instruments.
- net.micro.trs-80 Discussion about TRS-80's.
- Also items of a general nature not important
net.movies Reviews and discussions of movies.
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net.music.synth Synthesizers and computer music
- net.news Discussions of USENET itself.
- net.news.adm Comments directed to news administrators.
- net.news.b Discussion about B news software.
- net.news.config Postings of system down times and interruptions.
- net.news.group Discussions and lists of newsgroups
- net.news.newsite Postings of new site announcements.
- net.news.notes Notesfile software from the Univ. of Illinois.
- net.news.sa Comments directed to system administrators.
- net.news.stargate Discussion about satellite transmission of news.
- net.periphs Peripheral devices.
net.pets Pets, pet care, and household animals in general.
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pertaining to items in net.sources
- net.sources.d For any discussion on net.sources postings.
net.sources.games Postings of recreational software
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net.startrek Star Trek, the TV show and the movies.
- net.text Text processing.
net.travel Traveling all over the world.
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net.tv.soaps Postings about soap operas.
- net.unix UNIX neophytes group.
- net.unix-wizards Discussions, bug reports, and fixes on and for UNIX.
- Not for the weak of heart.
- net.usenix USENIX Association events and announcements.
net.veg Vegetarians.
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mod.human-nets Computer aided communications digest.
- mod.legal Discussions of computers and the law.
mod.mac Apple Macintosh micros -- info, uses, but no programs.
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mod.telecom Telecommunications digest.
- mod.test Testing of moderated newsgroups -- no moderator
mod.vlsi Very large scale integrated circuits.
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+ rec.arts.books Books of all genres, shapes, and sizes.
+ rec.arts.comics The funnies, old and new.
+ rec.arts.drwho Discussion about Dr. Who.
+ rec.arts.movies Reviews and discussions of movies.
+ rec.arts.poems For the posting of poems.
+ rec.arts.sf-lovers Science fiction lovers' newsgroup.
+ rec.arts.startrek Star Trek, the TV show and the movies.
+ rec.arts.tv The boob tube, its history, and past and current shows.
+ rec.arts.tv.soaps Postings about soap operas.
+ rec.arts.wobegon "A Prairie Home Companion" radio show discussion.
+ rec.audio High fidelity audio.
+ rec.autos Automobiles, automotive products and laws.
+ rec.autos.tech Technical aspects of automobiles, et. al.
+ rec.aviation Aviation rules, means, and methods.
+ rec.bicycles Bicycles, related products and laws.
+ rec.birds Hobbyists interested in bird watching.
+ rec.boats Hobbyists interested in boating.
+ rec.food.cooking Food, cooking, cookbooks, and recipes.
+ rec.food.drink Wines and spirits.
+ rec.food.veg Vegetarians.
+ rec.games.board Discussion and hints on board games.
+ rec.games.bridge Hobbyists interested in bridge.
+ rec.games.chess Chess & computer chess.
+ rec.games.empire Discussion and hints about Empire.
+ rec.games.frp Discussion about Fantasy Role Playing games.
+ rec.games.go Discussion about Go.
+ rec.games.hack Discussion, hints, etc. about the Hack game.
+ rec.games.misc Games and computer games.
+ rec.games.pbm Discussion about Play by Mail games.
+ rec.games.rogue Discussion and hints about Rogue.
+ rec.games.trivia Discussion about trivia.
+ rec.games.video Discussion about video games.
+ rec.gardens Gardening, methods and results.
+ rec.ham-radio Amateur Radio practices, contests, events, rules, etc.
+ rec.ham-radio.packet Discussion about packet radio setups.
+ rec.humor Jokes and the like. May be somewhat offensive.
+ rec.humor.d Discussions on the content of net.jokes articles
+ rec.mag Magazine summaries, tables of contents, etc.
rec.misc General topics about recreational/participant sports.
+ rec.motorcycles Motorcycles and related products and laws.
+ rec.music.classical Discussion about classical music.
+ rec.music.folk Folks discussing folk music of various sorts
+ rec.music.gdead A group for (Grateful) Dead-heads
+ rec.music.makers For performers and their discussions.
+ rec.music.misc Music lovers' group.
+ rec.music.synth Synthesizers and computer music
+ rec.nude Hobbyists interested in naturist/nudist activities.
+ rec.pets Pets, pet care, and household animals in general.
+ rec.photo Hobbyists interested in photography.
+ rec.puzzles Puzzles, problems, and quizzes.
+ rec.railroad Real and model train fans' newsgroup.
+ rec.scuba Hobbyists interested in SCUBA diving.
+ rec.skiing Hobbyists interested in skiing.
+ rec.skydiving Hobbyists interested in skydiving.
+ rec.sport.baseball Discussion about baseball.
+ rec.sport.basketball Discussion about basketball.
+ rec.sport.football Discussion about football.
+ rec.sport.hockey Discussion about hockey.
+ rec.sport.misc Spectator sports.
+ rec.travel Traveling all over the world.
+ rec.video Video and video components.
+ rec.woodworking Hobbyists interested in woodworking.
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