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Changes to List of Active Newsgroups

#439
From: usenet
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1986 05:24
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--- src/active.n	Sat Nov 29 18:51:16 1986
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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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