Xref: blister news.lists:181 news.groups:7459 news.announce.newusers:64 Path: blister!jtsv16!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!news.cs.indiana.edu!purdue!spaf From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies Summary: describes the following alternate hierarchies: alt, bionet, bit, biz, clarinet, gnu, ieee, inet/ddn, K12, u3b, vmsnet Message-ID: <15403@ector.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 25 Jul 91 23:16:01 GMT Expires: 23 Oct 91 23:16:01 GMT Followup-To: news.lists Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ. Lines: 886 Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU Supersedes: <14699@ector.cs.purdue.edu> Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) [Most recent change: 23 Jul 1991 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (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: alt.activism Activities for activists. alt.activism.d A place to discuss issues in alt.activism. alt.alien.visitors ?? alt.angst Anxiety in the modern world. alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby. alt.artcom Artistic Community, arts & communication. alt.atheism Discussions of atheism. alt.backrubs Lower...to the right...aaaah! alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software. alt.bbs.ads Ads for various computer BBS's. alt.bbs.internet BBS systems accessible via the Internet. alt.bbs.lists Postings of regional BBS listings. alt.bbs.lists.d Discussion about regional BBS listings. alt.bbs.waffle The Waffle UUCP BBS. alt.binaries.multimedia Sound, text and graphics data rolled in one. alt.binaries.pictures Additional volume in the form of huge image files. alt.binaries.pictures.d Discussion of postings to alt.binaries.pictures. alt.books.technical Discussion of technical books. alt.boomerang Technology and use of the boomerang. alt.brother-jed The born-again minister touring US campuses. alt.california The state and the state of mind. alt.callahans Callahan's bar for puns and fellowship. alt.cd-rom Discussions of optical storage media. alt.censorship Discussion about restricting speech/press. alt.child-support Raising children in a split family. alt.co-ops Discussion about co-operatives. alt.cobol Use of the programming language COBOL. alt.comp.acad-freedom.news Academic freedom issues related to computers. (Moderated) alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk Academic freedom issues related to computers. alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity. alt.conspiracy Be paranoid -- they're out to get you. alt.cosuard Council of Sysops & Users Against Rate Discrimination. alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS). 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.dcom.telecom Discussion of telecommunications technology. alt.desert-shield Events in the Middle East, esp. Kuwait. 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.dev.null The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated) alt.dreams What do they mean? alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames. alt.emusic Ethnic, exotic, electronic, elaborate, etc. music. * alt.exotic-music Exotic music discussions. * alt.fan.dave_barry Electronic fan club for humorist Dave Barry. alt.fan.dice-man Fans of Andrew Dice Clay. alt.fan.furry Fans of funny animals, ala Steve Gallacci's book. alt.fan.howard-stern Fans of the abrasive radio & TV personality. alt.fan.mike-jittlov Electronic fan club for animator Mike Jittlov. alt.fan.monty-python Electronic fan club for those wacky Brits. alt.fan.rush-limbaugh Fans of the Rush Limbaugh radio talk show. alt.fan.warlord Mocking net.gods and net.weenies. alt.fandom.cons Announcements of conventions (SciFi and others). alt.fandom.misc Other topics for fans of various kinds. alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport. alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming. alt.flame.spelling Fore piple whoe kant spel. alt.folklore.computers Stories & anecdotes about computers (some true!). alt.folklore.urban Urban legends, ala Jan Harold Brunvand. alt.forgery One place for all forgeries--crossposting encouraged. alt.fractals Fractals in math, graphics, and art. alt.games.gb The Galactic Bloodshed conquest game. alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated) alt.graphics.pixutils Discussion of pixmap utilities. alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places. alt.hackers Descriptions of projects currently under development. (Moderated) alt.horror The horror genre. alt.humor.oracle The semi-legendary Usenet Oracle speaks. alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc. alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount. alt.industrial The Industrial Computing Society. alt.irc Internet Relay Chat material. alt.kids-talk A place for the pre-college set on the net. alt.lang.asm Assembly languages of various flavours. 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.teco The TECO editor language. alt.magic For discussion about stage magic. alt.magick For discussion about supernatural arts. alt.models Model building, design, etc. alt.msdos.programmer For the serious MS/DOS programmer (no forsale ads). alt.native Issues for and about native Americans. alt.pagan Discussions about paganism & religion. alt.paranormal Phenomena which are not scientifically explicable. alt.party Parties, celebration and general debauchery. alt.peeves Discussion of peeves & related. alt.personals Geek seeks Dweeb. Object: low-level interfacing. alt.politics.homosexuality As the name implies alt.postmodern Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like. alt.privacy Privacy issues in cyberspace. alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise. alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose. alt.rap For fans of rap music. alt.rap-gdead Fans of The Grateful Dead and Rap. Really. alt.recovery For people in recovery programs (e.g., AA, ACA, GA). alt.religion.computers People who believe computing is "real life." alt.restaurants Discussion of nifty places to eat. 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.metal For the headbangers on the net. alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy Non-sissyboy metal bands. alt.romance Discussion about the romantic side of love. alt.rush-limbaugh Fans of the conservative activist radio announcer. alt.save.the.earth Environmentalist causes. alt.sci.astro.fits Technical matters of Flexible Image Transport Systems. alt.security Security issues on computer systems. alt.security.index Pointers to good stuff in alt.security. (Moderated) alt.sewing Working with needle and thread. alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature. alt.sex.bestiality Happiness is a warm puppy. alt.sex.bondage Tie me, whip me, make me read the net! alt.sex.motss Jesse Helms would not subscribe to this group. alt.sex.pictures Gigabytes of copyright violations. alt.sex.pictures.d Discussing alt.sex.pictures copyright violations. alt.skate Rollerskating and skateboarding. alt.skinheads The skinhead culture/anti-culture. alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius. alt.snowmobiles High-horsepower sleds in the powder. alt.society.ati The Activist Times Digest. (Moderated) alt.society.cu-digest Postings about the Computer Underground. (Moderated) alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor. alt.sources.amiga 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.sport.bungee Like alt.suicide with rubber bands. alt.sport.paintball The game/art/sport of splatball. alt.startrek.creative Stories and parodies related to Star Trek. alt.stupidity Discussion about stupid newsgroups. alt.suicide.holiday Talk of why suicides increase at holidays. alt.support Dealing with emotional situations & experiences. alt.surfing Riding the ocean waves. 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.sun Technical discussion of Sun Microsystems products. alt.sys.unisys Burroughs, Sperry, CT, etc. discussions. alt.tasteless Truly disgusting. alt.tennis The game & sport of tennis. alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing. alt.text.dwb Discussion of the AT&T Documenter's WorkBench. alt.thrash Skateboards and thrashlife. alt.toolkits.xview The X windows XView toolkit. alt.tv.antagonists Fans of the new "The Antagonists" TV show. alt.tv.muppets Fans of the Muppets, TV shows & movies. alt.tv.prisoner The Prisoner television series from years ago. alt.tv.simpsons Don't have a cow, man! alt.tv.tiny-toon Dicussion about the "Tiny Toon Adventures" show. alt.tv.twin-peaks Discussion about the popular (and unusual) TV show. alt.usage.english English grammar, word usages, and related topics. Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid). alt.society.cu-digest submissions should be mailed to tk0jut2@niu.bitnet or cud@chinacat.unicom.com (Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer). * alt.emusic and alt.exotic-music are aliased together at many sites. 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 Eliot Lear for more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this: bionet.agroforestry Discussion of Agroforestry. bionet.biology.computational Computer and mathematical applications (Moderated) bionet.general General BIOSCI discussion. bionet.genome.chrom22 Discussion of Chromosome 22. bionet.genome.arabidopsis Information about the Arabidopsis project. bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities. bionet.journals.contents Contents of biology journal publications. 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.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.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes. bionet.molbio.genome-program Discussion of Human Genome Project issues. bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents. bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases. bionet.neuroscience Research issues in the neurosciences. bionet.population-bio Technical discussions about population biology. bionet.sci-resources Information about funding agencies, etc. bionet.software Information about software for biology. bionet.users.addresses Who's who in Biology. Bit --- "bit" is a collection of newsgroups which are being distributed by a collection of sites that choose to carry them. The "bit" newsgroups are redistributions of the more popular BitNet LISTSERV mailing lists. Here is a list of the "bit" newsgroups: bit.admin bit. Newgroups Discussions. bit.general Discussions Relating to BitNet/Usenet. bit.listserv.advise-l User Services List. bit.listserv.aidsnews AIDS/HIV News. bit.listserv.aix-l IBM AIX Discussion List. bit.listserv.allmusic Discussions on all forms of Music. bit.listserv.apple2-l Apple II List. bit.listserv.applicat Applications under BITNET. bit.listserv.asm370 IBM 370 Assembly Programming Discuss. 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.candle-l Candle Products Discussion List. bit.listserv.christia Practical Christian Life. bit.listserv.cics-l CICS Discussion List. bit.listserv.cinema-l Discussions on all forms of Cinema. bit.listserv.cmspip-l VM/SP CMS Pipelines Discussion List. bit.listserv.commed Communication education. bit.listserv.cumrec-l CUMREC-L Administrative computer use. 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.dbase-l Discussion on the use of the dBase IV. bit.listserv.db2-l DB2 Data Base 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 Discussing Education. bit.listserv.edtech EDTECH - Educational Technology. (Moderated) bit.listserv.emusic-l Electronic Music Discussion List. bit.listserv.envbeh-l Forum on Environment and Human Beh.avior. bit.listserv.erl-l Educational Research List (TCSVM) bit.listserv.esl-l DECUS Education Software Library Discussion L. bit.listserv.ethics-l Discussion of Ethics in Computing. bit.listserv.film-l Film making and reviews 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.gis-l Geographic Information Systems Discussion List. bit.listserv.gmast-l Gamemasters Interest Group. bit.listserv.govdoc-l Discussion of Government Document Is. bit.listserv.gutnberg GUTNBERG Discussion List. bit.listserv.hellas The Hellenic Discussion List. (Moderated) bit.listserv.history History. 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.icu-l Instruction Computing Update Newsletter List. bit.listserv.info-gcg INFO-GCG: GCG Genetics Software Discussion. bit.listserv.infonets Infonets Redistribution. (Moderated) bit.listserv.ingrafx Information Graphics. 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.license Software Licensing List. bit.listserv.linkfail Link failure announcements. bit.listserv.literary Discussions about Literature. bit.listserv.lstsrv-l Forum on LISTSERV release 1.6. 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 & Writing). bit.listserv.medlib-l Medical Libraries Discussion List. bit.listserv.mednews MEDNEWS - Health Info-Com Network Newsletter. bit.listserv.netnws-l NETNWS-L Netnews 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.novell Novell LAN Interest Group. bit.listserv.omrscan OMR Scanner Discussion. bit.listserv.ozone OZONE Discussion List. bit.listserv.pacs-l Public-Access Computer Systems Forum. 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.policy-l Discussion about BITNET policies. bit.listserv.politics Forum for the Discussion of Politics. bit.listserv.power-l POWER-L IBM RS/6000 POWER Family. bit.listserv.relusr-l Relay Users Forum. bit.listserv.rexxlist REXX Programming Discussion List. bit.listserv.rhetoric Rhetoric, social movements, persuasion. bit.listserv.rscsmods The RSCS modifications List. bit.listserv.rscsv2-l BITNIC RSCSV2-L List. bit.listserv.s-comput SuperComputers List (USCVM). bit.listserv.sas-l SAS(r) Discussion. bit.listserv.script-l IBM vs Waterloo SCRIPT Discussion Group. bit.listserv.scuba-l Scuba diving Discussion List. bit.listserv.sganet Student Government Global Mail Network. bit.listserv.simula The SIMULA Language 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(r) 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.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.vmslsv-l VAX/VMS LISTSERV Discussion List. bit.listserv.vmxa-l VM/XA Discussion List. bit.listserv.vnews-l VNEWS Discussion List. bit.listserv.win3-l Microsoft Windows Version 3 Forum. bit.listserv.wp50-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.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.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 modem. 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.general Q&A, discussions and comments on SCO products. biz.sco.opendesktop ODT environment and applications tech info, q&a. 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. 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 "info@clarinet.com". clari.news ClariNet UPI general news wiregroups. clari.news.hot Temporary groups for hot news stories. clari.biz ClariNet UPI business news wiregroups. clari.sports ClariNet UPI sports wiregroups. clari.tw ClariNet UPI technology related news wiregroups. clari.nb ClariNet Newsbytes Information service Newsgroups. clari.net ClariNet non-news newsgroups. clari.canada ClariNet broadcast style news about Canada. clari.feature Feature columns and products. clari.feature.dave_barry Columns of humorist Dave Barry. (Moderated) clari.feature.mike_royko Chicago Opinion Columnist Mike Royko. (Moderated) clari.feature.miss_manners Judith Martin's Humorous Etiquette Advice. (Moderated) clari.feature.lederer Richard Lederer's "Looking at Language". (Moderated) clari.feature.kinsey Sex Q&A and Advice from Kinsey Institute. (Moderated) clari.canada.newscast Regular newscast for Canadians. (Moderated) clari.canada.briefs Regular updates of Canadian News in Brief. (Moderated) clari.canada.briefs.ont News briefs for Ontario and Toronto. (Moderated) clari.canada.briefs.west News briefs for Alberta, the Prairies & B.C. (Moderated) clari.canada.general Short items on Canadian News stories. (Moderated) clari.canada.biz Canadian Business Summaries. (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) 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.nb.index Weekly summary of Newsbytes computer news. (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.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.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.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. 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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!) 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(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.test Test messages for news propagation. 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 gnu.gnusenet.config@prep.ai.mit.edu to ask a feed. 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(Moderated) ieee.news.newgroup Newgroup messages. ieee.pcnfs Discussion & tips on PC-NFS. ieee.pcnfs.lifeline Discussion & tips on using PC-NFS LifeLine Mail. ieee.rab.announce Regional Activities Board - Announcements. (Moderated) ieee.rab.general Regional Activities Board - General discussion. ieee.region1 Region 1 Announcements. ieee.tab.announce Technical Activities Board - Announcements. (Moderated) ieee.tab.general Technical Activities Board - General discussion. ieee.usab.announce USAB - Announcements. (Moderated) 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 'usenet@ieee.org' 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 tranpost 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 (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu). 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.org.eff.news News from the Electronic Frontiers Foundation. (Moderated) comp.org.eff.talk Discussion of EFF goals, strategies, etc. 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.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS. comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package. 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. (Moderated) 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.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 Xenix on an 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.text.sgml ISO 8879 SGML, structured documents, markup languages. 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.windows.x.announce X Consortium announcements. 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) 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, janet.murray@f23.n105.z1.fidonet.org. 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. They are carried by most major usenet news sites, including uunet. The vmsnet groups are carried by roughly one third of the sites on usenet. 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 Terry Poot , who will attempt to assist you in finding a feed for the groups. Alternatively, you can send mail to the VMSnet mailing list , 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 current list of VMSnet newsgroups: vmsnet.admin Administration of the VMSnet newsgroups. vmsnet.announce General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated) vmsnet.announce.newusers Orientation info for new users. (Moderated) 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.tcp-ip.cmu-tek CMU-TEK TCP/IP package, gatewayed to cmu-tek-tcp+@andrew.cmu.edu. 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.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. -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu phone: (317) 494-7825