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151,236 groups in alt.*
Group ▾ Description Threads Posts
alt.comments 1 1
alt.comments.flip 1 1
alt.comments.poetry 1 1
alt.commerce 78 849
alt.commerce. 1 1
alt.commerce.ads 1 1
alt.commerce.computer.forsale 1 1
alt.commerce.computers.forsale 43 43
alt.commerce.computers.wanted 1 1
alt.commerce.construction 5 5
alt.commerce.forsale 1 1
alt.commerce.free-stuff 16 16
alt.commerce.free-stuffalt.anything 1 1
alt.commerce.general 5 46
alt.commerce.internet 4 4
alt.commerce.internet. 1 1
alt.commerce.internet.announce 1 1
alt.commerce.intershop 13 13
alt.commerce.marketplace.international 1 1
alt.commerce.mis-ads 1 1
alt.commerce.misc 3 3
alt.commerce.misc-a 1 1
alt.commerce-misc.ads 2 2
alt.commerce..misc-ads 1 1
alt.commerce.misc-ads 507 4,929
alt.commerce.misc.ads 7 528
alt.commerce.misc.ads. 1 1
alt.commerce.misc-ads.alt.consumer.free-stuff 1 1
alt.commerce.mlm 14 14
alt.commerce.mlm.annoucements 1 1
alt.commerce.mlm.announce 1 34
alt.commerce.mlm.announcements 1 1
alt.commerce.mlm.anounce 2 2
alt.commerce.mlm.discusion 1 1
alt.commerce.mlm.discussion 1 46
alt.commerce.pc 1 1
alt.commerce.wanted 1 1
alt.commercia 1 1
alt.commercial 1 1
alt.commercial-hi 2 2
alt.commercial-hit-radio 746 1,997
alt.commercial-hit-radio. 1 1
alt.commercial-hit.radio 4 4
alt.commercial.hit.radio 1 1
alt.commercial-hit-radio.must 20 133
alt.commercial-hit-radio.must.die 13 314
alt.commercials 8 8
alt.commercial-sites.password-exchange 1 1
alt.commerece.misc-ads 1 1
alt.commerence.misc.ads 1 1
alt.commie.assholes 1 1
alt.commie.trolls 1 1
alt.commie.wolfus 1 1
alt.comm.isdn4linux 1 1
alt.commmerce 1 1
alt.commmerce.misc.ads 1 1
alt.commodity 1 1
alt.common-sense 71 71
alt.comms 1 1
alt.comms.lounge 53 123
alt.comms.powerline PowerLine Communication Systems and Applications 41 84
alt.commu 2 2
alt.commuity.international 1 1
alt.commumity.local-money 1 1
alt.commun 1 1
alt.communi 1 1
alt.communicomm-cable Users of Communicomm Cable 7 7
alt.communicomm-cable.dial-up Users of Communicomm Cable 1 6
alt.communicomm-cable.email-support Users of Communicomm Cable 14 14
alt.communicomm-cable.high-speed Users of Communicomm Cable 2 8
alt.communicomm-cable.linux-users Users of Communicomm Cable 1 4
alt.communicomm-cable.newsgroups-support Users of Communicomm Cable 1 4
alt.communicomm-cable.security Users of Communicomm Cable 3 3
alt.communicomm-cable.television-services Users of Communicomm Cable 24 59
alt.communicomm-cable.tricks-and-treats Users of Communicomm Cable 2 5
alt.communicomm-cable.virus Users of Communicomm Cable 5 15
alt.communicomm-cable.whine-and-complain Users of Communicomm Cable 3 12
alt.communism 67 67
alt.communism.moderated 34 34
alt.communist.idiot.in-our-midst 28 28
alt.communities 3 3
alt.communities.intentional 13 13
alt.communit.local-money 2 2
alt.community 482 33,132
alt.community' 4 4
alt.community. 21 21
alt.community.alt.computer.consultants 1 1
alt.community.asian.man.general 1 1
alt.community.eunuch-archive 13 13
alt.community.fake.NG 1 1
alt.community.firefighting 1 1
alt.community.i 1 1
alt.community.intentio 1 1
alt.community.intention 6 6
alt.community.intentiona 5 5
alt.community.intentional Some spinoff from alt.co-ops. 2,628 6,366
alt.community.international 1 34
alt.community.intnetional 7 7
alt.community.l 2 2
alt.community.lo 5 5
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