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2,555 groups in fido.*
Group ▾ Description Threads Posts
fido.a 1 1
fido.abled 1 1
fido.abled.ger 1 2
fido.adinf.support 272 272
fido.aids.drugs 1 1
fido.alg.flohmarkt 1 1
fido.alt.morons 1 1
fido.amateur_radio 1 1
fido.amiga 77 270
fido.amiga.amiga.ch 1 1
fido.amiga.amiga.ger 1 1
fido.amiga_cdrom 1 2
fido.amiga-g 1 1
fido.amiga-ger 609 2,556
fido.amiga.ger 38 392
fido.amiga_ger 1 37
fido.amigahard.ger 20 20
fido.amiga_makrt.ger 3 3
fido.amiga_markt 1 10
fido.amiga-markt.ger 1 1
fido.amiga_markt.ger 9 413
fido.amiga_markt_ger 18 18
fido.amigamarkt.ger 1 1
fido.amigames.ger 1 1
fido.amiga.muc 1 1
fido.amiga.prog 98 143
fido.amigasale 2 2
fido.amihard 1 1
fido.amihard-ger 1 1
fido.amihard.ger 94 94
fido.amihard_ger 1 28
fido.amiprog.ger 1 5
fido.amiprog_ger 2 2
fido.amy_point 11 24
fido.animal_doc 6 6
fido.anime 1 1
fido.animed 1 1
fido.anime.ger 3 3
fido.announce.trb 1 1
fido.antifa.ger 13 13
fido.anything_goes 6,760 17,657
fido.aquarium 6 6
fido.aquarium.ger 8 8
fido.arbeit.ger 1 1
fido.archimedes 2 2
fido.archimedes.ger 17 25
fido.astronomie 66 104
fido.astronomie-ger 15 36
fido.astronomie.ger 49 49
fido.astronomy 10 16
fido.atari 5 5
fido.atari-ger 11 20
fido.atari.ger 2 2
fido.atari_st 2 2
fido.atarist 2 2
fido.at.job 2 2
fido.aust.modem 37 37
fido.aust_modem 18 146
fido.aust-telecom 1 6
fido.aust_telecom 49 155
fido.auto.ger 1 5
fido.automotive 103 239
fido.autorace 19 57
fido.autoren-ger 5 14
fido.autoren.ger 3 3
fido.autoren_ger 21 21
fido.aviation 75 138
fido.banken.ger 1 2
fido.banken_ger 5 5
fido.bartertown 1 1
fido.basic7 4 4
fido.basic.ger 2 2
fido.battletech.ger 1 1
fido.bazar.aus 1 1
fido.bazar.muc 8 8
fido.bb-cards 14 43
fido.bbs 12 12
fido.bbs.news 79 124
fido.bbs.sysop 12 12
fido.bbs.user 39 104
fido.be 9 9
fido.bel 1 1
fido.bel.any 1 1
fido.beld.ned.handel 2 2
fido.bel.fra.general 2 2
fido.bel.fra.internet 4 4
fido.belg 46 91
fido.belg. 1 1
fido.belg.3dstudio Fidonet: 3DSTUDIO.B conference. 219 391
fido.belg.aids 21 25
fido.belg.algemeen.b 17 46
fido.belg.allfix.general 14 26
fido.belg.allfix.support Fidonet: ALLFIX_SUP.B conference. 15 30
fido.belg.amiga Fidonet: AMIGA.B conference. 72 117
fido.belg.astronomy 1 34
fido.belg.astronomy.029 6 9
fido.belg.auto 381 822
fido.belg.avontuur 53 130
fido.belg.babel Fidonet: BABEL.B conference. 280 527
fido.belg.babel.b 12 12
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