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2,555 groups in fido.*
Group ▾ Description Threads Posts
fido.ru.multimedia 16 176
fido.ru.music.uue 12 313
fido.ru.naturism 3 3
fido.ru.nethack 2 2
fido.ru.networks 11 18
fido.ru.news 3 3
fido.ru.notebooks 37 37
fido.ru.notes 2 2
fido.ru.oracle.ug 1 1
fido.ru.os.cmp 4 272
fido.ru.pagers 1 1
fido.ru.palmtop 37 37
fido.ru.photo 23 151
fido.ru.phreaks 13 97
fido.ru.pickup 3 5
fido.ru.pickup.guru 1 1
fido.ru.plastic.cards 4 4
fido.ru.playstation 2 2
fido.ru.pl/i 2 2
fido.ru.powerbuilder 3 3
fido.ru.psychedelic 1 1
fido.ru.railways 1 1
fido.ru.rdbms.oracle 65 65
fido.ru.rpg 692 692
fido.ru.sat 429 429
fido.ru.scherbakov 1 1
fido.ru.school 17 80
fido.ru.security 132 132
fido.ru-sex 6 6
fido.ru.sex 12 4,381
fido.ru-sex.adv 4 4
fido.ru.sex.adv 27 27
fido.ru.sex.gay 16 19
fido.ru.sex.hotel 1 1
fido.ru-sex.pictures 4 4
fido.ru-sex.pictures.uue 3 3
fido.rus.flora 3 74
fido.ru.space 96 96
fido.rus.pcad 11 90
fido.ru.special.technics 1 1
fido.rus.pets 2 518
fido.ru.sport 5 5
fido.ru.sport.football 1,042 1,042
fido.ru.sport.hockey 1 1
fido.ru.sport.other 53 53
fido.ru.squish 2 2
fido.russian-sex 19 19
fido.russian.sex 1,340 1,340
fido.ru.subway 7 7
fido.ru.telecom 1 1
fido.ru.tourism 1 3
fido.ru.tourism.faq 2 2
fido.ru.tourism.texts 2 2
fido.ru.ufo 14 23
fido.ru.unix 6 266
fido.ru.unix.bsd 1 23
fido.ru.unix.linux 1 31
fido.ru.unix.sco 8 8
fido.ru.unix.solaris 1 4
fido.ru.usr 975 975
fido.ru.uuencode 2 2
fido.ru.vc 5 10
fido.ru.venture 15 15
fido.ru.video 11 1,648
fido.ru.visial.foxpro 2 2
fido.ru.visual.basic 6 6
fido.ru.visual.basicfido7.ru.visual.basic 1 2
fido.ru.visual.cpp 5 15
fido.ru.visual.foxpro 25 25
fido.ru.warhammer.club 6 6
fido.ru.weapon 782 782
fido.ru.web.construction 1 1
fido.ru.website 9 12
fido.ru.windows.nt 4 4
fido.ru.windows.nt.admin 3 3
fido.ru.xml 1 1
fido.s 2 2
fido.sa 3 3
fido.sailing 2 2
fido.sal.chat 5 9
fido.sat.crypt.ger 1 1
fido.sat.crypt_ger 21 105
fido.satellite 1 6
fido.sat-ger 181 365
fido.sat.ger 5 5
fido.sat_ger 57 256
fido.sb-nasa_news 2 2
fido.scanradio 9 15
fido.schach.ger 1 1
fido.schule 4 9
fido.schule-ger 14 39
fido.schule.ger 3 15
fido.schule_ger 1 1
fido.science 250 404
fido.science.ger.medizin 1 1
fido.science.medizin 1 1
fido.science.medizin.ger 1 1
fido.sciencm 1 1
fido.sci.medizin.ger 67 67
fido.sci+tech 2 2
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