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NET.* Newsgroups

All (359,153) Alt (149,962) Comp (16,065) Rec (16,029) Microsoft (12,634) Soc (11,466) Misc (6,419) Free (6,352) Sci (4,572) De (4,461) Fido7 (3,928) News (3,618) It (3,030) Uk (2,803) Talk (2,493) Fido (2,387) Es (2,360) Biz (2,203) Aol (2,164) Fj (2,087) Clari (1,651)
780 groups in net.*
Group ▾ Description Posts
net.food.drink.beer Let's head out to the pub. 18
net.food.drink.liquor For the spirits of Christmas parties 52
net.food.drink.wine The net, a glass of wine, and thou 50
net.food.healthy Healthy eating. 2
net.food.japanese Nani o tabemashita ka? 32
net.food.pizza Pizza! 135
net.food.spicy Hot! Hot! Hot! 37
net.food.veg.cookery Vegetarian cooking and recipes. 48
net.food.veg.lifestyle The philosphy of vegetarianism 38
net.forsale 13
net.forsale.ctl 3
net.freindships 16
net.friends 3
net.funny.kibo.loogie 1
net.games 3,036
net.games.board 219
net.games.board.ctl 8
net.games.chess 338
net.games.chess.ctl 14
net.games.ctl 6
net.games.dip 5
net.games.emp 589
net.games.emp.ctl 7
net.games.frp 2,545
net.games.frp.ctl 6
net.games.go 282
net.games.go.ctl 6
net.games.hack 1,533
net.games.hack.ctl 6
net.games.pacm 2
net.games.pacman 68
net.games.pacman.ctl 4
net.games.pbm 594
net.games.pbm.ctl 3
net.games.rog 1
net.games.rog.ctl 1
net.games.rogu 136
net.games.rogu.ctl 1
net.games.rogue 3,715
net.games.rogue.ctl 6
net.games.role 1
net.games.rolepla 1
net.games.roleplaying.advocacy My game is better than yours! 6
net.games.roleplaying.announce Roleplaying game-related news. 40
net.games.roleplaying.general Undifferentiated tabletop & live action gaming 71
net.games.roleplaying.marketplace Roleplaying games bought and sold. 41
net.games.roleplaying.theory Contemplating the essence of gaming. 50
net.games.triv 26
net.games.triv.ctl 1
net.games.trivia 2,854
net.games.trivia.ctl 6
net.games.vide 10
net.games.video 674
net.games.video.ctl 5
net.games.wanted.ctl 3
net.garden 1,145
net.garden.ctl 3
net.gdead 14
net.general And stuff. See. 8,048
net.general.ctl 291
net.genre.other For genres not already covered. 98
net.genre.sf.babylon5 Our last, best hope for a fifth season 46
net.genre.sf.books 4
net.genre.sf.fandom Fans and fandom. 18
net.genre.sf.movies Science fiction and fantasy related movies 8
net.genre.sf.other Other science fiction and fantasy discussion 1
net.genre.sf.star-trek Boldly going forwards because we can't find reverse! 7
net.genre.sf.star-wars Use the Net, Luke! 4
net.genre.sf.written Science fiction and fantasy in print 72
net.graphics 1,967
net.graphics.ctl 4
net.groups 3
net.groups.control 3
net.groups.control.ctl 1
net.ham-radio 4,022
net.ham-radio.ctl 3
net.ham-radio.packet 209
net.ham-radio.packet.ctl 9
net.happenings 2
net.history.general Anything about history 181
net.humo 2
net.humor 1
net.humour.bawdy "Off colour" sidekick of net.humour.funny. (Moderated) 48
net.humour.config Metadiscussion about the net.humour hierarchy. 10
net.humour.funny "General" humour newsgroup. (Moderated) 50
net.humour.off-colour Unmoderated, anything goes. You've been warned. 9
net.humour.religion Your "higher source" for humour! (Moderated) 153
net.humour.talk 1
net.info-micro 10
net.info.micro 2
net.info-micro.ctl 1
net.info-tenews.ctl 1
net.info-terms 1,110
net.info.terms 2
net.info-terms.ctl 3
net.info.terms.ctl 1
net.internat 397
net.internat.ctl 13
net.internet.dns.names Domain Name System naming issues 68
net.internet.dns.policy Domain Name System policy 601
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