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NET.* Newsgroups

All (378,027) 🗃️ Utzoo Alt (151,236) Rec (16,151) Comp (16,078) Microsoft (12,768) Soc (11,869) Free (6,677) Misc (6,442) Sci (4,598) De (4,491) Fido7 (4,203) News (4,116) It (3,130) Uk (2,858) Fido (2,555) Talk (2,546) Es (2,365) Biz (2,204) Aol (2,167) Msn (2,117) Fj (2,105)
802 groups in net.*
Group ▾ Description Threads Posts
net.humor 1 1
net.humour.bawdy "Off colour" sidekick of net.humour.funny. (Moderated) 47 48
net.humour.config Metadiscussion about the net.humour hierarchy. 4 11
net.humour.funny "General" humour newsgroup. (Moderated) 48 50
net.humour.off-colour Unmoderated, anything goes. You've been warned. 9 9
net.humour.religion Your "higher source" for humour! (Moderated) 153 153
net.humour.talk 1 1
net.info-micro 6 10
net.info.micro 1 2
net.info-micro.ctl 1 1
net.info-tenews.ctl 1 1
net.info-terms 573 1,110
net.info.terms 2 2
net.info-terms.ctl 3 3
net.info.terms.ctl 1 1
net.internat 47 397
net.internat.ctl 12 13
net.internet.dns.names Domain Name System naming issues 28 69
net.internet.dns.policy Domain Name System policy 108 601
net.invest 585 1,303
net.invest.ctl 4 4
net.jobs 1,655 2,184
net.jobs.ctl 7 7
net.jobs.d 2 2
net.joke 11 12
net.joke.ctl 2 2
net.jokes 12,017 19,912
net.jokes.ctl 11 11
net.jokes.d 712 1,769
net.jokes.d.ctl 4 4
net.jokes.lime 1 2
net.jokes.limerick 8 13
net.jokes.q 325 353
net.junk 15 15
net.kermit 16 16
net.kids 817 2,769
net.kids.ctl 7 7
net.lan 730 1,675
net.lan.ctl 3 3
net.lang 920 2,736
net.lang.ada 809 1,212
net.lang.ada.ctl 4 4
net.lang.apl 179 292
net.lang.apl.ctl 6 6
net.lang.c 3,464 10,826
net.lang.c++ 232 399
net.lang.c++.ctl 4 5
net.lang.c.ctl 4 4
net.lang.ctl 4 4
net.lang.f77 203 582
net.lang.f77.ctl 9 9
net.lang.forth 264 522
net.lang.forth.ctl 4 4
net.lang.lisp 494 1,084
net.lang.lisp.ctl 7 7
net.lang.mod2 428 691
net.lang.mod2.ctl 9 9
net.lang.pasca 5 8
net.lang.pasca.ctl 1 1
net.lang.pascal 208 663
net.lang.pascal.ctl 6 6
net.lang.prolo 2 2
net.lang.prolog 649 879
net.lang.prolog.ctl 4 4
net.lang.st80 239 479
net.lang.st80.ctl 5 5
net.leakage 1 1
net.legal 528 3,507
net.legal.ctl 8 8
net.legends.lester-mosley 1 1
net.limerick 3 3
net.limerick.ctl 1 1
net.lisp 2 8
net.lisp.ctl 1 1
net.lsi 71 177
net.lsi.ctl 4 4
net.lycanthropy 3 3
net.mag 206 271
net.mag.ctl 7 7
net.mail 600 2,000
net.mail.ctl 7 7
net.mail.headers 517 731
net.mail.headers.ctl 13 13
net.mail.msggroup 68 123
net.mail.msggroup.ctl 9 9
net.math 1,576 3,292
net.math.ctl 5 5
net.math.stat 120 223
net.math.stat.ctl 9 9
net.math.symbolic 84 148
net.math.symbolic.ctl 6 6
net.mc 1 1
net.med 1,311 3,828
net.med.ctl 9 9
net.med.equipment 1 1
net.media. 1 1
net.media.electronic The electronic media 4 13
net.media.film 2 2
net.media.film-industry The Industry 15 21
net.media.genre.sf.tv 1 1
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