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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.invest 1,303
net.invest.ctl 4
net.jobs 2,184
net.jobs.ctl 7
net.jobs.d 2
net.joke 12
net.joke.ctl 2
net.jokes 19,912
net.jokes.ctl 11
net.jokes.d 1,769
net.jokes.d.ctl 4
net.jokes.lime 2
net.jokes.limerick 13
net.jokes.q 353
net.junk 15
net.kermit 16
net.kids 2,769
net.kids.ctl 7
net.lan 1,675
net.lan.ctl 3
net.lang 2,736
net.lang.ada 1,212
net.lang.ada.ctl 4
net.lang.apl 292
net.lang.apl.ctl 6
net.lang.c 10,826
net.lang.c++ 399
net.lang.c++.ctl 5
net.lang.c.ctl 4
net.lang.ctl 4
net.lang.f77 582
net.lang.f77.ctl 9
net.lang.forth 522
net.lang.forth.ctl 4
net.lang.lisp 1,084
net.lang.lisp.ctl 7
net.lang.mod2 691
net.lang.mod2.ctl 9
net.lang.pasca 8
net.lang.pasca.ctl 1
net.lang.pascal 663
net.lang.pascal.ctl 6
net.lang.prolo 2
net.lang.prolog 879
net.lang.prolog.ctl 4
net.lang.st80 479
net.lang.st80.ctl 5
net.leakage 1
net.legal 3,507
net.legal.ctl 8
net.legends.lester-mosley 1
net.limerick 3
net.limerick.ctl 1
net.lisp 8
net.lisp.ctl 1
net.lsi 177
net.lsi.ctl 4
net.mag 271
net.mag.ctl 7
net.mail 2,000
net.mail.ctl 7
net.mail.headers 731
net.mail.headers.ctl 13
net.mail.msggroup 123
net.mail.msggroup.ctl 9
net.math 3,292
net.math.ctl 5
net.math.stat 223
net.math.stat.ctl 9
net.math.symbolic 148
net.math.symbolic.ctl 6
net.mc 1
net.med 3,828
net.med.ctl 9
net.med.equipment 1
net.media. 1
net.media.electronic The electronic media 11
net.media.film 2
net.media.film-industry The Industry 17
net.media.genre.sf.tv 1
net.media.movies The Movies (film, video, even MPEG) 48
net.media.other Anything not covered by existing groups 36
net.media.print The printed word 4
net.media.tv Television (neither rare nor well done) 7
net.medicine.clinical.general All about making people better. 29
net.medicine.education.general Teaching and learning medicine. 26
net.medicine.policy.general What do we do and who pays for it? 15
net.medicine.public-health.drugs Drugs and society's health. 36
net.medicine.public-health.general Healthy people, all at once. 53
net.medicine.research.general Finding ways to make people better. 5
net.medicine.support.general Mutual support is a stable structure. 25
net.medicine.veterinary.general Animal health care. 48
net.medlux.support.general 2
net.megabozo.irwin-allen 2
net.micro 16,976
net.micro.16k 495
net.micro.16k.ctl 7
net.micro.432 49
net.micro.432.ctl 5
net.micro.68 1
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