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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.news.groups 30
net.newsite 6
net.newsite.ctl 2
net.news.map 497
net.news.newsi 7
net.news.newsi.ctl 1
net.news.newsite 1,230
net.news.newsite.ctl 7
net.news.newsites 3
net.news.notes 111
net.news.notes.ctl 6
net.news.sa 378
net.news.sa.ctl 5
net.news.stargate 272
net.news.stargate.ctl 6
net.nitco.general 1
net.nlang 5,014
net.nlang.africa 211
net.nlang.africa.ctl 9
net.nlang.celts 307
net.nlang.celts.ctl 4
net.nlang.ctl 1
net.nlang.greek 256
net.nlang.greek.ctl 5
net.nlang.india 1,169
net.nlang.india.ctl 8
net.notes 397
net.notes.ctl 2
net.oa 26
net.oa.ctl 1
net.open 1
net.origins Evolution vs. creation (sometimes hot!) 2,727
net.origins.ctl 6
net.os 6
net.patents 1
net.pc 2
net.pedophiles 2
net.people 1
net.periph 18
net.periph.ctl 1
net.periphs 1,160
net.pets 1,633
net.philosophy 3,447
net.philosophy.craver 1
net.philosophy.ctl 1
net.physics 4,339
net.physics.ctl 1
net.poems 1,432
net.politics 14,384
net.politics.ctl 6
net.politics.terror 1
net.politics.theory 1,794
net.politics.theory.ctl 5
net.providers 1
net.puzzle 1,554
net.puzzle.ctl 6
net.puzzles 11
net.railroad 979
net.railroad.ctl 3
net.rec 433
net.rec.birds 359
net.rec.birds.ctl 2
net.rec.boat 427
net.rec.bridge 523
net.rec.bridge.ctl 3
net.rec.caves 79
net.rec.caves.ctl 1
net.rec.coins 129
net.rec.ctl 1
net.rec.disc 67
net.rec.disc.ctl 3
net.rec.disk.ctl 1
net.rec.drugs 3
net.rec.nude 413
net.rec.nude.ctl 1
net.records 1,010
net.records.ctl 1
net.rec.photo 2,171
net.rec.photo.ctl 1
net.rec.scuba 291
net.rec.scuba.ctl 1
net.rec.ski 823
net.rec.ski.ctl 1
net.rec.skydiv 2
net.rec.skydive 303
net.rec.skydive.ctl 2
net.rec.wood 426
net.rec.wood.ctl 6
net.relegion 1
net.religion 8,789
net.religion.announce Announcements about the net.religion hierarchy. (Moderated) 3
net.religion.christian 1,859
net.religion.christian.ctl 5
net.religion.ctl 10
net.religion.flame My god can beat up your god 186
net.religion.interfaith Working together 18
net.religion.jewish 3,039
net.religion.jewish.ctl 3
net.religion.policy Discussing the net.religion hierarchy 91
net.religion.xian 8
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