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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.religion.xian.ctl 1
net.reliogion.announce 13
net.research 503
net.research.ctl 4
net.roots 239
net.roots.ctl 3
net.rumor 1,877
net.rumor.ctl 1
net.rumors 3
net.rumors.ctl 1
net.sci 1,380
net.sci.ctl 2
net.science.biology.evolution Natural selection, etc... 28
net.science.biology.misc It's alive, Jim. 28
net.science.chemistry.misc Can we really drink that EtOH? 50
net.science.geology.misc It's dead, Jim. 18
net.science.misc Nonspecific discussion of science. 106
net.science.physics.misc Quarks to universes. 58
net.sctv 3
net.sex 27
net.sex.fetish.fat.furry.asian.watersports 1
net.sexuality 9
net.sexuality.bondage Bondage, Dominance, submission and S&M 884
net.sexuality.general Discussion and chat of a sexual nature 721
net.sexuality.motss Members of the same sex discussing sexuality 403
net.sexuality.stories Erotic prose and poetry (Moderated) 48
net.sexuality.stories.discuss Discussion, requests, etc of n.s.s 454
net.sf-lovers 12,473
net.sf.lovers 1
net.sf-lovers.ctl 4
net.singles 12,304
net.singles.ctl 7
net.site 4
net.site.ctl 1
net.social 1,283
net.sources 6,507
net.sources.bugs 1,119
net.sources.bugs.c.ctl 1
net.sources.bugs.ctl 9
net.sources.ctl 11
net.sources.d 493
net.sources.d.ctl 1
net.sources.games 986
net.sources.games.ctl 8
net.sources.lock-up 1
net.sources.lock-up.ctl 1
net.sources.mac 1,273
net.sources.mac.ctl 10
net.space 7,155
net.space.ctl 4
net.sport 773
net.sport.base 2
net.sport.baseball 2,459
net.sport.baseball.ctl 1
net.sport.base.ctl 1
net.sport.config Discussion about the net.sport hierarchy. 3
net.sport.ctl 1
net.sport.foo 1
net.sport.foot 44
net.sport.football 1,537
net.sport.football.ctl 5
net.sport.football.ncaa American college football 20
net.sport.football.nfl American professional football 3
net.sport.foot.ctl 1
net.sport.general Discussion about sports. 5
net.sport.hock 3
net.sport.hockey He shoots, he scores! 832
net.sport.hockey.ctl 3
net.sport.hoops 863
net.sport.hoops.ctl 4
net.sport.ski 1
net.startrek 5,154
net.startrek.ctl 3
net.stat 3
net.std 58
net.std.ctl 5
net.subculture.gothic The gothic subculture and lifestyle. 21
net.subculture.tasteless If you love to be disgusting. 27
net.subculture.usenet Who we are, what we do, why we do it. 1,201
net.suicide 1,331
net.suicide.ctl 2
net.support.abuse.sexual Recovering from childhood sexual abuse. 50
net.support.addiction.misc Dealing with miscellaneous addictions. 12
net.support.announce Announcements relevant to net.support.* (Moderated) 3
net.support.config Metadiscussion of the net.support hierarchy. 3
net.support.grief Coping with the loss of a loved one. 8
net.support.psych.misc For those with miscellaneous psychiatric disorders. 237
net.talk.singles 1
net.tavel 2
net.taxes 1,302
net.taxes.ctl 4
net.telecom 2
net.telecom.ctl 1
net.term 17
net.test Chat with autoreply bots. 4,170
net.test.ctl 18
net.text 1,457
net.text.ctl 7
net.theater 65
net.theater.ctl 7
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