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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.jokes 12,017 19,912
net.unix-wizards 11,260 21,160
net.micro 10,463 16,976
net.sf-lovers 7,149 12,473
net.general And stuff. See. 6,283 8,284
net.music 5,543 10,987
net.wanted 5,406 9,843
net.misc 5,149 12,393
net.micro.pc 4,987 10,524
net.movies 4,779 9,399
net.space 4,661 7,155
net.auto 4,654 9,907
net.sources 4,516 6,507
net.micro.cpm 4,482 5,367
net.singles 4,168 12,304
net.micro.mac 3,948 8,278
net.cooks 3,901 6,962
net.politics 3,848 14,384
net.flame 3,643 12,675
net.unix 3,588 9,215
net.audio 3,536 7,336
net.lang.c 3,464 10,826
net.test Chat with autoreply bots. 3,238 4,187
net.ham-radio 3,165 4,022
net.religion 2,917 8,789
net.women 2,736 9,295
net.news 2,620 5,982
net.micro.amiga 2,527 5,616
net.games.rogue 2,157 3,715
net.physics 1,951 4,339
net.startrek 1,949 5,154
net.ai 1,940 3,195
net.columbia 1,794 3,232
net.nlang 1,758 5,014
net.games 1,720 3,036
net.tv 1,698 4,322
net.jobs 1,655 2,184
net.micro.apple 1,643 3,223
net.micro.atari16 1,597 2,920
net.math 1,576 3,292
net.micro.cbm 1,574 2,609
net.micro.atari 1,573 2,949
net.followup 1,535 6,846
net.emacs 1,521 2,332
net.comics 1,490 2,804
net.aviation 1,488 2,767
net.news.group 1,468 5,392
net.books 1,440 3,400
net.travel 1,403 2,476
net.games.trivia 1,354 2,854
net.med 1,311 3,828
net.bugs.4bsd 1,246 2,471
net.poems 1,190 1,432
net.wanted.sources 1,166 2,434
net.rec.photo 1,157 2,171
net.news.newsite 1,151 1,230
net.cycle 1,138 2,207
net.consumers 1,117 4,600
net.games.frp 1,116 2,545
net.works 1,083 1,551
net.sport.baseball 1,038 2,459
net.sex 1,021 4,321
net.graphics 1,018 1,967
net.sources.mac 1,016 1,273
net.video 981 2,395
net.news.b 950 1,618
net.religion.jewish 932 3,039
net.lang 920 2,736
net.dcom 919 2,160
net.sexuality.bondage Bondage, Dominance, submission and S&M 916 987
net.bicycle 914 2,040
net.motss 910 2,587
net.origins Evolution vs. creation (sometimes hot!) 909 2,730
net.philosophy 885 3,447
net.net-people 865 1,161
net.tv.drwho 826 2,049
net.kids 817 2,769
net.lang.ada 809 1,212
net.suicide 807 1,331
net.aviation.military Military aircraft 798 804
net.arch 785 3,663
net.news.config 758 1,047
net.chess 756 950
net.sport.football 732 1,537
net.pets 731 1,633
net.lan 730 1,675
net.abortion 718 2,515
net.jokes.d 712 1,769
net.text 703 1,457
net.lang.prolog 649 879
net.records 638 1,010
net.games.hack 634 1,533
net.astro 628 1,242
net.bizarre This is not a newsgroup. 620 1,817
net.railroad 612 979
net.micro.att 609 1,626
net.mail 600 2,000
net.invest 585 1,303
net.sexuality.general Discussion and chat of a sexual nature 583 823
net.info-terms 573 1,110
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