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iol.forum 5 13
iol.gen 1 1
iol.gene 31 31
iol.general 21 573
iol.general. 4 4
iol.gereral 1 1
iol.injternet 1 1
iol.internet 83 936
iol.iugi 1 1
iol.lavoro 219 497
iol.mercatino 610 1,420
iol.mercatino^ 1 1
iol.mercatinoit.annunci 1 1
iol.musica 97 282
iol.net-abuse 2 2
iol.news 7 7
iol.politica 55 163
iol.politics 90 90
iol.politics.election97 1 1
iol.radiopop 1 1
iol.schools.teachers 8 8
iol.sport 36 120
iol.sport.worldcup98 30 30
iol.support.general 10 17
iol.support.html 21 21
iol.support.modems 12 12
iol.support.slip-ppp 1 4
iol.support.windows95 34 34
iol.talk 15 15
iol.test 2 2
iol.tv 4 34
iol.user-group 6 8
iol.users 1 1
iol.vela 1 7
iol.viaggi 130 277
iol.whats-on 6 25
io.maillist.bong 13 13
io.maillist.intelhouse 2 2
io.maillist.rush 10 10
io.maillist.u2 2 29
io.market 5 71
io.muds 9 9
iona.products.orbix2000 4 4
iona.techie-questions 1 1
ion.christian.roman-catholic 2 2
ionet.announce 1 1
ionet.games 1 1
ionet.games.kali 2 2
ionet.games.quake 1 13
ionet.general 2 114
ionet.linux 1 1
ionet.mac 2 2
ionet.net 1 1
ionet.os2 72 72
ionet.poll 11 14
ionet.shellusers 1 1
ionet.support 2 37
ionet.test 11 11
ionet.win95 30 30
ion.shamanism 2 2
ion.shop 1 1
ion.shop.commercial.ads 1 1
ion.test 19 37
io.online 4 4
io.org 2 2
io.politics 14 14
ior.announce 3 3
ior.general 3 3
io.sff.movies 19 19
ios.general 26 134
io.silver 1 12
iosrael.francophones 1 1
ios.slip 22 22
io.status.modems 1 5
io.status.news 1 1
ios.test 22 31
io.support 1 1
io.support.faq 1 1
io.support.mac 1 3
io.support.mac.misc 1 1
io.support.mail 1 1
io.support.modems 1 728
io.support.mswin.slip 1 1
io.support.news 2 11
io.support.offline 1 1
io.support.os2.connect 12 12
io.support.os2.slip 2 2
io.support.qwk 1 1
io.support.shell 1 1
io.support.slip 3 3
io.support.slip.www 3 3
io.support.system 1 12
io.support.system.accounting 1 1
io.support.system.misc 2 2
io.support.system.modems 37 37
io.support.systemmodems 5 5
io.support.system.shell 1 1
io.support.system.www 2 2
io.support.unix 19 19
io.support.unix.misc 1 1
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