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Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part I
Summary: First of two postings.  This part describes the following
	alternate hierarchies: alt, bionet, bit, biz
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Original-author: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 20 Feb 92 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)


Introduction
------------
The Usenet software allows the support and transport of hierarchies of
newsgroups not part of the "traditional" Usenet through use of the
distribution mechanism. These hierarchies of groups are available to
sites wishing to support them and finding a feed.  In general, these
groups are not carried by the entire network because of their volume,
restricted spheres of interest, or a different set of administrative
rules and concerns.

In general, it is a bad idea to forward these newsgroups to your
neighbors without asking them first; they should only be received at a
site by choice.  Not only is this generally-accepted net etiquette, it
helps to preserve the freedom to do and say as the posters please in
these newsgroups, as the only people who get them are those who asked
to get them.  This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, because every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies.  Because of the sheer size of the mainstream
Usenet, extra-long or controversial postings are more likely to cause
problems when posted to the Usenet; however, these alternative
hierarchies exist precisely to support those kinds of postings (if
germane to the hierarchy).

Usually, there is is no restriction on getting these groups as long
as you have the capacity to receive, store, and forward the groups;
2.10.3 or 2.11 news is required to make the distribution mechanism
work properly for these groups.  How to join each distribution is
described below.

Note that the "uunet" service carries all of these hierarchies.
Contact uunet!uunet-request for subscription details.

Also note -- the lists in this article are totally unofficial and
possibly incomplete or inaccurate.  I try to keep the lists up-to-date,
but make no guarantee that any of the information contained corresponds
with the named groups in any significant way.  Corrections and comments
should be mailed directly to me.

Alt
---
"alt" is a collection of newsgroups which are being distributed
by a collection of sites that choose to carry them.  Many Usenet sites
are not interested in these groups.  Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups:

alt.3d			Three-dimensional imaging.
alt.activism		Activities for activists.
alt.activism.d		A place to discuss issues in alt.activism.
alt.aeffle.und.pferdle	German TV cartoon characters.
alt.alien.visitors	Space Aliens on Earth!  Abduction!  Gov't Coverup!
alt.alt			Recursive fun.
alt.angst		Anxiety in the modern world.
alt.angst.xibo.sex	Tightening the screws of your existence.
alt.aquaria		The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.archery		Robin Hood had the right idea.
alt.artcom		Artistic Community, arts & communication.
alt.astrology		Twinkle, twinkle, little planet.
alt.atheism		Godless heathens.
alt.bacchus		The non-profit "BACCHUS" organization.
alt.backrubs		Lower...to the right...aaaah!
alt.bbs			Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.bbs.ads		Ads for various computer BBS's.
alt.bbs.allsysop	??.
alt.bbs.internet	BBS systems accessible via the Internet.
alt.bbs.lists		Postings of regional BBS listings.
alt.bbs.lists.d		Discussion about regional BBS listings.
alt.bbs.waffle		The Waffle UUCP BBS.
alt.beer                Good for what ales ya.
alt.binaries.multimedia Sound, text and graphics data rolled in one.
alt.binaries.pictures.d	Discussions about picture postings.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica	Gigabytes of copyright violations.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d	Discussing erotic copyright violations.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male	Copyright violations featuring mostly males.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.female	Copyright violations featuring mostly females.
alt.binaries.pictures.misc	have we saturated the network yet?
alt.binaries.pictures.tasteless	Binary postings of especially tasteless.
alt.binaries.sounds.d	Sounding off.
alt.binaries.sounds.erotica	Ngghhh! MMMMMMM! uuuhhhnnnnnOOOOOHHHhhhhh...
alt.binaries.sounds.misc	Digitized audio adventures.
alt.birthright		Birthright Party propaganda.
alt.bitch.pork		Flames in a particular vein.
alt.boomerang		Technology and use of the boomerang.
alt.brother-jed		The born-again minister touring US campuses.
alt.buddha.short.fat.guy	Religion. And not religion. Both. Neither.
alt.cad			Computer Aided Design.
alt.cad.autocad		CAD as practiced by customers of Autodesk.
alt.california		The state and the state of mind.
alt.callahans		Callahan's bar for puns and fellowship.
alt.cd-rom		Discussions of optical storage media.
alt.censorship		Discussion about restricting speech/press.
alt.child-support	Raising children in a split family.
alt.co-ops		Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.cobol		Relationship between programming and stone axes.
alt.colorguard		Marching bands etc.
alt.comp.acad-freedom.news      Academic freedom issues related to computers. (Moderated)
alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk      Academic freedom issues related to computers.
alt.config		Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.conspiracy		Be paranoid -- they're out to get you.
alt.cosuard		Council of Sysops & Users Against Rate Discrimination.
alt.cult-movies		Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS).
alt.culture.electric-midget	Waiting for the dwarf, or someone like him.
alt.cyb-sys		Cybernetics and Systems.
alt.cyberpunk		High-tech low-life.
alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo	Literary virtual reality in a cyberpunk hangout.
alt.cyberpunk.movement	Cybernizing the Universe.
alt.cyberpunk.tech	Cyberspace and Cyberpunk technology.
alt.cyberspace		Cyberspace and how it should work.
alt.cybertoon		Cyberpunk epic.
alt.dads-rights		Rights of fathers trying to win custody in court.
alt.dcom.telecom	Discussion of telecommunications technology.
alt.desert-shield	Events in the Middle East, esp. Kuwait.
alt.desert-storm	The war against Iraq in Kuwait.
alt.desert-storm.facts	For factual information on The Gulf War.
alt.desert-thekurds	What's happening to the Kurds in Iraq.
alt.destroy.the.earth	Deteriorata meets the Space Orphans.
alt.dev.null		The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated)
alt.devilbunnies	Probably better left undescribed.
alt.discrimination	Quotas, affirmative action, bigotry, persecution.
alt.dreams		What do they mean?
alt.drugs		Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.drugs.usenet	Many things are addictive besides pills.
alt.education.disabled	Learning experiences for the disabled.
alt.education.distance	Learning over nets etc.
alt.emusic		Ethnic, exotic, electronic, elaborate, etc. music. *
alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die	We just can't get enough of him.
alt.ernie-pook		Long live Lynda Barry.
alt.evil                Tales from the dark side.
alt.exotic-music	Exotic music discussions. *
alt.exploding.kibo	Perhaps just wishful thinking.
alt.fan.BIFF		COWABUNGA, D00D!!! MY BROTHER SEZ HES AWSUM.
alt.fan.dan-quayle	For discussion of the US Vice President.
alt.fan.dave_barry	Electronic fan club for humorist Dave Barry.
alt.fan.dice-man	Fans of Andrew Dice Clay.
alt.fan.douglas-adams	Author of "The Meaning of Liff", & other fine works.
alt.fan.frank-zappa	Fans of Frank Zappa and Zappa related bands.
alt.fan.furry		Fans of funny animals, ala Steve Gallacci's book.
alt.fan.howard-stern	Fans of the abrasive radio & TV personality.
alt.fan.john-palmer	Tygre, tygre, burning blight...
alt.fan.mike-jittlov	Electronic fan club for animator Mike Jittlov.
alt.fan.monty-python	Electronic fan club for those wacky Brits.
alt.fan.pern		Anne McCaffery's s-f oeuvre.
alt.fan.pratchett	??.
alt.fan.q		??.
alt.fan.suicide-squid	Breathtaking adventure stories.
alt.fan.tna		For the college radio show "T n A".
alt.fan.tom_peterson	Portland, Oregon's favorite son.
alt.fan.warlord         Mocking net.gods and net.weenies.
alt.fandom.cons		Announcements of conventions (SciFi and others).
alt.fandom.misc		Other topics for fans of various kinds.
alt.fax.bondage		The ancient secrets revealed.
alt.fishing		Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flame		Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.flame.psu		Penn State gets its own.
alt.flame.spelling	Fore piple whoe kant spel.
alt.folklore.computers	Stories & anecdotes about computers (some true!).
alt.folklore.college	??
alt.folklore.science	The folklore of science, not the science of folklore.
alt.folklore.urban	Urban legends, ala Jan Harold Brunvand.
alt.foolish.users	Final resting place for the "idiot-proof" zealots.
alt.forgery		One place for all forgeries--crossposting encouraged.
alt.fractals		Fractals in math, graphics, and art.
alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg	Picard, you are not yourself lately.
alt.galactic-guide	DON'T PANIC.
alt.games.gb		The Galactic Bloodshed conquest game.
alt.games.torg		Gateway for TORG mailing list.
alt.games.xtrek         All about a Star Trek game for X.
alt.good.news		A place for some news that's good news.
alt.gopher		Discussion of the gopher information service.
alt.gorby.gone.gone.gone	Some say he did it to himself.
alt.gothic		The gothic movement: things mournful and dark.
alt.gourmand		Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.graffiti		Usenet spraypainters and their documentors.
alt.graphics		Some prefer this to comp.graphics.
alt.graphics.pixutils	Discussion of pixmap utilities.
alt.great-lakes		Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.great.ass.paulina	"For a year I get nothing and then this".
alt.hackers		Descriptions of projects currently under development. (Moderated)
alt.half.operating.system.delay.delay.delay	1/2 an OS for 1/2 a computer, twice as late.
alt.horror		The horror genre.
alt.hypertext		Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism	Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.industrial          The Industrial Computing Society.
alt.irc			Internet Relay Chat material.
alt.irc.recovery	Kill your television... er, IRC client.
alt.is.too		NOT!
alt.kalbo		??.
alt.ketchup		Whak* Whak* ...shake... Whak* Damn, all over my tie.
alt.kids-talk		A place for the pre-college set on the net.
alt.lang.asm            Assembly languages of various flavours.
alt.lang.basic		The Language That Would Not Die.
alt.lang.cfutures	Discussion of the future of the C programming language
alt.lang.intercal	A joke language with a real compiler.
alt.lang.ml             The ML and SML symbolic languages.
alt.lang.teco		The TECO editor language.
alt.lawyers.sue.sue.sue	Worse than banana slug fleas.
alt.locksmithing	You locked your keys in *where*?
alt.magic		For discussion about stage magic.
alt.magick              For discussion about supernatural arts.
alt.manga		Discussion of non-Western comics.
alt.mcdonalds		Can I get fries with that?
alt.messianic		Messianic traditions.
alt.missing-kids	Locating missing children.
alt.models		Model building, design, etc.
alt.motorcycles.harley	Hog heaven.
alt.msdos.programmer	For the serious MS/DOS programmer (no forsale ads).
alt.mud.german		For German-speaking MUD-er's.
alt.my.head.hurts	I can't believe this is happening AGAIN...
alt.mythology		??.
alt.national.enquirer	Entertaining, utter drek.
alt.native		Issues for and about native Americans.
alt.newgroup		For people who don't like to rmgroup/newgroup things.
alt.noise		BZZZZT! KRAK!! BLAM! %$@#*?! etc.
alt.os.linux		The free Linux OS.
alt.overlords		??.
alt.pagan		Discussions about paganism & religion.
alt.paranormal		Phenomena which are not scientifically explicable.
alt.parents-teens	??.
alt.party		Parties, celebration and general debauchery.
alt.pcnews		??.
alt.peeves		Discussion of peeves & related.
alt.personals		Geek seeks Dweeb. Object: low-level interfacing.
alt.personals.bondage   Are you tied up this evening?
alt.personals.misc	Dweeb seeks Geek. Object: low-level interfacing.
alt.politics.correct	A Neil Bush fan club.
alt.politics.homosexuality	   As the name implies
alt.postmodern		Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like.
alt.privacy             Privacy issues in cyberspace.
alt.prose		Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d		Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.psychoactives       Better living through chemistry.
alt.pulp		Paperback fiction, newsprint production, orange juice.
alt.rap                 For fans of rap music.
alt.rap-gdead		Fans of The Grateful Dead and Rap.  Really.
alt.recovery		For people in recovery programs (e.g., AA, ACA, GA).
alt.religion.adm3a      Flaming the merits of the Sigler-Lear ADM3A.
alt.religion.computers	People who believe computing is "real life."
alt.religion.emacs      Emacs.  Umacs.  We all macs.
alt.religion.kibology	He's Fred, Jim.
alt.religion.scientology        He's dead, Jim.
alt.rhode_island	Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rissa		Fans (and otherwise) of Patricia O'Tuama.
alt.rmgroup		For the people who like to rmgroup/newgroup things.
alt.rock-n-roll		Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal	For the headbangers on the net.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy     Non-sissyboy metal bands.
alt.romance		Discussion about the romantic side of love.
alt.romance.chat	Talk about no sex.
alt.rush-limbaugh       Fans of the conservative activist radio announcer.
alt.satanism		Not such a bad dude once you get to know him.
alt.save.the.earth      Environmentalist causes.
alt.sci.astro.fits      Technical matters of Flexible Image Transport Systems.
alt.sci.physics.acoustics	??.
alt.sci.physics.new-theories	??.
alt.security		Security issues on computer systems.
alt.security.index	Pointers to good stuff in alt.security. (Moderated)
alt.self-improve	Self-improvement in less than 14 characters.
alt.sewing		Working with needle and thread.
alt.sex			Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sex.bestiality	Happiness is a warm puppy.
alt.sex.bondage		Tie me, whip me, make me read the net!
alt.sex.bondage.particle.physics	The real truth about protons.
alt.sex.boredom		For those who fall asleep BEFORE.
alt.sex.carasso		Where Carasso's SO is himself.
alt.sex.carasso.snuggles	I can't talk, my mouth is full.
alt.sex.homosexual	As the name implies.
alt.sex.masturbation	Where one's SO is oneself.
alt.sex.motss           Jesse Helms would not subscribe to this group.
alt.sex.movies		Discussing the ins and outs of certain movies.
alt.sex.sonja		Yesssss....
alt.sex.wanted		Requests for erotica, either literary or in the flesh.
alt.sexual.abuse.recovery       Helping others deal with traumatic experiences.
alt.skate		Rollerskating and rollerblades.
alt.skate-board         Discussion of all apsects of skate-boarding.
alt.skinheads		The skinhead culture/anti-culture.
alt.slack		Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.snowmobiles         High-horsepower sleds in the powder.
alt.society.ati		The Activist Times Digest.  (Moderated)
alt.society.civil-liberties	Individual rights.
alt.society.cu-digest	Postings about the Computer Underground. (Moderated)
alt.sources		Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga	Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources.
alt.sources.d		Discussion of posted sources.
alt.sources.index	Pointers to source code in alt.sources.*. (Moderated)
alt.sources.patches	Reposted patches from non-bugs groups.
alt.sources.wanted	Requests for source code.
alt.sport.bowling	In the gutter again.
alt.sport.bungee	Like alt.suicide with rubber bands.
alt.sport.darts		Look what you've done to the wall!
alt.sport.lasertag	Indoor splatball with infrared lasers.
alt.sport.paintball	The game/art/sport of splatball.
alt.startrek.creative	Stories and parodies related to Star Trek.
alt.stupid.putz		Getting the next-to-the-last word.
alt.stupidity		Discussion about stupid newsgroups.
alt.suicide.finals	Is that last name, first?
alt.suicide.holiday	Talk of why suicides increase at holidays.
alt.support		Dealing with emotional situations & experiences.
alt.surfing		Riding the ocean waves.
aalt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork	Don't ask.
alt.sys.amiga.demos     Code and talk to show off the Amiga.
alt.sys.amiga.uucp	AmigaUUCP.
alt.sys.amiga.uucp.patches	Patches for AmigaUUCP.
alt.sys.intergraph      Support for Intergraph machines.
alt.sys.sun		Technical discussion of Sun Microsystems products.
alt.sys.unisys		Burroughs, Sperry, CT, etc. discussions.
alt.tasteless		Truly disgusting.
alt.test		Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.text.dwb		Discussion of the AT&T Documenter's WorkBench.
alt.thrash		Thrashlife.
alt.tla			Palindromic fun, or else Three-Letter-Acronyms.
alt.toolkits.xview	The X windows XView toolkit.
alt.tv.antagonists	Fans of the new "The Antagonists" TV show.
alt.tv.muppets		Fans of the Muppets, TV shows & movies.
alt.tv.prisoner		The Prisoner television series from years ago.
alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy	Some change from Lassie, eh?
alt.tv.simpsons		Don't have a cow, man!
alt.tv.tiny-toon	Dicussion about the "Tiny Toon Adventures" show.
alt.tv.twin-peaks	Discussion about the popular (and unusual) TV show.
alt.usage.english	English grammar, word usages, and related topics.
alt.usenet.recovery	Reupholster your news reader.
alt.wais		The Wide Area Information Service.
alt.war			Not just collateral damage.
alt.weemba		Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
alt.who.is.bob		Send $11.

Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).  alt.society.cu-digest
submissions should be mailed to tk0jut2@niu.bitnet or
cud@chinacat.unicom.com (Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer).

* alt.emusic and alt.exotic-music are aliased together at many sites.

You can join the "alt subnet" by finding a site in your area that
carries the groups.  Either send mail to the administrators of the
sites you connect to, or post something to a local "general" or
"wanted" newsgroup for your area .  If no sites nearby are getting
them, you can get them from uunet.

Bionet
------
There is a newsgroup hierarchy for topics interesting to biologists
called "bionet" originating from genbank.bio.net and carried on a
growing number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma,
and all of the machines at UCSD.  Contact David Kristofferson
<biosci@genbank.bio.net> for more details.  The current newsgroup list
looks like this:

bionet.agroforestry		Discussion of Agroforestry.
bionet.announce                 Announcements of interest to biologists. (Moderated)
bionet.biology.computational	Computer and mathematical applications. (Moderated)
bionet.biology.tropical		Discussions about tropical biology.
bionet.general			General BIOSCI discussion.
bionet.genome.chrom22		Discussion of Chromosome 22.
bionet.genome.arabidopsis	Information about the Arabidopsis project. 
bionet.info-theory		Discussions about biological information theory.
bionet.jobs			Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.journals.contents	Contents of biology journal publications.
bionet.molbio.ageing		Discussions of cellular and organismal ageing.
bionet.molbio.bio-matrix	Computer applications to biological databases.
bionet.molbio.embldatabank	Info about the EMBL Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.evolution		How genes and proteins have evolved.
bionet.molbio.genbank		Info about the GenBank Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.genbank.updates	Hot off the presses! (Moderated)
bionet.molbio.gene-linkage	Discussions about genetic linkage analysis.
bionet.molbio.gene-org		How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.genome-program	Discussion of Human Genome Project issues.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts	Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.hiv		Discussions about the molecular biology of HIV.
bionet.molbio.proteins		Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.neuroscience		Research issues in the neurosciences.
bionet.population-bio		Technical discussions about population biology.
bionet.sci-resources		Information about funding agencies, etc.
bionet.software			Information about software for biology.
bionet.software.sources		Software Source relating to biology. (Moderated)
bionet.users.addresses		Who's who in Biology.

Submissions to bionet.software.sources should be mailed to
software-sources@genbank.bio.net (Kenton Hoover).

Bit
---
"bit" is  a collection  of newsgroups  which are  being distributed  by a
collection of sites  that choose to carry them. The  "bit" newsgroups are
redistributions of the  more popular BitNet LISTSERV  mailing lists. Here
is a list of the "bit" newsgroups:

bit.admin                 bit. Newgroups Discussions.
bit.general               Discussions Relating to BitNet/Usenet.
bit.listserv.advise-l     User Services List.
bit.listserv.advanc-l     Geac Advanced Integrated Library System Users.
bit.listserv.aix-l        IBM AIX Discussion List.
bit.listserv.allmusic     Discussions on all forms of Music.
bit.listserv.apple2-l     Apple II List.
bit.listserv.applicat     Applications under BITNET.
bit.listserv.asm370       IBM 370 Assembly Programming Discuss.
bit.listserv.banyan-l     Banyan Vines Network Software Discussions.
bit.listserv.big-lan      Campus-Size LAN Discussion Group. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.billing      Chargeback of (computer) resources.
bit.listserv.biosph-l     Biosphere, ecology, Discussion List.
bit.listserv.bitnews      BITNET News.
bit.listserv.candle-l     Candle Products Discussion List.
bit.listserv.cdromlan     CD-ROM on Local Area Networks.
bit.listserv.christia     Practical Christian Life.
bit.listserv.cics-l       CICS Discussion List.
bit.listserv.cinema-l     Discussions on all forms of Cinema.
bit.listserv.circplus     Circulation Reserve and Related Library Issues.
bit.listserv.cmspip-l     VM/SP CMS Pipelines Discussion List.
bit.listserv.commed       Communication education.
bit.listserv.cumrec-l     CUMREC-L Administrative computer use.
bit.listserv.cwis-l       Campus-Wide Information Systems.
bit.listserv.cyber-l      CDC Computer Discussion.
bit.listserv.c18-l        18th Century Interdisciplinary Discussion.
bit.listserv.c370-l       C/370 Discussion List.
bit.listserv.dbase-l      Discussion on the use of the dBase IV.
bit.listserv.db2-l        DB2 Data Base Discussion List.
bit.listserv.disarm-l     Disarmament Discussion List.
bit.listserv.domain-l     Domains Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.earntech     EARN Technical Group.
bit.listserv.edi-l        Electronic Data Interchange Issues.
bit.listserv.edpolyan     Professionals and Students Discussing Education.
bit.listserv.edtech       EDTECH - Educational Technology. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.emusic-l     Electronic Music Discussion List.
bit.listserv.envbeh-l     Forum on Environment and Human Behavior.
bit.listserv.erl-l        Educational Research List (TCSVM).
bit.listserv.esl-l        DECUS Education Software Library Discussion L.
bit.listserv.ethics-l     Discussion of Ethics in Computing.
bit.listserv.ethology	  Ethology List.
bit.listserv.film-l       Film making and reviews List.
bit.listserv.fnord-l      New Ways of Thinking List.
bit.listserv.frac-l       FRACTAL Discussion List.
bit.listserv.games-l      Computer Games List.
bit.listserv.gaynet       GayNet Discussion List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.gddm-l       The GDDM Discussion List.
bit.listserv.geodesic     List for the Discussion of Buckminster Fuller.
bit.listserv.gguide       BITNIC GGUIDE List.
bit.listserv.gis-l        Geographic Information Systems Discussion List.
bit.listserv.govdoc-l     Discussion of Government Document Is.
bit.listserv.gutnberg     GUTNBERG Discussion List.
bit.listserv.hellas       The Hellenic Discussion List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.history      History.
bit.listserv.i-amiga      Info-Amiga List.
bit.listserv.ibm-hesc     IBM Higher Education Consortium.
bit.listserv.ibm-main     IBM Mainframe Discussion List.
bit.listserv.ibm-nets     BITNIC IBM-NETS List.
bit.listserv.ibmtcp-l     IBM TCP/IP List.
bit.listserv.ibm7171      Protocol Converter List.
bit.listserv.icu-l        Instruction Computing Update Newsletter List.
bit.listserv.info-gcg     INFO-GCG: GCG Genetics Software Discussion.
bit.listserv.infonets     Infonets Redistribution.
bit.listserv.ingrafx      Information Graphics.
bit.listserv.innopac      Innovative Interfaces Public Access Catalog.
bit.listserv.ioob-l       Industrial Psychology.
bit.listserv.isn          ISN Data Switch Technical Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.jes2-l       JES2 Discussion group.
bit.listserv.jnet-l       BITNIC JNET-L List.
bit.listserv.l-hcap       Handicap List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.l-vmctr      VMCENTER Components Discussion List.
bit.listserv.lawsch-l     Law School Discussion List.
bit.listserv.liaison      BITNIC LIAISON.
bit.listserv.license      Software Licensing List.
bit.listserv.linkfail     Link failure announcements.
bit.listserv.literary     Discussions about Literature.
bit.listserv.lstsrv-l     Forum on LISTSERV release 1.6.
bit.listserv.mail-l       BITNIC MAIL-L List.
bit.listserv.mailbook     MAIL/MAILBOOK subscription List.
bit.listserv.mba-l        MBA Student curriculum Discussion.
bit.listserv.mbu-l        Megabyte University (Computers & Writing).
bit.listserv.medlib-l     Medical Libraries Discussion List.
bit.listserv.mednews      MEDNEWS - Health Info-Com Network Newsletter.
bit.listserv.netnws-l     NETNWS-L Netnews List.
bit.listserv.new-list     NEW-LIST - New List Announcements. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.next-l       NeXT Computer List.
bit.listserv.nodmgt-l     Node Management.
bit.listserv.notis-l      NOTIS/DOBIS Discussion group List.
bit.listserv.novell       Novell LAN Interest Group.
bit.listserv.omrscan      OMR Scanner Discussion.
bit.listserv.ozone        OZONE Discussion List.
bit.listserv.pacs-l       Public-Access Computer System Forum. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.page-l       IBM 3812/3820 Tips and Problems Discussion List.
bit.listserv.pagemakr     PageMaker for Desktop Publishers.
bit.listserv.pmdf-l       PMDF Distribution List.
bit.listserv.politics     Forum for the Discussion of Politics.
bit.listserv.power-l      POWER-L IBM RS/6000 POWER Family.
bit.listserv.psycgrad	  Psychology Grad Student Discussions.
bit.listserv.qualrs-l	  Qualitative Research for the Human Sciences.
bit.listserv.rscs-l       VM/RSCS Mailing List.
bit.listserv.relusr-l     Relay Users Forum.
bit.listserv.rexxlist     REXX Programming Discussion List.
bit.listserv.rhetoric     Rhetoric, social movements, persuasion.
bit.listserv.rscsmods     The RSCS modifications List.
bit.listserv.s-comput     SuperComputers List (USCVM).
bit.listserv.sas-l        SAS(r) Discussion.
bit.listserv.script-l     IBM vs Waterloo SCRIPT Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.scuba-l      Scuba diving Discussion List.
bit.listserv.sganet       Student Government Global Mail Network.
bit.listserv.simula       The SIMULA Language List.
bit.listserv.slart-l      SLA Research and Teaching.
bit.listserv.snamgt-l     SNA Network Management Discussion.
bit.listserv.sos-data     Social Science Data List.
bit.listserv.spires-l     SPIRES Conference List.
bit.listserv.sportpsy     Exercise and Sports Psychology.
bit.listserv.spssx-l      SPSSX(r) Discussion.
bit.listserv.sqlinfo      Forum for SQL/DS and Related Topics.
bit.listserv.stat-l       STATISTICAL CONSULTING.
bit.listserv.tech-l       BITNIC TECH-L List.
bit.listserv.tesl-l	  Teachers of English as a Second Language.
bit.listserv.test         Test Newsgroup.
bit.listserv.tex-l        The TeXnical topics List.
bit.listserv.tn3270-l     tn3270 protocol Discussion List.
bit.listserv.trans-l      BITNIC TRANS-L List.
bit.listserv.travel-l     Tourism Discussions.
bit.listserv.ucp-l        University Computing Project Mailing List.
bit.listserv.ug-l         Usage Guidelines.
bit.listserv.uigis-l      User Interface for Geographical Info Systems.
bit.listserv.urep-l       UREP-L Mailing List.
bit.listserv.usrdir-l     User Directory List.
bit.listserv.valert-l     Virus Alert List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.vfort-l      VS-Fortran Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vm-util      VM Utilities Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vmesa-l	  VM/ESA Mailing List.
bit.listserv.vmslsv-l     VAX/VMS LISTSERV Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vmxa-l       VM/XA Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vnews-l      VNEWS Discussion List.
bit.listserv.win3-l       Microsoft Windows Version 3 Forum.
bit.listserv.words-l      English Language Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.wp50-l       WordPerfect Corporation Products Discussions.
bit.listserv.xcult-l      International Intercultural Newsletter.
bit.listserv.xedit-l      VM System Editor List.
bit.listserv.xerox-l      The Xerox Discussion List.
bit.listserv.xmailer      Crosswell Mailer.
bit.listserv.x400-l       x.400 Protocol List.
bit.listserv.9370-l       IBM 9370 and VM/IS specific topics List.
bit.mailserv.word-mac     Word Processing on the Macintosh.
bit.mailserv.word-pc      Word Processing on the IBM PC.


Biz
---
"Biz" is a distribution of newsgroups that are carried and propagated
by sites interested in the world of business products around them -- in
particular, computer products and services.  This includes product
announcements, announcements of fixes and enhancements, product
reviews, and postings of demo software.  Current biz groups include:

biz.clarinet		Announcements about ClariNet.
biz.clarinet.sample	Samples of ClariNet newsgroups for the outside world.
biz.comp.hardware	Generic commercial hardware postings.
biz.comp.services	Generic commercial service postings.
biz.comp.software	Generic commercial software postings.
biz.comp.telebit	Support of the Telebit modem.
biz.comp.telebit.netblazer	The Telebit Netblazer.
biz.config		Biz Usenet configuration and administration.
biz.control		Control information and messages.
biz.dec			DEC equipment & software.
biz.dec.ip		IP networking on DEC machines.
biz.dec.workstations	DEC workstation discussions & info.
biz.jobs.offered	Position announcements.
biz.misc		Miscellaneous postings of a commercial nature.
biz.sco.announce	SCO and related product announcements. (Moderated)
biz.sco.general		Q&A, discussions and comments on SCO products.
biz.sco.opendesktop	ODT environment and applications tech info, q&a.
biz.test		Biz newsgroup test messages.
biz.stolen		Postings about stolen merchandise.

Feeds may possibly be obtained from ddsw1.mcs.com, husc6.harvard.edu,
rpi.edu, rutgers.edu, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.

-- 
Gene Spafford
Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	phone:  (317) 494-7825
