spaf@arthur.cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) (09/15/87)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 14 September 1987 by spaf@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 due to their volume and/or
a restricted sphere of interest.
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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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).
In general, 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.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, usually including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. There are currently three
main groups and two administrative:
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
reid@decwrl.dec.com.
Total traffic in the groups is pretty small -- maybe 10-30 messages a
week. 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 (e.g., in the San Francisco Bay Area,
it's "ba.wanted"). If no sites nearby are getting them, you can get
them from uunet, which is a commercial uucp/Usenet service -- contact
uunet!rick.
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume is substantial and load
significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Unix-PC
-------
A third such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists
of groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originally exchanged by academic sites with large numbers of AT&T PCs,
but other sites have joined this distribution. To get the newsgroups,
you need to contact a site already getting them; gatech, psuvax1 and
ukma all get these groups and the admins there may be willing to help
find a feed should you desire (and ask nicely). The unix-pc groups
circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@arthur.cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) (10/01/87)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 23 September 1987 by spaf@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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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).
In general, 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, often including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. There are currently three
main groups and two administrative:
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 (e.g., in the San Francisco Bay Area,
it's "ba.wanted"). If no sites nearby are getting them, you can get
them from uunet.
Bionet
------
There is a newsgroup heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, ukma, and one of the machines at UCSD.
Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for more details. The
current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.genbank Info about the GenBank Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.evolution How genes and proteins have evolved.
bionet.molbio.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originally exchanged by academic sites with large numbers of AT&T PCs,
but other sites have joined this distribution. To get the newsgroups,
you need to contact a site already getting them; ihnp4, gatech, psuvax1
and ukma all get these groups and the admins there may be willing to
help find a feed should you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries
these groups. The unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@arthur.cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) (11/03/87)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 21 October 1987 by spaf@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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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).
In general, 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, often including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups:
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 (e.g., in the San Francisco Bay Area,
it's "ba.wanted"). If no sites nearby are getting them, you can get
them from uunet.
Bionet
------
There is a newsgroup heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, ukma, and all of the machines at UCSD.
Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for more details. The
current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.genbank Info about the GenBank Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.evolution How genes and proteins have evolved.
bionet.molbio.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; ihnp4, gatech,
psuvax1 and ukma are well-known sites getting these groups and the
admins there may be willing to help find a feed should you desire (and
ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The unix-pc groups
circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (12/02/87)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 20 November 1987 by spaf@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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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).
In general, 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, often including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups:
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 (e.g., in the San Francisco Bay Area,
it's "ba.wanted"). If no sites nearby are getting them, you can get
them from uunet.
Bionet
------
There is a newsgroup heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the machines at
UCSD. Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for more details.
The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.genbank Info about the GenBank Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.evolution How genes and proteins have evolved.
bionet.molbio.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; ihnp4, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, sdcsvax and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (01/02/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 31 December 1987 by spaf@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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, often including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups:
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 (e.g., in the San Francisco Bay Area,
it's "ba.wanted"). If no sites nearby are getting them, you can get
them from uunet.
Bionet
------
There is a newsgroup heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems. Current groups
include:
pubnet.sources pubnet.unix
pubnet.config pubnet.wanted
pubnet.talk pubnet.sysops
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed:
chinet, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, qetzal, and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; ihnp4, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, sdcsvax and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (02/04/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 31 January 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, often including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups:
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.sources pubnet.unix
pubnet.config pubnet.wanted
pubnet.talk pubnet.sysops
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; ihnp4, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
usrgroup
--------
The usrgroup hierarchy is sponsored by /usr/group and consists of groups
devoted to discussion of topics relating to POSIX/Unix. uunet carries
these groups, as do rutgers and ukma.
usrgroup.distfile Distributed File System extensions.
usrgroup.graphics Graphics/windows extensions.
usrgroup.internat Internationalization extensions.
usrgroup.netinter Network Interface extensions.
usrgroup.perfmeas Performance Measurements.
usrgroup.realtime Realtime extensions.
usrgroup.security Security extensions.
usrgroup.supercom Supercomputing extensions.
usrgroup.technical General /usr/group Technical Committee discussions.
Further info on the efforts of /usr/group can be obtained from:
/usr/group
4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-986-8840
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (03/02/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 7 February 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, often including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups:
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.sources pubnet.unix
pubnet.config pubnet.wanted
pubnet.talk pubnet.sysops
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; ihnp4, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
usrgroup
--------
The usrgroup hierarchy is sponsored by /usr/group and consists of groups
devoted to discussion of topics relating to POSIX/Unix. uunet carries
these groups, as do rutgers, mit-eddie and ukma.
usrgroup.distfile Distributed File System extensions.
usrgroup.graphics Graphics/windows extensions.
usrgroup.internat Internationalization extensions.
usrgroup.netinter Network Interface extensions.
usrgroup.perfmeas Performance Measurements.
usrgroup.realtime Realtime extensions.
usrgroup.security Security extensions.
usrgroup.supercom Supercomputing extensions.
usrgroup.technical General /usr/group Technical Committee discussions.
Further info on the efforts of /usr/group can be obtained from:
/usr/group
4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-986-8840
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (04/04/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 11 March 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, often including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups:
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism ??
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.sources pubnet.unix
pubnet.config pubnet.wanted
pubnet.talk pubnet.sysops
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; ihnp4, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
usrgroup
--------
The usrgroup hierarchy is sponsored by /usr/group and consists of groups
devoted to discussion of topics relating to POSIX/Unix. uunet carries
these groups, as do rutgers, mit-eddie and ukma.
usrgroup.distfile Distributed File System extensions.
usrgroup.graphics Graphics/windows extensions.
usrgroup.internat Internationalization extensions.
usrgroup.netinter Network Interface extensions.
usrgroup.perfmeas Performance Measurements.
usrgroup.realtime Realtime extensions.
usrgroup.security Security extensions.
usrgroup.supercom Supercomputing extensions.
usrgroup.technical General /usr/group Technical Committee discussions.
Further info on the efforts of /usr/group can be obtained from:
/usr/group
4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-986-8840
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (05/09/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 6 May 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, often including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups:
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism ??
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1 and spl1, among others.
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.sources pubnet.unix
pubnet.config pubnet.wanted
pubnet.talk pubnet.sysops
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att-ih, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
usrgroup
--------
The usrgroup hierarchy is sponsored by /usr/group and consists of groups
devoted to discussion of topics relating to POSIX/Unix. uunet carries
these groups, as do rutgers, mit-eddie and ukma.
usrgroup.distfile Distributed File System extensions.
usrgroup.graphics Graphics/windows extensions.
usrgroup.internat Internationalization extensions.
usrgroup.netinter Network Interface extensions.
usrgroup.perfmeas Performance Measurements.
usrgroup.realtime Realtime extensions.
usrgroup.security Security extensions.
usrgroup.supercom Supercomputing extensions.
usrgroup.technical General /usr/group Technical Committee discussions.
Further info on the efforts of /usr/group can be obtained from:
/usr/group
4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-986-8840
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (05/17/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 12 May 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, often including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups:
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Alternative recipes, moderated by Brian Reid.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism ??
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1 and spl1, among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally
with the Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of the
Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
development of an operating system with freely redistributable source
code. The GNU Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project (moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include
bloom-beacon.mit.edu, bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, im4u.cs.utexas.edu,
mailrus.cc.umich.edu, mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu,
rutgers.edu, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, as
well as many more. Ask usenet@any of these sites for a feed.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.sources pubnet.unix
pubnet.config pubnet.wanted
pubnet.talk pubnet.sysops
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
usrgroup
--------
The usrgroup hierarchy is sponsored by /usr/group and consists of groups
devoted to discussion of topics relating to POSIX/Unix. uunet carries
these groups, as do rutgers, mit-eddie and ukma.
usrgroup.distfile Distributed File System extensions.
usrgroup.graphics Graphics/windows extensions.
usrgroup.internat Internationalization extensions.
usrgroup.netinter Network Interface extensions.
usrgroup.perfmeas Performance Measurements.
usrgroup.realtime Realtime extensions.
usrgroup.security Security extensions.
usrgroup.supercom Supercomputing extensions.
usrgroup.technical General /usr/group Technical Committee discussions.
Further info on the efforts of /usr/group can be obtained from:
/usr/group
4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-986-8840
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (06/01/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 19 May 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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, often including the backbone,
although some backbone sites do carry them. Here is a recent list
of the 'alt" newsgroups:
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism ??
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1 and spl1, among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally
with the Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of the
Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
development of an operating system with freely redistributable source
code. The GNU Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project (moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include
bloom-beacon.mit.edu, bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, im4u.cs.utexas.edu,
mailrus.cc.umich.edu, mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu,
rutgers.edu, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, as
well as many more. Ask usenet@any of these sites for a feed.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.sources pubnet.unix
pubnet.config pubnet.wanted
pubnet.talk pubnet.sysops
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
usrgroup
--------
The usrgroup hierarchy is sponsored by /usr/group and consists of groups
devoted to discussion of topics relating to POSIX/Unix. uunet carries
these groups, as do rutgers, mit-eddie and ukma.
usrgroup.distfile Distributed File System extensions.
usrgroup.graphics Graphics/windows extensions.
usrgroup.internat Internationalization extensions.
usrgroup.netinter Network Interface extensions.
usrgroup.perfmeas Performance Measurements.
usrgroup.realtime Realtime extensions.
usrgroup.security Security extensions.
usrgroup.supercom Supercomputing extensions.
usrgroup.technical General /usr/group Technical Committee discussions.
Further info on the efforts of /usr/group can be obtained from:
/usr/group
4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-986-8840
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (07/27/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 26 July 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster for subscription details.
Alt
---
"alt" is a small 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.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism ??
alt.recovery ??
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Rob Liebschutz <usenet@presto.ig.com> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1 and spl1, among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally
with the Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of the
Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
development of an operating system with freely redistributable source
code. The GNU Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project (moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include
bloom-beacon.mit.edu, bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, im4u.cs.utexas.edu,
mailrus.cc.umich.edu, mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu,
rutgers.edu, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, as
well as many more. Ask usenet@any of these sites for a feed.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.sources pubnet.unix
pubnet.config pubnet.wanted
pubnet.talk pubnet.sysops
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaferict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) (07/28/88)
In article <4535@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>, spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) writes: > alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature. Hey Gene, how about changing the wording of that definition? Under obscentity laws in some states (and in some federal courts) obscene materials (among other things) "are of a prurient nature." Some laws are much more liberal, but I think using a legal definition of obscentity, even if it's only used by some states, is begging for trouble. Imagine Judge Homer Redneck looking over his child's shoulder as the child reads Usenet -- "Boy, what ing God's name is *that*? My god! COMMUNISTS! Trying to CORRUPT our CHILDREN's minds by talking about SEX!" Just a paranoid thought from someone who grew up in a state that just made "having obscene materials or wording, or materials of a prurient nature on the outside of an automobile operated on Louisiana highways." Guess I have to ditch my "Fuck you, cop" sticker before I go to Louisiana again. :-) (Just joking, I have no such sticker -- the Dead Kennedys sticker is enough trouble on its own.) -- Motorola Skates on Intel's Head! J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007 ..!bellcore!tness1!/
rsk@staff.cc.purdue.edu (Rich Kulawiec) (07/28/88)
In article <1212@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes: >In article <4535@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>, spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) writes: >> alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature. > >Hey Gene, how about changing the wording of that definition? > >Under obscentity laws in some states (and in some federal courts) >obscene materials (among other things) "are of a prurient nature." Some >laws are much more liberal, but I think using a legal definition of >obscentity, even if it's only used by some states, is begging for trouble. All obscene materials are of a prurient nature; but not all prurient materials are of an obscene nature, or at least that's how the terms seem to be used in case law. (E.g. "redeeming social value" and all that.) I feel Gene's choice of words is quite accurate, and does not imply obscenity, even (and especially) in the legal sense. For reference, see Roth v. United States (1957), Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton (1973) and Jenkins v. Georgia (1974) for an interesting, if not terribly enlightening, viewpoint on the Supreme Court's use of the term "prurient interest" in the resolution of obscenity cases. I am not an attorney, Rich Kulawiec
spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (08/18/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 17 August 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster 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 small 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.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people.
alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man.
alt.emusic Electronic music discussions?
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes ??
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism ??
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@net.bio.net> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1 and spl1, among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally
with the Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of the
Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
development of an operating system with freely redistributable source
code. The GNU Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project (moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.utils.bug Discussion of bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include
bloom-beacon.mit.edu, bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, im4u.cs.utexas.edu,
mailrus.cc.umich.edu, mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu,
rutgers.edu, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, as
well as many more. Ask usenet@any of these sites for a feed.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.arch.parallel-sym Parallel symbolic computing.
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.ibm.pc.net The IBM PC Token Ring.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (09/12/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 11 September 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster 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 small 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.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.misc Whatever is left over.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.rhode-island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@net.bio.net> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1 and spl1, among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.utils.bug Discussion of bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include
bloom-beacon.mit.edu, bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, im4u.cs.utexas.edu,
mailrus.cc.umich.edu, mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu,
rutgers.edu, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, as
well as many more. Ask usenet@any of these sites for a feed.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.arch.parallel-sym Parallel symbolic computing.
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.ibm.pc.net The IBM PC Token Ring.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (10/11/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 10 October 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.misc Whatever is left over.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@net.bio.net> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.seqnet Redistribution of European SEQNET bboard.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1 and spl1, among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.gnus News reading under GNU Emacs.
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.utils.bug Discussion of bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include
bloom-beacon.mit.edu, bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, im4u.cs.utexas.edu,
mailrus.cc.umich.edu, mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu,
rutgers.edu, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, as
well as many more. Ask usenet@any of these sites for a feed.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.arch.parallel-sym Parallel symbolic computing.
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.ibm.pc.net The IBM PC Token Ring.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (11/13/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 12 November 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 heirarchy for molecular biology called "bionet"
originating from BIONET-20.ARPA and carried on a limited number of
machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@net.bio.net> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.molbio.ageing 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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.technology.conversion Info on biomass and waste treatment.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1 and spl1, among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.gnus A GNU Emacs News reader (discussion in English)
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu,
tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask
usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail to
gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.arch.parallel-sym Parallel symbolic computing.
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.ibm.pc.net The IBM PC Token Ring.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (12/04/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 3 December 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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!postmaster 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.prose Postings of original essays.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 heirarchy for topics interesting to biologists
called "bionet" originating from NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing
number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all
of the machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@NET.BIO.NET> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.molbio.ageing 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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science.
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.technology.conversion Info on biomass and waste treatment.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1 and spl1, among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.gnus A GNU Emacs News reader (discussion in English)
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu,
tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask
usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail to
gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.arch.parallel-sym Parallel symbolic computing.
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.ibm.pc.net The IBM PC Token Ring.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (12/31/88)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 29 December 1988 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing
number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all
of the machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@NET.BIO.NET> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.molbio.ageing 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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.technology.conversion Info on biomass and waste treatment.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.gnus A GNU Emacs News reader (discussion in English)
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu, telly.on.ca,
tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask
usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail to
gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
telly, mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (01/30/89)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 29 January 1989 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.fax Faxing documents -- protocols, equipment, etc.
alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.postmodern ??
alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing
number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all
of the machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@NET.BIO.NET> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.molbio.ageing 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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.technology.conversion Info on biomass and waste treatment.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.gnus News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu, telly.on.ca,
tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask
usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail to
gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
telly, mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
3B
--
Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups.
u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration
u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions
u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions
u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (03/07/89)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 6 March 1989 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.co-ops Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.dev.null The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated)
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.fax Faxing documents -- protocols, equipment, etc.
alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.postmodern Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like.
alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing
number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all
of the machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@NET.BIO.NET> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.molbio.ageing 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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.technology.conversion Info on biomass and waste treatment.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.gnus News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger.
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.g++.lib.bug G++ library bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu, telly.on.ca,
tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask
usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail to
gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
telly, mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
U3B
---
Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups.
u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration
u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions
u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions
u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (04/09/89)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 7 April 1989 by Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu>]
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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.co-ops Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.dev.null The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated)
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.fax Faxing documents -- protocols, equipment, etc.
alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.postmodern Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like.
alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rissa: For discussing the one and only rissa
alt.rmgroup: For the people who like to rmgroup/newgroup things
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing
number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all
of the machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@NET.BIO.NET> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.molbio.ageing 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.gene-express How genes are regulated in cells.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.oncogenes Genes that cause cancer.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.plant Molecular biology of plants.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast.
bionet.population-bio ??
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software General discussion of software for BIONET.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.technology.conversion Info on biomass and waste treatment.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.gnus News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger.
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.g++.lib.bug G++ library bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu, telly.on.ca,
tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask
usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail to
gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.soft-sys.andrew The Andrew software system from CMU.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
telly, mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
U3B
---
Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups.
u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration
u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions
u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions
u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (05/15/89)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 14 May 1989 by Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu>]
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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.co-ops Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyb-sys Cybernetic systems.
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.dev.null The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated)
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.fax Faxing documents -- protocols, equipment, etc.
alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.ms.programmer For the serious MS/DOS programmer (no for sale ads).
alt.postmodern Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like.
alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.restaurants Restaurant reviews.
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rissa For discussing the one and only rissa
alt.rmgroup For the people who like to rmgroup/newgroup things
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sex.bondage Postings about dominance/submission.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing
number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all
of the machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@NET.BIO.NET> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.journals.contents Journal contents.
bionet.molbio.ageing 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.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.population-bio ??
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software General discussion of software for BIONET.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.technology.conversion Info on biomass and waste treatment.
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.config biz.control biz.newgroup
biz.test biz.comp.hardware biz.comp.software
biz.comp.software.demos biz.comp.services
biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.gnus News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger.
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.g++.lib.bug G++ library bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu, telly.on.ca,
tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask
usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail to
gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.soft-sys.andrew The Andrew software system from CMU.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
ddn.mgt-bulletin The DDN Management Bulletin from SRI-NIC.
ddn.newsletter The DDN Newsletter from SRI-NIC.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
telly, mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
U3B
---
Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups.
The groups are "administered" by Len Rose (len@netsys.com).
u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration
u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions
u3b.sources Sources for AT&T 3 software.
u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions
u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (06/20/89)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 19 June 1989 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.co-ops Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyb-sys Cybernetic systems.
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.dev.null The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated)
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.fax Faxing documents -- protocols, equipment, etc.
alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.msdos.programmer For the serious MS/DOS programmer (no for sale ads).
alt.postmodern Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like.
alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.restaurants Restaurant reviews.
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rissa For discussing the one and only rissa
alt.rmgroup For the people who like to rmgroup/newgroup things
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sex.bondage Postings about dominance/submission.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing
number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all
of the machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@NET.BIO.NET> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.journals.contents Journal contents.
bionet.molbio.ageing 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.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.population-bio ??
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software General discussion of software for BIONET.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.technology.conversion Info on biomass and waste treatment.
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.config Biz Usenet configuration and administration
biz.control Control information and messages
biz.newgroup ???
biz.test Biz newsgroup test messages
biz.comp.hardware ???
biz.comp.software ???
biz.comp.software.demos ???
biz.comp.services ???
biz.comp.telebit ???
biz.comp.mcs ???
Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman.
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.bash.bug Bourne Again SHell bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.gnews News reading under GNU Emacs using Weemba's Gnews.
gnu.emacs.gnus News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger.
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.g++.lib.bug G++ library bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu, telly.on.ca,
tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask
usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail to
gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IBL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command langauge.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.soft-sys.andrew The Andrew software system from CMU.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
ddn.mgt-bulletin The DDN Management Bulletin from SRI-NIC.
ddn.newsletter The DDN Newsletter from SRI-NIC.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
telly, mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
U3B
---
Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups.
The groups are "administered" by Len Rose (len@netsys.com).
u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration
u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions
u3b.sources Sources for AT&T 3B software.
u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions
u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (07/22/89)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 21 Jul 1989 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind.
alt.co-ops Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cosuard Council of Sysops & Users Against Rate Discrimination.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyb-sys Cybernetic systems.
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.dev.null The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated)
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.fax Faxing documents -- protocols, equipment, etc.
alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.msdos.programmer For the serious MS/DOS programmer (no for sale ads).
alt.postmodern Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like.
alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.restaurants Serious consideration of the art of restauranting.
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rissa For discussing the one and only rissa
alt.rmgroup For the people who like to rmgroup/newgroup things
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sex.bondage Postings about dominance/submission.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing
number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all
of the machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@NET.BIO.NET> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.journals.contents Journal contents.
bionet.molbio.ageing 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.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.pir The PIR protein sequencing database.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussions on the Swiss Protein database.
bionet.population-bio Technical discussions about population.
bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs.
bionet.software General discussion of software for BIONET.
bionet.software.contrib Info on programs contributed to BIONET.
bionet.software.pc Info on PC software for scientists.
bionet.software.pc.comm Info on PC communications software.
bionet.technology.conversion Info on biomass and waste treatment.
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.comp.hardware Generic commercial hardware postings.
biz.comp.services Generic commercial service postings.
biz.comp.software Generic commercial software postings.
biz.config Biz Usenet configuration and administration.
biz.control Control information and messages.
biz.misc Miscellaneous postings of a commercial nature.
biz.test Biz newsgroup test messages.
biz.stolen Postings about stolen mechandise.
Feeds may possibly be obtained from ddsw1.mcs.com,
osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu, husc6.harvard.edu, rutgers.edu, spl1, and
telly.on.ca among others.
GNU
---
"gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with
the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of
the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete
operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU
Project is led by Richard Stallman. Note that use of these groups to
discuss topics considered contrary to GNU aims and political
philosophy are considered off-limits (e.g., porting of GNU code to
Apple machines, usefulness of intellectual property laws).
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.bash.bug Bourne Again SHell bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.chess Discussion of the GNU Chess program
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.emacs.gnews News reading under GNU Emacs using Weemba's Gnews.
gnu.emacs.gnus News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual Working group on the GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual
gnu.emacs.vms Discussion of the VMS port of GNU Emacs
gnu.g++ Discussion of the GNU C++ Compiler and GDB+ Debugger.
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.g++.lib.bug G++ library bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.gcc Discussion of the GNU C Compiler
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.gdb.bug GNU DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake)
Usenet sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu, telly.on.ca,
tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask
usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail to
gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artificial Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IDL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command language.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.soft-sys.andrew The Andrew system from CMU.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
ddn.mgt-bulletin The DDN Management Bulletin from SRI-NIC.
ddn.newsletter The DDN Newsletter from SRI-NIC.
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
telly, mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
U3B
---
Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups.
The groups are "administered" by Len Rose (len@netsys.com).
u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration.
u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions.
u3b.sources Sources for AT&T 3B systems.
u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions.
u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (09/04/89)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 3 Sep 1989 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.co-ops Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cosuard Council of Sysops & Users Against Rate Discrimination.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyb-sys Cybernetic systems.
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.dev.null The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated)
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.fax Faxing documents -- protocols, equipment, etc.
alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gambling Discussions about games of chance (and mischance).
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.msdos.programmer For the serious MS/DOS programmer (no for sale ads).
alt.postmodern Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like.
alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.religion.computers People who believe computing is "real life."
alt.restaurants Serious consideration of the art of restauranting.
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rissa For discussing the one and only rissa
alt.romance ??
alt.rmgroup For the people who like to rmgroup/newgroup things
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sex.bondage Postings about dominance/submission.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated)
alt.sources.d Discussion of posted sources.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to
amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net
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 NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing
number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all
of the machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@NET.BIO.NET> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.agroforestry Discussion of Agroforestry
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.sci-resources Information about funding agencies, etc.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.journals.contents Contents of biology journal publications.
bionet.molbio.ageing Discussions of cellular and organismal ageing.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.genbank Info about the GenBank Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.embldatabank Info about the EMBL Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.pir Info about the PIR protein sequence database.
bionet.molbio.bio-matrix Computer applications to biological databases.
bionet.molbio.evolution How genes and proteins have evolved.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussion on the SWISS-PROT Database.
bionet.population-bio Technical discussions about population biology.
bionet.software Information about software for biology.
bionet.technology.conversion Use of techology to convert waste and biomass.
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.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.config Biz Usenet configuration and administration.
biz.control Control information and messages.
biz.misc Miscellaneous postings of a commercial nature.
biz.test Biz newsgroup test messages.
biz.stolen Postings about stolen mechandise.
Feeds may possibly be obtained from ddsw1.mcs.com,
osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu, husc6.harvard.edu, rutgers.edu, spl1, and
telly.on.ca among others.
GNU
---
gnUSENET (gnUSENET is Not USENET) is a set of newsgroups that are
gated bi-directionally with the Internet mailing lists about the GNU
Project of the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be
a complete operating system, including application programs, with
freely redistributable source code. The GNU Project is led by Richard
Stallman. Please use ONLY gnu.misc.discuss for discussion of topics
considered contrary to GNU aims and political philosophy (e.g.,
porting of GNU code to Apple machines, usefulness of intellectual
property laws).
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.bash.bug Bourne Again SHell bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.chess Announcements about the GNU Chess program.
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration.
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources.
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.emacs.gnews News reading under GNU Emacs using Weemba's Gnews.
gnu.emacs.gnus News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual working group.
gnu.emacs.vms VMS port of GNU Emacs.
gnu.g++ Announcements about the GNU C++ Compiler.
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.g++.lib.bug G++ library bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.gcc Announcements about the GNU C Compiler.
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.gdb.bug GNU C/C++ DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.misc.discuss Serious discussion about GNU and freed software.
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing.
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake, gawk).
Sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu,
telly.on.ca, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net,
and many more. Ask usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail
to gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them to
you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artificial Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IDL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command language.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.soft-sys.andrew The Andrew system from CMU.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
ddn.mgt-bulletin The DDN Management Bulletin from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated)
ddn.newsletter The DDN Newsletter from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated)
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
telly, mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To recieve
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
U3B
---
Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups.
The groups are "administered" by Len Rose (len@netsys.com).
u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration.
u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions.
u3b.sources Sources for AT&T 3B systems.
u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions.
u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (10/17/89)
Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
[Most recent change: 16 Oct 1989 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 due to their volume, a
restricted sphere 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, since the only people who get them are those who
asked to get them. This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, since every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies. Due to 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 small 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.activism Activities for activists.
alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.co-ops Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.cosuard Council of Sysops & Users Against Rate Discrimination.
alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS)
alt.cyb-sys Cybernetic systems.
alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life.
alt.dev.null The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated)
alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.emusic Exotic music discussions.
alt.fax Faxing documents -- protocols, equipment, etc.
alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.gambling Discussions about games of chance (and mischance).
alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.msdos.programmer For the serious MS/DOS programmer (no for sale ads).
alt.postmodern Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like.
alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc)
alt.religion.computers People who believe computing is "real life."
alt.restaurants Serious consideration of the art of restauranting.
alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rissa For discussing the one and only rissa
alt.romance ??
alt.rmgroup For the people who like to rmgroup/newgroup things
alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs....
alt.sca Society for Creative Anachronism
alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sex.bondage Postings about dominance/submission.
alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources.
alt.sources.d Discussion of posted sources.
alt.sys.sun Technical discussion of Sun Microsystem products.
alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.weemba Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid).
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 NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing
number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all
of the machines at UCSD. Contact Eliot Lear <usenet@NET.BIO.NET> for
more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
bionet.agroforestry Discussion of Agroforestry
bionet.general General BIONET announcements.
bionet.sci-resources Information about funding agencies, etc.
bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.journals.contents Contents of biology journal publications.
bionet.molbio.ageing Discussions of cellular and organismal ageing.
bionet.molbio.news Research news of interest to the community.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.genbank Info about the GenBank Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.embldatabank Info about the EMBL Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.pir Info about the PIR protein sequence database.
bionet.molbio.bio-matrix Computer applications to biological databases.
bionet.molbio.evolution How genes and proteins have evolved.
bionet.molbio.gene-org How genes are organized on chromosomes.
bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.molbio.swiss-prot Discussion on the SWISS-PROT Database.
bionet.population-bio Technical discussions about population biology.
bionet.software Information about software for biology.
bionet.technology.conversion Use of techology to convert waste and biomass.
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.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.config Biz Usenet configuration and administration.
biz.control Control information and messages.
biz.misc Miscellaneous postings of a commercial nature.
biz.test Biz newsgroup test messages.
biz.stolen Postings about stolen mechandise.
Feeds may possibly be obtained from ddsw1.mcs.com,
osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu, husc6.harvard.edu, rutgers.edu, spl1, and
telly.on.ca among others.
GNU
---
gnUSENET (gnUSENET is Not USENET) is a set of newsgroups that are
gated bi-directionally with the Internet mailing lists about the GNU
Project of the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be
a complete operating system, including application programs, with
freely redistributable source code. The GNU Project is led by Richard
Stallman. Please use ONLY gnu.misc.discuss for discussion of topics
considered contrary to GNU aims and political philosophy (e.g.,
porting of GNU code to Apple machines, usefulness of intellectual
property laws).
Current groups include:
Newsgroup Description
--------- -----------
gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.bash.bug Bourne Again SHell bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.chess Announcements about the GNU Chess program.
gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration.
gnu.emacs Editor/development environment and occasional sources.
gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.emacs.gnews News reading under GNU Emacs using Weemba's Gnews.
gnu.emacs.gnus News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
gnu.emacs.lisp.manual GNU Emacs LISP Programmer's Manual working group.
gnu.emacs.vms VMS port of GNU Emacs.
gnu.g++ Announcements about the GNU C++ Compiler.
gnu.g++.bug G++ and GDB+ bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.g++.lib.bug G++ library bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.gcc Announcements about the GNU C Compiler.
gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.gdb.bug GNU C/C++ DeBugger bug reports and suggested fixes.
gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs.
gnu.misc.discuss Serious discussion about GNU and freed software.
gnu.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative sub-network testing.
gnu.utils.bug Bugs in GNU utility programs (e.g., gnumake, gawk).
Sites carrying the gnu.all newsgroups include bloom-beacon.mit.edu,
cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu,
mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu,
telly.on.ca, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net,
and many more. Ask usenet@any of these sites for a feed, or send mail
to gnu.config@cis.ohio-state.edu to find someone who can offer them to
you.
Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 (617) 876-3296
Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Arpa discussion lists. These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other tranpost mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
Current inet groups are:
comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision Artificial Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni Proteon Pronet/V2LNI Ring networks.
comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. (Moderated)
comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl IDL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx The REXX command language.
comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.pup The Xerox PUP network protocols.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.security.announce Announcements from the CERT about security. (Moderated)
comp.soft-sys.andrew The Andrew system from CMU.
comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
ddn.mgt-bulletin The DDN Management Bulletin from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated)
ddn.newsletter The DDN Newsletter from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated)
Pubnet
------
The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
by Bill Wisner. Current groups include:
pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions.
pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes.
pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops.
pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk.
pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing.
pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience.
pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems.
Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed: chinet,
dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
telly, mit-eddie and tapa.
Unix-PC
-------
Another such hierarchy is the "unix-pc" distribution. This consists of
groups devoted to users of the AT&T Unix-PC. These groups were
originated as a mailing list started by three owners of AT&T Unix PCs:
Gary Smith, David Dalton and Kathy Vincent. As the list expanded, it
turned into a newsgroup hierarchy, and more and more sites began to
carry the groups; hundreds of sites now carry these groups. To receive
them, you need to contact a site already getting them; att, gatech,
mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
you desire (and ask nicely); uunet also carries these groups. The
unix-pc groups circulated include:
unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds.
unix-pc.general General information and discussion.
unix-pc.sources Source code to various programs.
unix-pc.uucp Configuration and management of uucp on Unix-PCs.
unix-pc.test Test group.
U3B
---
Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups.
The groups are "administered" by Len Rose (len@netsys.com).
u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration.
u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions.
u3b.sources Sources for AT&T 3B systems.
u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions.
u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafsommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog) (12/24/89)
Gene Spafford (spaf@cs.purdue.EDU) writes:
)"alt" is a small 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:
) <more than 2 screenfuls of group follows>
Small?
--
Erland Sommarskog - ENEA Data, Stockholm - sommar@enea.se
Unix is a virus.