Subject: Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies Date: 2000 October 10 Last revision: 2000 October 10 Posted to: news.groups.questions,news.admin.hierarchies,news.answers Version: 5.46 The following is a list of newsgroup hierarchies, to help readers of the news locate a hierarchy of interest. To help administrators avoid naming conflicts, both open and closed hierarchies are now listed. The symbol <> following a description denotes a closed hierarchy. Additions, changes and corrections should be sent to (Lewis S. Eisen). Many thanks to those who have made contributions to date. _____________________________________________________________ OTHER VERSIONS NEWS: The Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies is posted to , and every second Monday. E-MAIL: To receive a copy of this list by e-mail, send a message to with the SUBJECT: Send Master. To receive a copy of each new version of this list by e-mail, send a message to with the SUBJECT: Subscribe Master. FTP: The Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies is no longer available by anonymous ftp. WEB: The official HTML version of the Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies is available on the World Wide Web at . Copies are also kept at: Simon Lyall posts the "Usenet Hierarchies: Config Files FAQ" to news.lists.misc and news.admin.hierarchies each month. It contains a list of people responsible for issuing control messages for various hierarchies. You'll find it on the web at . _____________________________________________________________ Newsgroup Hierarchies: a2000. Amsterdam 2000, Netherlands (ISP) <> ab. Alberta, Canada abingdon. Abingdon, Oxon, UK abq. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA acadia. Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada acs. University of Calgary computer science Alberta, Canada acs. Ohio State University, USA <> adass. Astronomical Data & Archiving Systems & Software ahn. Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, USA ak. Alaska, USA akr. Akron, Ohio, USA alabama. Alabama, USA alc. newsgroups discussing alcohol algebra. discussions about algebra algonet. Algonet, Sverige (ISP) alt. Usenet alternative newsgroups aol. America Online, ISP apana. Australian Public Access Network Association apc. Association for Progressive Communications apk. APK Net, Ohio, USA (ISP) ar. grupos de Argentina arc. NASA Ames Research Center, California, USA <> argh. ARGH network, Deutschland arkane. Arkane Systems, UK aston. Aston University, Birmingham, England asu. Arizone State University, USA at. Oesterreich (Austria) athena. M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA atl. Atlanta, Georgia, USA aus. Australian and Australasian newsgroups austin. Austin, Texas, USA auth. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece autodesk. Autodesk Inc. corporate newsgroups av. Antelope Valley, California, USA az. Arizona, USA ba. San Francisco bay area, California, USA backbone. Prima e.V., Dortmund, Deutschland (ISP) <> balcab. Basel, Schweiz, ISP <> balt. Baltimore, Maryland, USA baynet. Bayerische Bürgernetze, Deutschland bburg. Blacksburg, Virginia, USA bc. British Columbia, Canada bcs. Boston Computer Society, Massachusetts, USA be. Belgique/Belgïe/Belgien (Belgium) bend. Bend, Oregon, USA bermuda. Bermuda best. Best Internet Communications, California, USA <> bionet. Biology Network birmingham. Birmingham, England bison. Manitoba, Canada bit. originating from BITNET (IBM mainframe) biz. Usenet business newsgroups blgtn. Bloomington, Indiana, USA bln. Berlin, Germany bnr. Bell-Northern Research bocaraton. Boca Raton, FL bochum. Bochum, Deutschland boston. Boston, Massachusetts, USA boulder. Boulder, Colorado, USA br. Brasil brasil. Brasil bremen. Bremen, Deutschland bremnet. Bremen und Umgebung, Deutschland brocku. Brock University, Ontario, Canada byu. Brigham Young University, Utah, USA ca. California, USA cabot. Cabot College, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada cais. Capital Area, USA (ISP) <> calgary. Calgary, Alberta, Canada calstate. California State University, USA caltech. California Institute of Technology, USA cam. Cambridge area, England can. Canada canb. Canberra, Australia capdist. Albany (Capital District), New York, USA carleton. Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada cd-online. CD-Online, Nederland (ISP) <> central. Internet Company of New Zealand (ISP) <> centralor. Central Oregon, USA cern. Cern, Genève, Suisse ch. Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera (Switzerland) chi. Chicago, Illinois, USA chile. Chile chinese. China and Chinese language newsgroups christnet. Christian Network cid. cid, Berlin, Deutschland (ISP) cis. Cyberhalk Internet Services, USA cisnet. University of Malta, Computer Info. Serv., Malta <> cityscp. Cityscape Internet Services, UK (ISP) cityweb. cityweb Network GmbH, Deutschland <> cl. CL-Netz (German language newsgroups) <> claranet. Claranet, UK (ISP) <> clari. Clarinet News Service (commercial) cle. Cleveland, Ohio, USA clinet. Clinet, Finland (ISP) <> cmc. Chambers Multimedia Connection, Eugene, Oregon, USA (ISP) <> cmh. Columbus, Ohio, USA cmu. Carnegie Mellon University, USA <> cna. Chinese language newsgroups co. Colorado, USA comp. Usenet computer newsgroups compuserve. CompuServe (ISP) computer42. computer42, Deutschland (ISP) concordia. Concordia University, Quebec, Canada conn. Connecticut, USA cor. Corvallis, Oregon, USA cornell. Cornell University courts. United States court decisions cov. City of Coventry, West Midlands, UK covuni. Coventry University, West Midlands, UK cs. University of British Columbia computer science, Canada csn. Colorado SuperNet, USA cth. Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Göteborg, Sverige cu. University of Colorado, USA <> cville. Charlottesville, Virginia and region, USA cym. Wales and Welsh newsgroups cz. Czech Republic newsgroups dal. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada dawa. Verein zur Foerderung der Datenkommunikation, Warburg, Deutschland dc. Washington, D.C., USA ddn. Defense Data Network, USA dds. Dutch Freenet language groups de. International German language newsgroups delaware. Delaware, USA demon. Newsgroups from the Demon network, UK denet. Alternative, deutschsprachige Hierarchie <> denver. Denver, Colorado, USA det. Detroit, Michigan, USA dfw. Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas, USA dk. Danmark (Denmark) dkp. Deutsche Kommunistische Partei, Deutschland <> dod. Department of Defense, USA dortmund. Dortmund, Deutschland dsb-netz. Datenschutz-Netz für BürgerInnen, Deutschland <> dsm. Des Moines, Iowa, USA dti. Dream Train Internet Inc., Japan (ISP) <> duke. Duke University dut. Delft Institute of Technology, Nederland easynet. Easynet, UK (ISP) ed. Edinburgh, Scotland edm. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada eduni. Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland ee. Eesti (Estonia) efn. Eugene Free Computer Network, Eugene, Oregon, USA england. England and English newsgroups es. grupos de España esp. grupos en español eug. Eugene/Springfield, Oregon, USA eunet. European Networks example. bogus hierarchy reserved for standards documents execpc. ExecPC Internet, New Berlin, Wisconsin, USA (ISP) eye. eye WEEKLY Newspaper, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ffm. Frankfurt (Main), Deutschland ffo. Frankfurt (Oder), Deutschland fido. originating from Fidonet fido7. Russian-language Fidonet finet. Finland and Finnish language alternative newsgroups fj. Japan and Japanese language newsgroups fl. Florida, USA flora. FLORA Community Web, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada fm. Linux software announcements and discussion <> fnal. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois, USA <> fnet. originating from Fnet (France) fnord. Fnord Discordian Network forum. Treffpunkt fuer Ex-Compuserve-Kunden in Deutschland <> fr. international French language newsgroups francom. groupes de discussion en francais franken. Franken, Deutschland fras. Freie Amiga Software (German Amiga binaries) free. entirely unregulated newsgroups freenet. Groups originating from freenets ftech. Frontier Internet Services, UK (ISP) <> furr. Furrynet, USA <> ga. Georgia, USA gay. Gay and lesbian newsgroups gbg. Göteborg, Sverige geometry. discussions about geometry ger. GerNet, Deutschland (ISP) git. Georgia Institute of Technology, USA gnu. GNU operating system gov. Government information newsgroups govonca. Government of Ontario, Canada greenend. The Green End Organization, Cambridge, UK <> grk. Greece and Greek language newsgroups gruene. Partei Die Grünen/Bündnis 90, Deutschland gu. University of Göteborg, Sverige gwu. George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA hacktic. Dutch/English hackers' newsgroups, Nederland halcyon. Halcyon Corporate newsgroups hamburg. Hamburg, Deutschland hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada han. Hangul language newsgroups (Korean) hanau. Hanau, Deutschland hannet. Hannover, Deutschland hannover. Hannover, Deutschland harvard. Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA hawaii-online. Hawaii-Online (ISP) hawaii. Hawaii, USA hebron. Hebron, Israel helsinki. Helsinki, Finland hepnet. High Energy Physics Network hfx. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada hiv. HIV-related issues hk. Hong Kong hna. Hunter Network Association, Australia (ISP) hookup. Hookup, Canada (ISP) houston. Houston, Texas, USA hr. Croatian newsgroups hrnet. Human Rights network hsv. Huntsville, Alabama, USA hum. Humber College, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada humanities. Usenet discussions about Humanities hun. Magyarorszag (Hungarian newsgroups) hy. University of Helsinki, Finland i2000. gerarchia di newsgroup in italiano ia. Iowa, USA iaf. Internet Access Foundation, Nederland ibm. IBM-based newsgroups <> ibmnet. IBM Global Network <> ic. ICONSULT, Deutschland (ISP) iconz. Internet Company of New Zealand (ISP) <> idirect. I-Direct (ISP) ie. Ireland ihug. The Internet Group, New Zealand (ISP) <> iij. IIJ (ISP) iijnet. IIJ (ISP) in. Indiana, USA india. India and Indian newsgroups infko. Universitaet Koblenz, Deutschland <> info. Internet technical information inforamp. Inforamp, Canada (ISP) intel. Intel Corporation <> interlog. Interlog, Canada (ISP) is. Iceland and Icelandic newsgroups israel. Israel it. Italia italia. reti civiche e gruppi locali italiani ithaca. Ithaca, New York, USA iu. Indiana University, Indiana, USA iupui. Indiana University-Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis, USA ivm. IVM GmbH, Deutschland (ISP) <> japan. Japan and Japanese language newsgroups jaring. Jaring network, Malaysia (ISP) jerusalem. Jerusalem / Y'rushalayim / al-Quds, Israel jhu. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA jogu. Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz, Deutschland <> jusos. JungsozialistInnen, Deutschland <> k12. international educational network ka. Karlsruhe, Deutschland <> kanto. Japanese language newsgroups kassel. Region Kassel, Deutschland kc. Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri, USA kennesaw. Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA kiel. Kiel, Deutschland kingston. Kingston, Ontario, Canada knf. Kommunikationsnetz Franken e.V., Deutschland knox. Knoxville and surrounding area, Tennessee, USA koblenz. Koblenz, Deutschland. ks. Kansas, USA ksu. Kansas State University, USA kth. Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sverige kun. Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Nederland kw. Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada ky. Kentucky, USA la. Los Angeles, California, USA laurentian. Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada leeds. Leeds, England li. Long Island, New York, USA life. LifeNet Christian Network linux. Linux operating system lon. London, England lou. Louisiana, USA lspace. discussions about Terry Pratchett lu. Luxembourg newsgroups luebeck. Luebeck, Deutschland lv. Latvian newsgroups malta. Malta and Maltese newsgroups man. Manitoba, Canada manawatu. Manawatu district, New Zealand <> maus. originating from MausNet (Deutschland) mc. Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi USA <> mcgill. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada mcmaster. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada md. Maryland, USA me. Maine, USA medlux. Russian language medical newsgroups melb. Melbourne, Australia melbpc. Melbourne PC User Group, Australia memphis. Memphis, Tennessee, USA mensa. discussions among members of Mensa metocean. Metocean, Japan (ISP) metu. Middle East Technical Univ., Ankara, Turkiye mex. Mexican newsgroups mi. Michigan, USA miami. Miami, Florida, USA microsoft. Microsoft newsgroups midlands. English midlands, UK milw. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA misc. Usenet miscellaneous newsgroups mistral. Brighton, England mit. Massachusetts Institute of Technology mn. Minnesota, USA mo. Missouri, USA mod. moderated newsgroups ms. Mississippi, USA mtl. Montreal, Quebec, Canada mu. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconson, USA muc. München, Deutschland muenster. Muenster, Deutschland mun. Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada mv. MV Communications, Inc. (ISP) mx. Mexico nagasaki-u. University of Nagasaki, Japan nanaimo. Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada nas. NASA Numerical Aerospace Simulation Facility, USA <> nasa. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA <> nashville. Nashville, Tennessee, USA nb. New Brunswick, Canada nbg. Nuernberg, Deutschland nc. North Carolina, USA ncar. Nat. Centre for Atmosph. Research, Colorado, USA ncf. National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ncle. Newcastle (and Hunter Valley), Australia ncsc. North Carolina SuperComputing, USA nctu. National Chiao-Ting University, Taiwan nd. North Dakota, USA ne. New England area, USA nebr. Nebraska, USA net. Usenet II (usenet2.org) <> netscape. Netscape, Mountain View, California, USA netwarriors. Netwarriors Org, Deutschland netz. originated by Netz e.V., Deutschland nevada. Nevada, USA neworleans. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA news. Usenet news newsguy. Newsguy News Service nf. Newfoundland, Canada nh. New Hampshire, USA ni. Northern Ireland niagara. Niagara Peninsula, Canada/USA nj. New Jersey, USA nl. Nederland nlnet. Nlnet (ISP) nm. New Mexico, USA no. Norge (Norway) nord. Norddeutschland nordunet. Nordic National Research Network norge. Norway regional groups <> north. Weser-Ems Region, Deutschland northwest. northwest region of England, UK nrw. Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland ns. Nova Scotia, Canada ntua. National Technical University of Athens, Greece nu. Newcastle University, Australia nv. Nevada, USA nwt. Northwest Territories, Canada nwu. Northwestern University, Illinois, USA ny. New York State, USA nyc. New York City, New York, USA nyu. New York University, USA nz. New Zealand oau. Orlando, Florida, USA oc. Orange County, California, USA oecher. Aachen, Deutschland oerebro. Örebro, Närke, Sverige ogi. Oregon Graduate Institute, USA oh. Ohio, USA ok. Oklahoma, USA okinawa. Okinawan newsgroups oldenburg. Oldenburg, Deutschland olnet. Oldenburg und Umgebung, Deutschland oma. Omaha, Nebraska USA on. Offenes Netz Luebeck, Deutschland online. Telenor Online, Oslo, Norge (ISP) <> ont. Ontario, Canada or. Oregon, USA osu. Ohio State University, USA ott. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada owl. Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Deutschland own. One World Net ox. Oxford University, UK <> pa. Pennsylvania, USA pb. Der Fahrgastverband PRO BAHN, Deutschland <> pdaxs. Portland Metronet, Oregon, USA pds. Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus, Deutschland <> pdx. Portland, Oregon, USA pei. Prince Edward Island, Canada peru. Groupos del Peru pgh. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA phil-priv. The Philippines and Filipino newsgroups phl. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA phoenix. Phoenix, Arizona, USA phx. Phoenix, Arizona, USA pi. Planet Internet, Nederland (ISP) <> pinnacle. Pinnacle, UK (ISP) pipex. Pipex (ISP) pitt. University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA pl. Polska (Polish language newsgroups) planet. PlaNet FreeNZ co-operative, New Zealand pnw. Pacific North-West (USA/Canada) prima. Prima e.V., Dortmund, Deutschland (ISP) <> princeton. Princeton area, New Jersey, USA prodigy. Prodigy (ISP) ps. People of Scandinavia (ISP) psi. PSINet (ISP) psu. Pennsylvania State University, USA pt. Portugal and Portuguese newsgroups pu. Princeton University, New Jersey, USA <> purdue. Purdue University qc. Quebec, Canada queens. Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada rabbit. Rabbit Network (ISP) rain. RAINnet (ISP) realguns. discussions about firearms realtynet. Real estate network rec. Usenet recreational newsgroups redhat. Red Hat Software, North Carolina, USA <> region. Mittlehessen, Deutschland relcom. Relcom, Commonwealth of Ind. States (ISP) (Cyrillic) rg. Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico/Texas, USA rhein. Rhein area (Cologne and Bonn), Germany ri. Rhode Island, USA rmii. Rocky Mountain Internet (ISP) roanoke. Roanoke, Virginia, USA ru. Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA ruhr. Ruhrgebiet, Deutschland rv. Rogue Valley, Oregon, USA rwth. Rheinisch-Westfälische TH, Deutschland rye. Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada saar. Saarbruecken, Deutschland sac. Sacramento, California, USA sackheads. Sysadmins with too much time on their hands sacramento. Sacramento, California, USA sae. World Council of Hellenes Abroad, Greek language salford. University of Salford, UK <> sanet. SAnet (South Africa) sat. San Antonio, Texas, USA sba. Santa Barbara, California, USA sbay. South Bay region, San Francisco, California, USA schl. newsgroup echo of KidLink mailing-lists schule. German language school newsgroups sci. Usenet science newsgroups scot. Scotland and Scottish newsgroups scruz. Santa Cruz, California, USA sd. South Dakota, USA sdnet. San Diego, California, USA sdsu. San Diego State University, California, USA <> se. Sverige (Sweden) sea. Seattle, Washington, USA seattle. Seattle, Washington, USA sfnet. Suomi-Finland, Finland & Finnish language newsgroups sfu. Simon Fraser Univ., British Columbia, Canada sg. Singapore sgi. Silicon Graphics, Inc. shamash. Jewish newsgroups si. Slovenian newsgroups simcoe. Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada sj. Saint John's, Newfoundland, Canada sk. Saskatchewan, Canada sk. Slovakian newsgroups slac. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA slo. San Luis Obispo, California, USA slonet. SLONET (ISP) snafu. Snafu, Deutschland (ISP) soc. Usenet social issues newsgroups socs. McGill Univ. Sch. of Comp. Sci., Quebec, Canada sol. sol.net Network Services, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA solent. Solent, U.K. (ISP) solinet. Gewerkschaftliche Themen (German trade unions) sonoma. Sonoma County, California, USA south-wales. Southern Wales and Welsh newsgroups, UK spk. Spokane, Washington, USA spokane. Spokane, Washington, USA srg. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation srjc. Santa Rosa Junior College, California, USA staroffice. StarOffice software, Sun Microsystems, Inc. stgt. Stuttgart, Deutschland stl. St. Louis, Missouri, USA stmarys. St. Mary's Univ., Nova Scotia, Canada su. Stanford University sudbury. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada sunet. Swedish University Network, Sverige surfnet. Dutch university newsgroups, Nederland swipnet. Swipnet Tele/2, Sverige (ISP) <> swnet. Sverige (Sweden) syd. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia t-online. T-Online, Deutschland (ISP) <> tacoma. Tacoma, Washington, USA talk. Usenet talk newsgroups tamu. Texas A & M University, USA taos. Taos, New Mexico, USA tba. Tampa Bay, Florida, USA tct. discussions about Therianthropy tdw. Tidewater, Virginia, USA tele. Tele Danmark Internet (ISP) <> terranova. Terra Nova Visuals, Finland <> thur. Thuringia, Deutschland tin. TIN, Italia (ISP) tip. The Internet Plaza, Nederland (ISP) <> tipnet. Telia, Sverige (ISP) tn. Tennessee, USA tnn. The Network News (Japanese) tor. Toronto, Ontario, Canada torfree. Toronto Freenet, Ontario, Canada toulouse. Toulouse, France tp. Toppoint, Kiel, Deutschland tr. Turkiye & Turkish language groups trentu. Trent University, Ontario, Canada triangle. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA trumpet. discussions of Trumpet programs tulsa. Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA tvontario. TVOntario, Ontario, Canada tw. Taiwan tx. Texas, USA u3b. discussions on AT&T 3B systems ualberta. University of Alberta, Canada uark. University of Arkansas, USA ubc. University of British Columbia, Canada uc. University of California, USA ucalgary. University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada ucam. University of Cambridge, UK <> ucb. University of California at Berkeley, USA ucd. University of California, Davis, USA ucsb. Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA ucsc. University of California at Santa Cruz, USA udes. Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada uf. University of Florida, USA ufra. Unterfranken, Deutschland uiowa. University of Iowa, USA uiuc. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA uk. United Kingdom ukc. University of Kent at Canterbury, UK uklinux. UK Linux discussion groups ukr. Ukraine and Ukranian language newsgroups uky. University of Kentucky, USA ulaval. Université Laval, Québec, Canada um. University of Maryland, USA umiami. University of Miami, Florida, USA umich. University of Michigan, USA umn. University of Minnesota, USA umoncton. University of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada umontreal. Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada unb. University of New Brunswick, Canada unc. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA unisa. University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. unl. University of Nebraska at Lincoln, USA uno. University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA uo. University of Oregon, USA uoc. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand upenn. University of Pennsylvania, USA uqam. Université de Québec à Montréal, Canada us. United States usask. University of Saskatchewan, Canada usf. University of South Florida, USA usu. Utah State University, USA usyd. University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ut. University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada utah. Utah, USA utcs. University of Texas, Computer Science, USA utk. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA utexas. University of Texas, USA uunet. originating from UUNet (UNIX) uva. University of Virgina, USA uvic. Univ.of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada uw. University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada uwa. University of Washington, USA uwarwick. University of Warwick, UK uwash. University of Washington, USA uwindsor. University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada uwisc. University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA uwm. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA uwo. Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada va. Virginia, USA van. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada vatech. Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State University, USA vechta. Universitaet Vechta, Niedersachsen, Deutschland vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA vic. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada vifa. Victoria Freenet Association, B.C., Canada vmsnet. originating from Digital VAX network vpro. VPRO TV-station newsgroups, Nederland vt. Vermont, USA vu. Vanderbilt University wa. Western Australia wales. Wales wash. Washington, USA west-virginia.West Virginia, USA westf. Westfalen, Deutschland wi. Wisconsin, USA wimsey. Wimsey, British Columia, Canada (ISP) witten. Witten, Deutschland wlu. Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada wny. Western New York, USA worldnet. AT&T Worldnet <> worldonline. World Online, Nederland (ISP) <> wpi. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA wpg. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada wxs. World Access/Planet Internet, Nederland (ISP) wyo. Wyomimg, USA xs4all. Xs4all, Nederland (ISP) yakima. Yakima, Washington, USA yale. Yale University, Connecticut, USA yk. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada yfn. Youngstown, Ohio Free-Net, USA yolo. Yolo County, California, USA york. York University, Ontario, Canada ysu. Youngstown State University, Ohio, USA z-netz. originating from Z-Netz (German newsgroups) za. South Africa and Afrikaans newsgroups 608 entries =========================================================== OBSOLETE HIERARCHIES The following hierarchies are now obsolete: air. Stanford University internal alive. international alternative newsgroups bhm. Birmingham, Alabama, USA bologna. Bologna, Italia ct. c't (German computer magazine) fub. Freie Universität Berlin, Deutschland gay-net. German gay and lesbian groups hl. Hansestadt Luebeck, Deutschland ieee. IEEE standards il. Illinois, USA (soon to be illinois.*) il. Israel (now israel.*) metropolis. Metropolis, Nederland (ISP) nbn. North Bay Network, California, USA nil. Private Rechner in Berlin, Deutschland nl-alt. Usenet alternative nieuwsgroepen, Nederland pubnet. Public Access Systems network stardivision. Sun Microsystems software suite (now staroffice.*) t-netz. German language newsgroups (now Z-Netz.*) tlg. The Little Garden, California, USA tub. Technische Universität Berlin, Deutschland uberlin. Gemeinsame Themen der Berliner Universitäten vol. Telecom Italia Video On Line (ISP) wgtn. Wellington, New Zealand wv. West Virginia, USA zer. German language newsgroups (now Z-Netz.*) zipnews. Zippo's News Services -- (c)2000 Lewis S. Eisen. Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted so long as original author is duly credited. If you keep a copy of this list on your site, and wish me to list that URL in this FAQ, just let me know. -- Lewis S. Eisen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Computer Training and Consulting leisen@pfx.on.ca