Aazure.430 net.news.group utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!mhtsa!ihnss!cbosg!teklabs!tekmdp!azure!curts Tue Jan 26 13:50:13 1982 grouplist FA groups are "from the arpanet" and are mostly copies of mailing lists or ``digests'' distributed on that network. (A digest is a collection of mail put together by an editor and sent out every so often. It is much like a newsletter.) A special convention applies to submissions to FA newsgroups. As previously described, you should not post directly to the newsgroup, since this will be seen by people on USENET but not by the people on the arpanet who get the list directly mailed to them. Instead, send mail to the name of the group on site For example, to post an article to fa.human-nets, you might mail to chico!ucbvax!human-nets (if chico is the proper route to get to ucbvax - this route varies depending on your system). FA groups and their corresponding mailing lists can reach a very large user community, including USENET sites on UUCP, Berknet, BLN, and the ARPANET, as well as sites on the ARPANET which are not on USENET, who get the news via direct electronic mailing. The following is a list of digests: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWSGROUP | Description ============================================================================== fa.arms-d | Discussion and info on strategic weapons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.arpa-bboard | Announcements that are posted to all arpanet bboards | are also fed into this newsgroup. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.digest-p | People who deal with digests. Mostly the people who | moderate them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.editor-p | Interest group in computer editors, both text and program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.energy | Topics relating to alternate energy production, | conservation, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.human-nets | A daily moderated digest with discussions of computer-aided | human-to-human communications. Probably the most widely read | ARPANET publication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.info-cpm | CP/M and other operating systems for micro computers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.info-micro | Microprocessor and microcomputer discussions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.info-terms | Opinions/queries about what's a good/bad computer terminal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.info-vax | VAX interest group. Seems to be mostly VMS issues, but some | hardware discussions too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.poli-sci | Political Science discussions digest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.sf-lovers | Science Fiction book/movie reviews, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.space | Digest containing comments on the space program and outer | space in general. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.tcp-ip | Digest relating to the TCP and IP network protocols. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.telecom | Technical topics relating to telecommunications, especially | the telephone system. A digest recently spun off from | fa.human-nets. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.teletext | Teletext discusses all aspects of ``esoteric'' data systems. | This includes teletext, viewdata, closed-captioning, and | digicasting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.unix-cpm | CPM/UNIX discussions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fa.works | Interest group on personal workstations (e.g. Apollo, Perq, | Xerox Star, etc). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Newsgroups are intended to be available to all people on the entire network who read netnews. This does not mean they go to every machine, since some machines restrict the volume of news that comes in. It is assumed that users of such restricted machines can read news on another machine on which they have a login. Newsgroups reach all of USENET (including USENET sites on the ARPANET) but do not reach any sites that are not on USENET. That is, USENET is defined as all sites that net.all reaches. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWSGROUP | Description ============================================================================= net.general | General information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.applic | Applications programs for UNIX. Discussions seem to | center around functional programming languages. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.auto | General Information for automobile owners. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.auto.vw | Subgroup net.auto - for owners of Volkswagon Rabbits. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.aviation | General information about aviation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.bugs | Genreral information about bug reports and fixes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.bugs.2bsd | Subgroup net.bugs - 2nd Berkley Software distribution ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.bugs.4bsd | Subgroup net.bugs - 4th Berkley software distribution ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.bugs.v7 | Subgroup net.bugs - Version 7 or UNIX System III ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.chess | General information about computer chess. Gatewayed to | ARPANET mailing list but appears as newsgroup rather | than a digest. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.columbia | General information on space shuttle and space programs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.cycle | General information about motorcycles. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.eunice | General information for sites running SRI Eunice system | which simulates UNIX on VMS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.games | Information and discussion on computer games. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.games.rogue | Subgroup net.games - rogue ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.games.frp | Subgroup net.games - fantasy role playing games ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.games.trivia | Trivia contests and results. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.ham-radio | Topics of interest to amateur radio operators. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.jokes | The latest "good" joke you've heard? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.lan | Local area network interest group. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.lsi | Large Scale Integrated Circuit discussions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.misc | Miscellaneous discussions that start in net.general but | are not permanent enough for their own newsgroup. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.movies | Movie reviews by members of USENET. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.music | Computer generated music. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.news | Discussion of netnews itself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.news.b | Subgroup net.news - specific to bnews. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.news.directory | to post all or part of the USENET directory, -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.news.group | for discussions about proposed new newsgroups, -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.news.map | for discussions about maps of newsites. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.news.newsite | to announce a new site. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.news | for discussion of USENET policies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.oa | Office Automation/Word Processing interest group. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.periphs | Queries and discussions about particular peripherals. | (``Does anyone have a driver for a framus-11?'') -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.rec | Gereral info on recreational (participation) sports. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.rec.bridge | Subgroup of net.rec - contract bridge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.rec.scuba | Subgroup of net.rec - scuba diving. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.rec.ski | Subgroup of net.rec - skiing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.records | Info and opinions about records (and tapes ?). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.rumor | For posting of rumors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.sources | A place for sources and the distribution of material | in large volume. More for software distribution that | for general info. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.sport | General info about spectator sports. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.sport.baseball | Subgroup of net.sport - for baseball. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.sport.football | Subgroup of net.sport - for football. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.sport.hockey | Subgroup of net.sport - for hockey. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.taxes | Tax advice and queries. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.test | Test messages are posted here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.travel | Requests, suggestions, and opinions about traveling -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.ucds | Circuit drawing system. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.unix-wizards | ARPANET mailing list for UNIX Wizards. Anything and | everything relating to UNIX is discussed here. This | list is gatewayed to the ARPANET mailing list | but appears like a regular newsgroup to USENET. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the first pass at establishing a list of newsgroups. My intent is to update the list every week or so. Although this list is incomplete, it seemed that a partial list at the right time might be better that a complete list that arrives too late. If you have additions, corrections, or suggestions, please send them to me at: ucbvax!teklabs!tekmdp!curts Curt ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.