Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nic.hookup.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!not-for-mail From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part II Supersedes: Followup-To: news.groups Date: 30 Nov 1993 18:35:12 -0500 Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA Lines: 741 Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Expires: 30 Jan 94 11:35:09 GMT Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Summary: Second of two postings. This part describes the following alternate hierarchies: clarinet, gnu, hepnet, ieee, inet, info, k12, relcom, u3b, vmsnet Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu news.lists:2890 news.groups:88449 news.announce.newusers:1241 news.announce.newgroups:4075 news.answers:15207 Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/part2 ClariNet -------- The ClariNet hierarchy consists of newsgroups gatewayed from commercial news services and other ``official'' sources. A feed of the ClariNet groups requires payment of a fee and execution of a license. More information may be obtained by sending mail to "info@clarinet.com". clari.biz.commodity Commodity news and price reports. (Moderated) clari.biz.courts Lawsuits and business related legal matters. (Moderated) clari.biz.economy Economic news and indicators. (Moderated) clari.biz.economy.world Economy stories for non-US countries. (Moderated) clari.biz.features Business feature stories. (Moderated) clari.biz.finance Finance, currency, Corporate finance. 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(Moderated) info.rfc *Announcements of newly released RFCs (rfc-request@nic.ddn.mil). (Moderated) info.slug Care and feeding of Symbolics Lisp machines (slug@iu.ai.sri.com). (Moderated) info.snmp *SNMP (Simple Gateway/Network Monitoring Protocol) (snmp@nisc.nyser.net). (Moderated) info.solbourne Discussions & info about Solbourne computers (info-solbourne@acsu.buffalo.edu). (Moderated) info.sun-managers *Sun-managers digest (sun-managers@rice.edu). (Moderated) info.sun-nets *Sun-nets (nee Sun Spots) digest (sun-nets@umiacs.umd.edu). (Moderated) info.theorynt Theory list (theorynt@vm1.nodak.edu). (Moderated) info.unix-sw Software available for anonymous FTP (unix-sw-request@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil). (Moderated) info.wisenet Women In Science and Engineering NETwork (wisenet@uicvm.uic.edu). (Moderated) K12 --- K12Net is a collection of conferences devoted to K-12 educational curriculum, language exchanges with native speakers, and classroom-to-classroom projects designed by teachers. The conferences are privately distributed among FidoNet-compatible electronic bulletin board systems in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, as well as available from uunet.uu.net as Usenet newsgroups in the hierarchy k12.* Classroom-to-classroom projects are featured in the K12 "Channels" which are periodically reassigned based on usage and appropriate project length. They comprise the k12.sys hierarchy. Forums for casual conversation among students are divided by grade level in the k12.chat hierarchy; there is also an area for teachers to exchange general ideas about using telecommunications in education. k12.ed.art Arts & crafts curricula in K-12 education. k12.ed.business Business education curricula in grades K-12. k12.ed.comp.literacy Teaching computer literacy in grades K-12. k12.ed.health-pe Health and Physical Education curricula in grades K-12. k12.ed.life-skills Home Economics, career education, and school counseling. k12.ed.math Mathematics curriculum in K-12 education. k12.ed.music Music and Performing Arts curriculum in K-12 education. k12.ed.science Science curriculum in K-12 education. k12.ed.soc-studies Social Studies and History curriculum in K-12 education. k12.ed.special Educating students with handicaps and/or special needs. k12.ed.tag K-12 education for gifted and talented students. k12.ed.tech Industrial arts & vocational education in grades K-12. k12.library Implementing info technologies in school libraries. k12.lang.art The art of teaching language skills in grades K-12. k12.lang.deutsch-eng Bilingual German/English practice with native speakers. k12.lang.esp-eng Bilingual Spanish/English practice with native speakers. k12.lang.francais French practice with native speakers. k12.lang.russian Bilingual Russian/English practice with native speakers. k12.sys.projects Discussion of potential projects. k12.sys.channel0 Current projects. k12.sys.channel1 Current projects. k12.sys.channel2 Current projects. k12.sys.channel3 Current projects. k12.sys.channel4 Current projects. k12.sys.channel5 Current projects. k12.sys.channel6 Current projects. k12.sys.channel7 Current projects. k12.sys.channel8 Current projects. k12.sys.channel9 Current projects. k12.sys.channel10 Current projects. k12.sys.channel11 Current projects. k12.sys.channel12 Current projects. k12.chat.elementary Casual conversation for elementary students, grades K-5. k12.chat.junior Casual conversation for students in grades 6-8. k12.chat.senior Casual conversation for high school students. k12.chat.teacher Casual conversation for teachers of grades K-12. For more information, contact one of the members of the K12Net Council of Coordinators: Jack Crawford Janet Murray Rob Reilly Mort Sternheim Louis Van Geel RELCOM ------ Relcom.* is the hierarchy of Russian-language newsgroups distributed mostly on the territory of the former Soviet Union (non-CIS countries included). These groups are available in Europe and Northern America; due to the 8-bit encoding (KOI-8) of Cyrillic letters, minor software modifications may be required. Newsgroups under the hierarchy relcom.commerce contain classified advertisements and are relatively high-volume; the nature of the information distributed in those groups may contradict policy of some networks. However, they may be valuable for researchers and businessmen interested in the first-hand information on the economics of FSU countries. Eugene Peskin is the Relcom staff member responsible for netnews -- contact him for more information. relcom.ads Non-commercial ads. (Moderated) relcom.archives Messages about new items on archive sites. relcom.archives.d Discussions on file servers, archives. relcom.arts.epic Literary arts of epical kind (more then 10 Kbytes). relcom.arts.qwerty Literary arts of small forms (less then 10 Kbytes). relcom.banktech Discussions on banking technologies. relcom.bbs BBS news. relcom.bbs.list Lists of Russian-language BBSes. (Moderated) relcom.commerce.audio-video Audio & video equipment. relcom.commerce.chemical Chemical production. relcom.commerce.computers Computer hardware. relcom.commerce.construction Construction materials and equipment. relcom.commerce.consume Cosmetics, parfumes, dresses, shoes. relcom.commerce.energy Gas, coal, oil, fuel, generators, etc. relcom.commerce.estate Real estate. relcom.commerce.food Food & drinks (including alcoholic). relcom.commerce.food.drinks Spirits and soft drinks. relcom.commerce.food.sweet Sweets and sugar. relcom.commerce.household All for house - furniture, freezers, ovens, etc. relcom.commerce.infoserv Information services. relcom.commerce.jobs Jobs offered/wanted. relcom.commerce.machinery Machinery, plant equipment. relcom.commerce.medicine Medical services, equipment, drugs. relcom.commerce.metals Metals and metal products. relcom.commerce.money Credits, deposits, currency. relcom.commerce.orgtech Office equipment. relcom.commerce.other Miscelannia. relcom.commerce.software Software. relcom.commerce.stocks Stocks and bonds. relcom.commerce.talk Discussions about commercial groups. relcom.commerce.tobacco Cigarettes and tobacco. relcom.commerce.tour Tourism, leisure and entertainment opportunities. relcom.commerce.transport Vehicles and spare parts. relcom.comp.animation Discussions on computer animation programs (Moderated). (Moderated) relcom.comp.binaries Binary codes of computer programs. (Moderated) relcom.comp.dbms.clipper CLARION database management system. relcom.comp.dbms.foxpro FoxPro database development system. relcom.comp.demo Demo versions of various software. (Moderated) relcom.comp.demo.d Discussions on demonstration programs. relcom.comp.gis Geographical information systems. relcom.comp.lang.pascal Using of Pascal programming language. relcom.comp.os.os2 FIDOnet area, OS/2 operational system. relcom.comp.os.vms VMS operational system. relcom.comp.os.windows FIDOnet area, MS-Windows operational system. relcom.comp.os.windows.prog FIDOnet area, programming under MS-Windows. relcom.comp.security Computer security discussions. relcom.comp.sources.d Discussions on sources. relcom.comp.sources.misc Software sources. (Moderated) relcom.currency Money matters in the ex-USSR. relcom.exnet Discussions on ExNet electronic exchange. relcom.exnet.quote ExNet quotes. relcom.expo Exhibitions and fairs announcements and reviews. (Moderated) relcom.fido.flirt FIDOnet, just talking of love. relcom.fido.ru.hacker FIDOnet, hackers and crackers (legal!). relcom.fido.ru.modem Inter-network discussion on modems. relcom.fido.ru.networks Inter-network discussion of global nets. relcom.fido.ru.strack FIDOnet, digitized sound. relcom.fido.ru.unix Inter-network challenge to OS Unix. relcom.fido.su.books FIDOnet, for book readers and lovers. relcom.fido.su.c-c++ FIDOnet, C & C++ language. relcom.fido.su.dbms FIDOnet, database management systems. relcom.fido.su.general FIDOnet, about everything and nothing. relcom.fido.su.hardw FIDOnet, computer hardware. relcom.fido.su.magic FIDOnet, magic and occult sciences. relcom.fido.su.softw FIDOnet, software in general. relcom.fido.su.tolkien FIDOnet, creations of J.R.R Tolkien. relcom.fido.su.virus FIDOnet, viruses and vaccines. relcom.games Games. relcom.humor Ha-ha-ha. Jokes, you know them, funny. relcom.infomarket.quote Ex-USSR exchanges's quotes /ASMP/. (Moderated) relcom.infomarket.talk Discussion on market development /ASMP/. (Moderated) relcom.internic.net-happenings InterNIC net-happenings mail-list relcom.jusinf Information on laws by "Justicinform". (Moderated) relcom.kids About kids. relcom.lan Inter-network discussion on local area networks. relcom.maps Relcom maps. relcom.msdos MS-DOS software. relcom.music Music lovers. relcom.netnews Announcements and articles important for all netters. relcom.netnews.big General BIG articles. relcom.newusers Q&A of new Relcom users. relcom.penpals To find friends, colleagues, etc. relcom.politics Political discussions. relcom.postmasters For RELCOM postmasters, official. (Moderated) relcom.postmasters.d Discussion of postmaster's troubles and bright ideas. relcom.relarn.general Scientific academical subnet RELARN: general issues. (Moderated) relcom.renews Net magazine RENEWS. (Moderated) relcom.spbnews Political & economic news digest by SPB-News Agency. (Moderated) relcom.talk Unfettered talk. relcom.tcpip TCP/IP protocols and their implementation. relcom.terms Discussion of various terms and terminology. relcom.test "Wow, does it really work?". relcom.wtc Commercial proposals of World Trade Centers. relcom.x X Windows discussion. 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.sources Sources for AT&T 3B systems. u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions. u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing. VMSnet ------ This hierarchy is for topics of interest to VAX/VMS users (but not necessarily VMS-specific). These groups are a project of the VMSnet working group of the VAX SIG of the US Chapter of DECUS (the Digital Equipment Computer User's Society). They are carried by most major usenet news sites, and almost half of all netnews sites. To find a feed, contact the system managers of news sites near you, and/or post to a local or regional newsgroup and ask if anyone in the area is carrying the VMSnet newsgroups. If you have tried these alternatives and still can not find a site in your local area that carries the VMSnet groups, you can send mail to the VMSnet Network Coordinator, currently Terry Poot , who will attempt to assist you in finding a feed for the groups. Alternatively, you can send mail to the VMSnet mailing list , which is also gatewayed to the vmsnet.uucp newsgroup and ask for help. In either case, be sure to state where you are geographically, and what your constraints are. For instance, if you can only place local phone calls, be sure to say just what areas are a local call for you. Also describe your network connectivity (what networks you are on, your uucp neighbors, etc.). Here is a recent list of VMSnet newsgroups. NOTE: this is NOT the definitive list of VMSnet newsgroups. The current definitive list is always the most recent checkgroups posting in vmsnet.admin. It is posted monthly or whenever the set of newsgroups is changed. vmsnet.admin Administration of the VMSnet newsgroups. vmsnet.alpha Discussion about Alpha AXP architecture, systems, porting, etc. vmsnet.announce General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated) vmsnet.announce.newusers Orientation info for new users. (Moderated) vmsnet.databases.rdb DEC's Rdb relational DBMS and related topics. vmsnet.decus.journal The DECUServe Journal. (Moderated) vmsnet.decus.lugs Discussion of DECUS Local User Groups and related issues. vmsnet.employment Jobs sought/offered, workplace and employment related issues. vmsnet.infosystems.gopher Gopher software for VMS, gatewayed to VMSGopher-L. vmsnet.infosystems.misc Misc. infosystem software for VMS (e.g. WAIS, WWW, etc.). vmsnet.internals VMS internals, MACRO-32, Bliss, etc., gatewayed to MACRO32 list. vmsnet.mail.misc Other electronic mail software. vmsnet.mail.mx MX email system, gatewayed to MX mailing list. vmsnet.mail.pmdf PMDF email system, gatewayed to ipmdf mailing list. vmsnet.misc General VMS topics not covered elsewhere. vmsnet.networks.desktop.misc Other desktop integration software. vmsnet.networks.desktop.pathworks DEC Pathworks desktop integration software. vmsnet.networks.management.decmcc DECmcc and related software. vmsnet.networks.management.misc Other network management solutions. vmsnet.networks.misc General networking topics not covered elsewhere. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.cmu-tek CMU-TEK TCP/IP package, gatewayed to cmu-tek-tcp+@andrew.cmu.edu. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.misc Other TCP/IP solutions for VMS. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet TGV's Multinet TCP/IP, gatewayed to info-multinet. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.tcpware Discussion of Process Software's TCPWARE TCP/IP software. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.ucx DEC's VMS/Ultrix Connection (or TCP/IP services for VMS) product. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.wintcp The Wollongong Group's WIN-TCP TCP/IP software. vmsnet.pdp-11 PDP-11 hardware and software, gatewayed to info-pdp11. vmsnet.sources Source code postings ONLY. (Moderated) vmsnet.sources.d Discussion about or requests for sources. vmsnet.sources.games Recreational software postings. vmsnet.sysmgt VMS system management. vmsnet.test Test messages. vmsnet.tpu TPU language and applications, gatewayed to info-tpu. vmsnet.uucp DECUS uucp software, gatewayed to vmsnet mailing list. vmsnet.vms-posix Discussion about VMS POSIX.