Subject: Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies, v3.4
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:51:46 -0500
URL: ftp://ftp.magmacom.com/pub/misc/Master_List.txt; http://www.magmacom.com/~leisen/master_list.html
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Subject: Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies
Date: 1996 March 11
Posted-to: news.groups, news.admin.hierarchies
Version: 3.4

The following is a list of newsgroup hierarchies, to help 
readers of the news locate a hierarchy of interest.

To qualify for inclusion, a hierarchy must have more
than one newsgroup within it, and must be carried 
on systems other than the host that created it.

Additions, changes and corrections should be sent to 
leisen@ftn.ca (Lewis S. Eisen). Many thanks to those
who have made contributions to date.

The Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies is posted 
to news.answers, news.admin.hierarchies and news.groups 
every second Monday. To receive a copy of this 
list by e-mail, send a message to 
leisen@ftn.ca with the SUBJECT: Send Master.

The Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies is available 
by anonymous ftp from 
ftp://ftp.magmacom.com/pub/misc/Master_List.txt, and 
on the World Wide Web at 
http://home.magmacom.com/~leisen/master_list.html.

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Newsgroup Hierarchies:

ab.             Alberta, Canada
acadia.         Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada
acs.            University of Calgary, computer science Alberta, Canada 
ak.             Alaska, USA
akr.            Akron, Ohio, USA
alabama.        Alabama, USA
alt.            Usenet alternative newsgroups
aol.            America Online, ISP
apana.          Australian Public Access Network Association
at.             Oesterreich (Austria)
athena.         M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
atl.            Atlanta, Georgia, USA
aus.            Australian and Australasian newsgroups
austin.         Austin, Texas, USA
av.             Antelope Valley, California, USA
az.             Arizona, USA

ba.             San Francisco bay area, California, USA
balt.           Baltimore, Maryland, USA
bburg.          Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
bc.             British Columbia, Canada
bcs.            Boston Computer Society, Massachusetts, USA
be.             Belgian newsgroups
bermuda.        Bermuda
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
bofh.           sysop gripe sessions (Bastard Operator from Hell)
bologna.        Bologna, Italia
boston.         Boston, Massachusetts, USA
boulder.        Boulder, Colorado, USA
brasil.         Brazil
brocku.         Brock University, Ontario, Canada
byu.            Brigham Young University, Utah, USA

ca.             California, USA
cabot.          Cabot College, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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
ccc.            Contra Costa County, California, USA
cern.           Cern, Geneva, Switzerland
ch.             Switzerland
chi.            Chicago, Illinois, USA
chile.          Chile
chinese.        China and Chinese language newsgroups
christnet.      Christian Network
cl.             /CL-Netz (German language newsgroups)
clari.          Clarinet News Service (commercial)
cle.            Cleveland, Ohio, USA
cmh.            Columbus, Ohio, USA
co.             Colorado, USA
comp.           Usenet computer newsgroups
compuserve.     CompuServe (ISP)
computer42.     computer42, Deutschland
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
ct.             c't (German computer magazine)
cu.             University of Colorado, USA
cz.             Czech Republic newsgroups

dal.            Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
dc.             Washington, D.C., USA
ddn.            Defense Data Network, USA
dds.            Dutch language groups
de.             International German language newsgroups
delaware.       Delaware, USA
demon.          Newsgroups from the Demon network, UK
denver.         Denver, Colorado, USA
det.            Detroit, Michigan, USA
dfw.            Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas, USA
dk.             Danmark (Denmark)
dod.            Department of Defense, USA
dsm.            Des Moines, Iowa, USA
duke.           Duke University
dut.            Delft Institute of Technology, Nederland

ed.             Edinburgh, Scotland
edm.            Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
es.             Espana and Spanish language newsgroups
eug.            Eugene/Springfield, Oregon, USA
eunet.          European Networks
eye.            eye WEEKLY Newspaper, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

fido.           originating from Fidonet
finet.          Finland and Finnish language newsgroups
fj.             Japan and Japanese language newsgroups
fl.             Florida, USA
fnet.           originating from Fnet (France)
fr.             international French language newsgroups
francom.        groupes de discussion en francais
fras.           German language binaries
freenet.        Groups originating from freenets

ga.             Georgia, USA
gay-net         German language Gay and Lesbian newsgroups
gay.            Gay and Lesbian newsgroups
geometry.       discussions about geometry
git.            Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
gnu.            GNU operating system

halcyon.        Halcyon Corporate newsgroup 
hamburg.        Hamburg, Deutschland
han.            Hangul language newsgroups (Korean)
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
hsv.            Huntsville, Alabama, USA
hum.            Humber College, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
humanities.     discussions about Humanities
hun.            Hungarian newsgroups

ia.             Iowa, USA
ibm.            IBM-based newsgroups
idirect.        I-Direct (ISP)
ie.             Ireland 
ieee.           IEEE standards
iij.            IIJ (ISP)
iijnet.         IIJ (ISP)
il.             Illinois, USA
il.             Israel
in.             Indiana, USA
info.           Internet technical information
inforamp.       Inforamp, Canada (ISP)
interlog.       Interlog, Canada (ISP)
israel.         Israel
it.             Italia
ithaca.         Ithaca, New York, USA

jaring.         Jaring network, Malaysia (ISP)

k12.            U.S. educational network
ka.             Karlsruhe, Deutschland
kanto.          Japanese language newsgroups
kc.             Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri, USA
kiel.           Kiel, Deutschland
kingston.       Kingston, Ontario, Canada
knox.           Knoxville and surrounding area, Tennessee, USA
ks.             Kansas, USA
ksu.            Kansas State University, USA
kw.             Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ky.             Kentucky, USA

la.             Los Angeles, California, USA
laurentian.     Laurentian University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
leeds.          Leeds, England
li.             Long Island, New York, USA
linux.          Linux operating system 
lon.            London, England
lou.            Louisiana, USA

man.            Manitoba, Canada
maus.           originating from MausNet (Deutschland)
mcgill.         McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
mcmaster.       McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
md.             Maryland, USA
melb.           Melbourne, Australia
melbpc.         Melbourne PC User Group, Australia
memphis.        Memphis, Tennessee, USA
mex.            Mexican newsgroups
mi.             Michigan, USA
miami.          Miami, Florida, USA
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
ms.             Mississippi, USA
mtl.            Montreal, Quebec, Canada
muc.            Munchen, Deutschland
mun.            Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada
mx.             Mexico

nanaimo.        Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
nasa.           National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA
nashville.      Nashville, Tennessee, USA
nb.             New Brunswick, Canada
nc.             North Carolina, 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
near.           Nat. Centre for Atmosph. Research, Colorado, USA
nebr.           Nebraska, USA
nevada.         Nevada, USA
neworleans.     New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
news.           Usenet news
nf.             Newfoundland, Canada
nh.             New Hampshire, USA
niagara.        Niagara Falls region, Canada/USA
nj.             New Jersey, USA
nl.             Nederland
nlnet.          Nlnet (ISP)
nm.             New Mexico, USA
no.             Norge (Norway)
north.          Weser-Ems Region, Deutschland
ns.             Nova Scotia, Canada
nu.             Newcastle University, Australia
nv.             Nevada, USA
nwt.            Northwest Territories, Canada
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
ogi.            Oregon Graduate Institute, USA
oh.             Ohio, USA
ok.             Oklahoma, USA
okinawa.        Okinawan newsgroups
ont.            Ontario, Canada
or.             Oregon, USA
osu.            Ohio State University, USA
ott.            Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

pa.             Pennsylvania, USA
pdaxs.          Portland Metronet, Oregon, USA
pdx.            Portland, Oregon, USA
pei.            Prince Edward Island, Canada 
pgh.            Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
phl.            Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
phoenix.        Phoenix, Arizona, USA
phx.            Phoenix, Arizona, USA
pinnacle.       Pinnacle, UK (ISP)
pipex.          Pipex (ISP)
pitt.           University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
pl.             Poland & Polish language newsgroups
pnw.            Pacific North-West (USA/Canada)
prima.          Prima e.V., Dortmund, Deutschland (ISP)
princeton.      Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
prodigy.        Prodigy (ISP)
psi.            PSINet (ISP)
pt.             Portugal and Portuguese newsgroups
pubnet.         Public Access Systems network
purdue.         Purdue University

qc.             Quebec, Canada
queens.         Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

rabbit.         Rabbit Network (ISP)
rain.           RAINnet (ISP)
realtynet.      Real estate network
rec.            Usenet recreational newsgroups
relcom.         Relcom, Commonwealth of Independent States (ISP) (Cyrillic)
rg.             Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, 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
rye.            Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

sac.            Sacramento, California, USA
sacramento.     Sacramento, California, USA
sanet.          SAnet (South Africa)
sat.            San Antonia, Texas, USA
sba.            Santa Barbara, California, USA
sbay.           South Bay region, California, USA
schl.           newsgroup echo of KidLink mailing-lists
schule.         German language school newsgroups
sci.            Usenet science newsgroups
scot.           Scotland
scruz.          Santa Cruz, California, USA
sd.             South Dakota, USA
sdnet.          San Diego, California, USA
sea.            Seattle, Washington, USA
seattle.        Seattle, Washington, USA
sfnet.          Sweden & Swedish, Finland & Finnish language
sfu.            Simon Fraser Univ., British Columbia, Canada 
sg.             Singapore
sgi.            Silicon Graphics, Inc.
shamash.        Jewish newsgroups
si.             Slovenian newsgroups
sj.             Saint John's, Newfoundland, Canada
sk.             Saskatchewan, Canada
sk.             Slovakian newsgroups
slo.            SLONET (ISP)
soc.            Usenet social issues newsgroups
socs.           McGill Univ. Sch. of Comp. Sci., Quebec, Canada
solent.         Solent, U.K. (ISP)
spk.            Spokane, Washington, USA
srg.            Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
stgt.           Stuttgart, Deutschland
stl.            St. Louis, Missouri, USA
stmarys.        St. Mary's Univ., Nova Scotia, Canada
su.             Stanford University
sudbury.        Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
sw.             Sverige (Sweden)
swnet.          Sverige (Sweden)

t-netz.         German language newsgroups (obsolete)
tacoma.         Tacoma, Washington, USA
talk.           Usenet talk newsgroups
tamu.           Texas A & M University, USA
tba.            Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
tdw.            Tidewater, Virginia, USA
thur.           Thuringia, Deutschland
tn.             Tennessee, USA
tnn.            Japanese newsgroups
tor.            Toronto, Ontario, Canada
torfree.        Toronto Freenet, Ontario, Canada
tp.             Toppoint, Kiel, Deutschland
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
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 Clara, USA
udes.           Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
uf.             University of Florida, USA
uiuc.           University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
uk.             United Kingdom
ukr.            Ukraine and Ukranian language newsgroups
uky.            University of Kentucky, USA
ulaval.         Universite Laval, Quebec, 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.      Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
unb.            University of New Brunswick, Canada 
uo.             University of Oregon, USA
upenn.          University of Pennsylvania, USA
uqam.           Universite de Quebec a Montreal, Canada
us.             United States
usask.          University of Saskatchewan, Canada 
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)
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
vegas.          Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
vic.            Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
vmsnet.         originating from Digital VAX network 
vu.             Vanderbilt University 

wa.             Western Australia
wash.           Washington, USA
wgtn.           Wellington, New Zealand
wi.             Wisconsin, USA
wimsey.         Wimsey, British Columia, Canada (ISP)
wny.            Western New York, USA
wpg.            Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
wyo.            Wyoming, USA 

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
zer.            German language newsgroups (obsolete)

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Computer Training and Consulting for the Legal Profession

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