Just a sample of the Echomail archive
Last updated Saturday January 31st 2026
 alt.activism  |
 General non-specific activism discussion  |
 157,339 messages  |
 alt.activism.community  |
 alt.activism.community  |
 1,639 messages  |
 alt.activism.death-penalty  |
 Nice place to discuss frying criminals  |
 95,299 messages  |
 alt.agnosticism  |
 A religion for those who hate religion?  |
 181,220 messages  |
 alt.america  |
 Everything American I think  |
 102,761 messages  |
 alt.anagrams  |
 Creative manipulation of English words?  |
 19,133 messages  |
 alt.anarchism  |
 Ohh another whinefest about "the system"  |
 74,797 messages  |
 alt.anonymous.messages  |
 The infamous anonymous-message forum  |
 24,027 messages  |
 alt.antiques  |
 Ohhh its not crap, its "vintage"...  |
 636 messages  |
 alt.arts.poetry.comments  |
 Feedback on eachothers poetry apparently  |
 44,712 messages  |
 alt.astronomy  |
 Staring up at the stars...  |
 94 messages  |
 alt.atheism  |
 All of them praying there isn't a God  |
 338,199 messages  |
 alt.bbs.ads  |
 Usenet forum for advertising BBS's  |
 9,675 messages  |
 alt.bbs.allsysop  |
 General BBS Sysop whine-fest  |
 1,276 messages  |
 alt.bbs.doors  |
 For discussing BBS door games, Mud's  |
 1,094 messages  |
 alt.bbs.general  |
 Discussion of various BBS software  |
 609 messages  |
 alt.bbs.internet  |
 Integrating BBS with the newfangled Net  |
 899 messages  |
 alt.bbs.majorbbs  |
 Discussion for MajorBBS by Galacticomm  |
 718 messages  |
 alt.bbs.mystic  |
 Mystic Sysops are mystical nerds...  |
 11,841 messages  |
 alt.bbs.remoteaccess  |
 The software, duh...  |
 13 messages  |
 alt.bbs.renegade  |
 Renegade BBS discussion  |
 352 messages  |
 alt.bbs.searchlight  |
 Searchlight/Spinnaker BBS discussion  |
 248 messages  |
 alt.bbs.synchronet  |
 Rob Swindell fetishistic worship forum  |
 26,270 messages  |
 alt.bbs.sysop  |
 Sysop whine-fest  |
 470 messages  |
 alt.bbs.sysops  |
 More Sysop whine-fest... or spam-fest  |
 29 messages  |
 alt.bible  |
 General bible-thumping discussions  |
 95,922 messages  |
 alt.bible.prophecy  |
 Debating whatever bible prophecies  |
 115,063 messages  |
 alt.buddha.short.fat.guy  |
 Uhhh no sure, something about Buddhism  |
 154,433 messages  |
 alt.checkmate  |
 Putting Bobby Fischer on a big pedestal  |
 166,985 messages  |
 alt.conspiracy  |
 How big is your tinfoil hat?  |
 97,726 messages  |
 alt.drwho.creative  |
 Weirdo Dr. Who fanfiction bullshit area  |
 0 messages  |
 alt.fan.cecil-adams  |
 Fans of legendary knowitall Cecil Adams  |
 144,831 messages  |
 alt.fan.countries.north-korea  |
 Fans of North Korea and the Un dynasty  |
 653 messages  |
 alt.fan.furry  |
 Some weird cosplay cult worship I think  |
 38,504 messages  |
 alt.fan.gene-scott  |
 Fans of religious nutjob Gene Scott  |
 136,916 messages  |
 alt.fan.harry-potter  |
 All that magic and he never got laid...  |
 130,933 messages  |
 alt.fan.mst3k  |
 Mystery Science Theatre 3000  |
 377 messages  |
 alt.fan.rush-limbaugh  |
 Fans of the great one, Rush Limbaugh  |
 275,434 messages  |
 alt.fan.starwars  |
 Another Star Wars fan-base  |
 46,581 messages  |
 alt.fan.tatu  |
 That one-hit-wonder Russian lesbo band  |
 5 messages  |
 alt.fan.tolkien  |
 JR Tolkien masturbatory worship echo  |
 70,339 messages  |
 alt.fan.tonya-harding  |
 Ahh Tonya Harding, a feisty little fox  |
 0 messages  |
 alt.flame-wars  |
 Ohh just FINE folks getting along nicely  |
 8 messages  |
 alt.flame.abortion  |
 Abortion sucks... literally  |
 4,310 messages  |
 alt.flame.amusement-park  |
 Amusement parks that suck  |
 10 messages  |
 alt.flame.aol  |
 AOL sucks. In other news, water is wet  |
 4 messages  |
 alt.flame.bass-laffer  |
 Bass Laffer sucks  |
 1,219 messages  |
 alt.flame.bill-clinton  |
 Slick Willy knows the definition of sex  |
 1 message  |
 alt.flame.dogs  |
 Its more dog owners who are insufferable  |
 17 messages  |
 alt.flame.dykes  |
 If a gal turns you down, she must be gay  |
 23 messages  |
 alt.flame.girlfriend  |
 To share stories of batshit-crazy ex's  |
 4,382 messages  |
 alt.flame.jesus.christ  |
 But... wasn't he a carpenter?  |
 43,148 messages  |
 alt.flame.macintosh  |
 Steve Jobs sucks  |
 403 messages  |
 alt.flame.monica-lewinsky  |
 But why?!? She can suck-start a 747?  |
 4 messages  |
 alt.flame.ms-windows  |
 The middle finger to Billy boy gates  |
 30 messages  |
 alt.flame.mud  |
 Flaming stupid roleplaying bullshit  |
 35 messages  |
 alt.flame.operating-systems  |
 Flaming eachother's OS is always fun  |
 13 messages  |
 alt.flame.parents  |
 They're only good for your conception...  |
 41 messages  |
 alt.flame.psychiatry  |
 Shrinks can never be trusted  |
 2,131 messages  |
 alt.flame.rush-limbaugh  |
 Those who hate 'em can't stop listening  |
 8,552 messages  |
 alt.flame.star-trek.voyager  |
 Meh, I wasn't a real fan of this either  |
 78 messages  |
 alt.folklore.urban  |
 Urban legends and folklore  |
 51,409 messages  |
 alt.food.vegan  |
 Yeah but beef tastes good...  |
 19,108 messages  |
 alt.health  |
 Everyone's an Internet doctor these days  |
 20,626 messages  |
 alt.history  |
 Pretty sure discussion of all kinds  |
 15,186 messages  |
 alt.home.repair  |
 Home repairs and renovations  |
 32,353 messages  |
 alt.magick  |
 Meh.. another magic/spellcasting forum  |
 90,434 messages  |
 alt.pagan  |
 Paganism and witchcraft  |
 203 messages  |
 alt.paranormal  |
 The paranormal and unexplained  |
 34,273 messages  |
 alt.philosophy  |
 Didn't Freud have sex with his mother?  |
 166,712 messages  |
 alt.politics  |
 General politics chatter  |
 94,024 messages  |
 alt.politics.british  |
 The wigs are all part of the procedure  |
 331,528 messages  |
 alt.politics.clinton  |
 Slick Willy and his even slicker wife  |
 65,027 messages  |
 alt.politics.communism  |
 Whats yours is mine...  |
 8,856 messages  |
 alt.politics.economics  |
 "Its the economy, stupid"  |
 345,331 messages  |
 alt.politics.liberal  |
 Another modern mental disorder forum  |
 11 messages  |
 alt.politics.marijuana  |
 They hate government but love a pot-tax  |
 2,468 messages  |
 alt.politics.radical-left  |
 The most extreme of mental disorders  |
 27,720 messages  |
 alt.politics.socialism  |
 Everything thats yours is now mine  |
 19,804 messages  |
 alt.politics.trump  |
 The politics of badass Donald Trump  |
 144,625 messages  |
 alt.prisons  |
 Not always a Johnny Cash song  |
 3,648 messages  |
 alt.privacy  |
 Discussing privacy, laws, tinfoil hats  |
 112,044 messages  |
 alt.prophecies.nostradamus  |
 Worshipping fucknut Nostradamus  |
 125,340 messages  |
 alt.religion  |
 Nah-uh! My God is better than YOUR God!  |
 189,619 messages  |
 alt.religion.scientology  |
 Waiting for the mothership to arrive  |
 160 messages  |
 alt.religion.wicca  |
 Yet another Wiccan discussion forum  |
 137,644 messages  |
 alt.society.liberalism  |
 An unfortunate mental disorder  |
 6,390 messages  |
 alt.suicide.holiday  |
 The infamous alt.suicide.holiday group  |
 500,053 messages  |
 alt.support.depression  |
 Life sucks but I'm too sad to say why  |
 104,714 messages  |
 alt.support.suicide  |
 Encouraging one's "grand departure"  |
 786 messages  |
 alt.survival  |
 Discussing survivalism for end-times  |
 131,135 messages  |
 alt.test  |
 Ohh some other stupid test-post area  |
 4,085 messages  |
 alt.tv.pol-incorrect  |
 Discussing Politically Incorrect  |
 346 messages  |
 alt.tv.simpsons  |
 Worshipping Matt Groening  |
 29,098 messages  |
 alt.tv.x-files  |
 Gillian Anderson was smokin' hot...  |
 9,979 messages  |
 alt.unix.geeks  |
 The gathering of the socially-retarded  |
 294 messages  |
 alt.usenet.kooks  |
 Fans of Usenet trolls, kooks, fuckwits  |
 7,700 messages  |
 alt.war.civil.usa  |
 Discussing American civil war.. and 2.0  |
 44,047 messages  |
 comp.ai  |
 Artificial Intelligence. (Moderated)  |
 1,953 messages  |
 comp.ai.philosophy  |
 Philosophical aspects of Artificial Inte  |
 59,224 messages  |
 comp.arch  |
 Computer architecture  |
 130,928 messages  |
 comp.compilers  |
 Compiler construction, theory, etc. (Mod  |
 2,751 messages  |
 comp.dcom.telecom  |
 Telecommunications digest. (Moderated)  |
 17,262 messages  |
 comp.editors  |
 File editors  |
 123,913 messages  |
 comp.lang.c  |
 Oh frig, C you gotta define EVERYTHING  |
 243,097 messages  |
 comp.lang.forth  |
 Forth programmers eat a lot of Bratwurst  |
 117,861 messages  |
 comp.lang.fortran  |
 Putting John Backus on a giant pedestal  |
 5,038 messages  |
 comp.lang.javascript  |
 Netscape Communications Corp.'s JavaScri  |
 235,098 messages  |
 comp.misc  |
 General topics about computers not cover  |
 21,735 messages  |
 comp.mobile.android  |
 Discussion about Android-based devices  |
 235,699 messages  |
 comp.mobile.ipad  |
 Discussion about the Apple Ipad  |
 72,996 messages  |
 comp.os.linux.advocacy  |
 Torvalds farts & fans know what he ate  |
 164,161 messages  |
 comp.os.linux.misc  |
 Linux-specific topics not covered by oth  |
 135,166 messages  |
 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy  |
 Putting Bill Gates on a giant pedestal  |
 5,562 messages  |
 comp.os.vms  |
 DEC's VAX* line of computers & VMS.  |
 264,034 messages  |
 comp.programming  |
 Programming issues that transcend langua  |
 57,429 messages  |
 comp.protocols.tcp-ip  |
 TCP and IP network protocols.  |
 12,267 messages  |
 comp.sys.apple2  |
 Discussion about Apple II micros  |
 56,712 messages  |
 comp.sys.atari.st  |
 Discussion about 16 bit Atari micros  |
 15,439 messages  |
 comp.sys.cbm  |
 Discussion about Commodore micros  |
 53,854 messages  |
 comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware  |
 Discussing IBM PS/2 hardware  |
 42,960 messages  |
 comp.sys.mac.advocacy  |
 Steve Jobs fetishistic worship forum  |
 120,336 messages  |
 comp.sys.raspberry-pi  |
 Raspberry Pi computers & related hardwar  |
 26,116 messages  |
 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce  |
 FreeBSD announcements  |
 143 messages  |
 nyc.general  |
 Whats happening in New York City  |
 47,187 messages  |
 nyc.politics  |
 Politics specific to New York City  |
 91,990 messages  |
 ott.weather  |
 Ottawa weather - very nice or very shit  |
 13,487 messages  |
 rec.arts.drwho  |
 Discussion about Dr. Who  |
 510,969 messages  |
 rec.arts.manga  |
 All aspects of the Japanese storytelling  |
 7,759 messages  |
 rec.arts.movies.past-films  |
 Past movies  |
 192,329 messages  |
 rec.arts.poems  |
 For the posting of poetry  |
 500,533 messages  |
 rec.arts.sf.composition  |
 The writing and publishing of speculativ  |
 144,799 messages  |
 rec.arts.sf.fandom  |
 Discussions of SF fan activities  |
 137,300 messages  |
 rec.arts.sf.misc  |
 Science fiction lovers' newsgroup  |
 3,237 messages  |
 rec.arts.sf.movies  |
 Discussing SF motion pictures  |
 28,307 messages  |
 rec.arts.sf.science  |
 Real and speculative aspects of SF scien  |
 45,985 messages  |
 rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc  |
 Miscellaneous topics pertaining to Star  |
 25,695 messages  |
 rec.arts.sf.tv  |
 Discussing general television SF  |
 136,210 messages  |
 rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5  |
 Babylon 5 creators meet Babylon 5 fans  |
 1,564 messages  |
 rec.arts.sf.written  |
 Discussion of written science fiction an  |
 447,593 messages  |
 rec.arts.startrek.fandom  |
 Star trek fandom, or a mental disorder  |
 1,967 messages  |
 rec.arts.startrek.current  |
 New Star Trek shows, movies and books  |
 77,350 messages  |
 rec.arts.startrek.misc  |
 General discussions of Star Trek  |
 11,153 messages  |
 rec.arts.startrek  |
 More Star Trek weirdo fan worship  |
 3,769 messages  |
 rec.arts.tv  |
 The boob tube, its history, and past and  |
 232,996 messages  |
 rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc  |
 Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan chat  |
 22,866 messages  |
 rec.arts.tv.uk.misc  |
 Fans of UK TV shows  |
 624 messages  |
 rec.audio.pro  |
 Professional audio recording and studio  |
 276,749 messages  |
 rec.autos.driving  |
 Automobile discussion (general)  |
 162,177 messages  |
 rec.autos.sport.f1  |
 Formula 1 motor racing  |
 237,477 messages  |
 rec.autos.tech  |
 Technical aspects of automobiles, et. al  |
 117,727 messages  |
 rec.crafts.metalworking  |
 Metal working and metallurgy  |
 215,230 messages  |
 rec.drugs.misc  |
 Misc. recreational drugs  |
 5,408 messages  |
 rec.gambling.lottery  |
 Strategy and news of lotteries and sweep  |
 63,752 messages  |
 rec.games.frp.dnd  |
 Dungeons and Dragons  |
 75 messages  |
 rec.games.pinball  |
 Discussing pinball-related issues  |
 116,000 messages  |
 rec.games.trivia  |
 Discussion about trivia games  |
 32,776 messages  |
 rec.games.video.sega  |
 All Sega video game systems and software  |
 13,461 messages  |
 rec.gardens.edible  |
 Edible gardening topics  |
 40,483 messages  |
 rec.knives  |
 Anything that goes cut or has an edge  |
 28,027 messages  |
 rec.music.beatles  |
 Postings about the Fab Four & their musi  |
 88,319 messages  |
 rec.music.dylan  |
 Dylan's great, if you can understand him  |
 103,320 messages  |
 rec.music.folk  |
 Folks discussing folk music of various s  |
 6,459 messages  |
 rec.music.misc  |
 Music lovers' group  |
 3,168 messages  |
 rec.outdoors.rv-travel  |
 Discussions related to recreational vehi  |
 163,809 messages  |
 rec.pets.dogs.misc  |
 All other topics, chat, humor, etc  |
 8,070 messages  |
 rec.radio.amateur.misc  |
 Amateur radio practices, contests, event  |
 23,970 messages  |
 rec.radio.amateur.dx  |
 Discussion, tips, notices and news for D  |
 5,937 messages  |
 rec.radio.info  |
 Informational postings related to radio  |
 1,756 messages  |
 rec.radio.shortwave  |
 Shortwave radio enthusiasts  |
 106,048 messages  |
 rec.sport.football.college  |
 US-style college football  |
 209,579 messages  |
 sci.chem  |
 Chemistry and related sciences  |
 55,615 messages  |
 sci.electronics.basics  |
 Elementary questions about electronics  |
 72,318 messages  |
 sci.electronics.design  |
 Electronic circuit design  |
 142,388 messages  |
 sci.electronics.repair  |
 Fixing electronic equipment  |
 124,896 messages  |
 sci.environment  |
 Discussions about the environment and ec  |
 198,370 messages  |
 sci.lang  |
 Natural languages, communication, etc  |
 297,380 messages  |
 sci.logic  |
 Logic -- math, philosophy & computationa  |
 262,759 messages  |
 sci.math.symbolic  |
 Symbolic algebra discussion  |
 10,429 messages  |
 sci.med.cardiology  |
 All aspects of cardiovascular diseases  |
 72,666 messages  |
 sci.med.dentistry  |
 "Let me put this in your mouth..."  |
 6 messages  |
 sci.med.psychobiology  |
 Dialog and news in psychiatry and psycho  |
 4,730 messages  |
 sci.military.naval  |
 Navies of the world, past, present and f  |
 118,637 messages  |
 sci.misc  |
 Short-lived discussions on subjects in t  |
 3,616 messages  |
 sci.optics  |
 Discussion relating to the science of op  |
 12,750 messages  |
 sci.physics  |
 Physical laws, properties, etc.  |
 178,646 messages  |
 sci.physics.relativity  |
 The theory of relativity  |
 225,437 messages  |
 sci.physics.research  |
 Current physics research. (Moderated)  |
 17,504 messages  |
 sci.psychology.psychotherapy  |
 Practice of psychotherapy  |
 54,655 messages  |
 sci.skeptic  |
 Skeptics discussing pseudo-science  |
 91,972 messages  |
 sci.space.policy  |
 Discussions about space policy  |
 106,649 messages  |
 sci.space.science  |
 Space and planetary science and related  |
 1,217 messages  |
 sci.space.tech  |
 Technical and general issues related to  |
 3,113 messages  |
 seattle.politics  |
 seattle.politics  |
 102,007 messages  |
 soc.college  |
 Colleges and universities (general)  |
 678 messages  |
 soc.culture.afghanistan  |
 Discussion of the Afghan society  |
 13,559 messages  |
 soc.culture.british  |
 British culture (and odd mannerisms)  |
 77,634 messages  |
 soc.culture.canada  |
 Discussions of Canada and its people  |
 79,654 messages  |
 soc.culture.celtic  |
 "Celtic pride" was a hilarious movie  |
 6,698 messages  |
 soc.culture.china  |
 Apparently more than just Tik Tok?  |
 154,548 messages  |
 soc.culture.france  |
 More than just arrogance and bland food  |
 5,647 messages  |
 soc.culture.germany  |
 More than just Kraftwerk and Hasselhoff  |
 611 messages  |
 soc.culture.greek  |
 More than just nonstop homoeroticism  |
 98,856 messages  |
 soc.culture.irish  |
 More than just beating up your relatives  |
 96,476 messages  |
 soc.culture.japan  |
 More than just weird schoolgirl porn  |
 64,561 messages  |
 soc.culture.netherlands  |
 Whats 2 hours of begging? Dutch foreplay  |
 103,282 messages  |
 soc.culture.polish  |
 Yeah but Polish food gives you the shits  |
 128,210 messages  |
 soc.culture.quebec  |
 More than just pale imitations of France  |
 108,433 messages  |
 soc.culture.russian  |
 More than just vodka and shirtless Putin  |
 98,323 messages  |
 soc.culture.scottish  |
 More than just Haggis & overt cheapness  |
 99,775 messages  |
 soc.genealogy.britain  |
 Genealogy in Great Britain and the islan  |
 130,026 messages  |
 soc.history.ancient  |
 Ancient history (up to AD 700)  |
 57,853 messages  |
 soc.retirement  |
 For seniors: retirement, aging, geronto  |
 156,998 messages  |
 talk.atheism  |
 Debate about the validity and nature of  |
 89,762 messages  |
 talk.origins  |
 Evolution versus creationism (sometimes  |
 142,331 messages  |
 talk.philosophy.humanism  |
 Humanism in the modern world  |
 22,188 messages  |
 talk.politics  |
 General politics discussion  |
 44,657 messages  |
 talk.politics.china  |
 Discussion of political issues related t  |
 73,175 messages  |
 talk.politics.drugs  |
 The politics of drug issues  |
 71,622 messages  |
 talk.politics.european-union  |
 The EU and political integration in Euro  |
 24,327 messages  |
 talk.politics.guns  |
 The politics of firearm ownership and (m  |
 195,261 messages  |
 talk.politics.medicine  |
 talk.politics.medicine  |
 20,883 messages  |
 talk.religion.bahai  |
 Discussion of the Baha'i Faith  |
 33,165 messages  |
 talk.religion.buddhism  |
 All aspects of Buddhism as religion and  |
 111,200 messages  |
 talk.religion.misc  |
 Religious, ethical, & moral implications  |
 30,216 messages  |
 talk.religion.newage  |
 Esoteric and minority religions & philos  |
 9,149 messages  |
 tor.pagan  |
 Oh just fake pagan posers in Toronto  |
 184 messages  |
 tx.politics  |
 Texas politics  |
 122,009 messages  |
 uk.current-events.terrorism  |
 Terrorism in the UK  |
 97,213 messages  |
 uk.media.tv.sf.drwho  |
 Another Dr. Who discussion forum  |
 81,925 messages  |
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