From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers
Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part II
Summary: Second of two postings.  This part describes the following
	alternate hierarchies: clarinet, gnu, ieee, inet, k12, u3b, vmsnet
Date: 4 Sep 92 03:52:21 GMT
Expires: 3 Nov 92 15:52:19 GMT
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
Supersedes: <spaf-altgroups2_711614940@cs.purdue.edu>

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. (Moderated)
clari.biz.finance.earnings	Earnings & dividend reports. (Moderated)
clari.biz.finance.personal	Personal investing & finance. (Moderated)
clari.biz.finance.services	Banks and financial industries. (Moderated)
clari.biz.invest	News for investors. (Moderated)
clari.biz.labor		Strikes, unions and labor relations. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market	General stock market news. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market.amex	American Stock Exchange reports & news. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market.dow	Dow Jones NYSE reports. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market.ny	NYSE reports. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market.otc	NASDAQ reports. (Moderated)
clari.biz.market.report	General market reports, S&P, etc.. (Moderated)
clari.biz.mergers	Mergers and acquisitions. (Moderated)
clari.biz.misc		Other business news. (Moderated)
clari.biz.products	Important new products & services. (Moderated)
clari.biz.top		Top business news. (Moderated)
clari.biz.urgent	Breaking business news. (Moderated)
clari.canada.biz	Canadian Business Summaries. (Moderated)
clari.canada.features	Alamanac, Ottawa Special, Arts. (Moderated)
clari.canada.general	Short items on Canadian News stories. (Moderated)
clari.canada.gov	Government related news (all levels). (Moderated)
clari.canada.law	Crimes, the courts and the law.. (Moderated)
clari.canada.newscast	Regular newscast for Canadians. (Moderated)
clari.canada.politics	Political and election items. (Moderated)
clari.canada.trouble	Mishaps, accidents and serious problems. (Moderated)
clari.feature.dave_barry	Columns of humourist Dave Barry. (Moderated)
clari.feature.kinsey	Sex Q&A and Advice from Kinsey Institute. (Moderated)
clari.feature.mike_royko	Chicago Opinion Columnist Mike Royko. (Moderated)
clari.feature.miss_manners	Judith Martin's Humourous Etiquette Advice. (Moderated)
clari.local.alberta.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.arizona		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.arizona.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.bc.briefs		Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.california		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.california.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.chicago		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.chicago.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.florida		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.florida.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.georgia		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.georgia.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.headlines	Various local headline summaries. (Moderated)
clari.local.illinois		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.illinois.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.indiana		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.indiana.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.iowa		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.iowa.briefs		Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.los_angeles		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.los_angeles.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.louisiana		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.manitoba.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.maritimes.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.maryland		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.maryland.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.massachusetts	Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.massachusetts.briefs		Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.michigan		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.michigan.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.minnesota		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.minnesota.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.missouri		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.missouri.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.nebraska		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.nebraska.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.nevada		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.nevada.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_england		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_hampshire	Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_jersey		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_jersey.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_york		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.new_york.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.nyc			Local news (New York City). (Moderated)
clari.local.nyc.briefs		Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.ohio		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.ohio.briefs		Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.ontario.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.oregon		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.oregon.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.pennsylvania	Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.pennsylvania.briefs		Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.saskatchewan.briefs		Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.sfbay		Stories datelined San Francisco Bay Area. (Moderated)
clari.local.texas		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.texas.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.utah		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.utah.briefs		Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.virginia+dc		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.virginia+dc.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.washington		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.washington.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.local.wisconsin		Local news. (Moderated)
clari.local.wisconsin.briefs	Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
clari.nb.apple		Newsbytes Apple/Macintosh news. (Moderated)
clari.nb.business	Newsbytes business & industry news. (Moderated)
clari.nb.general	Newsbytes general computer news. (Moderated)
clari.nb.govt		Newsbytes legal and government computer news. (Moderated)
clari.nb.ibm		Newsbytes IBM PC World coverage. (Moderated)
clari.nb.review		Newsbytes new product reviews. (Moderated)
clari.nb.telecom	Newsbytes telecom & online industry news. (Moderated)
clari.nb.top		Newsbytes top stories (crossposted). (Moderated)
clari.nb.trends		Newsbytes new developments & trends. (Moderated)
clari.nb.unix		Newsbytes Unix news. (Moderated)
clari.net.admin		Announcements for news admins at ClariNet sites. (Moderated)
clari.net.announce	Announcements for all ClariNet readers. (Moderated)
clari.net.products	New ClariNet products. (Moderated)
clari.net.talk		Discussion of ClariNet -- only unmoderated group
clari.news.almanac	Daily almanac - quotes, 'this date in history' etc.. (Moderated)
clari.news.arts		Stage, drama & other fine arts. (Moderated)
clari.news.aviation	Aviation industry and mishaps. (Moderated)
clari.news.books	Books & publishing. (Moderated)
clari.news.briefs	Regular news summaries. (Moderated)
clari.news.bulletin	Major breaking stories of the week. (Moderated)
clari.news.canada	News related to Canada. (Moderated)
clari.news.cast		Regular U.S. news summary. (Moderated)
clari.news.children	Stories related to children and parenting. (Moderated)
clari.news.consumer	Consumer news, car reviews etc.. (Moderated)
clari.news.demonstration	Demonstrations around the world. (Moderated)
clari.news.disaster	Major problems, accidents & natural disasters. (Moderated)
clari.news.economy	General economic news. (Moderated)
clari.news.election	News regarding both US and international elections. (Moderated)
clari.news.entertain	Entertainment industry news & features. (Moderated)
clari.news.europe	News related to Europe. (Moderated)
clari.news.features	Unclassified feature stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.fighting	Clashes around the world. (Moderated)
clari.news.flash	Ultra-important once-a-year news flashes. (Moderated)
clari.news.goodnews	Stories of success and survival. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov		General Government related stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.agency	Government agencies, FBI etc.. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.budget	Budgets at all levels. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.corrupt	Government corruption, kickbacks etc.. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.international	International government-related stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.officials	Government officials & their problems. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.state	State government stories of national importance.. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.taxes	Tax laws, trials etc.. (Moderated)
clari.news.gov.usa	US Federal government news.  (High volume). (Moderated)
clari.news.group	Special interest groups not covered in their own group. (Moderated)
clari.news.group.blacks	News of interest to black people. (Moderated)
clari.news.group.gays	Homosexuality & Gay Rights.. (Moderated)
clari.news.group.jews	Jews & Jewish interests. . (Moderated)
clari.news.group.women	Women's issues and abortion. (Moderated)
clari.news.headlines	Hourly list of the top U.S./World headlines. (Moderated)
clari.news.hot.east_europe	News from Eastern Europe. (Moderated)
clari.news.hot.iraq		Persian Gulf Crisis news. (Moderated)
clari.news.hot.rodney_king	L.A. Riot news. (Moderated)
clari.news.hot.ussr		News from the Soviet Union. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest		Human interest stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest.animals	Animals in the news. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest.history	Human interest stories & history in the making. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest.people	Famous people in the news. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest.people.column	Daily "People" column -- tidbits on celebs. (Moderated)
clari.news.interest.quirks	Unusual or funny news stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.issues		Stories on major issues not covered in their own group.. (Moderated)
clari.news.issues.civil_rights	Freedom, Racism, Civil Rights Issues. (Moderated)
clari.news.issues.conflict	Conflict between groups around the world. (Moderated)
clari.news.issues.family	Family, Child abuse, etc.. (Moderated)
clari.news.labor	Unions, strikes. (Moderated)
clari.news.labor.strike	Strikes. (Moderated)
clari.news.law		General group for law related issues. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.civil	Civil trials & litigation. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.crime	Major crimes. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.crime.sex	Sex crimes and trials. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.crime.trial	Trials for criminal actions. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.crime.violent	Violent crime & criminals. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.drugs	Drug related crimes & drug stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.investigation	Investigation of crimes. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.police	Police & law enforcement. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.prison	Prisons, prisoners & escapes. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.profession	Lawyers, Judges etc.. (Moderated)
clari.news.law.supreme	U.S. Supreme court rulings & news. (Moderated)
clari.news.lifestyle	Fashion, leisure etc.. (Moderated)
clari.news.military	Military equipment, people & issues. (Moderated)
clari.news.movies	Reviews, news and stories on movie stars.. (Moderated)
clari.news.music	Reviews and issues concerning music & musicians.. (Moderated)
clari.news.politics	Politicians & politics.. (Moderated)
clari.news.politics.people	Politicians & Political Personalities. (Moderated)
clari.news.religion	Religion, religious leaders, televangelists. (Moderated)
clari.news.sex		Sexual issues, sex-related political stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.terrorism	Terrorist actions & related news around the world. (Moderated)
clari.news.top		Top US news stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.top.world	Top international news stories. (Moderated)
clari.news.trends	Surveys and trends.. (Moderated)
clari.news.trouble	Less major accidents, problems & mishaps. (Moderated)
clari.news.tv		TV schedules, news, reviews & stars.. (Moderated)
clari.news.urgent	Major breaking stories of the day. (Moderated)
clari.news.weather	Weather and temperature reports. (Moderated)
clari.sports.baseball	Baseball scores, stories, games, stats. (Moderated)
clari.sports.basketball	Basketball coverage. (Moderated)
clari.sports.features	Sports feature stories. (Moderated)
clari.sports.football	Pro football coverage. (Moderated)
clari.sports.hockey	NHL coverage. (Moderated)
clari.sports.misc	Other sports, plus general sports news. (Moderated)
clari.sports.motor	Racing, Motor Sports. (Moderated)
clari.sports.olympic	The Olympic Games. (Moderated)
clari.sports.tennis	Tennis news & scores. (Moderated)
clari.sports.top	Top sports news. (Moderated)
clari.streetprice	Database of direct buyer prices for computer eqpt.. (Moderated)
clari.tw.aerospace	Aerospace industry and companies. (Moderated)
clari.tw.computers	Computer industry, applications and developments. (Moderated)
clari.tw.defense	Defense industry issues. (Moderated)
clari.tw.education	Stories involving Universities & colleges. (Moderated)
clari.tw.electronics	Electronics makers and sellers. (Moderated)
clari.tw.environment	Environmental news, hazardous waste, forests. (Moderated)
clari.tw.health		Disease, medicine, health care, sick celebs. (Moderated)
clari.tw.health.aids	AIDS stories, research, political issues. (Moderated)
clari.tw.misc		General technical industry stories. (Moderated)
clari.tw.nuclear	Nuclear power & waste. (Moderated)
clari.tw.science	General science stories. (Moderated)
clari.tw.space		NASA, Astronomy & spaceflight. (Moderated)
clari.tw.stocks		Regular reports on computer & technology stock prices. (Moderated)
clari.tw.telecom	Phones, Satellites, Media & general Telecom. (Moderated)

GNU
---
gnUSENET (gnUSENET is Not USENET) is a set of newsgroups that are
gated bi-directionally with the Internet mailing lists of the GNU
Project of the Free Software Foundation.  GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be
a complete operating system, including application programs, with
freely redistributable source code.  Please use ONLY gnu.misc.discuss
for discussion of topics considered contrary to GNU aims and political
philosophy (e.g., porting of GNU code to Apple machines, usefulness of
intellectual property laws, etc.).

The GNU mailing lists and newsgroups, like the GNU project itself,
exist to promote the freedom to share software.	 So please don't use
these newsgroups (or the other GNU lists) to promote or recommend
non-free software.  (Using them to post ordering information is the
ultimate faux pas.)  If there is no free program to do a certain task,
then somebody should write one!

Current groups include:

Newsgroup		Description
---------		-----------
gnu.announce		Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
gnu.bash.bug	Bourne Again SHell bug reports and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.chess		Announcements about the GNU Chess program.
gnu.emacs.announce	Announcements about GNU Emacs. (Moderated)
gnu.emacs.bug		GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.emacs.gnews		News reading under GNU Emacs using Weemba's Gnews.
gnu.emacs.gnus		News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
gnu.emacs.help		User queries and answers.
gnu.emacs.sources	ONLY (please!) C and Lisp source code for GNU Emacs.
gnu.emacs.vm.bug	Bug reports on the Emacs VM mail package.
gnu.emacs.vm.info	Information about the Emacs VM mail package.
gnu.emacs.vms		VMS port of GNU Emacs.
gnu.epoch.misc		The Epoch X11 extensions to Emacs.
gnu.g++.announce	Announcements about the GNU C++ Compiler. (Moderated)
gnu.g++.bug		g++ bug reports and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.g++.help		GNU C++ compiler (G++) user queries and answers.
gnu.g++.lib.bug		g++ library bug reports/suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.gcc.announce	Announcements about the GNU C Compiler. (Moderated)
gnu.gcc.bug		GNU C Compiler bug reports/suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.gcc.help		GNU C Compiler (gcc) user queries and answers.
gnu.gdb.bug		gcc/g++ DeBugger bugs and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
gnu.ghostscript.bug	GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs. (Moderated)
gnu.gnusenet.config	GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration.
gnu.gnusenet.test	GNU's Not Usenet alternative hierarchy testing.
gnu.groff.bug		Bugs in the GNU roff programs. (Moderated)
gnu.misc.discuss	Serious discussion about GNU and freed software.
gnu.smalltalk.bug	Bugs in GNU Smalltalk. (Moderated)
gnu.utils.bug		GNU utilities bugs (e.g., make, gawk. ls). (Moderated)

Use gnu.emacs.help to discuss software on gnu.emacs.sources and to ask
for sources.  gnu.emacs.sources is archived by many sites and they
want sources ONLY!

The gnu.*.bug groups are pseudo-moderated (that is, the group is
marked moderated so that postings are mailed to prep.ai.mit.edu and
then redistributed to the both the mailing list and newsgroup from
there).	 The gnu.*announce groups all fully moderated.

If one of your USENET feeds, can't provide you with a feed of the
gnUSENET newsgroups, send mail to gnu.gnusenet.config@prep.ai.mit.edu
to ask a feed.

Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
	Free Software Foundation
	675 Massachusetts Avenue
	Cambridge, MA  02139
	USA
	+1-617-876-3296

IEEE
----
The IEEE newsgroups concern the IEEE -- the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers.

ieee.announce		General Announcements for IEEE community.
ieee.config		Postings about managing the ieee.* groups.
ieee.general		IEEE - General discussion.
ieee.pcnfs		Discussion & tips on PC-NFS.
ieee.rab.announce	Regional Activities Board - Announcements.
ieee.rab.general	Regional Activities Board - General discussion.
ieee.region1		Region 1 Announcements.
ieee.tab.announce	Technical Activities Board - Announcements.
ieee.tab.general	Technical Activities Board - General discussion.
ieee.tcos		The TCOS newsletter and discussion. (Moderated)
ieee.usab.announce	USAB - Announcements.
ieee.usab.general	USAB - General discussion.

We are willing to distribute these newsgroups via NNTP to any site
that desires to carry them.  If you would like a feed of these
newsgroups, have the newsadmin for your site contact 'usenet@ieee.org'
for a feed.  

Inet/DDN
--------
Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution.  This
consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
groups and corresponding to Internet discussion lists.	These groups are
circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
other transport mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
may be significant without a high-speed link).	Further details may be
obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).

Current inet groups are:

comp.ai.edu		Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.ai.vision		Artificial Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel	Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
comp.editors		Topics related to computerized text editing.
comp.edu.composition	Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.org.eff.news	News from the Electronic Frontiers Foundation. (Moderated)
comp.org.eff.talk	Discussion of EFF goals, strategies, etc.
comp.lang.asm370	Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
comp.lang.clu		The CLU language & related topics.
comp.lang.forth.mac	The CSI MacForth programming environment.
comp.lang.icon		Topics related to the ICON programming language.
comp.lang.idl		IDL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
comp.lang.lisp.franz	The Franz Lisp programming language.
comp.lang.lisp.x	The XLISP language system.
comp.lang.rexx		The REXX command language.
comp.lang.scheme.c	The Scheme language environment.
comp.lang.visual	Visual programming languages.
comp.lsi.cad		Electrical Computer Aided Design.
comp.mail.multi-media	Multimedia Mail.
comp.music		Applications of computers in music research.
comp.os.aos		Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
comp.os.cpm.amethyst	Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
comp.os.msdos.4dos	The 4DOS command processor for MS-DOS.
comp.os.rsts		Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
comp.os.v		The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
comp.periphs.printers	Information on printers.
comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ	The ISO Development Environment.
comp.protocols.iso.x400	X400 mail protocol discussions.
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway	X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
comp.protocols.pcnet	Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
comp.protocols.snmp	The Simple Network Management Protocol.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains	Topics related to Domain Style names.
comp.protocols.time.ntp	The network time protocol.
comp.security.announce	Announcements from the CERT about security. (Moderated)
comp.soft-sys.andrew	The Andrew system from CMU.
comp.soft-sys.nextstep	The NeXTstep computing environment.
comp.std.announce	Announcements about standards activities. (Moderated)
comp.sys.cdc		Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
comp.sys.handhelds	Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
comp.sys.intel.ipsc310	Anything related to the Intel 310.
comp.sys.northstar	Northstar microcomputer users.
comp.sys.super		Supercomputers.
comp.sys.ti.explorer	The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.zenith		Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
comp.terminals.bitgraph	The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
comp.terminals.tty5620	AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
comp.theory		Theoretical Computer Science.
comp.theory.cell-automata	Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys	Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
comp.theory.self-org-sys	Topics related to self-organization.
comp.unix.cray		Cray computers and their operating systems.
comp.unix.solaris	Discussions about the Solaris operating system.
comp.windows.x.announce	X Consortium announcements. (Moderated)
comp.windows.x.motif	The Motif GUI for the X Window System.
news.software.nntp	The Network News Transfer Protocol.
rec.games.vectrex	The Vectrex game system.
rec.mag.fsfnet		A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
sci.bio.technology	Any topic relating to biotechnology.
sci.math.num-analysis	Numerical Analysis.
sci.philosophy.meta	Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
soc.culture.esperanto	The neutral international language Esperanto.

ddn.mgt-bulletin	The DDN Management Bulletin from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated)
ddn.newsletter		The DDN Newsletter from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated)

K12
---
K12Net is a loosely-organized, totally decentralized network of school
based/oriented "electronic bulletin board systems" (BBS's) throughout
North America, Australia, and Europe that share curriculum-related
message bases or "echo forums," classroom-to-classroom projects, and
educational files -- making them available to students and educators
at no cost and usually on a local phone call.

K12Net was born in the summer of 1990 as a collection of FidoNet
echomail conferences.  It was created by teachers so that they and
their students can use networking technology to advance education in
the 'K12' arena.  On FidoNet, it spans North America, goes through
Europe to the Soviet Union, wanders around Australia, etc.

As an experiment, m2xenix.psg.com is gating the echos (from
puddle.fidonet.org aka 1:105/42) into Usenet newsgroups and feeding
them to uunet.uu.net where they are available to all and sundry.  The
initial name mapping is as follows:

k12.chat.elementary	Informal discussion among elementary students, grades K-5.
k12.chat.junior		Informal discussion among students in grades 6-8.
k12.chat.senior		Informal discussion among high school students.
k12.chat.teacher	Informal discussion among teachers in grades K-12.
k12.ed.art		Art curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.business		Business education curriculum in grades K-12.
k12.ed.comp.literacy	Teaching computer literacy in grades K-12.
k12.ed.health-pe	Health and Physical Education curriculum in grades K-12.
k12.ed.life-skills	Home Economics and Career education in grades K-12.
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		K-12 education for students w/ handicaps or special needs.
k12.ed.tag		K-12 education for talented and gifted students.
k12.ed.tech		Industrial Arts and vocational education in grades K-12.
k12.lang.art		Language Arts curriculum in K-12 education.
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	Bilingual French/English practice with native speakers.
k12.lang.russian	Bilingual Russian/English practice with native speakers.

The k12.chat.* groups contain inter-student chat, and tend to be,
shall we say, uninteresting to many adults, and a bit voluminous.

For further information, contact Janet Murray,
janet.murray@f23.n105.z1.fidonet.org.

U3B
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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
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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 <tp@mccall.com>, who will attempt
to assist you in finding a feed for the groups. Alternatively, you can send
mail to the VMSnet mailing list <vmsnet@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>, 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.announce		General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated)
vmsnet.announce.newusers	Orientation info for new users. (Moderated)
vmsnet.decus.lugs	Discussion of DECUS Local User Groups and related issues.
vmsnet.employment	Jobs sought/offered, workplace and employment related issues.
vmsnet.internals	VMS internals, MACRO-32, Bliss, etc., gatewayed to MACRO32 list.
vmsnet.mail.misc	Other electronic mail software.
vmsnet.mail.pmdf	PMDF email system, gatewayed to ipmdf mailing list.
vmsnet.mail.mx	MX email system from RPI, gatewayed to MX 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.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.
-- 
Gene Spafford
Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	phone:  (317) 494-7825
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