The Stack newsserver offers access to a wide range of newsgroups. This list is subject to constant change, but the list of newsgroup hierarchies is reasonably stable. However the list of available hierarchies can change at any time and is subject to peeringagreements with other newsservers.
Hierarchies are grouped by usage or maintainers.
Country / language groups
| at.* |
Austria
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| aus.* |
Australia
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| be.* |
Belgium
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| ch.* |
Swiss
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| cn.* |
China
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| de.* |
Germany
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| dk.* |
Denmark
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| es.* |
Spain
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| fr.* |
France
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| hun.* |
Hungary
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| ie.* |
Ireland
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| it.* |
Italy
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| nl.* |
Netherlands
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| no.* |
Norway
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| nz.* |
New Zealand
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| pl.* |
Poland
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| uk.* |
United Kingdom
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Big-8 groups
The Big-8 groups are the 'original' Usenet groups. These are nowadays managed by the Big-8 Management Board (B8MBY).
| comp.* |
computer related
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| humanities.*
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| misc.*
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| news.* |
about newsgroups
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| rec.* |
recreation
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| sci.* |
sciences
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| soc.* |
social
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| talk.*
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Other general international groups
| alt.* |
alternative (to the Big-8) hierarchy
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news.stack.nl has only a few alt.* groups
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| fido.belg.* |
FidoNet Belgium
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| fido7.* |
FidoNet
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| bofh.* |
BofhNet
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| local.* |
only available on this newsserver
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| muc.* |
mailinglist-to-news interface
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| net.* |
Usenet II
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| stack.* |
Our stack.nl groups
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| surfnet.* |
Surfnet (read-only)
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| tue.* |
TUE
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| win.* |
TUE Math & CS dept
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