Hierarchies

aus.* Newsgroup Administration

aus.news-admin.org

Provides the definitive list of all newsgroups in aus.* (Australia) including charters, voting instructions and information on creation of new aus.* newsgroups.

100 visits Mar 31, 2024 Details

ca.*

sbay.org

The California Usenet Project is an effort to coordinate the ca.* hierarchy (California, United States). Lists of newsgroups, charters, and plans.

220 visits Sep 15, 2025 Details

dk.*

usenet.dk

Information for news administrators about the dk.* hierarchy (Danish newsgroups), including public PGP key, current checkgroups message and archived control messages.

329 visits Jul 12, 2025 Details

europa.*

europa.usenet.eu.org

International newsgroups hierarchy for topics covering the continent of Europe.

367 visits Oct 20, 2024 Details

italia.*

news.cineca.it

List of sites carrying italia.* hierarchy (regional/local groups within Italy; it.* is for other Italian groups). Config files for your newsserver. Complete listing of all newsgrou…

499 visits Jul 5, 2025 Details

japan.*

asahi-net.or.jp

One of the hierarchies for Japan (along with fj.*). Checkgroups, sample control.ctl entry, policies.

160 visits May 10, 2024 Details

k12.*

k12groups.org

The history of the hierarchy, a list of all newsgroups in the hierarchy, information about each group, and links to pages about some of the individual groups.

36 visits Dec 22, 2023 Details

nj.*

exit109.com

New Jersey, United States. Rules, checkgroups, administration, list of groups.

242 visits Oct 10, 2025 Details

Regional Newsgroup Hierarchies

alumnus.caltech.edu

From Dan Kegel. Lists various hierarchies, including some for which there is just an (old) checkgroups, rather than an official web page.

297 visits Apr 6, 2026 Details

sbay.*

sbay.org

South Bay (San Jose and nearby areas, about 50 miles south of San Francisco), California, United States. Charters, policies, group list.

314 visits Apr 7, 2024 Details

us.*

usenetnews.us

Policies, lists of groups for us.* (United States).

198 visits Mar 7, 2024 Details

Usenet II

usenet2.org

The net.* hierarchy is based on the concept of &quot;sound sites&quot;. The goal is to create a new Usenet as free as possible from spam and other maladies.

380 visits Jan 12, 2024 Details

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