List of Usenet public managed hierarchies

If you know a hierarchy which is not listed in these pages or if you have more up-to-date information about an existing hierarchy, please send a mail to usenet-config@isc.org or post to news.admin.hierarchies so that these pages can be updated.

A public managed hierarchy is a publically available hierarchy for which someone maintains the canonical list of its newsgroups.

PGP-managed hierarchies

AT (Austria)
AUS (Australia)
BA (San Francisco Bay Area, USA)
BE (Belgique/Belgie/Belgien/Belgium)
BELWUE (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany)
BIONET (Biology Network)
BIT (Gatewayed Mailing lists)
CH (Switzerland)
CN (China)
CN.BBS (China)
COMP (The Big Eight)
DE (German language)
DK (Denmark)
EASYNET (Easynet PLC, UK)
EE (Estonia)
EFN (Eugene Free Computer Network, Eugene/Springfield, Oregon, USA)
ENGLAND (England)
ES (Spain)
ESP (Spanish-language newsgroups)
EUG (Eugene Free Computer Network, Eugene/Springfield, Oregon, USA)
EUROPA (Europe)
FFM (Frankfurt/M., Germany)
FIDO.BELG (Belgian FidoNet)
FIDO.GER (German FIDO Net Echos)
FIDO7 (Russian FidoNet)
FJ (Japan and Japanese language)
FLORA (FLORA Community WEB, Canada)
FR (French language)
FRANCE (France)
GNU (Free Software Foundation)
GOV (Government Information)
HAMBURG (City of Hamburg, Germany)
HAMSTER (Hamster, a Win32 news and mail proxy server)
HAN (Korean Hangul)
HIV (HIVNET Foundation, for HIV+/AIDS information)
HOUSTON (Houston, Texas, USA)
HR (Croatian language)
HUMANITIES (The Big Eight)
HUN (Hungary)
IE (Ireland)
IS (Iceland)
ISU (I-Shou University, Taiwan)
IT (Italian)
ITALIA (Italy)
JAPAN (Japan)
JLUG (Japan Linux Users Group)
KANTO (?)
KASSEL (Kassel, Germany)
LINUX (Gated Linux mailing lists)
MALTA (Nation of Malta)
MAUS (MausNet, Germany)
MENSA (The Mensa Organisation)
MICROSOFT (Microsoft Corporation, USA)
MILW (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
MISC (The Big Eight)
MUC (Munchen [Munich], Germany)
NET (Usenet 2)
NETSCAPE (Netscape Communications Corp)
NEWS (The Big Eight)
NL (Netherlands)
NLO (Open Source / Free Software, hosted by nl.linux.org)
NO (Norway)
NRW (Northrine-Westfalia, Germany)
NZ (New Zealand)
OPENNEWS (Open News Network)
OPENWATCOM (Open Watcom compilers)
OPERA (Opera Software, Oslo, Norway)
PBINFO (Paderborn, Germany)
PERL (Perl Programming Language)
PGH (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
PGSQL (Gated PostgreSQL mailing lists)
PL (Poland and Polish language)
PT (Portugal and Portuguese language)
REC (The Big Eight)
RELCOM (Commonwealth of Independent States)
SAAR (Saarland Region, Germany)
SAT (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
SCHULE (?)
SCI (The Big Eight)
SCOT (Scotland)
SCOUT (Scouts and guides)
SE (Sweden)
SFNET (Finland)
SI (The Republic of Slovenia)
SOC (The Big Eight)
STAROFFICE (StarOffice business suite, Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
STGT (Stuttgart, Germany)
TALK (The Big Eight)
UCB (University of California Berkeley, USA)
UFRA (Unterfranken, Deutschland)
UK (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
UN (The United Nations)
UW (University of Waterloo, Canada)
WALES (Wales)
X-PRIVAT (Italian)
Z-NETZ (German non-Internet based network)

Other managed hierarchies

ADASS (Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems)
AHN (Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, USA)
AIOE (Aioe.org)
AKR (Akron, Ohio, USA)
ALABAMA (Huntsville, Alabama, USA)
ALT
AR (Argentina)
ARKANE (Arkane Systems, UK)
AUSTIN (Austin, Texas, USA)
AZ (Arizona, USA)
BC (British Columbia, Canada)
BDA (German groups?)
BERMUDA (Bermuda)
BIZ (Business Groups)
BLGTN (Bloomington, In, USA)
BLN (Berlin, Germany)
BNE (Brisbane, Australia)
CA (California, USA)
CALSTATE (California State University)
CANB (Canberra, Australia)
CAPDIST (Albany, The Capital District, New York, USA)
CARLETON (Carleton University, Canada)
CHI (Chicago, USA)
CHILE (Chile and Chilean affairs)
CHINESE (China and Chinese language groups)
CHRISTNET (Christian Discussion)
CO (Colorado, USA)
CODEWARRIOR (CodeWarrior discussion)
COMPUTER42 (Computer 42, Germany)
CONCORDIA (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
CPCUIIA (Chartered Prop. Casulty Underwriter/Insurance Institute of America)
CZ (Czech Republic)
DC (Washington, D.C., USA)
DE.ALT (German language alternative hierarchy)
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
EHIME-U (? University, Japan ?)
EUNET (Europe)
EXAMPLE (Bogus hierarchy reserved for standards documents)
FA (Gated mailing lists)
FIDO (FidoNet)
FINET (Finland and Finnish language alternative newsgroups)
FL (Florida, USA)
FREE (Open Hierarchy where anyone can create a group)
FUDAI (Japanese ?)
GER (Hannover, Germany)
GIT (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
GWU (George Washington University, Washington, DC)
HAMILTON (Canadian)
HANNET (Hannover, Germany)
HANNOVER (Hannover, Germany)
HAWAII (Hawaii, USA)
HFX (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
HILDESHEIM (Hannover, Germany)
HISS (Hannover, Germany)
HK (Hong Kong)
HSV (Huntsville, Alabama, USA)
HUMANITYQUEST (Humanities discussion)
IA (Iowa, USA)
IDOCTRA (Idoctra Translation Software, Translation Discussion)
IL (Israel)
INFO (Gatewayed mailing lists)
ISC (Japanese ?)
ISRAEL (Israel)
IT-ALT (Alternate Italian)
IU (Indiana University)
K12 (US Educational Network)
KC (Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri, USA)
KGK (Administered by KGK, Japan)
KIEL (Kiel, Germany)
LAW (?)
LOCAL (Local-only groups)
LUEBECK (Luebeck, Germany)
ME (Maine, USA)
MEDLUX (All-Russia medical teleconferences)
MELB (Melbourne, Australia)
METOCEAN (ISP in Japan)
MI (Michigan, USA)
NAGASAKI-U (Nagasaki University, Japan ?)
NC (North Carolina, USA)
NCTU (Taiwan)
NERSC (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
NF (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
NIAGARA (Niagara Peninsula, USA/Canada)
NIAS (Japanese ?)
NIGERIA (Nigeria)
NIHON (Japan)
NJ (New Jersey, USA)
NL-ALT (Alternative Netherlands groups)
NM (New Mexico, USA)
NO.ALT (Norway alternative hierarchy)
NORD (Northern Germany)
NV (Nevada)
NY (New York State, USA)
NYC (New York City)
OC (Orange County, California, USA)
OESTERREICH (Free Austria)
OH (Ohio, USA)
OK (Oklahoma, USA)
OKINAWA (Okinawa, Japan)
ONT (Ontario, Canada)
OTT (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
PA (Pennsylvania, USA)
PHL (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
PIN (Personal Internauts' NetNews)
PIPEX (UUNET WorldCom UK)
PITT (University of Pittsburgh, PA)
SACHSNET (German)
SBAY (South Bay/Silicon Valley, California)
SDNET (Greater San Diego Area, California, USA)
SEATTLE (Seattle, Washington, USA)
SHAMASH (Jewish)
SJ (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
SK (Slovakia)
SLO (San Luis Obispo, CA)
SOLENT (Solent region, England)
SPOKANE (Spokane, Washington, USA)
STL (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA)
SUNET (Swedish University Network)
SURFNET (Dutch Universities network)
SWNET (Sverige, Sweden)
SYD (Sydney, Australia)
TAMU (Texas A&M University)
TAOS (Taos, New Mexico, USA)
TCFN (Toronto Free Community Network, Canada)
TEST (Local test hierarchy)
THUR (Thuringia, Germany)
TRIANGLE (Research Triangle, Central North Carolina, USA)
TUM (Technische Universitaet Muenchen)
TW (Taiwan)
TW.K-12 (Taiwan K-12 Discussion)
TX (Texas, USA)
UCD (University of California Davis, USA)
UKR (Ukraine)
UMICH (University of Michigan, USA)
UMN (University of Minnesota, USA)
UO (University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA)
US (United States of America)
UTA (Finnish)
UWO (University of Western Ontario, London, Canada)
VAN (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
VEGAS (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
VGC (Japan groups?)
VMSNET (VMS Operating System)
WA (Western Australia)
WADAI (Japanese ?)
WASH (Washington State, USA)
WEST-VIRGINIA (West Virginia, USA)
WPG (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
WU (Washington University at St. Louis, MO)
XS4ALL (XS4ALL, Netherlands)
ZA (South Africa)

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You can display information about up to 30 hierarchies in the row by loading a web page of the form:
http://usenet.trigofacile.com/hierarchies/index.py?see=COMP,HUMANITIES,MISC,NEWS,REC,SCI,SOC,TALK (example for the Big 8).

Information in these pages comes from INN's control.ctl, ftp.isc.org newsgroups file, the list of PGP public keys for newsgroup administration and the logs of control messages.
You might also want to read the Usenet hierarchy administration FAQ.