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    From nobody@nobody@yamn.paranoici.org to comp.misc on Thu Oct 9 01:38:15 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.misc


    browse any currently or previously active newsgroup in usenet archives
    using any newsreader (40tude dialog, t-bird, etc,) and search overview
    (xover) headers, e.g., nntp <lux-feed1.newsdeef.eu:119 usenet archive>,
    but for complete search of body text content, non-overview headers etc. requires downloading articles individually or in filtered groups, such
    as by thread, date or other xover search criteria, it definitely works but is not for "one-click" researchers accustomed to dead googlegroups

    websites with current usenet access do not search articles for content,
    but for newsgroup browsing, message id searches, they're helpful, e.g.:

    https://pugleaf.net/
    https://newsgrouper.org/
    https://al.howardknight.net/

    some of these web-to-usenet sites could eventually expand their search features to include full content searches, not yet, it's a possibility

    there are about ~36,800 currently active unmoderated plain text groups,
    with a total of ~45,186 active newsgroups (39369 y / 5811 m / 6 n) ...

    (using Tor Browser 14.5.8)
    https://downloads.isc.org/usenet/CONFIG/
    Index of /usenet/CONFIG
    [ICO] Name Last modified Size Description
    [ ] Parent Directory -
    [TXT] HIERARCHY-NOTES 2010-01-18 03:50 27K
    [DIR] LOGS/ 2025-10-01 01:00 -
    [TXT] README 2019-01-07 02:58 14K
    [ ] active 2025-10-08 20:00 2.0M >https://downloads.isc.org/usenet/CONFIG/active
    [ ] active.bz2 2025-10-08 20:00 263K
    [ ] active.gz 2025-10-08 20:00 292K
    [TXT] control.ctl 2023-08-05 15:57 104K
    [ ] newsgroups 2025-10-08 20:00 2.3M
    [ ] newsgroups.bz2 2025-10-08 20:00 620K
    [ ] newsgroups.gz 2025-10-08 20:00 685K
    ...
    (45186 lines / 2172252 bytes / 2.17 megabytes) . . . >https://downloads.isc.org/usenet/CONFIG/active
    aaa.inu-chan 0000000000 0000000001 m
    ...
    <snipped 45184 lines>
    ...
    zippo.spamhippo.top100 0000000000 0000000001 m
    [end quoted plain text]

    *.*
    39369 y
    5811 m
    6 n
    _______
    45186 total

    alt.binaries.*
    2569 y
    50 m
    _______
    2619 b

    recommend: newsdeef, blueworld, csiph, paganini, netfront, etc.
    for reliable servers with longer and complete article retention

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