From: nobody@yamn.paranoici.org   
      
   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 ,   
   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   
   >...   
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   >https://downloads.isc.org/usenet/CONFIG/active   
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   *.*   
     39369 y   
      5811 m   
         6 n   
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     45186 total   
      
   alt.binaries.*   
      2569 y   
        50 m   
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   recommend:  newsdeef, blueworld, csiph, paganini, netfront, etc.   
   for reliable servers with longer and complete article retention   
      
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