Lugroup (look up newsgroup) is a simple, web-based service to look up names of relevant newsgroups. It will search for newsgroups whose name or description matches at least one of the keywords given.

For example: To search for groups where audio equipment is discussed, enter the word "audio" in the field above. Hit the submit button to start the search.

You may specify more than one keyword to widen the search. Lugroup will return hits containing any of the keywords.

You can also narrow your search using Unix (grep) style regular expressions. For example, to look up newsgroups where the word "audio" is followed by the word "equipment", you enter the regular expression "audio.*equipment".

To read a particular group in your browser (provided your browser support this), click on the link in the list of newsgroups returned by lugroup. You need to have local access to news to actually see any articles.

Notes: 1) Lugroup will never be voted fastest program on earth, but you will usually get a response within 20 seconds (unless the server is very busy). 2) Lugroup only knows about the newsgroups known by the server on which it is running (currently news.ifi.uio.no). A master directory listing all newsgroups in the world does not exist.

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