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- Thread starter Josh220
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They're a place you can upload/download files from. Unlike torrents, you aren't connected to other machines P2P, and you're not relying on someone serving those files. Newsgroup files are kept on central servers and are therefore available all the time. Plus you've got a damn good chance of Maxing your line out with a download from a newsgroup (especially if you have a download manager).
I use Easynews.com and have done for over 2 years now. I get 20Gb p/m for around £5.50, and I'm very happy with them. However, there are a lot more out there and I'm sure others will post the newsgroups they're with.
I use Easynews.com and have done for over 2 years now. I get 20Gb p/m for around £5.50, and I'm very happy with them. However, there are a lot more out there and I'm sure others will post the newsgroups they're with.
Oggy997
ClioSport Club Member
997.1, Caddy, e208
Well you dont have to.
Breakdown of what I do:
Pay for high speed usenet access (ISP's offer a slow, low retention service free)
Pay for indexing (searching) this is not needed, but bloody helpful
I pay say £10 a month for unlimited, full 1.1 mbps downloads, searching can be done free but I find the site I use is the best.
You search, download a file that triggers a download of other files - like a torrent, but a .nzb
Breakdown of what I do:
Pay for high speed usenet access (ISP's offer a slow, low retention service free)
Pay for indexing (searching) this is not needed, but bloody helpful
I pay say £10 a month for unlimited, full 1.1 mbps downloads, searching can be done free but I find the site I use is the best.
You search, download a file that triggers a download of other files - like a torrent, but a .nzb
Oggy997
ClioSport Club Member
997.1, Caddy, e208
Im offering to help get you started to use newsgroups.
The files are stored on a server (usenet)
Paid for newsgroups offer high speed access to these files, wither unlimited/speed capped/capacity capped)
You pay for access to the files (although if you wanna wait a week you can usually do it for free)
there are sites that search usenet for .nzb's (like torrent sites, they give you the file needed to download the actual files)
I can guide you VIA MSN to set this up.....its simple, and if you use torrents and have to keep a 1:1 ratio, this is much better - pure leeching
The files are stored on a server (usenet)
Paid for newsgroups offer high speed access to these files, wither unlimited/speed capped/capacity capped)
You pay for access to the files (although if you wanna wait a week you can usually do it for free)
there are sites that search usenet for .nzb's (like torrent sites, they give you the file needed to download the actual files)
I can guide you VIA MSN to set this up.....its simple, and if you use torrents and have to keep a 1:1 ratio, this is much better - pure leeching
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I use Free Download Manager
Once you have an account use /global4 to search for any file you need, if it's a full file, right-click and save, if you have the download manager running and set up correctly it will automatically detect that you want to download it and will prompt you if you want download manager to download it instead. You may find that your files are in par's or nzb's (I've never actually used nzb's, however), in which case you would need to find the par viewer. That will general give you access to the full file itself.
Once you have an account use /global4 to search for any file you need, if it's a full file, right-click and save, if you have the download manager running and set up correctly it will automatically detect that you want to download it and will prompt you if you want download manager to download it instead. You may find that your files are in par's or nzb's (I've never actually used nzb's, however), in which case you would need to find the par viewer. That will general give you access to the full file itself.
Oggy997
ClioSport Club Member
997.1, Caddy, e208
You need in general:
Newsleecher to download files
Newzbin for searching
Newshosting for access to usenet
I signed up to newshosting, setup newsleecher (grabit wouldnt work)
Signed up to newzbin
Searched for XXXXXXXX
downloaded XXXXXXXX.nzb
An hour later had what I wanted
Newsleecher to download files
Newzbin for searching
Newshosting for access to usenet
I signed up to newshosting, setup newsleecher (grabit wouldnt work)
Signed up to newzbin
Searched for XXXXXXXX
downloaded XXXXXXXX.nzb
An hour later had what I wanted
Oggy997
ClioSport Club Member
997.1, Caddy, e208
Giganews sometimes offer a free trial -as do others......Jeez is a tenner that much?
If so, stick to torrents they are free -
I knew I would use NG's after I heard all about them, have never looked back.
4347GB downloaded to date - nothing uploaded.
If so, stick to torrents they are free -
I knew I would use NG's after I heard all about them, have never looked back.
4347GB downloaded to date - nothing uploaded.
Mk2 Golf GTI
$10 is f**k all you tight fecker, lol
Right, i've signed up for easynews and downloaded FDM but now i'm stuck.
I'm looking at easynews/global4, logged in, went to main members area and was faced with a rather horrible looking interface. i searched for a file i wanted in alt.binaries.media and it listed all 34 parts of the file, rather than being able to download all the RAR files in one go. Am i doing something wrong?
Right, i've signed up for easynews and downloaded FDM but now i'm stuck.
I'm looking at easynews/global4, logged in, went to main members area and was faced with a rather horrible looking interface. i searched for a file i wanted in alt.binaries.media and it listed all 34 parts of the file, rather than being able to download all the RAR files in one go. Am i doing something wrong?
Mk2 Golf GTI
If i find something on newzbin, does that mean i can download it even if i can't find it on easynews?
I downloaded newsleecher but it won't connect to www.easynews.com for some reason. My passwrods are the same
I downloaded newsleecher but it won't connect to www.easynews.com for some reason. My passwrods are the same
Mk2 Golf GTI
I just followed Griffs tutorial but something's not right.
1) signed up to www.easynews.com
2) Downloaded newsleecher and followed the setup options
3) signed up at v3.newzbin.com
4) downloaded and set up quickpar
I think the part where i'm struggling is putting in the server name as it wont connect
1) signed up to www.easynews.com
2) Downloaded newsleecher and followed the setup options
3) signed up at v3.newzbin.com
4) downloaded and set up quickpar
I think the part where i'm struggling is putting in the server name as it wont connect
if you use the beta version of newsleecher 3.9 then you won't need to do anything with the par files, it will do all the par'ing and extracting for you.
Right..easynews..
1) You don't need newsleecher or any NNTP client because it's a web based interface. You just use your favourite download manager (getright, free download manager, flashget etc) to download at super fast speeds from the easynews server.
2) Because it's a web based interface, you actually download less than you would for the same file on an NNTP connection.
3) It looks like crap, but fortunately they went for substance over prettyness and it's the mutts nutts in functionality.
4) They have brilliant completion and 30+ day retention.
First Important URL:
http://members.easynews.com/global4
this is a search engine that searches across all groups for a (regular expression) file, subject, poster etc. You can specify only to look for movies, pictures, executables, archives etc and even specify minimum sizes.
Furthermore, any files which are in a rar archive, the server automatically unrars and you can download just the files in the archive which saves you having to mess about at the end. In addition, if any of the rar files are missing and there are enough par files available, the server automatically fixes and then provides the direct link to the unrared file(s).
Second Important URL
http://members.easynews.com/zipmanager.html
You can add files from the easynews into a zip file and download them in bulk. This is super useful and a big time saver.
In addition, on the zip manager page is "Import NZB File" which takes an nzb file and then collects all the listed files and puts them in a single zip file for you to download. Super simple.
I've used usenet since 1994 (demon used to operate an open "test" server on and off) and this is the best service I've ever used - and I've used quite a few in those years!
1) You don't need newsleecher or any NNTP client because it's a web based interface. You just use your favourite download manager (getright, free download manager, flashget etc) to download at super fast speeds from the easynews server.
2) Because it's a web based interface, you actually download less than you would for the same file on an NNTP connection.
3) It looks like crap, but fortunately they went for substance over prettyness and it's the mutts nutts in functionality.
4) They have brilliant completion and 30+ day retention.
First Important URL:
http://members.easynews.com/global4
this is a search engine that searches across all groups for a (regular expression) file, subject, poster etc. You can specify only to look for movies, pictures, executables, archives etc and even specify minimum sizes.
Furthermore, any files which are in a rar archive, the server automatically unrars and you can download just the files in the archive which saves you having to mess about at the end. In addition, if any of the rar files are missing and there are enough par files available, the server automatically fixes and then provides the direct link to the unrared file(s).
Second Important URL
http://members.easynews.com/zipmanager.html
You can add files from the easynews into a zip file and download them in bulk. This is super useful and a big time saver.
In addition, on the zip manager page is "Import NZB File" which takes an nzb file and then collects all the listed files and puts them in a single zip file for you to download. Super simple.
I've used usenet since 1994 (demon used to operate an open "test" server on and off) and this is the best service I've ever used - and I've used quite a few in those years!
Remember to tell your downloiad manager to use multiple connections, say at least 8. I max out my connection no problem from the easynews server so you'll go as fast as you possibly can.
True. Only way to shape easynews is by the server IP though as it's just a normal HTTP transaction, so in that respect it's at the top of the pile in terms of the possibility of it not being shaped to hell!
I know in the past plusnet were doing this though, I ditched them long ago though!
