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mooseman2070
12-16-2003, 05:53 PM
what exactly are they? im going ot do some homework on them but can someone give me a simple explanation?

mooseman2070
12-16-2003, 08:56 PM
nvm, theyre like a BBS

3rd gen noob
12-16-2003, 09:01 PM
a bit late, but here you go:

http://www.slyck.com/ng.php

smellycat
12-16-2003, 10:15 PM
And a good free one is

news://newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net

Plenty of binaries with good retention.

james_bond_rulez
12-17-2003, 12:30 AM
Originally posted by smellycat@16 December 2003 - 13:15
And a good free one is

news://newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net

Plenty of binaries with good retention.
omg :o

i love you man

thank you :lol:

so fast... :lol:

mooseman2070
12-17-2003, 01:53 AM
you need one of those reader things dont you, whats a ood free 1?

3rd gen noob
12-17-2003, 01:55 AM
Originally posted by mooseman2070@17 December 2003 - 00:53
you need one of those reader things dont you, whats a ood free 1?
newsbin pro is 'free' :rolleyes:

james_bond_rulez
12-17-2003, 01:59 AM
x news ;)

j4y3m
12-20-2003, 04:09 PM
:blink: Every Newsgroup I Go In Only Has Porn Things :blink:

3rd gen noob
12-20-2003, 04:10 PM
Originally posted by stupidguy@20 December 2003 - 15:09
:blink: Every Newsgroup I Go In Only Has Porn Things :blink:
http://nfonews.com/ :)

j4y3m
12-20-2003, 05:21 PM
:D Thanks

mooseman2070
12-22-2003, 07:04 PM
Originally posted by 3rd gen noob+16 December 2003 - 21:55--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (3rd gen noob @ 16 December 2003 - 21:55)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-mooseman2070@17 December 2003 - 00:53
you need one of those reader things dont you, whats a ood free 1?
newsbin pro is &#39;free&#39; :rolleyes: [/b][/quote]
yes, it is "free", can you pm me for the you know what?

3rd gen noob
12-22-2003, 07:08 PM
Originally posted by mooseman2070@22 December 2003 - 18:04
yes, it is "free", can you pm me for the you know what?
h**p://www.a n d r.net :) (you know what to do...)

muchspl2
12-22-2003, 07:13 PM
why do people have problems with cracks
even if you just type
crack
into google the firs response is altavista (sp), that the mack daddy of search engines, seems the only people that can&#39;t find something is someone who doesn&#39;t try

mooseman2070
12-22-2003, 07:40 PM
what can i say, im lazy

tracydani
12-22-2003, 08:56 PM
Originally posted by smellycat@17 December 2003 - 00:15
And a good free one is

news://newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net

Plenty of binaries with good retention.
I just clicked on that link using Opera and a window popped up. It is called "Subscribe Newsgroups" and has what appears to be a search function, a drop down menu with the address of the above link in it, and a button that say new account.

Is this a newgroup reader built into Opera?

Under the above 3 things is a large scrolldown list of other similar addresses.

Can I use this to get newsgroup files? Or is this just a search engine for newsgroups themselves?

Thanks, TD

mant1s
12-24-2003, 12:28 AM
i think that the link has stopped working. i used it quite soon after it was posted and it was ok but isuspect that the provider has realised that people were hammering an unsecure addy for their groups and has shut it off (got connection refused in my ng reader tonight)

smellycat
12-24-2003, 04:40 AM
@Mant1s
It works most of the time.
Occasionally, you get connection refused, etc.
Probably too busy. Like this evening, but it&#39;s working again now.


@Tracydani
I haven&#39;t got Opera, had a quick look on their site.
I think there&#39;s a news reader built into opera, called M2.
But from what I could see, it doesn&#39;t have yenc decoding facilities,
so it wouldn&#39;t really be much use for binaries.
Your&#39;re probably better off going with a proper binary harverster like
newsbin pro or Xnews.
I&#39;ve used both, and prefer XNews.
It&#39;s more powerful, but the interface is quirky.

ZaZu
12-24-2003, 05:54 AM
Originally posted by james_bond_rulez@16 December 2003 - 18:59
x news ;)
Thats the one I use too.. ;)

mant1s
12-24-2003, 03:24 PM
my bad. just checked again and its working hooray. binaries here we come

slick nick
01-03-2004, 02:50 AM
i get this error when i click on thsat link:

"this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. create an association in the folders options control panel."

:(

feel free to pm me some fast free good retention servers you got off that site. ;)

Jay
01-03-2004, 07:16 AM
r news groups safe

3rd gen noob
01-03-2004, 08:41 AM
Originally posted by Jay@3 January 2004 - 06:16
r news groups safe
what do you mean?

slick nick
01-03-2004, 09:12 AM
Originally posted by 3rd gen noob+3 January 2004 - 09:41--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (3rd gen noob @ 3 January 2004 - 09:41)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Jay@3 January 2004 - 06:16
r news groups safe
what do you mean? [/b][/quote]
i think he&#39;s talking safe from thr riaa. in that instance yes since you&#39;re only downloading stuff. even if you post movies and music they have no way of really knowing who you are and much like irc though there&#39;s a wealth of good shit on there since most people don&#39;t know about it or how to use and can&#39;t be arsed to learn there&#39;s no pressure for them to go after us.

3rd gen noob
01-03-2004, 10:23 AM
Originally posted by slick nick@3 January 2004 - 08:12
even if you post movies and music they have no way of really knowing who you are
well, unless you use an anonymous proxy then everything you post is tagged with your ip

however, no-one knows what you download except your isp (or your isp and your newsgroup provider)

Benno
01-03-2004, 06:11 PM
I tried to set it up with xnews.

I followed the guide at slycks and put in the news server from my ISP

this is how it looks after retrieving the list from the server
Screenshot (http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/030104-xnews.jpg)

but when I doubleclick on a group to download the headers it opens a seperate window but doesnt display anything :unsure:
screenshot (http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/030104-xnews2.jpg)

Any help on what I do wrong? :helpsmile:

slick nick
01-04-2004, 01:16 AM
sorry benno i don&#39;t use xnews. i think newbinpro is the best program you can use. if you install that i could help you but i&#39;ve never used xnews.

Benno
01-04-2004, 02:19 PM
I have newsbinpro installed as well but exactly the same happens

http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/040104-newsbin.jpg

could it be that the newsserver somehow filters the groups :unsure:

oreoman
01-04-2004, 07:40 PM
Originally posted by slick nick@4 January 2004 - 02:16
sorry benno i don&#39;t use xnews. i think newbinpro is the best program you can use. if you install that i could help you but i&#39;ve never used xnews.
check yur pm dude&#33;&#33;&#33;

slick nick
01-05-2004, 09:49 PM
Originally posted by Benno@4 January 2004 - 15:19
I have newsbinpro installed as well but exactly the same happens

http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/040104-newsbin.jpg

could it be that the newsserver somehow filters the groups&nbsp; :unsure:
hmm. when newsbinpro is green like that on a selected group it&#39;s downloading the headers. have you tried to download something in the group yet?

ah either what i just said or that&#39;s a group that really has nothing in it. if you want all the good mp3 groups click the groups tag, put in mp3, and then click the little box that says find groups with, and then you&#39;ll get a list of all the mp3 groups. look at how many articles they have and join the ones that interest you. then when you double click them they&#39;ll be headers to download. the first two groups your recomended to subscribe to by the program usually don&#39;t work.

Benno
01-07-2004, 06:18 PM
Screenshot (http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/070104-newsbin2.jpg)

Thats what I get when I click on download groups, below the last one all other groups show 0 posts

And thats what i see when i want to download the Headers :(
Screenshot (http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/070104-newsbin3.jpg)

Any help appreciated

3rd gen noob
01-07-2004, 06:21 PM
it seems like the newsserver you&#39;re trying to download from doesn&#39;t carry a lot of binary groups

if you&#39;re not getting a the header list, chances are the server doesn&#39;t carry those groups

there&#39;s nothing you can do about that, except for trying to get a better server, sorry :(

Benno
01-07-2004, 08:23 PM
thanks

That one is the one from my ISP :(

I suppose there arent any good free servers, the one posted earlier in this thread always give me permission denied :(

3rd gen noob
01-07-2004, 08:27 PM
Originally posted by Benno@7 January 2004 - 19:23
thanks

That one is the one from my ISP :(

I suppose there arent any good free servers, the one posted earlier in this thread always give me permission denied :(
i&#39;ve not heard of any good free binary servers myself, sorry

justlooking
01-08-2004, 01:36 AM
Originally posted by Benno@7 January 2004 - 19:18
Screenshot (http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/070104-newsbin2.jpg)

Thats what I get when I click on download groups, below the last one all other groups show 0 posts

And thats what i see when i want to download the Headers :(
Screenshot (http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/070104-newsbin3.jpg)

Any help appreciated
it.comp.musica.mp3 scambi isn&#39;t going to give you any music. Only groups with the word binaries have music,movies,programs. There aren&#39;t any decent free servers left anymore. There&#39;s going to be a p2p program called Gnewsgroups soon which might help.

http://www.gnewsgroups.com/

Benno
01-08-2004, 07:57 PM
As you can see at the first screenshot this group was one of a few that showed any messages at all :(

thanks for the link, gnewsgroups looks good, really looking forward to it :)

RealitY
01-09-2004, 10:50 AM
Well nice topic, I can only add that I use GrabIt (http://www.shemes.com), nice free and simple...

mooseman2070
01-14-2004, 11:18 PM
which servername should i put in?