Noob's guide to usenet

[Rart]

I think the number one problem with usenet at the moment is that it seems far too daunting for new users. Even with guides, the massive amount of terminology and programs are a lot to take in, even for someone experienced in filesharing. I'll try to keep this guide as short and to the point as possible, so hopefully even a complete idiot can understand it :whistling

The three things you need to start using Newsgroups:

Newsgroup Provider
Client
Indexer

Newsgroup Provider:
Essentially a massive collection of servers that automagically download everything uploaded to usenet, and then allow you to download it from them. Three things to look for:
Retention: How long the files are kept the servers.
Connections: How many threads you can download from simultaneously. Usually 10 is good enough to max a home connection.
SSL/TLS: Whether they allow you to use an encrypted connection or not.

Some examples:
Astraweb, Frugal Usenet, Usenet.farm, etc.

Client:
Simply a program that provides a GUI and connects to the server so you can download your desired file from it. When you DL a file, it will come in RAR and PAR archives. RAR archives contain the files you want, and if they are incomplete (servers store 100(1000?)s of terabytes every day, somtimes they screw up), the PAR archives are used to repair them. The great thing about these programs is that they will automatically repair the files if need be, automatically extract them for you, and then delete the archives. Pretty neat, huh?

Most of the settings for different clients, so for the sake of brevity I'll let you play around with them. Some things to pay attention to would be the maximum download speed, and where you wish to have the files extracted to.

Finally, the most important thing is setting up your client to connect to a server (namely your provider). You will need to obtain the server address and the username and password that your newsgroup provider gives you. You will also want to specify a different port number if you wish to DL from SSL. Finally, you can specify the number of connections you want to use.

Some examples of clients:
SABnzbd, NZBGet, Grabit, Alt.binz, Newsbin

I personally recommend SABnzbd, it is very lightweight and free as well.

Indexer:
This is just where NZB files are indexed. The indexer just helps you find files, and technically you don't really need one, but to not use one is far more complicated and technical. There are two main types of indexers:

Auto Indexed
Sites such as NZBindex, Binsearch, and Supersearch are auto indexers. This means it automatically indexes everything posted on usenet, including the spam. Similar to public torrent sites, while the selection is far more extensive, there are always the spam, fake and dupe posts that you must watch out for.

User Indexed
Sites such as FST, NZBs.org, DOGnzb and nzb.su are user indexed. That means that actual users hand pick the NZB files that are verfied and legit, and index them on the site. Similar to private torrent sites, you can be assured the validity of the files. However, indexers are human and won't index everything, so you can't be assured the breadth and variety you would see on auto indexer.

Here is a collection of indexing sites: 481416

NZB files
These are handy little files that have made it far easier to download from usenet. I'm not exactly sure of the technical aspects, but rest assured they have made usenet a far more user friendly experience. When you download from an indexing site, it'll create a .nzb file that will direct the client to the correct files, similar to a .torrent file. Just download the file, open it in you client, and voila! Your set and your client will begin downloading, easy as pie.

And now you're good to go! You know everything you need to know to start using usenet. :happy:

[Skiz]

I didn't read it from start to finish but it looks good. Well done. :)

Stick it.

[TrackerDaddy]

Certainly well done :yup:

[MultiForce]

That's a nice little guide that should give ppl a fast start.

[tesco]

Very well written, explains all the basics.
Wish I had something like this when I first started with usenet.

[Cabalo]

As an (again) newsgroups newbie, I must say this guide perfectly and clearly explains all the basics.
Good job.

[bonkers]

thats a very good easy to follow guide i could of used that when i first started 3 years ago would of saved a lot of time googleing everything i wanted to know seems to be there

[graywolf]

Thank you. It cleared many of my doubts regarding usenet. :)

[frob99]

In the early days I used newsgroups but I've never tried usenet - always felt kind of intimidated. This into has helped and I might try to give it a shot. Hopefully it won't be overwhelming - I understand that there's literally tons of stuff. Maybe that's why i feel intimidated - how to sort through it all to find what you're looking for. Any suggestions on that? Thanks....

[Radiculous]

Thank you so much for clearing some thoughts I have on using newsgroups, It has indeed been quite intimidating for me especially all those headers. haha i just get so confused. :) this has shed some light on the subject matter. :) Thanks Rart

[wildgoose1uk]

Great guide - Just wish I had seen it a year ago when I started using usenet!

[smiffytheref]

hello everyone. i am new here.. so please wouid like some help to some questions, if poss.

1..i want to start downloading films and music.. please tell me what are the best sites to do that from..
2..i want to get away from limewire. thats the only place i get my music from.so wouid be greatful if you can tell me best place to down load from.
sorry if i sound a little green. to all this but being new i know someone out there will be able to help..

[RasToRizE]

Great guide - Just wish I had seen it a year ago when I started using usenet!

lol +1
good idea though,, useful, ty

[mjmacky]

Testimonial
I used this guide to get myself setup, of course it was a stepping stone to look at all the options out there. So thank you very much Rart!

By the way, my starting combo was
Giganews (provider)
Alt.binz (client)
NZBIndex (indexer)

And it's working out great so far

EDIT:
Since I've had some time with it, I've settled on Astraweb as my provider and usually use binsearch.info as my indexer. Have had no need yet to acquire a backup provider. Giganews was just too expensive for me.

[NinjaDMP]

Thanks for the guide bro, it's a nice breakdown and exactly what i needed for an overview.

[hulabula]

Thanks. I was always curious what usenet was about.

[cableguy25]

Well done newsgroups are great if you know how to use them and this post has some really good information for new users.

[spongeduckie]

This came in really handy...I was actually gonna ask if I couldn't find any info on this. Thx!

[modles]

Nice guide, thanks!
Just wanted to mention - there are free news servers around that provide free access to the newsgroups. So, if one doesn't have a provider - do some search, and you are in busuness:)

[dmace1]

Good info. I am totally new to newsgroups, so this helps alot.

If I d/l from newsgroups is that more secure? Is it it private, as opposed to d/l from Pirate Bay? Thx

[anon]

If I d/l from newsgroups is that more secure? Is it it private, as opposed to d/l from Pirate Bay? Thx

Usenet is much more secure than TPB in about every aspect.

[mamado]

Thank you. It cleared many of my doubts regarding usenet.

[coludito]

Well. i read your guide. but still i don't know how to burn to dvd. i download windows 7 in 3 different versions. The first file say: alt.binaries.b4e(windows 7 dream edition) 2.97 gb.- - - the second file alt. binaries.boneless2.6) GB. ....and the third Bie 7u861010.part46(incomplete)RAR....the fourth file is FILE MASTER ( empty) what i do with this .. when i download windows 7 home edition from a link, i just transfer to my dvd burner y zap..ready. please i need some advise, but step by step because i just start to learn about this.thank you.

[link2009]

Well. i read your guide. but still i don't know how to burn to dvd. i download windows 7 in 3 different versions. The first file say: alt.binaries.b4e(windows 7 dream edition) 2.97 gb.- - - the second file alt. binaries.boneless2.6) GB. ....and the third Bie 7u861010.part46(incomplete)RAR....the fourth file is FILE MASTER ( empty) what i do with this .. when i download windows 7 home edition from a link, i just transfer to my dvd burner y zap..ready. please i need some advise, but step by step because i just start to learn about this.thank you.

I am not exactly sure what you mean by you got 3 different version of Windows 7.

From what I gather, you've downloaded 3 different version of Windows 7 and don't know how to burn the disc...

If you have multiple RAR files, use WinRAR to unrar them. Then you can use an application such as ImgBurn to burn an image file (iso, bin etc...). If not, just burn the disc.

[Oopsies49]

I'm glad I found this guide.

[UltraSeed]

Thank you for all that information!
I seen more intelligent ... Thank you

[teflon05]

Thanks for the info. Been using torrents for 6+ years & never really tried the newsgroup/nzb thing before. I'm giving Astraweb & NewsLeecher a try...seems to be working out pretty well.

[iSam]

Perfect and easy guide. It's really simple and i've read it while i was still just a guest but now it's time to thank you for this great effort

Thanks alot.

[worldpease]

Yeah I agree, I just did made my first (successful) trial download from Usenet using another guide in the web,
but then I came here to see what more useful info I could find
and I read your guide, it really puts it all on perspective, so simple, thank you.

[squall3031]

Thanks for this useful guide. I now know more about accessing newsgroups. :)
CHeers

[kledder]

Thanks. Info was very helpfull. I was already using newsgroups every now and then but I never actually knew about the differences in indexing sites.

[diamondzul]

very well content
thanks 4 sharing with us

[infwb970]

GoodPostThank you

[polinfst]

Very good post, I was really searching for this topic, as I wanted this topic to understand completely and it is also very rare in internet, that is why it was very difficult to understand. Thank you for sharing this

[LazyGuy]

okay i have got myself Newsleecher 4 final
now i want to download something from FST NZBs
so i DLed the .nzb file and trued to start the Download but it shows some error

do i need to specify the server name, username, password?
if so what are they?

[anon]

do i need to specify the server name, username, password?
if so what are they?

Of course you do. Your client won't know where to download the files from, otherwise.

For a test ride, you can use this (http://just4today.net/) on an NZB less than 10 days old. Then you can read the XS Usenet and Binload threads in this section to know about better free servers (Binload stopped accepting new registrations, however). There are also some other ones in the IPv6 Internet if you're willing to deal with tunnelbrokers and such.

[LazyGuy]

do i need to specify the server name, username, password?
if so what are they?

Of course you do. Your client won't know where to download the files from, otherwise.

For a test ride, you can use this (http://just4today.net/) on an NZB less than 10 days old. Then you can read the XS Usenet and Binload threads in this section to know about better free servers (Binload stopped accepting new registrations, however). There are also some other ones in the IPv6 Internet if you're willing to deal with tunnelbrokers and such.
Thanks, i am making do with XSusenet and Sabnzbd+ and FST combination
turns out that the file is 544 days old and has multiple missing articles
even though XSusenet claims 600 days+ retention (maybe just header retention)
so gonna get that from FLRO the traditional way
Newsgroups seem to be fun and painless if the posts are less than a year old, but not so much if older
are users allowed to post requests for specific NZBs?
p.s.
xsusenet is giving errors after some time and stopping the downloads for the free "Lifetime" accounts
so registered a new one and am continuing without problems

[anon]

Thanks, i am making do with XSusenet and Sabnzbd+ and FST combination
turns out that the file is 544 days old and has multiple missing articles
even though XSusenet claims 600 days+ retention (maybe just header retention)
so gonna get that from FLRO the traditional way

Newsgroups seem to be fun and painless if the posts are less than a year old, but not so much if older

You get what you pay for. Paid servers retain files for much longer, can be over 1000 days from what I've read.

[LazyGuy]

can i or anyone request a specific game/movie to be re-uploaded at FST NZBs?

[johhny]

read this :the-how-to-geek-guide-to-getting-started-with-usenet

http://www.howtogeek.com/71315/the-how-to-geek-guide-to-getting-started-with-usenet/

[waterMellons]

Why would someone choose Newsreaders of Torrenting? Faster DL? No Ratio? More secure?

[anon]

Why would someone choose Newsreaders of Torrenting?

I think there's a missing word there.


Faster DL? No Ratio? More secure?

Yes, pretty much. As long as the file is on the server, fast speeds are guaranteed. And you don't have to upload back.

[waterMellons]

Instead. :P

How is using a newsgroup more secure?

[anon]

How is using a newsgroup more secure?


you don't have to upload back.

There you go.

[waterMellons]

you don't have to upload back.

There you go.

I'm sorry, I am still new to all of this.

How does uploading create more vulnerabilities than downloading?

Either way (torrenting and newsgroups) your IP can be logged, correct?

How about ddl, is that any safer than these other 2? (Safer as in your single IP is less noticed and less likely to be linked to such activities)

[anon]

I'm sorry, I am still new to all of this.

How does uploading create more vulnerabilities than downloading?

Either way (torrenting and newsgroups) your IP can be logged, correct?

In BT you create connections and upload to many users, increasing the chances one of them is a bot from the copyright companies logging your activity. In Usenet you only connect to the server.


How about ddl, is that any safer than these other 2? (Safer as in your single IP is less noticed and less likely to be linked to such activities)

For a downloader, DDL is about as safe as Usenet, I'd say - probably depends on each hoster's privacy policy, but very safe in comparison to using public trackers or the larger private ones.

[ayesha14]

Thanks for information

[zevmeister]

Short, sweet and to the point. Thanks for sharing.

[lorraine02]

well done , thank you sharing good thoughts with me !

[Joshjor]

Very useful tutorial. Thanks

[rojames30]

hello Guys. I'm new to this site

[Blast]

nice guide , thanks .
but i am looking for a free client for usenet . :P

[anon]

nice guide , thanks .
but i am looking for a free client for usenet . :P

http://sabnzbd.org/

[Blast]

nice guide , thanks .
but i am looking for a free client for usenet . :P

http://sabnzbd.org/

Thanks a lot .
how to use and fill form after installation sabnzbd , is there any guide link ?

[piercerseth]

nice guide , thanks .
but i am looking for a free client for usenet . :P

http://sabnzbd.org/

Also, http://altbinz.net/

[anon]

Thanks a lot .
how to use and fill form after installation sabnzbd , is there any guide link ?

Look here (http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/445903-The-Complete-Guide-for-Setting-Up-SABnzbd-Sick-Beard-CouchPotato-and-Headphones). :)

[Blast]

Thanks a lot .
how to use and fill form after installation sabnzbd , is there any guide link ?

Look here (http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/445903-The-Complete-Guide-for-Setting-Up-SABnzbd-Sick-Beard-CouchPotato-and-Headphones). :)

Thanks a lot ,
actually i don't have premium account of usenet server , that's the problem .
so , is there any free usenet server info for host details etc .... ? :)

[anon]

so , is there any free usenet server info for host details etc .... ? :)

Well, yes, there are ways to get free access. Do a little search in the forum and you'll find some ;)

[Blast]

so , is there any free usenet server info for host details etc .... ? :)

Well, yes, there are ways to get free access. Do a little search in the forum and you'll find some ;)

Do u mean trial ?
I am a newbie for it and i tried but i could not find it .
could someone plz help me ?

[Superdude12]

Another Great info .. Thanks for the information .. i am new in this forum and i am grad that i found it.. Seems ppl are helpful here .. I will also try to share my knowledge soon .. thanks ..

[colombianino]

Well, yes, there are ways to get free access. Do a little search in the forum and you'll find some ;)

Do u mean trial ?
I am a newbie for it and i tried but i could not find it .
could someone plz help me ?

here's a link for you. it's not the same as if you were paying (faster speeds mostly) but you get to use it for free.
http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/454438-Usenet-4-f*r*e*e

one of them is also unlimited, just read over it.

[douche]

Hello all!

I downloaded a movie but there is no file extension. Winrar, hjsplit, and 7zip doesn't recognize the files.

The ext is just numbers like .99 .98 .97

[piercerseth]

Hello all!

I downloaded a movie but there is no file extension. Winrar, hjsplit, and 7zip doesn't recognize the files.

The ext is just numbers like .99 .98 .97

Run the included par2 file with either multipar http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA021385/ or quickpar http://www.quickpar.org.uk/
It'll rename the files and then you can use your program of choice to unpack the set.

EDIT: Can we get this stickied or something? I get asked this question way too often.

EDIT2: Thank you mods.

[douche]

Hello all!

I downloaded a movie but there is no file extension. Winrar, hjsplit, and 7zip doesn't recognize the files.

The ext is just numbers like .99 .98 .97

Thank You! I DL multipar and that did the trick. I have downloaded these kinds of files before and quickpar usually renamed them but for some reason quickpar didnt work.

[rhyz66]

I downloaded LT3-FLT on here and every file that needed repair would not rename themselves no matter what i did with multipar or my altbinz client.. I then decided to download it again the parts that needed repair and everytime manually changing the file name as it came in because it did register in the par2 part of altbinz allowing me to see the parts name (yet still would not change in my explorer) but after 3 hours of waiting for parts to decode because of missing parts, and changing the name everytime (meaning i had to wait on every file because if it all decoded at once i couldn't see what it was supposed to be named) it flat out failed to repair itself regardless of me changing the files to the correct name and having over 2000 spare blocks for repair.....
Nightmare really...

So if these odd numbered files that need to be renamed require repair, does that mean they wont rename putting you in the same boat as me then?

[MysticRiffs]

You need to turn off the auto repair feature temporarily, or you'll be fighting your client for the naming rights of the files in question. QuickPar/MultiPar should be fine to do its job, then, if there's no client monitoring the folder. If Multipar still doesn't find everything (it happens), click the Add button, select any old file, then hit CTRL + A to select everything. Click Okay, and let it scan through again.

Note, sometimes this will leave left over files with the original file name, although everything else appears successful. This is normal and those files can be discarded safely, after you've extracted normally.

[junghansmega]

I am completely new to this. I downloaded, ran multipar and now it says: 89.2% loss. 1761 additional blocks needed. Now what?

[Chimaera-]

Well that means you dont have enough blocks/parts to unpar them, have you looked and see how many pieces it says on the site you got it from to see if it matches how many you have?
Try and find all the missing bits to unpar them

[piercerseth]

junghansmega: Without knowing your provider and assuming you grabbed your nzb from here, anything with that kind of loss % is going to be irreparable. Here's your 2nd lesson regarding usenet: get a block account.

[nrdani]

For FLT releases, you can use WinRar, just browse the dir, select the flt-xx.001 file click extract and it'll do the trick.

[crusadyr]

thanks

[bearbutt]

Thanks for the info!

[crusadyr]

how do i get this to work

[piercerseth]

how do i get this to work
More specific?

[cosimo]

Thanks for this helpful guide!

[Muppetman]

Thanks for this.

[oldschool56]

Thank you!

[hoglf]

Very good explanation.

[neverwake021]

Thanks for the guide. Any feedback for using Newsdemon?

[kuba2020]

Thanks this looks good to me.

[jezphillips]

Great guide, thanks for the info

[alip]

This was helpfull :)

[rosspelton11]

I am curious as to what the technical reasons are for posting files this way. Its odd and it breaks usenet clients from extracting them properly.

[kcboi]

Thanks for the info

[Milkybarkid13]

ok thanks for much informations

[rlipps4usenet]

very helpful, thanks!

[ggr2k5]

Thanks fro this

[lavangbay]

Thanks for posting this.

[phantom_4s]

Yea great guide, thanks for the info!

[mrlill]

Excellent guide, Thanks :D

[torankusu50]

excellent guide. thanks for pointing me towards the more trusted newsgroup out there.

[d0ns7er]

I've been using usenet for almost 20 years, long before par or nzbs made it easy.
So I have to make a second post so I can download nzbs from here again.
And um thanks for the excellent guide that I dont need.:D

[Saapa]

It's more secure, I dunno. Not too many posters use this method yet.

[JJoss]

Thanks a lot for the explanation. You made something complicated quite simple.
I found some details that I didn't have in mind 'till now.

[fearsparks]

I didn't need it, simply because I've been around awhile. But I have to agree, this guide is well written.

[nturi]

Very helpful

[Flavoune]

Thanks, much clearer now.

[apd]

Excellent guide. Thank you

[bugger]

Simple theory to use NZB software, its whatever works best for you, Newsleecher for me over many years has been good for me, but still use 3rd party par software i find better than the one within the software. I would recomend every one use the trial option first and see how it works for you and then ONLY buy the one your happy with, Dont listen too much to others what they say as it may not work for then but it may be perfect for you. Think about the ppl who vote 10/10 for star wars movie but in my mind its just average 5/10 it does not mean its best thing since sliced bread.

[monkey_toy]

Fantastic guide. It definitely helped starting up. Thank you.

[whitebridge78]

Great guide

[asivilya]

thank you!!!

[jtaitt]

I personally like the new method. I agree much more secure.

[Vespa81]

Thanks for this.... Very helpful.

Using SAB nzbd and giganews however looking at a better option than giganews if i can find one. Don't like the limitations.

[Rart]

Updated the post a little bit.

[onsi]

The most resumed and precise guide for newsgroups usage I have seen! Good job!

[AP1990]

very good intro to usenet
thx for sharing

[PsychoSunflower]

Great info 4 begginers, thanks :)

[Splean]

Nice and short guide

[fsocas]

Very helpful intro guide.
Thanks!

[Blast]

excellent guide ,thanks .
btw someone tell me that where to download full bluray [first on net] from usenet/nzb sites from these groups > LAZER ,SharpHD ,PCH ,oOo ,iFPD etc .... Thanks a lot .

[dinohunter]

Thank you for this!

[deactivated]

Wow very informative. Thank you I needed this.

[gpthurst]

Thanks very much!

[notnice]

Thank you very informative

[dtscript]

thx for the guide...very helpful

[Kapoios]

This made my introduction to newsgroups so much easier thank you very much

[Hakzoid]

Superb!! It took a short while to get to grips with, but not too long till I cracked it.

Thanks for the advice.

[Ruger]

I wish we would have had this 10 years ago! Excellent guide..

[pktmattyj]

hey guys so i don't understand how vpn plays into this. thank for all the other advice!

[GirthJohnson]

I haven't used newsgroups in 15 years, back when Forte's FreeAgent was the bomb. I thought newsreaders were dead after the advent of Torrents.

Thanks for the intro!

[eMoneyBags]

Anyway to unpack these with linux?

[piercerseth]

Anyway to unpack these with linux?
GPar2 http://sourceforge.net/p/parchive/code/
par2cmdline+TBB http://chuchusoft.com/par2_tbb/download.html

[mixenzb]

Hi

For linux, I use QuickPar running in PlayOnLinux. Works fine.

[Gribley]

Bit of an advert but newsbin but does all this for you (for Windows users)... I do come from the days of uuencode and base64 and indeed PAR format (no it isn`t same as par2, same idea and came before.. it just didn`t sub-block stuff).

A personal negative on newsbin, it isn`t as good on blocks as quickpar which I find odd as that should make any difference just the par2 block size and number of slices but there you go. You want it fully automatic then that is kind of the way to go. Also if using it remember to assemble incompletes, download the nfo/sfv and other crappy files as these are often included in the par2 set (that is down to the original poster, you have no control over that). This saves a bit of extra download and pointless rebuild for a 500byte file you didn`t really need in the first place.

Newgroups are a fun place to be, thank poop for yEnc/par2/nzb which opened it up to the un-anointed as well as those of use that like an easier experience :)

[razorloves]

yeah, i haven't had to use quickpar in a long time. Several of the good usenet reader apps take care of this for you.

[jeffrysprigg]

Nice explanation of the basics. Saved me from making an idiota out of myself in my first post.

Much appreciate! :thumbsup:

http://i.fststatic.com/icons/icon1.gif @johnny, thank you so much for that link: http://www.howtogeek.com/71315/the-h...d-with-usenet/ (http://filesharingtalk.com/external/?http://www.howtogeek.com/71315/the-h...d-with-usenet/)
A helpful person like you kinda makes up for all the trolls I encounter on the net. Much appreciate. Thanks!

[Isthmic]

could someone gimme a name of a group with DVDrip porns?(i mean ~1GB movies)

[Rart]

You only want a specific groups name? If you're looking for porn in general Kleverig is pretty good.

[Isthmic]

erotica isn't better than kleverig?
and in erotica most of dvds are ~5GB just wants to know if there is any group for that

[d8onmine]

Hi, I'm new to Usenet. Is Frugal any good at 4,99?

[Albe_Sure]

Thank you for the guide! Very much appreciated! ;)


-A.S.

[usenetfreak]

http://www.usenetplay.com seems very user friendly ! Go and get yourselfs an invite

[Greko]

It was a nice read. Hope there is a part two for when a noob get beyond this point.

[philquad]

try this

http://www.slyck.com/Newsgroups_Guide

[filko]

Nice guide.

[Gremlin]

This guide will be useful for something very new to me. I hope to figure it out shortly. Thanks for all this great information.

[hannibalx]

Thank you for the guide

Thank you :rolleyes:

[laro_ye]

Thanks for the post.
Now I'll take a look on Block Providers. A friend told me to read about it.
Cheers

[GCHodge]

I find that http://blocknews.net/ fills in anything missing from Astraweb.

[fuxifux]

Nice Guide, thanks!

[renaudg]

Thanks for this guide !

[ruhi]

Sign into your Usenet account.

Open your newsreader.

Pick a Usenet newsgroup specialist co-op. For instance Giganews, nzb.cc or FindNZB.

Download the record to your PC. Pursuit the document you need to download and click it; it will download onto your PC.

Download the record into your newsreader.

[Gribley]

Sign into your Usenet account.

Open your newsreader.

Pick a Usenet newsgroup specialist co-op. For instance Giganews, nzb.cc or FindNZB.

Download the record to your PC. Pursuit the document you need to download and click it; it will download onto your PC.

Download the record into your newsreader.

Your heart is in the right place but your instructions are somewhat lacking. dblclickee an nzb and your document that you pursued will download skips a few steps which I`m fairly sure the original poster covered in much more detail

[Ignition_Lab]

Thanks. I was always curious about what Usenet was about.

[zzzerooo0]

Thanks, nice guide.

[kruneph]

Thanks - useful guide!

[shoot44]

Thanks for the info

[BIGtimber]

Great guide, thanks!

[krampus99]

thanks for informative guide

[amranmiah121]

Thanks for the guide :)

[shaina]

another post to get my nzb button back....12x already.

Whats the rush?? Stick around and shoot the shit, and you will see your post count go up ;)..

Anyone with "69" in is name and starting off with "Van", well there must be some mystery in that??

[anon]

another post to get my nzb button back....12x already.

There's a reason why they're getting deleted :sleep:

[niplips]

excellent. well done.

[van69]

Yep need to do that

[Krael]

Thanks for this guide!

[Shade1]

It sounds like i need to create an account with usenet first

[jbond8]

Thanks for the guide

[Gribley]

Hey you didn`t cover base64, uuenc and yEnc :D It is a bit of a lost art now thanks to NZB files, 7bit was the way forward

[xdaehak]

Thank you for the guide, now i need to find a good provider

[Gribley]

tweaknews or free-usenet

[anon]

Hitnews too :P

[Gribley]

Never heard of them but damn pricey looking at their landing page. I guess they are rather good to cope with that

[anon]

Someone has to pay for that very abusable, no questions asked three day trial ;)

[dcybergeek]

Very well written, explains all the basics. Thx!

[korbiekwan]

Thanks! Useful info to get everyone using usenet.

[ziggyjuarez]

Got me up and running, thanks.

[Sailmenn]

I have been using several free NZB indexer, but most do not realy work for me.

Someone has a hint for me?

[Ulysses]

nzbindex.nl/search and binsearch.info/ These two are pretty stable and long lasting. Luck

[Sailmenn]

@ulysses thanks I will try them out

[Sailmenn]

nzbindex.nl/search and binsearch.info/ these are good to start with.
I have also tried https://www.gingadaddy.com, you need to register,
I tried a few downloads but all are missing data.
Not enough data blocks to repair!

[shaina]

nzbindex.nl/search and binsearch.info/ these are good to start with.
I have also tried https://www.gingadaddy.com, you need to register,
I tried a few downloads but all are missing data.
Not enough data blocks to repair!

If you need assistance??

More information may be required..........

[anon]

Binsearch used to be good, but nowadays it can't find most of the stuff I want. Still worth keeping in mind... as a last resort. Other decent free (and public) indexers include nzbstars.com and nzbking.com, with the former having a pretty big database.

If you stay tuned to this section, you may also catch the normally invite-only ones sporadically opening registrations.

[shaina]

Binsearch used to be good, but nowadays it can't find most of the stuff I want. Still worth keeping in mind... as a last resort. Other decent free (and public) indexers include nzbstars.com and nzbking.com, with the former having a pretty big database.

If you stay tuned to this section, you may also catch the normally invite-only ones sporadically opening registrations.

Are you talking to me :unsure:

[anon]

I was replying to Sailmenn, but you posted first :stuart:

[shaina]

I was replying to Sailmenn, but you posted first :stuart:

No worries, you know i would only be interested in one anyways, and that you have to check the obituaries to get in there:D

Then i would have the top 3 :sly:

[Sailmenn]

About https://www.gingadaddy.com, the filse I have downloaded were old >2000days.
Tried to repair them with SABnzbd, response "repair failed, not enough repair blocks(68 short)".
I tried a few recent files, all ok.

@anon nzbstars interesting!

[Eyenou]

just tried nzbstars.com, it opens up annoying popup adverts

[anon]

And to fairly abusive levels (one per search), but well, it's a free service.

[mrfssd]

I just use usernet, seems to be decent.. still have some file issue

[freakynzb]

Thank you for the tip of nzbstars worth checking it out

[oldschool25]

NZBindex is good.

[harishussain]

A nice and informative guide. You need to be a bit clear about indexing.
Thanks, keep it up.

[chuubaka]

Thanks for the indexers: nzbstars.com and nzbking.com.