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sandman_1
08-10-2013, 01:17 AM
We all know the usual free ones posted here so I won't go into detail into those. Search for the guides here yourselves but I will list the servers widely known out there:

IPv6
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newszilla6.xs4all.nl
weathergirl-ipv6.tele2.net <--------------------Still works but lots of missing articles
reader.ipv6.xsnews.nl <--------------------If you missed the sign-up, like me :(, you are shit out of luck now. They closed it.


IPv4
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free.xsusenet.com ( You can sign up for multiple accounts. Usually a couple times is all that needed. No need to abuse the shit out of it.)






Ok ones that I have found
-------------------------

Xennanews 91.223.220.236 or test.xennanews.com 8 connections (can do 25 but I do 8) port 563 only! no user name or password needed. **Goes down occasionally but when it works it is great! Tracert goes to XSNews

news.bu.edu 2 connections (maybe more?) port 119 no user name or password needed. **Completion rate not so good. Tracert goes to Boston University duh

jypi.erje.net (IPv6 server) same as above. **Tracert goes to the Amsterdam Exchange and then to Tilaa.net

news.task.gda.pl (IPv6 server) same as above. **Tracert goes to APNIC.net and then to Poland

Newzfinders Tutorial:

1. First off go to the this website address http://newzfinders.com/NewsAccFree/ListServ.php?VERS=1.1.1&BUILD=017&BETA=1

Take note of the section of the link that says "BUILD=". You will have to update that part if you get this message after loading the webpage, "ERROR Il vous faut au minimum la version beta XXX", where XXX is the most current version of the Newzfinders program. In this case, the most current version is BUILD=017.

2. Once you have the correct BUILD number in the link, you should be presented with a webpage like this:


free.news.newzfinders.com20137hospitalier3218262652535531195637 JoursAucune1100 Jours202015-04-1611Ilimitéfree.news.su.newzfinders.comdzkwmf552nzfacc9966@nzffacc.comNZ822708Fzz11195637 JoursAucune1100 Jours262015-04-1510Ilimitéfree.news.ew.newzfinders.comcsg39nzfacc2733NZ563927Fzz11195637 JoursAucune1100 Jours3732015-04-1410Ilimitéfree.news.su.newzfinders.comkdspmj788nzfacc1233@nzffacc.comNZ424900Fzz11195637 JoursAucune1100 Jours12932015-04-1110Ilimitéfree.news.newzfinders.com54668habituelles1498162957132831195637 JoursAucune1100 Jours15722015-04-1011Ilimitéfree.news.su.newzfinders.comtneypw854nzfacc9075@nzffacc.comNZ306509Fzz11195637 JoursAucune1100 Jours11822015-04-1010Ilimitéfree.news.xe.newzfinders.com546nzfacc39270NZ263466Fzz11195637 JoursAucune1100 Jours13812015-04-0910Ilimitéfree.news.xe.newzfinders.com787nzfacc55404NZ377763Fzz11195637 JoursAucune1100 Jours15122015-04-0910Ilimitéfree.news.su.newzfinders.commvdbgq313nzfacc7523@nzffacc.comNZ208941Fzz11195637 JoursAucune900 Jours13892015-04-1010Ilimitétrial.news.nzfaccount.tklemodern029326anwgecvl211911910 JoursAucune10 Jours85?111 MbpsOK11590

That is what it looks in Chrome.

3. In Chrome, right click on the page and select, "Inspect Element". A frame on the right side of the screen should look like this:

159644

Notice the black arrow pointing to, "newaccount"? Double click on the topmost "newaccount" to expand that section for the latest username and password for that particular server. It should look like this after you have expanded it:

159645

4. Now copy that info into your news client. You should be able to double click inside the individual fields and have it select the whole item to copy with your mouse or keyboard.

Note: There are 4 servers now that you can use.

free.news.newzfinders.com (3 connections)
free.news.su.newzfinders.com (1 connection)
free.news.ew.newzfinders.com (1 connection)
free.news.xe.newzfinders.com (1 connection)

Also, if you have copied the latest username and password for a particular server and you get authentication errors, please be patient! Sometimes it takes it awhile for the new stuff to kick in!

End Newzfinders Tutorial

Semi-free ones
-------------------------

Hitnews with the infinite free trial sign-up (Great one to use)
https://member.hitnews.com/signup.php


Tweaknews Can sign-up many times for free trial using different IP addresses and various email addresses, without the need for a Credit Card. After about a month, they flush out the IP addresses and you can reuse old ones. 10GB or

10days or whatever comes first.
https://www.tweaknews.eu/?page=order&product=1

Cheapnews Same as Tweaknews, they even use Tweak servers though, but they are harder to sign-up for multiple times. They require a phone so they can send you a text message. If you have Google Voice, you can use that number once and your cell once. There is a disposable phone number app for Android called "Burner". You get 1 free one and then you gotta pay for more.
http://www.cheapnews.eu/order.php?productid=7

Xennews Infinite free trial sign-up. Sign-up again in 2 days. Again no credit card needed.
http://member.xennews.com/signup.php?product_id=2&hide_paysys=free

iLoad Never Tried it but I will mention it.
http://alphaload.iload-usenet.com/trial;jsessionid=B047967DFC35907838D09372FE40CA9E

Yabnews Free Trial without the need to give CC or payment info or so it seems
http://yabnews.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71&Itemid=75

SnelNL Free 1GB Trial without the need to give CC or payment info. Sign up and select "Free Order" in the payment info area. Might be able to sign-up multiple times.
http://www.snelnl.com/subscribe/test-trial-usenet


Here are few more:

dawn.dmz.cs.uu.nl port 119, 2 or maybe more connections, no user name or password <--------has alt.binaries.boneless but missing a lot of articles.

news.synserver.de port 119, 2 or maybe more connections, no user name or password <--------ditto from above

UsenetBin.net Free service with access limited to only a few binary groups. Sign up using a bogus email such as one from Mailinator.
http://amember.usenetbin.net/amember/signup.php



Bit the Dust R.I.P.
-----------------
Just4Today
UsenetStorm
free.tweaknews.nl Thanks to Highwinds! :angry:




Tip: Use the free trail sign-ups sparingly. If you can't get the file using the regular free ones, then sign-up for a trial. Feel free to share info, comments, or whatever...

CyberCitizen
08-14-2013, 02:23 AM
Thanks for the article Sandman & giving me the heads up on one of them. HitNews & free.news.newzfinders.com are the same so you can use the same hitnews account or newsfinders account on both (meaning more connections. I have been using it in that setup for a while now with the password auto downloaded & updated in SAB.

Xennanews 91.223.220.236 also supports SSL on port 563

sandman_1
08-14-2013, 03:29 AM
@Cybercitizen

NP man, you hooked me up before and thought I would share back. :)

Added a few more just fyi...

I will add them as I find them so keep checking back occasionally:).

Arguti
08-14-2013, 02:25 PM
free.tweaknews.nl port 119, 4 connections, no user name or password<---------May need a EU IP address for this one to work. I can't get it to work but I have read other people with EU IPs getting it to work (Someone with a EU address want to try and report back?)



I'm in the EU and it works fine here.

Thanks for sharing this :)

sandman_1
08-15-2013, 01:28 AM
@Arguti

Great!, now I just need to somehow spoof my ip somehow. :lol:

sandman_1
08-23-2013, 02:14 AM
Anyone notice that newszilla has been down the past couple of days? Hope this isn't a permanent development :(


Update: It was on my end. My IP changed and forgot to update my tunnel with the new ip.

Arguti
08-23-2013, 07:59 PM
Anyone notice that newszilla has been down the past couple of days? Hope this isn't a permanent development :(

It's working here at the time of this post. Maybe a problem with your ipv6 connection?

Stabber
08-26-2013, 07:51 PM
Wow xennanews works like a charm , even with 25 connections. I max my speed. I couldn't max it with xsnews ipv6. Anyone knows the retention of xennanews?

sandman_1
08-26-2013, 11:16 PM
Wow xennanews works like a charm , even with 25 connections. I max my speed. I couldn't max it with xsnews ipv6. Anyone knows the retention of xennanews?

They use XSNews so I would probably imagine whatever their retention is.

Stabber
08-27-2013, 04:51 PM
Ok then so, it's about 876 days of retention which is more than enough ;) Thanks again!

sandman_1
08-30-2013, 05:15 PM
Update:

Check Xennanews in my guide.

natedogg
09-04-2013, 09:19 AM
Thanks for the links, these are great.

det427
10-12-2013, 06:33 PM
free.tweaknews.nl port 119, 4 connections, no user name or password<---------May need a EU IP address for this one to work. I can't get it to work but I have read other people with EU IPs getting it to work (Someone with a EU address want to try and report back?)



I'm in the EU and it works fine here.

Thanks for sharing this :)

I am in the U.S. and it works for me

ISP: DSL Extreme

sandman_1
10-21-2013, 10:13 PM
I can't get the shit to work on TW cable connection.'

Having trouble getting on Hitnews here lately. It says, "No more free connection for this user". Anyone else having the same probs?

harutik_11
10-26-2013, 12:29 AM
Thanks sandman_1!

bantu1
10-27-2013, 04:06 PM
thanks, very useful

sandman_1
11-03-2013, 01:08 AM
Added Yabnews trial to the list.


If you guys could help me check these out to see if any of these are good ones:

http://sok.tripod.com/news.html


news.caribsurf.com yes yes 43546
news.konkuk.ac.kr yes no 37099
news.inet.gr yes yes 34634
news.matnet.com yes yes 33901
news.abcs.com yes yes 33306
207.230.236.9 yes yes 32667
sparky.midwest.net yes yes 32632
news.ramlink.net yes yes 32597
news.detnet.com yes yes 31588
news.fwi.com yes yes 31458
news.gdbnet.ad.jp yes yes 30953
info.rgv.net yes yes 28667
news.caiwireless2.com yes yes 28098
pumba.class.udg.mx yes yes 27620
news.itcanada.com yes yes 27567
demonews.mindspring.com yes no 26370
www.focalnet.com yes yes 25631
207.41.8.25 yes yes 24260
news.dsuper.net yes yes 23650
cypress.alberni.net yes no 23333
news.jerseycape.net yes yes 23245
iis.tordata.se yes yes 23057
inx3.inx.net yes yes 22979
news.sexzilla.com yes yes 22260
s1.texinet.com yes yes 21523
l1.newaygo.mi.us yes yes 20780
news.avicenna.com yes yes 19960
news.avcinc.com ? yes 19925
news.fxalert.com ? yes 19819
news.louisa.net yes yes 19419
nserver.enc-1.com yes yes 18865
news.discom.net yes yes 17845
natasha.ncag.edu yes yes 17138
news.tohgoku.or.jp yes yes 16737
news.cofc.edu yes yes 16733
tyr.eiknes.se yes yes 16462
bolo.nais.com yes yes 16324
news.netcarrier.com yes yes 16238
news.aoc.gov yes yes 16090
194.133.33.10 yes yes 16040
ran.age.ne.jp yes yes 15809
news.terra-link.com yes yes 14113
news.datast.net ? yes 13877
news.math.cinvestav.mx yes yes 12913
server.internetoutlet.net yes yes 12767
gsc.gsi.com yes yes 12759
news.odata.se yes yes 12478
inetgate.tp.ac.sg yes yes 12436
baracka.rz.uni-augsburg.de yes yes 12411
news.ind.mh.se yes no 12275
news4.odn.ne.jp yes yes 11787
news.tu-ilmenau.de yes no 11386
rtcsrv5.realtech.de yes yes 11193
142.155.129.4 yes yes 10524
concern.wolters-kluwer.nl ? yes 10002
targetvision.com yes yes 9873
news.coli.uni-sb.de yes no 9775
wisipc.weizmann.ac.il yes no 9677
news.uni-hohenheim.de yes no 9043
news.nchu.edu.tw yes yes 8899
news.gcip.net yes yes 8861
news.dma.be yes yes 8818
tiger.aba.net.au yes no 8533
news01.uni-trier.de yes no 8230
butthead.cybertrails.com yes yes 8000
news.htwm.de yes no 7945
news.unitel.co.kr yes yes 7923
news.mindvision.com.au ? yes 7859
news.tln.lib.mi.us yes no 7628
pluto.sm.dsi.unimi.it yes no 7425
htsrv.attack.ru yes yes 7411
news.informatik.uni-bremen.de yes no 7274
202.184.155.10 ? yes 7211
asics.co.jp yes yes 7103
tthsc5.ttuhsc.edu yes yes 7012
news.cs.tu-berlin.de yes no 6620
tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil yes yes 6456
news.man.torun.pl yes no 5946
news.invarnet.inwar.com.pl yes yes 5861
208.135.168.98 yes yes ?
206.103.97.91 yes yes ?
207.48.53.203 yes yes ?
boffin.com yes yes ?
golgoth.inlandsys.com yes yes


Also

http://web.tiscalinet.it/toggio/publicnews/news.html


12.10.41.194:119 48 2000-06-07 y 4
140.115.50.81:119 9433 2000-06-07 n 3885
160.198.16.6:119 8609 2000-06-04 n 796
160.198.17.6:119 8609 2000-06-04 n 796
192.215.23.25:119 56 2000-06-06 y 5
195.5.233.2:119 28 2000-06-10 y 5
202.102.3.142:119 728 2000-06-06 n 384
207.229.32.190:119 5673 2000-06-06 y 3805
207.247.11.2:119 537 2000-06-07 y 46
208.18.75.129:119 39490 2000-06-05 y 28589
209.47.139.204:119 37450 2000-06-06 y 21554
210.24.160.218:119 3005 2000-06-06 y 1640
216.185.12.10:119 71 2000-06-05 y 6
24.232.5.130:119 6683 2000-06-07 y 3596
24.232.5.170:119 6484 2000-06-07 y 3210
a.open.by:119 120 2000-06-08 y 10
a3a17164.sympatico.bconnected.net:119 1238 2000-06-08 y 138
ade.dna.affrc.go.jp:119 35404 2000-06-05 y 5428
adenine.c.dna.affrc.go.jp:119 12391 2000-06-05 y 5428
admin.misiek.eu.org:119 888 2000-06-08 y 426
agtu.secna.ru:119 80 2000-06-05 n 8
alibaba.dds.nl:119 9873 2000-06-05 y 1069
alt.nntp.demos.su:119 58517 2000-06-06 y 10868
area.cu.mi.it:119 13 2000-06-07 y 6
atlas.cst.tpsa.pl:119 272 2000-06-07 n 112
atm30-43.dslusers.vbe.com:119 9562 2000-06-07 y 975
av2.rz.fh-augsburg.de:119 162 2000-06-09 n 12
bee.cs.kiev.ua:119 1594 2000-06-09 n 239
bengal.tigerden.com:119 158 2000-06-07 n 30
bird.wu-wien.ac.at:119 7770 2000-06-07 n 310
brown.nowcom.co.kr:119 5287 2000-06-07 y 5095
burght.dsl.nl:119 102 2000-06-07 y 11
c187109047.telekabel.chello.nl:119 722 2000-06-09 y 184
cage1.hamster.ne.jp:119 61 2000-06-08 n 10
cce.cornell.edu:119 127 2000-06-09 y 17
champignac.risq.qc.ca:119 2564 2000-06-05 y 1209
chaos.ao.net:119 1515 2000-06-05 n 101
cherry.rt.ru:119 30828 2000-06-04 y 2780
cnn.princeton.edu:119 23 2000-06-10 y 2
corning.com:119 11715 2000-06-09 y 715
cscnews.csc.calpoly.edu:119 295 2000-06-07 n 78
cubacola.tninet.se:119 302 2000-06-06 n 46
db.csie.ncu.edu.tw:119 612 2000-06-07 n 249
ddt.dol.ru:119 4758 2000-06-05 y 2470
delphi.bc.edu:119 8023 2000-06-07 y 4065
dvibm3.gkss.de:119 2772 2000-06-08 n 1848
dwtf3.hbocvan.com:119 11925 2000-06-08 y 9103
e025.paris-91.cybercable.fr:119 795 2000-06-07 y 127
earth.hx.sonow.net:119 874 2000-06-07 y 826
ebfdus1.ebf.de:119 133 2000-06-08 y 14
edessa.topo.auth.gr:119 229 2000-06-07 y 87
emergency.com:119 80 2000-06-07 y 5
ep3000.scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp:119 10388 2000-06-08 n 5579
epos.ifmo.ru:119 72 2000-06-07 y 7
epos.runnet.ru:119 48 2000-06-06 y 7
flis.man.torun.pl:119 18287 2000-06-07 n 2713
forums.novell.com:119 976 2000-06-09 y 182
freenet4.carleton.ca:119 2227 2000-06-08 y 97
gate.tomica.ru.:119 1850 2000-06-07 n 888
gate.tomica.ru:119 526 2000-06-08 n 323
gavrilo.mtu.ru:119 4620 2000-06-06 y 2617
gemini.ntu.edu.tw:119 617 2000-06-07 n 123
gloup.linuxfr.org:119 6330 2000-06-07 n 1203
goblin.nadrabank.kiev.ua:119 1529 2000-06-05 y 819
grupos.uol.com.br:119 3360 2000-06-07 y 668
gw.ukrcom.net.ua:119 83 2000-06-07 y 21
gw1.sesahs.nsw.gov.au:119 3585 2000-06-08 n 2800
hades.wirefire.com:119 12659 2000-06-05 y 7426
hecate.umd.edu:119 92 2000-06-06 n 26
horizon.centurasoft.com:119 366 2000-06-07 y 104
husk.cso.niu.edu:119 636 2000-06-07 y 88
hydra.psu.ru:119 15 2000-06-07 y 2
ice.kirov.ru:119 5838 2000-06-07 n 4434
interchg.felcom.net:119 214 2000-06-07 y 18
interlock2.lexmark.com:119 23178 2000-06-07 y 3053
iss.dccc.edu:119 230 2000-06-07 y 46
itwebs.com:119 3545 2000-06-06 y 2362
java.cs.uni-magdeburg.de:119 86401 2000-06-05 n 29733
kalvebod.groenjord.dk:119 20480 2000-06-07 y 14132
kanpai.stanford.edu:119 312 2000-06-10 n 15
kohl.informatik.uni-bremen.de:119 28679 2000-06-08 n 9007
l14.wil.pk.edu.pl:119 13364 2000-06-08 n 5726
lan1.miu.uni-duesseldorf.de:119 2166 2000-06-07 n 1022
learnet.freenet.hut.fi:119 3499 2000-06-06 y 504
linux.mers.com:119 4802 2000-06-07 y 174
lnews.rz.hu-berlin.de.:119 51355 2000-06-09 n 16812
lnews.rz.hu-berlin.de:119 41108 2000-06-09 n 16822
lori.state.ri.us:119 163 2000-06-05 y 25
magpie.cat.net.th:119 6573 2000-06-07 y 4249
mailserver.corvis.ru:119 10962 2000-06-05 y 2881
maine.edu:119 628 2000-06-09 n 97
majesty.cid.net:119 2536 2000-06-07 y 117
malakbel.sun.csd.unb.ca:119 763 2000-06-07 n 124
melv-nntp1.shersoft.com:119 85 2000-06-05 y 15
mers.com:119 4802 2000-06-07 y 174
moon.pepperdine.edu:119 19613 2000-06-05 y 2243
ncc.hursley.ibm.com:119 220 2000-06-07 y 15
news-out.maxwell.syr.edu:119 22941 2000-06-05 n 10899
news.accd.edu:119 111 2000-06-07 y 23
news.algonet.se:119 705 2000-06-07 n 46
news.apex.com.tw:119 922 2000-06-07 n 993
news.baku.or.jp:119 59 2000-06-07 y 9
news.cavo.com:119 300 2000-06-07 y 35
news.cis.dfn.de:119 46676 2000-06-09 y 16800
news.dna.affrc.go.jp:119 10775 2000-06-08 y 5428
news.emn.fr:119 9923 2000-06-10 n 5395
news.euv-frankfurt-o.de:119 41475 2000-06-09 n 3417
news.fido7.ru:119 6493 2000-06-07 y 2635
news.freenet.hut.fi:119 3499 2000-06-06 y 504
news.indianvalley.com:119 1167 2000-06-07 y 1347
news.medlux.ru:119 1526 2000-06-09 y 68
news.microsoft.com:119 14859 2000-06-06 y 1225
news.mozilla.org:119 1235 2000-06-05 y 111
news.mtu.ru:119 1275 2000-06-05 y 635
news.ncd.co.jp:119 1281 2000-06-09 y 457
news.netobjects.com:119 1420 2000-06-06 y 76
news.nexus.it:119 72 2000-06-10 y 20
news.occc.edu.tw:119 149 2000-06-08 y 87
news.omnitel.net:119 460 2000-06-07 y 54
news.oro-tech.net:119 14606 2000-06-07 y 9281
news.owl.de:119 78 2000-06-06 n 16
news.reproms.si:119 1482 2000-06-07 y 135
news.ripco.com:119 35881 2000-06-05 n 14134
news.rt.ru:119 20552 2000-06-05 y 2780
news.ru:119 105340 2000-06-06 y 10869
news.runnet.ru:119 96 2000-06-07 y 7
news.sarcom-mem.com:119 43205 2000-06-05 n 20730
news.software.ibm.com:119 1002 2000-06-10 y 128
news.sonow.net:119 1351 2000-06-05 y 1058
news.stben.be:119 2063 2000-06-06 y 254
news.sysnet.net.tw:119 23314 2000-06-05 y 16805
news.tin.org:119 28 2000-06-06 n 12
news.tomica.ru:119 6597 2000-06-08 n 3222
news.uncensored-news.com:119 8674 2000-06-07 y 5407
news.uni-mannheim.de:119 23465 2000-06-10 n 9680
news.uni-weimar.de:119 27673 2000-06-05 n 9640
news.unina.it:119 38767 2000-06-07 n 13180
news.univ-angers.fr:119 25128 2000-06-08 n 4288
news.vanderbilt.edu:119 617 2000-06-07 n 291
news.waycom.fr:119 11150 2000-06-05 n 5548
news1.dnvrcoidc.firstworld.net:119 29127 2000-06-06 y 22175
news1.simtel.ru:119 10 2000-06-07 n 2
news2.fido7.ru:119 25592 2000-06-05 y 2880
news2.hetnet.nl:119 14146 2000-06-06 y 8586
news2.lightlink.com:119 27 2000-06-10 y 5
news2.support.nl:119 1472 2000-06-09 n 231
newshost.rz.hu-berlin.de:119 35334 2000-06-10 n 16634
newsro.svr.pol.co.uk:119 80662 2000-06-05 n 22796
nnrp3.clara.net:119 74899 2000-06-07 n 22265
nnrp4.clara.net:119 18385 2000-06-07 n 5004
nntp.demos.su:119 21682 2000-06-07 y 6873
nntp.hknet.org:119 48 2000-06-06 y 7
ns1.tehnicom.net:119 4176 2000-06-08 y 1532
oravannahka-lane.helsinki.fi:119 3995 2000-06-06 y 355
ousrvr3.oulu.fi:119 16 2000-06-06 y 2
pen6.pen.k12.va.us:119 14291 2000-06-05 y 624
petrus.cs.uni-magdeburg.de:119 51840 2000-06-04 n 29733
proxy2.all.de:119 49933 2000-06-07 n 30816
pssnews.msn.com:119 7181 2000-06-10 y 1177
pubnews.theplanet.net:119 74900 2000-06-06 n 22796
rapeme.kirov.ru:119 5663 2000-06-08 n 3984
readme.inode.at:119 1099 2000-06-07 n 134
relay2.demos.su:119 8964 2000-06-05 y 4562
router.atom.ru:119 121 2000-06-07 y 9
sapa.inka.de:119 625 2000-06-07 y 51
saturno.comsat.net.ar:119 2368 2000-06-05 y 1983
server11.hypermart.net:119 5435 2000-06-06 y 3010
server12.hypermart.net:119 13624 2000-06-06 y 7017
server22.hypermart.net:119 15328 2000-06-07 y 6974
skarjeke.ind.mh.se:119 51888 2000-06-05 n 19261
sky.ksaba.kcn.ru:119 143 2000-06-09 y 95
sofia-inner.ctrl-c.liu.se:119 4777 2000-06-10 n 1419
strelovod.uni-mb.si:119 1396 2000-06-07 y 66
sun8.school.net.hk:119 483 2000-06-07 y 64
suniv1.mfh-iserlohn.de:119 9058 2000-06-09 y 1961
suniv1.verbundstudium.de:119 22645 2000-06-05 y 1961
terralogic1.stn.mvl.intelos.net:119 1559 2000-06-05 y 975
test.easynews.com:119 12157 2000-06-05 y 1284
tigger.scc.uni-weimar.de:119 52281 2000-06-10 n 9642
titan.sbor.ru:119 29 2000-06-07 y 8
transcend.btrd.ab.ca:119 9924 2000-06-10 y 2351
trumpet.uni-mannheim.de:119 29332 2000-06-10 n 9680
twserv.csie.nctu.edu.tw:119 2029 2000-06-05 n 268
ucayali.unired.net.pe:119 184 2000-06-05 y 35
vanaema.matti.ee:119 20 2000-06-05 y 2
virgin.usvi.net:119 314 2000-06-08 n 70
vse470.vse.cz:119 136 2000-06-04 n 21
vulkan.euv-frankfurt-o.de:119 23693 2000-06-05 n 3416
watserv3.uwaterloo.ca:119 4404 2000-06-07 n 603
ws.west-call.com:119 93 2000-06-06 y 9
www.an.cc.mn.us:119 14267 2000-06-05 y 1670
www.chuvsu.ru:119 27 2000-06-09 y 21
www.demogr.mpg.de:119 4287 2000-06-07 y 219
www.digital-metaphors.com:119 108 2000-06-07 y 12
www.iem.nctu.edu.tw:119 658 2000-06-05 n 196
www.osirusoft.com:119 132 2000-06-07 y 12
www.reddfish.co.nz:119 290 2000-06-07 y 31
www.tmbg.org:119 34 2000-06-07 y 4
yoko.netvillage.ne.jp:119 1498 2000-06-05 y 210
zmdi.f.he.schule.de:119 1116 2000-06-06 n 152

starz
01-16-2014, 11:16 PM
91.223.220.236 and test.xennanews.com are down and out. I have tried several of those servers listed above but to no avail. Any luck with anybody else?

sandman_1
01-17-2014, 02:06 AM
Yea Xennanews is down for some reason. The free ride may be over for that one.

starz
01-17-2014, 01:10 PM
Here is a site thats tracks whats open and what needs authentication (username - password)

http://www.appelboor.com/newsserver.html

visionmaster
01-19-2014, 02:57 AM
When my year usenetserver subsciption runs out, I will prob go with tw. I liked what I saw on the free trial.

ryu4000
01-19-2014, 11:43 AM
Nice post works pretty well

pythoncancer
01-19-2014, 01:02 PM
in same boat .Super Thanks to OP

zzzpt
01-25-2014, 10:51 PM
I was having a problem with my IPV6 connection over Teredo, after some failed attempts of using gogoclient (because it blocks port 119), I figured out that my teredo connection was using the 'teredo.ipv6.microsoft.com' server.

According to this: http://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft+Teredo+Server+%22Sunset%22/16153

As we reported earlier, the host name for Microsoft's Teredo server (teredo.ipv6.microsoft.com) doesn't resolve currently. This is appearantly part of a "test" to measure the impact of the service being turned off. As an alternative, Microsoft still offers the "test.ipv6.microsoft.com" hostname to connect to it's Teredo servers. To adjust your settings, use:

netsh interface teredo set state client test.ipv6.microsoft.com

Changed the teredo server and all works well.

sandman_1
02-13-2014, 08:43 PM
Just a FYI, after being down I would say a month or so, Xennanews is back online. I thought it bit the dust but I have 18GB queued and to my astonishment it is working again.

evitt2
02-15-2014, 01:35 PM
great post and some cracking sites there to explore

thaig27
03-16-2014, 09:14 AM
It seems they cease that 3 day operation seeing that the update stopped @ the 3 march no more free connections unfortunately :unsure:

sandman_1
03-16-2014, 02:51 PM
Who ceased what?

starz
03-20-2014, 05:53 PM
Im guessing -thaig27- means "free connections" are no longer available.

sandman_1
03-21-2014, 01:17 AM
No, they are. Some like Xennanews are down atm.

pudda
04-03-2014, 10:42 PM
I've been do the trial account thing every 3 days (hitnews.com) for years, worked like a charm until the past few days. Can't connect at all now. Maybe they've finally wised up??

starz
04-04-2014, 04:53 PM
I've been do the trial account thing every 3 days (hitnews.com) for years, worked like a charm until the past few days. Can't connect at all now. Maybe they've finally wised up??
Change your IP and try again.

Edit* Changing IP can help but not in this case. I think they did wise up a bit. need to find alternative routs.

bigb159
04-08-2014, 11:37 AM
I'm having the same problem with hitnews and xennews free trials. Signed up for fresh new accounts and still get a 502 Failed to login.

kursum
04-08-2014, 05:41 PM
hitnews probably had some technical difficulties because the connections to their free server were denied for 10hours, but now it's working again.

bobbintb
04-08-2014, 11:53 PM
still not working for me

starz
04-10-2014, 06:24 PM
you can actually get around it with "yahoo's disposable email".

wsame
04-17-2014, 02:56 AM
free.xsusenet.com was working fine for many month until recently. Now when I connect, I get "Access Denied to your node". I did have multiple accounts using same IP address though.

UseNut
04-17-2014, 03:29 AM
free.xsusenet.com was working fine for many month until recently. Now when I connect, I get "Access Denied to your node". I did have multiple accounts using same IP address though.

You must renew your account every 30 days now...


XS Usenet Free accounts need to be renewed on a monthly basis. Our free 1Mbit package is and always will be free of commitment and charge. To keep our system clean and give motivated users a chance to profit from our specials, XS Usenet will pause your account every 30 days.

They'll issue you a different username/password after you renew your account. Check the e-mail you used to sign-up for the account.

wsame
04-17-2014, 03:31 PM
Big Thanks UseNut. Just renewed my account and all is working again now.

peacopeaco
04-17-2014, 11:18 PM
How do you go about renewing an account?

I got an email saying my account expired, but the link takes me to a payment page.

twue
04-18-2014, 10:27 AM
to reactivate your account you have to sign in to your account and click the no thanks button near the bottom of the page

Progress
04-26-2014, 02:34 AM
Test Xennews down again? am gettin':

[Errno 111] Failed to connect: (-1, 'Unexpected EOF') [email protected]:563
with both SSL and wo

det427
04-26-2014, 03:03 PM
Test Xennews down again? am gettin':

[Errno 111] Failed to connect: (-1, 'Unexpected EOF') [email protected]:563
with both SSL and wo

Working OK here. The free Tweaknews server is down though.

Progress
04-27-2014, 12:03 AM
Yep here as well, Thanks. must been a minor hiccup I was about to go back to torrents and DDL.
Check this thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/241pyw/is_tweaknews_down_or_switching_ports/
For some is working others don't. TweakNews I mean

peacopeaco
05-08-2014, 04:41 PM
Has anybody been having luck with 91.223.220.236 ?

Incoming
05-12-2014, 02:37 PM
Now I cannot get any more free trial with tweaknews. Always encounter this error msg "You already placed an order for this product. You can only order a single one.". Try changing the ip and email address multiple times and clearing cookies and use Torbrowser but always encounter that error msg. Anybody facing that as well?

sandman_1
05-27-2014, 12:08 AM
If you have a vpn, you can use the free tweaknews server, free.tweaknews.nl,if you use a vpn server in the Netherlands. It supports 4 connections and I believe has the same retention as the regular tweak.

Xennanews has been down for awhile at least for me. Anyone having luck with it?

Arguti
05-27-2014, 08:20 PM
Xennanews has been down for awhile at least for me. Anyone having luck with it?

I can't connect to their servers for at least 2 months. It's sad to see that one gone :(

Progress
06-03-2014, 10:00 PM
@sandman & arguti, I've been using it just fine for the past 2 months and more, is been down for me since yesterday though, anyone with a similar problem?

edit: nvm. everything is back to normal.

Semli
06-04-2014, 04:28 PM
Too bad Xennanews is no longer working.

Arguti
06-05-2014, 12:03 PM
@sandman & arguti, I've been using it just fine for the past 2 months and more, is been down for me since yesterday though, anyone with a similar problem?

edit: nvm. everything is back to normal.

You sure you're talking about Xennanews? Do they restricted it to an ip range maybe? I tried it just now and it is not working...

twue
06-05-2014, 02:44 PM
Xennanews has been down for me for past couple of months

Progress
06-05-2014, 09:07 PM
Am using test.xennanews.com and is been running like the wind for the past few months. Maybe, could be due to high usage I always suffer a bit downtime after I go in a download frenzy.

Arguti
06-06-2014, 04:54 PM
Am using test.xennanews.com and is been running like the wind for the past few months. Maybe, could be due to high usage I always suffer a bit downtime after I go in a download frenzy.

Still not working :frusty:

From what country are you connecting?

Progress
06-06-2014, 07:44 PM
Chile

twue
06-07-2014, 08:49 AM
Am using test.xennanews.com and is been running like the wind for the past few months. Maybe, could be due to high usage I always suffer a bit downtime after I go in a download frenzy.

Not working for me ... im in the UK

sandman_1
06-07-2014, 01:39 PM
Chile


I guess they are blocking certain address ranges. I tried an US, Euro,and even a Hong Kong VPN server and got nothing. Count yourself lucky I suppose.

EDIT:

Made a discovery. I put xennanews to port 563 and it works now. I thought I tried this months back and it didn't work but since the server goes down once in awhile, I might of tried it when they were down and chalked it up as a failure.

Am going to change OP to reflect this.

twue
06-07-2014, 04:12 PM
Chile


I guess they are blocking certain address ranges. I tried an US, Euro,and even a Hong Kong VPN server and got nothing. Count yourself lucky I suppose.

EDIT:

Made a discovery. I put xennanews to port 563 and it works now. I thought I tried this months back and it didn't work but since the server goes down once in awhile, I might of tried it when they were down and chalked it up as a failure.

Am going to change OP to reflect this.

Nice one Sandman_1 Tested and working using both

test.xennanews.com

And

91.223.220.236

Had to check the (SSL) box for it to work though

Thks for the info m8

Arguti
06-08-2014, 12:32 PM
I guess they are blocking certain address ranges. I tried an US, Euro,and even a Hong Kong VPN server and got nothing. Count yourself lucky I suppose.

EDIT:

Made a discovery. I put xennanews to port 563 and it works now. I thought I tried this months back and it didn't work but since the server goes down once in awhile, I might of tried it when they were down and chalked it up as a failure.

Am going to change OP to reflect this.

I tried a few VPNs myself with no success and had already given up. Working now :)

Arguti
07-12-2014, 11:57 AM
Is reader.ipv6.xsnews.nl still working? I can't connect to the servers for at least a week and my ipv6 is fine (newszilla work).

sandman_1
07-12-2014, 02:47 PM
Wish I could tell you but I didn't get in on the free sign-up in time. :frusty:



Just FYI, I added a few more Usenet freebies to the list: SnelNL (free trial no CC info) and Usenetbin.net (Free but access to only certain groups). There is nothing earth shattering about them but added them to be thorough.

Arguti
07-12-2014, 04:22 PM
I will wait for someone that has an account there to confirm it is down. If the free time is over it is a huge loss.

Thanks again for the new freebies, they might come in handy. :)

DWells55
07-31-2014, 11:07 PM
Is Xennanews substantially slower now for anyone else? I used to be pulling 10 MB/s, and now I'm capping at around 900 KB/s. Looks like there's a 25 connection limit, as well.

Arguti
08-01-2014, 02:21 AM
Consider yourself lucky because i can't even have a stable connection with their servers :(

It is always connecting and disconnecting here.

starz
08-01-2014, 03:53 PM
Is Xennanews substantially slower now for anyone else? I used to be pulling 10 MB/s, and now I'm capping at around 900 KB/s. Looks like there's a 25 connection limit, as well.Yes indeed there is a speed reduction. I am getting around 750 KB/s with port 119 and SSL 563 (port 443 is a no go). Hopefully we will get our speed back soon.

anon
08-01-2014, 05:23 PM
I am getting around 750 KB/s

Pretty good for a completely free service. ;)

starz
08-01-2014, 06:13 PM
Pretty good for a completely free service. If you say so...If those are the speeds your used to getting then sorry for shitting on your connection speed. No ill intentions. Usually I would max 23 Mbps with this "FREE" service but guess they throttled it down.

snake_man83
08-16-2014, 02:02 PM
Thanks for these

sandman_1
08-16-2014, 04:25 PM
Consider yourself lucky because i can't even have a stable connection with their servers :(

It is always connecting and disconnecting here.

I am not having any connection problems here with Newsbin Pro and using a NL VPN server.

Arguti
08-17-2014, 12:24 PM
I am not having any connection problems here with Newsbin Pro and using a NL VPN server.

It stopped working for me a day or two only god knows why...

Anyway it's fine now ;)

sandman_1
09-01-2014, 10:36 PM
I am using a new fake email for free trial signups now. I was using Malinator but they are getting blocked by some of the free signups now. This one seemed to work for me,
http://www.fakemailgenerator.com/.

jkl49
09-03-2014, 12:32 PM
For anyone else with a free XS Usenet account, have the speeds been reduced?

I used to get between 100-200kb/s, don't remember exactly, but it was always in that area and definitely above 100kb/s. Right now I'm getting speeds ranging from about 10-45kb/s, maybe 30-35kb at most but usually in the 10-25kb/s range and occasionally dropping down to 0kb/s while shifting between 0-10kb/s.

I know I downloaded a file within the last 30 days so it was still working fine at least as of early August, but right now it's painfully slow. Is anyone else experiencing that? If not, what speeds are you getting? If it's only on my end then I can't imagine what could be causing it. Thanks in advance for any replies.

sandman_1
09-05-2014, 02:26 AM
I don't really notice if there is slowdown with XS since I am using other servers. I usually can about max out my 30mbps connection with just free servers, so as long as that happens I am not complaining.

sadsack
09-29-2014, 02:40 AM
Hi all,

The 3 day settings for hitnews:.... is this correct for newsleecher.

once signed up..

free.hitnews.com
port 119

(lets just say 5 connections)..

no username or password required ??

this is the bit where i get confused, how do they know you have signed up if you don't need a username and password? I tried the username and password that i gave when signing up, but this just throws up an 502 error.... suggesting that the username/password is no good....

any ideas chaps? because I have a feeling that one can no longer do the unlimited signups with hitnews.
thanks for any help chaps..
sadsack

jasonakaremy
09-30-2014, 10:32 PM
thanks for the post op

sandman_1
10-04-2014, 04:53 AM
Hi all,

The 3 day settings for hitnews:.... is this correct for newsleecher.

once signed up..

free.hitnews.com
port 119

(lets just say 5 connections)..

no username or password required ??

this is the bit where i get confused, how do they know you have signed up if you don't need a username and password? I tried the username and password that i gave when signing up, but this just throws up an 502 error.... suggesting that the username/password is no good....

any ideas chaps? because I have a feeling that one can no longer do the unlimited signups with hitnews.
thanks for any help chaps..
sadsack

I never said Hitnews didn't require a username and password. You sign up and for a free trial account, which involves a username and password.

Stabber
10-17-2014, 09:22 AM
Bad news for all xsnews ipv6 users . Unfortunately there no more free testing , so this is the end guys . R.I.P Xsnews ipv6

500 Thank you for testing IPv6. XSNews now offers IPv6 on all packages. Register now at http://www.xsnews.com

sadsack
10-20-2014, 03:22 AM
Hi chaps,

has free.tweaknews.nl gone as well now??? seems to have been down for ages...



Hi all,

The 3 day settings for hitnews:.... is this correct for newsleecher.

once signed up..

free.hitnews.com
port 119

(lets just say 5 connections)..

no username or password required ??

this is the bit where i get confused, how do they know you have signed up if you don't need a username and password? I tried the username and password that i gave when signing up, but this just throws up an 502 error.... suggesting that the username/password is no good....

any ideas chaps? because I have a feeling that one can no longer do the unlimited signups with hitnews.
thanks for any help chaps..
sadsack

I never said Hitnews didn't require a username and password. You sign up and for a free trial account, which involves a username and password.


thanks for the info sandman.... maybe hitnews never sent me the username/password.... because the one i set it up with just didn't work... weird.

Stabber
10-20-2014, 08:13 AM
Only free solution working good so far is test.xennanews.com

sandman_1
10-20-2014, 09:48 PM
Hi chaps,

has free.tweaknews.nl gone as well now??? seems to have been down for ages...
.

Free Tweak is still working. Are you using a NL proxy or VPN?

Xennanews looks to be down atm.

I have been having issues with Weathergirl and Hurrican Electric tunnel, "430 No such article" . Anyone else have this issue with Hurricane Electric tunnel and have a solution?

JunkBarMan
10-21-2014, 03:51 AM
Can confirm that Free Tweak is working, just started a free trial. 8 connections, speeds are great.

Xennanews has been down a lot lately, and even when it's up the connection speeds aren't nearly as good as they once were. Overall can't complain when it's up, for a free service it does the trick

thaig27
10-25-2014, 07:26 AM
Hi there Sandman What other particular news servers do u use for free if u don't mind me asking thnx:whistling

sandman_1
10-26-2014, 06:22 PM
Hi there Sandman What other particular news servers do u use for free if u don't mind me asking thnx:whistling

Just the ones posted.

Stabber
11-04-2014, 10:53 AM
Hi chaps,

has free.tweaknews.nl gone as well now??? seems to have been down for ages...
.

Free Tweak is still working. Are you using a NL proxy or VPN?

Xennanews looks to be down atm.

I have been having issues with Weathergirl and Hurrican Electric tunnel, "430 No such article" . Anyone else have this issue with Hurricane Electric tunnel and have a solution?

I am in the EU will i be able to use this server (free.tweaknews.nl) and what speed should i expect ?

sandman_1
11-05-2014, 02:02 AM
You should be able to use it. The speed is OK but the retention is where free tweak shines. I think it is the same as a paid Tweaknews account, 800-1100 days.

Xennanews has been offline for weeks now. I hope it isn't gone for good. I heard something about the XSNews IPv6 free server run has ended. Could be related? I don't know.

lotuselite
11-12-2014, 07:20 AM
Xennanews has been offline for weeks now. I hope it isn't gone for good. I heard something about the XSNews IPv6 free server run has ended. Could be related? I don't know.

Xennanews is working. You have to turn SSL off.

jabattak
11-14-2014, 06:07 AM
Apologies in advance for posting a question that's bound to have been posted many times before...

Long-time Usenet user, but with files getting harder to find (in my experience anyway), would like to figure out how to make REQuests.

Googled for help, but seems to turn up a lot of old posts, including this helpful one from 2009 (http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/351356-How-to-request-stuff-on-IRC!) that led me here.

Am also an old IRC user, found my way to EFnet, but I don't see any of these Usenet channels anymore there. For instance, i'd like to find a.b.teevee @ EFnet.

Much appreciated if someone could advise as to how to find these Usenet IRC channels. Cheers.

YoYoost
12-20-2014, 01:49 PM
I am also having troubles with xennanews. Im using these settings: hostname:test.xennanews.com port:563 connections:4
No uname/pw or SSL. But I get (10061, 'Failed to connect: (10060, "(10061, \'Connection refused\')") [email protected]:563')
Any ideas?

YoYoost
12-20-2014, 02:36 PM
You should be able to use it. The speed is OK but the retention is where free tweak shines. I think it is the same as a paid Tweaknews account, 800-1100 days.

Xennanews has been offline for weeks now. I hope it isn't gone for good. I heard something about the XSNews IPv6 free server run has ended. Could be related? I don't know.

Be sure to also use port 119 after you turn off SSL. I forgot that and SABnzbd wouldn't connect...

nwik
01-31-2015, 03:21 PM
Thanx for sharing this.

jsmith2k1
02-02-2015, 04:51 AM
I have problem with xennanews and xsusenet. Both are not working even if I have registered for the latter one.

sandman_1
02-04-2015, 12:37 AM
Yea same here.

XSUsenet works for like a day and then stops after a new sign up.

rascarl
02-04-2015, 11:13 PM
Xennanews hasn't worked for me for at least 2 days and that what using the non-ssl connection :(

Placenta
02-09-2015, 06:04 AM
Yep, been pretty much dead for me also :cry:

Whiner
02-10-2015, 02:51 PM
Ditto, xennanews doesn't work for me either. must me dead.

perry261
02-14-2015, 11:38 PM
test.xennanews.com does not work for me. looks like the site is dead.

sandman_1
02-15-2015, 02:58 PM
Xennanews is back up. I have been using it for the past couple days.

free.tweaknews.nl is gone I guess. Maybe the Highwinds acquisition had something to do with it? :unsure:


Lookup failed: free.tweaknews.nl Host not found

Whois query for free.tweaknews.nl...
Results returned from whois.domain-registry.nl:
Error: invalid domain name


Update: Made some changes to the free servers section for
free.news.newzfinders.com. Be sure to check it out if you are not utilizing this free service. :D

aoshivx
02-15-2015, 05:20 PM
For the people having issues with Xennanews, I found an interesting post.
Simply read the entire thread, the last post is priceless.


https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/2jmhuv/xsnews_ipv6_free_service_closes_1_year_30_coupon/

sandman_1
02-22-2015, 09:43 PM
Looks like free.tweaknews.nl is dead now all thanks to the Highwinds acquisition. I updated my guide to reflect that.

So far the ones that are still working are Xenna, Newzfinders, Newszilla IPv6, and Weathergirl IPv6.

XSUsenet is still a no go for me even with a new signup. Anyone have any luck with it?

perry261
02-23-2015, 11:34 PM
xsusenet is working now. good speed.


For the people having issues with Xennanews, I found an interesting post.
Simply read the entire thread, the last post is priceless.


https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/2jmhuv/xsnews_ipv6_free_service_closes_1_year_30_coupon/


Thanks for the information about xennanews.



You should be able to use it. The speed is OK but the retention is where free tweak shines. I think it is the same as a paid Tweaknews account, 800-1100 days.

Xennanews has been offline for weeks now. I hope it isn't gone for good. I heard something about the XSNews IPv6 free server run has ended. Could be related? I don't know.

Be sure to also use port 119 after you turn off SSL. I forgot that and SABnzbd wouldn't connect...

many thanks for sharing setting for xennanews.

sandman_1
04-16-2015, 11:58 PM
I have updated my guide for "Newzfinders". I recommend if you are not using this free Usenet service, that you check it out. It is a very good free service and my method allows you to use the servers without the Newzfinders program! :)

jimdigriz
04-19-2015, 03:45 PM
Thanks for taking the time to update.
Much appreciated.

anon
04-19-2015, 04:44 PM
Thanks for the tip about Newzfinders, I'll try that one out!

YoYoost
05-02-2015, 10:26 AM
Nice find with Newzfinders!
Is anyone else having trouble authenticating with free.news.newzfinders.com? I tried a few of the user/password combinations but this server never works for me. The rest work fine!

Master2J
05-05-2015, 10:19 AM
I am having the same problem with newzfinder on my third username and password

sandman_1
05-10-2015, 03:18 PM
Yea I have the same issues on some of the servers but usually I can lock in 2-3 of them to max out my connection.

Alternatively to what I posted, you can use "view source" in Chrome to get a view like this:




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Jours</Retention><CombienPrit>1329</CombienPrit><Date>2015-05-06</Date><Locked>1</Locked><KeepConnex>1</KeepConnex><Vitesse>Ilimité</Vitesse></NewAccount><NewAccount><Serv>free.news.su.newzfinders.com</Serv><User>[email protected]</User><Pass>NZ835353Fzz</Pass><Stream>1</Stream><Port>119</Port><PortSSL>563</PortSSL><Durer>7 Jours</Durer><LimiteDwl>Aucune</LimiteDwl><Retention>1100 Jours</Retention><CombienPrit>965</CombienPrit><Date>2015-05-08</Date><Locked>1</Locked><KeepConnex>0</KeepConnex><Vitesse>Ilimité</Vitesse></NewAccount><NewAccount><Serv>free.news.su.newzfinders.com</Serv><User>[email protected]</User><Pass>12345678</Pass><Stream>1</Stream><Port>119</Port><PortSSL>563</PortSSL><Durer>7 Jours</Durer><LimiteDwl>Aucune</LimiteDwl><Retention>1100 Jours</Retention><CombienPrit>952</CombienPrit><Date>2015-05-08</Date><Locked>1</Locked><KeepConnex>0</KeepConnex><Vitesse>Ilimité</Vitesse></NewAccount><NewAccount><Serv>free.news.xe.newzfinders.com</Serv><User>307nzfacc77030</User><Pass>NZ809199Fzz</Pass><Stream>1</Stream><Port>119</Port><PortSSL>563</PortSSL><Durer>7 Jours</Durer><LimiteDwl>Aucune</LimiteDwl><Retention>1100 Jours</Retention><CombienPrit>2166</CombienPrit><Date>2015-05-03</Date><Locked>1</Locked><KeepConnex>0</KeepConnex><Vitesse>Ilimité</Vitesse></NewAccount><Status>OK</Status><PERMETGENERE>1</PERMETGENERE><PERMETGENERENZFPROXY>1</PERMETGENERENZFPROXY><CODEPOURNZF>796</CODEPOURNZF>


The top ones are usually the most recent.

Durer=Duration of the log-in credentials
Stream=Number of Connections allowed
Vitesse=Speed of connection
Ilimité=Unlimited
CombienPrit= I think it means how many connections to that server are allowed overall. Combien is "how many" in English so if the server connections exceed that amount then you will get a refusal of connection I suppose.

Maybe some French national :) can enlighten us on the the ones I have no idea about like :



<PERMETGENERE>1</PERMETGENERE><PERMETGENERENZFPROXY>1</PERMETGENERENZFPROXY><CODEPOURNZF>796</CODEPOURNZF>
:unsure:

anon
05-10-2015, 10:02 PM
PERMETGENERE is either "allow to generate" or "allow generated", depending on where the missing diacritics should be, which makes PERMETGENERENZFPROXY "allow (to generate|generated) [via/through?] NZF proxy". CODEPOURNZF means "code for NZF".

Here's a horribly written user script that will parse ListServ.php's output into something more readable :happy:


document.documentElement.innerHTML = document.documentElement.innerHTML.replace(/<NewAccount><Serv>(.+?)<\/Serv><User>(.+?)<\/User><Pass>(.+?)<\/Pass><Stream>(.+?)<\/Stream><Port>(.+?)<\/Port><PortSSL>(.+?)<\/PortSSL><Durer>(.+?)<\/Durer><LimiteDwl>(.+?)<\/LimiteDwl><Retention>(.+?)<\/Retention><CombienPrit>(.+?)<\/CombienPrit><Date>(.+?)<\/Date><Locked>(.+?)<\/Locked><KeepConnex>(.+?)<\/KeepConnex><Vitesse>(.+?)<\/Vitesse><\/NewAccount>/ig, '<p><b>Server</b>: $1<br /><b>Username</b>: $2<br /><b>Password</b>: $3<br /><b>Connections allowed</b>: $4<br /><b>Port</b>: $5<br /><b>SSL port</b>: $6<br /><b>Duration of log-in credentials</b>: $7<br /><b>Download limit</b>: $8<br /><b>Retention</b>: $9<br /><b>Maximum global connections?</b>: $10<br /><b>Date</b>: $11<br /><b>Locked</b>: $12<br /><b>Keep connection</b>: $13<br /><b>Speed</b>: $14</p>');

sandman_1
05-13-2015, 12:22 AM
Thanks Anon! Can you tweak it to put the latest dates at top of page?

anon
05-13-2015, 02:08 PM
Thanks Anon! Can you tweak it to put the latest dates at top of page?

Maybe I turn the page into a table and make it sortable by any criterion. Will look into it.

tysonmysteries
07-10-2015, 08:39 PM
thanks for the awesome post, sandman_1, though I still don't understand the whole Newzfinders bit. Maybe someone could create a constantly updated sticky, where people can post the latest login & url for Newzfinders?

sandman_1
07-12-2015, 02:36 PM
FYI, on Newzfinders, you can use the single connection servers (i.e. free.news.su.newzfinders.com) up to 5 times to get more connections from that server.

Just create copies of the same server + details over and over.

gijoe419
09-22-2015, 10:59 PM
Thanks for sharing

sadsack
09-23-2015, 03:39 PM
Thanks for the share and info sandman_1....

Here's the noobtime bit coming up.....

If I go to the link listed... http://newzfinders.com/NewsAccFree/ListServ.php?VERS=1.1.1&BUILD=017&BETA=1

The page I Have come up only says this....

ERROR Il vous faut au minimum la version beta 017

As mentioned in the first part of the tut..... inspect element shows only the item above and the rest of the page is blank....
I read this piece,... 2. Once you have the correct BUILD number in the link, you should be presented with a webpage like this: and even went to there main page to check on any build numbers and it's the same. beta 017.
So could someone kindly point me in the right direction,... preferably not the exit... lol

cheers chaps..
sadsack.

update, tried again.... this time I had a french error page that came up, a translation into English gave me this... "version 1.1.0 is available! Download the latest version."


update.... sussed it chaps....

The beta has been changed to 018

Semli
09-23-2015, 05:15 PM
Thanks for the share and info sandman_1....

Here's the noobtime bit coming up.....

If I go to the link listed... http://newzfinders.com/NewsAccFree/ListServ.php?VERS=1.1.1&BUILD=017&BETA=1

The page I Have come up only says this....

ERROR Il vous faut au minimum la version beta 017

As mentioned in the first part of the tut..... inspect element shows only the item above and the rest of the page is blank....
I read this piece,... 2. Once you have the correct BUILD number in the link, you should be presented with a webpage like this: and even went to there main page to check on any build numbers and it's the same. beta 017.
So could someone kindly point me in the right direction,... preferably not the exit... lol

cheers chaps..
sadsack.

update, tried again.... this time I had a french error page that came up, a translation into English gave me this... "version 1.1.0 is available! Download the latest version."

In the link, change the 17 to 18

Should look like this.

BUILD=018&BETA=1

sadsack
09-24-2015, 01:42 AM
Yep all done, Semli,

4 out of the ten working,...... They must be being hit hard,.. many of then say "too many users"..

But deffo worth the time and patience setting up.

sandman_1
09-26-2015, 03:32 PM
I actually got that, "ERROR Il vous faut au minimum la version beta 017", which is what I had in the link. I figured it was just a typo and amended the link with 018 and it worked.

gijoe419
09-26-2015, 07:54 PM
Thanks for the share and info sandman_1....

Here's the noobtime bit coming up.....

If I go to the link listed... http://newzfinders.com/NewsAccFree/ListServ.php?VERS=1.1.1&BUILD=017&BETA=1

The page I Have come up only says this....

ERROR Il vous faut au minimum la version beta 017

As mentioned in the first part of the tut..... inspect element shows only the item above and the rest of the page is blank....
I read this piece,... 2. Once you have the correct BUILD number in the link, you should be presented with a webpage like this: and even went to there main page to check on any build numbers and it's the same. beta 017.
So could someone kindly point me in the right direction,... preferably not the exit... lol

cheers chaps..
sadsack.

update, tried again.... this time I had a french error page that came up, a translation into English gave me this... "version 1.1.0 is available! Download the latest version."

In the link, change the 17 to 18

Should look like this.

BUILD=018&BETA=1

This worked for me http://newzfinders.com/page.php?page=2#BETA

sandman_1
10-15-2015, 02:34 AM
I have been getting authentication errors with Xennanews. If you go to their website, http://test.xennanews.com/, maybe the free ride is over?

sandman_1
01-09-2016, 04:46 PM
Just got curious and thought I would do a look up for the servers on Newzfinders and this is what I got:

free.news.newzfinders.com = Hitnews
free.news.xe.newzfinders.com = Xennews
free.news.su.newzfinders.com = Sunny Usenet
free.news.ew.newzfinders.com = Eweka
trial.news.newzfinders.com = XS Usenet

CyberCitizen
06-11-2016, 12:36 PM
Up to you if you want to use it, something written quickly to extract the info. Windows only.

Password: fst
Newzfinders.Extract.Accounts.v1.1.zip (http://wikisend.com/download/378966/Newzfinders.Extract.Accounts.v1.1.zip)

170719

anon
06-11-2016, 08:35 PM
You didn't tell us the archive's password, is that a test of character? :P (For the record, it's fst)

Thanks for the program. I had forgotten about this provider.

sandman_1
06-12-2016, 01:57 PM
Thanks, I appreciate that. In Chrome, I have been using "inspect" on the selected text on the page. It essentially formats it for you like in your screenshot.



I had forgotten about this provider.

The guy who runs it exploits the free trials of various providers. He wants you to use his program to access the servers. I don't know if there is some malware payload by installing it or what but I am sure he is somehow profiting off of it somehow. I have been using his site to get my files for awhile now and to good effect. I can usually max out my 60Mbps connection and have around 1100 days retention too. Every now and again, you just have to replace the username and password so a little work is required to keep it going but is worth it.

CyberCitizen
06-13-2016, 10:22 AM
You didn't tell us the archive's password, is that a test of character? :P (For the record, it's fst)

Thanks for the program. I had forgotten about this provider.

Sh!t sorry I forgot to post that, my bad. Good that you worked it out.


The guy who runs it exploits the free trials of various providers. He wants you to use his program to access the servers. I don't know if there is some malware payload by installing it or what but I am sure he is somehow profiting off of it somehow. I have been using his site to get my files for awhile now and to good effect. I can usually max out my 60Mbps connection and have around 1100 days retention too. Every now and again, you just have to replace the username and password so a little work is required to keep it going but is worth it.
I have been doing this with Hitnews & Xennews, however new ISP has given me a static IP so my script for the Xennews signup is IP banned. Hitnews is still working.

Just need to find some more trial providers that don't use phone or sms sign up.

anon
06-14-2016, 03:29 PM
Just need to find some more trial providers that don't use phone or sms sign up.

There are free online SMS sites that can receive messages. The numbers are often overused, but they're worth a try.

CyberCitizen
06-15-2016, 01:21 AM
Just need to find some more trial providers that don't use phone or sms sign up.

There are free online SMS sites that can receive messages. The numbers are often overused, but they're worth a try.

True but the overused is the hard part to automate it, if they are not consistent or get blocked.

fewl
07-02-2016, 05:00 AM
The latest "beta" for newzfinders has changed the url to require more than just an increment to the BUILD number. It now requires a password. A little bit of packet sniffing running the actual app reveals that the correct URL is now:

http://newzfinders.com/NewsAccFree/ListServ.php?VERS=1.1.1&BUILD=020&BETA=1&PASSNZF=98784

Hopeful they don't keep changing the password. Hope this helps.

paviluf
07-02-2016, 07:58 AM
Hello,

I can't get the servers from Newsfinders anymore in Chrome. I just have this message.

ERROR Il vous faut au minimum la version beta 020 - Pas le bon pass

Is there a way to display them again ?

Thanks !

anon
07-02-2016, 05:41 PM
Thanks for the information, fewl!


I can't get the servers from Newsfinders anymore in Chrome. I just have this message.

ERROR Il vous faut au minimum la version beta 020 - Pas le bon pass

Check the post above yours. It was in the moderation queue and thus not visible, I've just approved it.

paviluf
07-02-2016, 07:40 PM
The latest "beta" for newzfinders has changed the url to require more than just an increment to the BUILD number. It now requires a password. A little bit of packet sniffing running the actual app reveals that the correct URL is now:

http://newzfinders.com/NewsAccFree/ListServ.php?VERS=1.1.1&BUILD=020&BETA=1&PASSNZF=98784

Hopeful they don't keep changing the password. Hope this helps.


Check the post above yours. It was in the moderation queue and thus not visible, I've just approved it.

Thank you very much !!!

paviluf
07-05-2016, 05:14 PM
The password had changed :(

fewl
07-07-2016, 03:51 AM
The password had changed :(

new pass is 592704. I'm not going to post it every time they change it though. I suggest you install their program and run wireshark or other packet monitoring software. you can filter by ip address and http requests and find it pretty easily.

paviluf
07-07-2016, 07:50 AM
new pass is 592704. I'm not going to post it every time they change it though. I suggest you install their program and run wireshark or other packet monitoring software. you can filter by ip address and http requests and find it pretty easily.
Thanks, but since I'm on Linux I can't do that. I guess I should not use this anymore...

Piranha
07-09-2016, 12:56 PM
new pass is 592704. I'm not going to post it every time they change it though. I suggest you install their program and run wireshark or other packet monitoring software. you can filter by ip address and http requests and find it pretty easily.
Thanks, but since I'm on Linux I can't do that. I guess I should not use this anymore...

I'd like to thank fewl for suggesting that idea. Didn't know how to use it but eventually figured it out. To help some people, here's the new link:

http://newzfinders.com/NewsAccFree/ListServ.php?VERS=1.1.1&BUILD=020&BETA=1&PASSNZF=889056

paviluf
07-09-2016, 11:57 PM
Thanks !

fewl
07-13-2016, 03:49 AM
Might work with wine? Worth the effort to at least give it a shot. It's still the most reliable free usenet.

paviluf
07-13-2016, 09:06 PM
That should probably work but I don't want to install wine on my system. I don't download that much and the free trial should be enough for me.

Piranha
07-15-2016, 02:36 AM
http://newzfinders.com/NewsAccFree/ListServ.php?VERS=1.1.1&BUILD=020&BETA=1&PASSNZF=1382976

Semli
07-15-2016, 05:50 PM
The password had changed :(

new pass is 592704. I'm not going to post it every time they change it though. I suggest you install their program and run wireshark or other packet monitoring software. you can filter by ip address and http requests and find it pretty easily.

Thanks for the tip. Never used wireshark before but figured it out with a little trial and error. I missed the part about filtering by http. That could have saved me a little trouble.

anon
07-16-2016, 02:35 AM
Wireshark is the best program of its kind, but for this sort of casual usage, it's like lighting a candle with a flamethrower. I'd recommend SmartSniff under Windows.

sandman_1
07-20-2016, 11:09 PM
Even though i haven't programmed in ages, I ought to load up his program in a low-level debugger and find out how his program is getting the password. God his program is god awful, reminds me of a 90's website with all of the multi-color text and the blinking. Me thinks my assembler knowledge might be a little rusty but it'll come back to me. Maybe this weekend I might give it a spin...

tifozi
07-21-2016, 12:41 AM
He might have been ticked off about the bypass posted here in the open. It's why he went the password route. Even if you find a workaround using your assembly background, please use discretion by not posting it out in the open. We should be thankful for the program although aesthetically it is quite hideous I agree.

For those who are able to sniff the pass, not sure we are gaining anything as we are still having to use the ugly interface :D but +1 to @anon's suggestion of using SmartSniff for smallish tasks like this.

My only assembly background was coding for the old TMS370 processor :whistling never worked on x86

Hn66
07-21-2016, 09:29 AM
Has anyone tested Setup_NewZFinders_1.1.1_BETA_020.exe
in a sandbox and monitored for suspicious syscall?

A ClamAV scan of this .exe returns the following hit

PUA.Win.Spyware.XPCSpyPro-1

http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/library/xpcspypro/index.phtml
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-062813-4844-99


Behavior

Spyware.XpcSpy is a spyware program that is used to secretly monitor other users by logging keystrokes and screen shots.

tifozi
07-22-2016, 02:04 AM
Now there's a surprise :whistling Moved off of Windows a long time ago and only recently used this app in a VM. Going to help a lot if @sandman_1 is successful in reversing this malware.

Hn66
07-22-2016, 03:59 AM
Now there's a surprise :whistling Moved off of Windows a long time ago and only recently used this app in a VM. Going to help a lot if @sandman_1 is successful in reversing this malware.

I'm not outright claiming this .exe is malware, but it did trigger against a signature. Someone would need to debug and probe it further to determine if ClamAV is reporting a false positive result. I also moved off windows long ago, and don't have virtualbox on this machine, so I'm apprehensive to run it outside of a sandboxed environment.

Diceair
07-22-2016, 08:40 AM
Hi there.

Can someone please guide me or pm me how to do the wireshark thing? I'm a total noob and would like to download. I used the links provided to get the details to to use my nzb's but now it tells me the following

ERROR Il vous faut au minimum la version beta 020 - Pas le bon pass.

I don't want a link to the pass but maybe someone can guide me so that in future I can find it myself.

So far I have newzfinders beta 020 installed and wireshark installed but just don't know where to look for the password

EDIT: I sort of figured it out.

Thanks

anon
07-23-2016, 05:01 PM
Get SmartSniff. Open it, press F9, and select your network adapter. Then press Ctrl+F9 and paste the following in the text box:


include:remote:tcp:80

Press OK, press F5. Run NewzFinders and some entries should appear in SmartSniff's bottom panel - the password should be among them. Press F6 to stop capturing data.

Diceair
07-24-2016, 04:44 PM
Get SmartSniff. Open it, press F9, and select your network adapter. Then press Ctrl+F9 and paste the following in the text box:


include:remote:tcp:80

Press OK, press F5. Run NewzFinders and some entries should appear in SmartSniff's bottom panel - the password should be among them. Press F6 to stop capturing data.

cool thanks for the info. I have it now. :)

sandman_1
07-28-2016, 11:02 PM
Just an update:

This is more tedious than I thought trying to follow the assembler output in the debugger. I have forgotten a lot! Also the password isn't generated until a child window is open and I am having problems debugging that. Ollydbg keeps crashing every time I try to debug the child. I will keep at and hopefully stumble upon something though but it may be awhile.

jkl49
08-19-2016, 02:58 AM
Could someone post or PM me the latest password for the list of newzfinders accounts? I haven't found any kind of free/decent replacement since they started requiring a password, which still normally wouldn't be a big problem but there's something specific I want to get. I've tried Usenet.cat and can't ever get it to work to download something, and XSusenet only has a retention of 10 days. Thanks in advance if anyone can help, I appreciate it.

anon
08-19-2016, 07:19 PM
Could someone post or PM me the latest password for the list of newzfinders accounts?

Unless they have recently increased their security, my tip on post #146 should work.

Diceair
08-22-2016, 11:22 AM
Could someone post or PM me the latest password for the list of newzfinders accounts?

Unless they have recently increased their security, my tip on post #146 should work.

Well I think it might not be long untill they increase that cause today I had some problem getting the password. kept on telling me i need to use newzleecher only and couldn't get the password via packetsniff so I hope they don't increase security making it unable to get account details.

sandman_1
08-23-2016, 12:08 AM
I used Wireshark and got the password and it worked.

fewl
09-06-2016, 09:38 PM
they want you to do a search now and there are these stupid ad banner hoops to jump through. still they haven't changed that the password is sent in clear text and can continue to be sniffed; i'm too lazy to automate it but it shouldn't be that hard.

sandman_1
09-07-2016, 11:47 PM
I use a script blocker (uMatrix) and I also Sandbox the program. It tries to open sites but fails.

gaubert
09-19-2017, 10:13 PM
Great !, thanks :D

MoiToto
09-30-2017, 08:11 PM
thanks https://i.fststatic.com/smilies/biggrin.gif

wolfy20
10-11-2017, 05:11 AM
Really interesting subject. I tried this one : https://usenet.pw/
Excellent for a free provider.

Stabber
10-12-2017, 11:43 AM
Whats the speed of usenet.pw and what is the percentage of uptime ? I think i've tried it sometime ago and the server was down

anon
10-12-2017, 01:50 PM
Whats the speed of usenet.pw and what is the percentage of uptime ?

High and low, respectively.

Stabber
10-13-2017, 07:09 PM
I've never managed to get it to work :/ Isn't there another free service ? I remember the ipv6 free service of xsnews . That service was the one that got me into usenet. Now the only free services available are the trials , and this one which never works.



Whats the speed of usenet.pw and what is the percentage of uptime ?

High and low, respectively.

anon
10-13-2017, 09:16 PM
I've never managed to get it to work :/ Isn't there another free service ?

There is free-usenet.com. They limit download speeds to 1 Mbps and make you renew your account every day (you have to fill a captcha to enable access for 24 hours), but are otherwise excellent.

Stabber
10-16-2017, 07:08 PM
So its only this one and xsusenet which offers 2mbit i think . In combination we get a max of 300kbps. I think torrents will always be the better (free) choice



I've never managed to get it to work :/ Isn't there another free service ?

There is free-usenet.com. They limit download speeds to 1 Mbps and make you renew your account every day (you have to fill a captcha to enable access for 24 hours), but are otherwise excellent.

cyf
10-23-2017, 08:32 AM
Can I use a VPN to sign-up for Tweaknews? This will give me different IPs, no?

anon
10-23-2017, 03:30 PM
Can I use a VPN to sign-up for Tweaknews? This will give me different IPs, no?

Sure, but chances are other people have thought of that first :turned:

elmarvin0
10-27-2017, 05:54 AM
https://www.usenetbucket.com gives you a free 5gb account for 7 days. Full speed if I recall.

You can re-sign up with a new email account, but I'd suggest you connect using a VPN to get a new IP just in case.

WormsTheHermit
10-27-2017, 11:17 PM
Thanks for this. I will have to scour through this and try out a bunch of them.

Stabber
11-06-2017, 07:34 AM
Ninja usenet offers 50gb/month trial . Although it states its only for 7 days when you sign up you get 50gb/month

Stabber
04-15-2018, 04:20 PM
Is anyone still using Newzfinders?

Stabber
04-20-2018, 02:53 PM
No updates :/

gizmo
08-06-2019, 03:17 PM
Free Usenet-servers do exist!

You don´t need any username or password, but the server-addresses are well
kept secrets.

Why?

Because of this free servers support binary-Usenet-UPLOADS (posting) too.

For free Usenet-DOWNLOAD use a new IP and good trashmail, then create two
accounts: One on Hitnews, the second on Xennews. Hitnews gives you 30 ports
valid for 3 days, and Xennews gives you 20 ports valid for 2 days.

Using 50 (!) parallel ports, all your DOWNLOAD needs are satisfied - guaranteed!

The Usenet-problem is not free downloading, the problem is Usenet-binary-UPLOAD for
free. For using normal UPLOAD-trial-accounts, you need a credit-card-number. Give your
number away, and your anonymity is gone!

The free UPLOAD-servers are not very fast. Start your UPLOADS in the evening - go to
bed - and next morning it´s done!

And - of course - any binary-UPLOADER uses this servers for DOWNLOADS.

anon
08-07-2019, 12:52 AM
Free Usenet-servers do exist!

You don´t need any username or password, but the server-addresses are well
kept secrets.

Why?

Because of this free servers support binary-Usenet-UPLOADS (posting) too.


The Usenet-problem is not free downloading, the problem is Usenet-binary-UPLOAD for
free. For using normal UPLOAD-trial-accounts, you need a credit-card-number. Give your
number away, and your anonymity is gone!

I don't understand, do you need a secret server address or do you have to get a free trial with a credit card? :unsure:

In any case, if there are ways to post articles for free, however slow, then that's (great) news to me. I thought none of the free services would ever allow it due to spam.

gizmo
08-07-2019, 02:15 PM
I don't understand, do you need a secret server address or do you have to get a free trial with a credit card?

In any case, if there are ways to post articles for free, however slow, then that's (great) news to me. I thought none of the free services would ever allow it due to spam.

Usenet is older than Internet, and in the 80s we used it as discussion-platform only. Usenet-"articles" are short text-snippets (50-100kb). We sent this "articles" to theme-"groups" stored on thousands redundant servers around the world. Users could subscribe to theme-groups, they are interested in.

Over the years data-speed becomes faster and faster, and the need for storing other things than short text-files came up. We found a way using the old 80s-article-structure for posting software, music, and videos:

Binary-Usenet was born.

(So a ZIP or RAR-file contains thousands of short 80s-"articles")

Today, in Usnenet-Forums you can find the same things, you find in OneClickHoster-Forums too. But all the Usenet-files are online for 3 years minimum and have thousands of mirrors around the world!

If you want to do secure uploads to a OneClickHoster, you can use VPNs from Asia or Africa.

But for Uploading to Usenet-servers, the providers want a subscription - normally.
(And a VPN is completely useless, if they have your Credit-Card-Number)

So the answer of your question is:

For doing Usenet-Uploads they want your data. (Credit Card - Pay Pal - Bank Account)
But Usenet-Uploaders want to keep their anonymity!

MSE
09-11-2019, 05:46 PM
There are providers who allow signup via Crypto currencies though. And you can use pre-paid credit cards. I think there are some providers who sell block accounts that allow posting, so you could get a cheap block with unlimited uploading.

juansan
09-18-2019, 03:24 PM
The Usenet-problem is not free downloading, the problem is Usenet-binary-UPLOAD for
free. For using normal UPLOAD-trial-accounts, you need a credit-card-number. Give your
number away, and your anonymity is gone!

I don't understand, do you need a secret server address or do you have to get a free trial with a credit card? :unsure:

In any case, if there are ways to post articles for free, however slow, then that's (great) news to me. I thought none of the free services would ever allow it due to spam.

As I know, you need only a server address.

CyberCitizen
10-03-2019, 07:21 AM
Is anyone still using Newzfinders?

Yes I am but not their actual application. I have xsusenet.com, Hitnew and Newsfinders which I have been using for free for the last 3-4 years without issue.

Created a task in Task Scheduler that executes a little program I wrote that registers a new user account with Hitnews every 2-3 days with the top 100 most popular first and surnames which it uses as the usernames and email addresses.
Used my domain name and setup sub domains like proxy, host etc and pointed the MX record to Mailnesia which are throw away addresses. Mailnesia auto accepts registration links and clicks the URL to accept.
The program then updates my SABNZBD with the new details and restarts the client. I have two backup block accounts which where 200GB and I have only used about 90GB of them.

As Newsfinders use Hitnews but has different IP connections I have multiple connections setup using both Hitnews and Newsfinders and max out my connection without issues.

It's free and it works much like a paid service so I am happy.

Hitnews I have downloaded: Total: 729.5 GB
Newsfinders I have downloaded: Total: 738.8 GB

rosstheintern35
03-06-2020, 03:41 AM
thanks for the tip on Mailnesia

merkin
03-06-2020, 09:53 PM
i use the free hitnews trials also..
easyusenet trial also..just need to find an online sms service.

r3tr0mkv
09-08-2021, 02:04 PM
I tried the Hitnews free trial sign-up to try to grab some missing articles but bo joy :cry:

johntheworried
10-04-2021, 05:19 AM
I tried the Hitnews free trial sign-up to try to grab some missing articles but bo joy :cry:
Ditto-it seems to charge 1 Euro for a 1 week trial now :( Not good.

anon
10-06-2021, 03:23 AM
All good things come to an end ;)

StreamerX
10-10-2021, 04:23 AM
my isp doesnt have IPv6

anon
10-11-2021, 02:35 AM
Neither does mine, despite having been in business for almost 25 years. Here are some tunnelbrokers you can try.


A tunnelbroker is a service that gives you access to the IPv6 Internet by encapsulating packets inside IPv4 ones and tunneling them between two points, somewhat similar to a VPN (but providing neither authentication nor encryption). The following tunnelbrokers use 6in4: protocol 41 encapsulation and static tunnels.


https://tunnelbroker.net/ - from Hurricane Electric. Gives you a /64 prefix out of the box and /48 upon request. Relays all over the world. Requires a pingable IPv4 address to set up the tunnel. Dynamic updates are supported.
https://tb.ip4market.ru/ - from IP4market. Gives you a /48 prefix. Relay in Russia. Asks for a phone number upon registration, but doesn't use it for anything. Dynamic updates are supported.
https://tb.netassist.ua/ - from NetAssist. Gives you a /48 prefix. Relay in Ukraine. Dynamic updates are supported.
https://freetransit.net/en/tunnel-broker-ipv6 - from freetransit.net (AS212895). Gives you a /56 or /64 prefix depending on your choice. Relays in several countries. Untested by me.

You can calculate how many addresses will be available to you with the formula 2^(128-x) where 'x' is the prefix size. The usual practice is to assign one /48 per customer, and let them divide in smaller /64 subnets as they please.

Anyway, I have tested all of these and they worked fine. Setup is easy and only involves running a few commands, but additional help is available if required. The only downside was high latency as a result of not having any relays close enough to my country. If you set up the tunnel in your router, you can have everything in your LAN receive IPv6 addresses from your allocated prefix transparently. In practice, this may be the only way to achieve that for more than one computer or at all, since 6in4 and NAT don't work well together. OpenWrt in particular has built-in tunnelbroker.net support, which solves the problem of having to reconfigure the tunnel whenever your external IPv4 address changes.

I think all IPv6 "test" Usenet servers have closed, though?

oldschool25
10-13-2021, 03:00 AM
Thas not good.

johntheworried
10-19-2021, 09:41 AM
Yeah, I think xs4all may have been the last...they finally shut down theirs earlier this year :(

anon
10-20-2021, 08:53 AM
XS Usenet is the only free one I know still in operation. Free-Usenet is gone, Just4Today is gone, nntp.pw is gone; free trials either are gone or require a valid credit card for verification. Almost like offering free access wasn't a good business model :P

Caballero
10-20-2021, 01:37 PM
[...]free trials either are gone or require a valid credit card for verification. Almost like offering free access wasn't a good business model :P

If you have a bank that allows you to create unlimited virtual credit card numbers you can still sign up for those free trials... ;)

anon
10-20-2021, 09:01 PM
Well, I don't have a credit card, unreal or otherwise :emo:

Also, it seems I was wrong, as Usenet.farm still has a no-questions-asked 10 GB free trial (but disposable e-mail addresses are blocked).

chuubaka
10-23-2021, 04:06 AM
I was able to get a free subscription on xsusenet. Thanks.

anon
12-08-2021, 04:39 AM
nntp.pw is gone

And now it's back :)

anon
12-19-2022, 12:07 PM
XS Usenet


Free Usenet retiring January 1

As of January 1, 2023 XS Usenet will be retiring its Free Usenet service.

Our Free Usenet service has always been our way of giving back to the community, something we have happily done for many years. There are however high costs associated in human resources and infrastructure with providing this service.
After over a decade of offering Free Usenet service to the community we have decided to completely shutdown our free service. Effective immediately, no new signups or support inquiries will be accepted and as of January 1 all Free Usenet subscriptions on our platform will be terminated.

The funds that we'll be freeing up will be deployed towards our capital expenditure budget for 2023 to support further product development in the VPN and Cloud Storage sector.

We appreciate your understanding and wish you a healthy and happy holiday season.

So long, and thanks for all the articles :)

anon
12-23-2022, 01:59 PM
https://test.xsnews.com/ :ninja:

Funkin'
01-01-2023, 01:25 AM
Do accounts become available on the reg?

anon
01-27-2023, 07:35 AM
I have no idea, but I just sent you mine since I haven't had time to try it anyway.