Req: Help Im new!

Hi All,

I have been torrenting for a while and heard how good NZB are. I have cox as provider and plan on using their Newsgroup.
Can anyone help and give me directions on setting up for using Newsgroups to download movies, tv shows.
I don't understand how the index sites work. I know you search for a file and select all the parts and download the nzb file. Then you use a client and open the file. But are all the files on all the newsgroups servers at the same time? how do I find files which are available to be downloaded from my newsgroup from Cox?

Provider: Cox
Client? --- can you recommend
NZB index: i don't know which one to use. I asked for a invite for newsbin but havent received one yet.


please help.

x

get newsbin, and then search the NZB index they have on this forum. thats all u need.

I use grabIt here -->> http://www.shemes.com/ You can open the .nbz there and once download is complete it repairs an extract.

to get nbz files here in the NBX index/forum or
http://newzleech.com/
http://www.binsearch.info/

have fun :D

my tools

news provider: giganews.com
client: altbinz.net
index site: v3.newzbin.com & newzleech.com
scene release site: rlslog.net & scenereleases.info & releasecrawler.org

start here for learning newsgroups: http://www.slyck.com/ngnew.php

:) i never wanna download another torrent file ever again :)

i can't seem to download anything from cox.... how do i know that the file i get from nzb indexes will be able to dl from cox ?

sickest, good idea :D

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Originally Posted by X

i can't seem to download anything from cox.... how do i know that the file i get from nzb indexes will be able to dl from cox ?

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if ur serious about dling from newsgroups u better spend some money on a good news provider that has good retention and completion. giganews is the best there is if u ask me.

like i said, the availability (retention) is totally dependant on the news provider. in ur case, cox sounds like "cocks" to me :D

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Originally Posted by djnitehawk

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Originally Posted by X

i can't seem to download anything from cox.... how do i know that the file i get from nzb indexes will be able to dl from cox ?

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if ur serious about dling from newsgroups u better spend some money on a good news provider that has good retention and completion. giganews is the best there is if u ask me.

like i said, the availability (retention) is totally dependant on the news provider. in ur case, cox sounds like "cocks" to me :D

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lol...

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Originally Posted by sickest

get newsbin, and then search the NZB index they have on this forum. thats all u need.

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Now wait, this isn't technically 100% correct, you still need a connection through an NNTP server, and a client...

THEN, that's all you need! :P

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Originally Posted by louderplease

I use grabIt here -->> http://www.shemes.com/ You can open the .nbz there and once download is complete it repairs an extract.

to get nbz files here in the NBX index/forum or
http://newzleech.com/
http://www.binsearch.info/

have fun :D

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For a newbie I also recommend Grabit as your client also. Once you got to grips with things move on.

To get the best out of usenet I also suggest paying for a server. I have no idea about Cox as I am not from the US. But it is possibly a load of old Cox.

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Originally Posted by X

i can't seem to download anything from cox.... how do i know that the file i get from nzb indexes will be able to dl from cox ?

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Cox outsources newsgroups to Higwinds. If the retention on the Cox servers is 30 days, don't load a NZB for a post that is older than 30 days (duh!). You are limited to 4 connections total; split them 2-2 in case one of the server farms fails to send a part or parts:

2 connections - news.east.cox.net - port 119 - no login
2 connections - news.west.cox.net - port 119 - no login

Okay all you Cox yuckers, start downloading!