Giganews noob question.

[ciliatus]

okay, hopefully this is the last retarded question. what is my usenet server address?

[Kasen]

It's news.giganews.com
Your username/password will have been emailed to you.

Here are two excellent guides for beginners. Both aimed at one click downloading.

Grabit guide
alt.binz guide

I would use alt.binz first, it's really noob friendly especially if you're used to bittorrent.

Good luck

[MultiForce]

It's news.giganews.com
Your username/password will have been emailed to you.

Here are two excellent guides for beginners. Both aimed at one click downloading.

Grabit guide
alt.binz guide

I would use alt.binz first, it's really noob friendly especially if you're used to bittorrent.

Good luck

or news-europe.giganews.com (Europe)

[..:: c.R ::..]

i don't know about you guys and your "one-click" scripts but i would recommend that you use "NewsRover" It's designed for everyone, especially beginners.

If you want to "grow" as a usenet member, you should start off w/ a prog that delivers EVERY time and not something that is nzb-ONLY.

Good luck and there are no n00b questions when it comes to usenet, we all started out there at one time or another and we all had those same questions.

[ciliatus]

I appreciate everyone's help very much. right now I'm using grabit and I got to where I'm able to see the newsgroups and everything, but how do I download what I'm looking for? everytime I double click something I'm interested in in one of the newsgroups, all I get is a text document telling me what it is. Any help is appreciated.