Is this a real Usenet download?

[anon]

I found it on a obscure site. Just sent you the link through a fake warning (it's explained in the PM)

[MysticRiffs]

Thanks heaps for the responses, everyone - it seems that they weren't legitimate Usenet links at all, and they did indeed send me to usenet.nl. The only thing that keeps this confusing is that the entry on the blog responsible for the links listed a page number, and a file size - which suggests that there is, somewhere, a PDF version. Otherwise, where could the file size come from? Unless, of course, they made it up.

In any case, I guess I need to keep searching. Thanks again.

Cheers,
Franklint

Hmmmm... That actually sounds to me like what a lot of sites do with (or used to do with, I haven't seen it done for a while now, come to think of it) Binsearch. Is it possible that your results aren't actually fake, but instead merely pointing you to the correct place using usenet.nl, the exact same way other sites did with Binsearch? (Or still do, but I've forgotten which ones they are and no longer log in! lololololol)

The reason I ask is because you can read the header information and it will actually give you all the information you mention from that. I'd hate to see you ditch a potentially useful form of sourcing material is all, if it's only down to confusion of the issues.

Caveat - I could also be completely, utterly, and 100% money-back-guarantee wrong. I reckon it's worth checking out, if you like the way the site organises everything. If the layout doesn't make it easier for you to search... no point pursuing it.