Newsgroups
 

Hello all,

What do I need to know and use to download form Newsgroups as I've been told these are a lot faster and safer then torrents. Any help would be great as to what programs to use etc.

Thank's in advance :)

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Here's probably the best guide you'll find...

http://www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=1

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Thank's for this.

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I'd also advise getting a premier ISP for newsgroups as NTL's own is pretty much useless (even more so at the minute as it's almost 75% incomplete). I use Easynews http://www.easynews.com/, they charge $9.99 a month for 20 Gig (about £5.50). There are other providers, everyone has their own favourite. :-)

DW

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Ive never used newsgroups before , im gonna plump for giganews but i need some idea of the best news reader to use . Any recommendations please :dunce:

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Newsleecher is great but it's not free.

You could try Grabit which is free.

Do yourself a favour and Google NZB sites as this is the easiest way to download stuff off newsgroups. Also check out http://www.nzbsrus.com/

Also you will need Quickpar for repairing missing or incomplete files. :)

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What you need assuming you're windows based :

(1) quickpar2 http://www.quickpar.org.uk/Download.htm download and install

(2) A binary newsreader : I have been using newsbin pro I stll prefer version 4 over 5 though.

(3) use newsreader to connect to news server : in my instance it's news.blueyonder.co.uk

(4) subscribe to some news groups eg alt.binaries.movies.divx and say download a file (all tar files and especially par files for that single post)

(5) Once downloads are complete goto the download directory double click on a par file and verify that you have all the files u need and that they are not corrupt.... if the post is corrupt repair

(6) extract file with winrar and enjoy

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www.newzbin.com is hard to beat for an indexing site and at 25p a week cant be sniffed at

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Thanks for the info everyone il give it a go :)

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Is it me or do you find that lacking in content recently?

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Dunno ive managed to find plenty lol

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giganews the daddy of em all if you're in doubt