Newsgroups

[boxboy]

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

[Gareth]

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

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

[boxboy]

Thank's for this.

[Delta Whiskey]

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

[wigro]

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

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by wigro

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

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.

[The Jackal]

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

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

[wigro]

Thanks for the info everyone il give it a go

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

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

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

Dunno ive managed to find plenty lol

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by Damien

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

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