HOWTO download from usenet Rating Options

[Tim Osman]

Just a heads up for those that don't know about usenet.
Lots of good stuff gets posted there for all to leech, (I heard some 3 TB's per day gets uploaded if you counted all the groups)
uploading is good but not required so just help yourself to downloads that you want


Usenet has been around for ages and it is still a good way to distribute files in many ways but can be a bit more confusing to begin than P2P & may not be good for everyone.

upside
1, you only have to upload once then we all download from our newservers cache
2, people can start downloading pieces before you have even finished sending up
3, paid services that don't have logging are to some degree anon

downside
1, things don't get archived for very long
2, most isp's don't allow posting cause it's traceable and they get complaints. (gotta get a proper paid service for that)
3, some people's isp's don't offer this service or it is so limited or slow as to be unuseable

I recommend Grabit for a good free nzb complatible multi-threaded newsreader for M$. here's some links on HOWTO
the ed2k & the first 2 http urls have step by step guides with pictures....love those pictures

Ed2k: HOW.TO.get.music.from.Usenet.(alt.binaries).incl.tutorial.and.Win.software.zip
Torrent: HOW.TO.get.music.from.Usenet.(alt.binaries).incl.tutorial.and.Win.software.zip.t
orrent

it's a little bit old now & written for the music groups, but you will get the idea


http://abvcd.how.to/
http://www.help4newbies.fsnet.co.uk/home.htm
http://www.timdoc.com/
http://www.faqs.org/usenet/
http://www.slyck.com/ng.php


google search for free usenet servers
http://www.usenetsupport.com/component/opt...id,32/board,4.0
http://services.triceron.com/usenet/srvlist.php

good reference sites:
http://www.searchlore.org/usenet.htm
http://www.usenettools.net/

free nzb indexing sites:
http://www.tvnzb.com
http://www.nzbsrus.com
http://www.nzb-files.nl.nu
http://www.nzbzone.com
http://www.nfonews.com
http://www.o-4-n.co.uk
http://www.nzbmonster.com
http://www.tops1t3.com
http://www.newsreactor.net
http://www.filesplit.org
http://www.binsearch.info
http://www.binaries.nl
http://nzb.xsnews.nl

paid nzb indexing sites:
http://www.newzbin.com
http://www.nzb4u.com
http://www.ngindex.com


Helpful Links
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Usenet Clients:
Xnews http://xnews.newsguy.com/
Agent http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php
Newsbin http://www.newsbin.com/
BNR2 http://www.bnr2.org/
PAR2 Utilities:
Windows http://www.quickpar.org.uk/
Unix/Linux http://parchive.sourceforge.net/
Mac OSX http://www.xs4all.nl/~gp/MacPAR_deLuxe/

Extract a sample: http://codeccorner.com/usenethelp/WinRar.html#brokenpic
yEnc Guide: http://www.yenc.org
WinRAR: http://www.rarlab.com/
QuickSFV: http://www.smr-usenet.com/tutor/sfv.shtml
NFOPad: http://www.help4newbies.fsnet.co.uk/files/nfopad.zip
Codecs: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_so...cs_and_filters/
Posting Guide: http://www.help4newbies.fsnet.co.uk/posting_guide.htm

News Servers
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Subscription-based
Easynews http://www.easynews.com
Giganews http://www.giganews.com
Supernews http://www.supernews.com
Newshosting http://www.newshosting.com
Block or Subscription
Octanews http://www.octanews.com
Shared-Secrets http://www.shared-secrets.com



...so if you don't know about it and are interested read one of those guides & check it out and see if you get access already.
Look on your ISP's website for info, the address to use is almost always news.yourisp.com example: news.chello.fr

I will try to answer any questions you may have, provided they are Smart Questions


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