newsgroups... what are they/how do they work

[No.1]

Originally Posted by Svensson Originally Posted by No.1 Originally Posted by Svensson Yes, Heroes is awesome! And guess how I obtain all my HD Heroes episodes... Exactly, newsgroups 8) could you post here... or pm me... a good free server... and any good groups to get hold of such HD content... i'm struggling to find stuff I would love to help you with a free server.. problem is, I don't use one myself I got tired of working with crappy free Dutch servers which only gave me incomplete files, so I decided to get a payserver. It costs me about €6,50 each month, but the retention is 50 days and I hardly ever get incomplete files, plus I can download files at my maximum internet connection speed. A good payserver is really recommended, imo even if you don't download huge amounts of data. It's just so much more convenient to work with. For Heroes and other TV shows, you should check out posts by NoPoints4U

cool... it seems giganews looks like a good service.

Yesterday, i got the error that alt.binaries.boneless is not availalbe on this server... do some of these groups appear only on payservers?

[Svensson]

That's another big reason to get a payserver. They support nearly all newsgroups, at least all the populair ones. Free servers often don't.
Giganews is a very good choice! Perhaps a bit expensive but they offer a lot.

[No.1]

Thx for the advice... i'll take a look around these sites before picking the most cost effective one... there is no point in paying loads for something that you can get cheaper elsewhere

[twboy1999]

i just join giganews

i have no idea what i am suppose to do now?


where do i download the stuff?

i need the clients or something?

[twboy1999]

finally figure out how to use it a little

here is a site about newsgroup, and how to use it

http://www.binaries4all.com/grabit/


so far i only tried the grabit client, and mabye is only grabit, but newsgroup seems so unorganize,,

[Svensson]

^ Yeah, that's the link I posted on the first page. Really informative.

Grabit is the easiest newsreader to begin with. Imo Newsleecher with its "Supersearch" function is better, but it's not a free service. The "problem" with usenet is indeed that it can be a bit unorganized if you don't know what to look for. That's why there are indexing services & communities which tell you exactly what has been posted, at what location and by what name, so it's a piece of cake to find exactly what your looking for.

@ No.1: Already found the new Heroes episode?

[twboy1999]

so with this
vinsearch.net

basically i search for what i want, and from teh result i put check marks on what i want to download and then click creat NZB rite?

Originally Posted by Svensson ^ Yeah, that's the link I posted on the first page. Really informative. Grabit is the easiest newsreader to begin with. Imo Newsleecher with its "Supersearch" function is better, but it's not a free service. The "problem" with usenet is indeed that it can be a bit unorganized if you don't know what to look for. That's why there are indexing services & communities which tell you exactly what has been posted, at what location and by what name, so it's a piece of cake to find exactly what your looking for. @ No.1: Already found the new Heroes episode?

[No.1]

Originally Posted by Svensson ^ Yeah, that's the link I posted on the first page. Really informative. Grabit is the easiest newsreader to begin with. Imo Newsleecher with its "Supersearch" function is better, but it's not a free service. The "problem" with usenet is indeed that it can be a bit unorganized if you don't know what to look for. That's why there are indexing services & communities which tell you exactly what has been posted, at what location and by what name, so it's a piece of cake to find exactly what your looking for. @ No.1: Already found the new Heroes episode?

Cheers for the heads up... still got a few eps of the first part of season one to watch ops:

[No.1]

Originally Posted by twboy1999 i just join giganews i have no idea what i am suppose to do now? where do i download the stuff? i need the clients or something?

I'm thinking of signing up to Giganews... i'd be interested to hear what you think of the service, and the groups available :good:

I like the idea of a direct DL, rather than a P2P type thing

[twboy1999]

well
i am a newbie to newsgroup
so i really cant comment on if it is good or not

i just know newsgroup is very unorganize and soemtimes takes a while to find the files u want, because it is so unorganize

[Svensson]

Twboy1999,

What you need is to join something like a newsgroup community or forum, where members tell you exactly what they posted, where they posted it and under what exact filename. As you've probably experienced, it sometimes can be hard to find exactly what you're looking for, because people often post files on usenet under a "cryptic" name, or just a plain number. What a usenet community does, is provide a place where people can report what they posted or spotted on usenet, together with more info concerning the files.

A very good community in the Netherlands is FTD. It's only available in Dutch, but binaries4all have written an English tutorial on how to download the program and how exactly to use it. It's very handy!

Check it out here: http://www.binaries4all.com/ftd

[twboy1999]

svensson
thanks for the help

with FTD
the way i donwload NZB is with other user's post rite? like they will link a place where i can download the NZB rite?

[twboy1999]

anyone know any english base usenet forum? like where all the users post waht they find

[twboy1999]

i found a pretty good site

they have daily upload of NZB files

http://nzbmatrix.com/nzb.php


if anyone got goodies please share