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Supercow · 21 Dec 2006 at 16:57

Mikol said:
Is that Newsbin Pro? I may have to have a look at that. Granted my lappy is much slower, but automatically unrarring could save a lot of time. Would be cool if it could automatically repair using pars too, then unrar, all without intervention.

edit - I see newsbin are hoping to integrate the repair feature at some point. That would be awesome.

Yea tis great aint it, plus when you buy it, upgrades are free, bargain at £30 odd if you ask me

beh · 21 Dec 2006 at 17:07

Retention and completion a bit poor (free nildram news account was handy for fills) but otherwise was getting speeds of several mbit/s last week at uni. So, cheers to the OP

Oh, and newsleecher is a good newsreader.

fornowagain · 21 Dec 2006 at 18:03

beh said:
Oh, and newsleecher is a good newsreader.

There is an extension for Newsleecher called NewsSearcher 0.6.1, if you want to use Supersearch without the fee. Uses alternative back-end servers, all public.

5ingh · 19 Jan 2007 at 12:15

**Bump**

Is this still working for anyone else? It looks like they've extended the trial period to 1st feb.

Tobes · 19 Jan 2007 at 12:21

dmpoole I forgot to that you for helping me out which is quite rude.

So thanks

I haven't gotten around to it yet but I copied it all down on my computer for when I have a chance.

SexyGreyFox · 19 Jan 2007 at 12:26

Tob3z said:
dmpoole I forgot to that you for helping me out which is quite rude.

no problem.

Jabbs · 19 Jan 2007 at 15:12

Ive tried loads of news readers and Newsleecher wins imo, super search function is great and if you want auto unpacking download a program called Auto Unpack, it repairs/unrars/ then deletes the rars.

wesley · 19 Jan 2007 at 16:01

OOOPS, i forgot all about you. dmpoole, pls forgive me

i've signed up binnews at the other day. thanks mate

SexyGreyFox · 19 Jan 2007 at 16:15

wesley said:
OOOPS, i forgot all about you. dmpoole, pls forgive me

i've signed up binnews at the other day. thanks mate

Did you find the nbuff (search) program so that it puts all the headers into your Newsreader?
If not email me.

Buckster · 24 Mar 2007 at 21:09

anyone still using the easynews.nl free server ?

notice it is still running but you have to register with your email ?

Is it a scam - or just a genuine sort of beta test ?

thanks, Mark.

Strikeforce · 24 Mar 2007 at 23:41

Mikol said:
Is that Newsbin Pro? I may have to have a look at that. Granted my lappy is much slower, but automatically unrarring could save a lot of time. Would be cool if it could automatically repair using pars too, then unrar, all without intervention.

edit - I see newsbin are hoping to integrate the repair feature at some point. That would be awesome.

Newsleecher Beta 2 will do this as well, it auto repairs and unpacks.

Kol · 25 Mar 2007 at 00:44

Strikeforce said:
Newsleecher Beta 2 will do this as well, it auto repairs and unpacks.

Cheers mate

Since my last post, albeit a few months ago, I've been using autounpack, which does a great job, though I notice in newsleecher that there is this option. I'll give it a shot, though my current setup works perfectly on my main machine, rather, than my laptop

Buckster · 25 Mar 2007 at 08:07

tried it last night and it works a treat - and maxes out my 4MB connection

not bad for free.

Mark.

Noxis · 25 Mar 2007 at 11:17

Missed this thread first and second time around.

Can I suggest if people are serious about Usenet they try the absolute best combo available? (there is literally is no other).

Giganews + Newsleecher. Worth every penny. 100 Days retention on Giganews and 120 day search in Newsleechers SuperSearch. You never have to download group headers, retention is the longest of ALL providors it will max whatever connection you have (we have 100mb at work... I can max that on Giganews) and its completion is about 99.99%.

Any questions, let me know. I am the Newsmaster at the ISP I work for but I have only been given funds for about 6 days retention

A news feed is around 2.5TB a day. The problem lies with needing very VERY fast storage so that thousands of people can be hitting it at the same time while also having redudancy.

SexyGreyFox · 25 Mar 2007 at 11:58

What exactly does Newsleechers Super Search search for?
Does it look for NZB files or does it look for individual files like my Binnews + Newshosting combo does?

Kol · 25 Mar 2007 at 12:10

dmpoole said:
What exactly does Newsleechers Super Search search for?
Does it look for NZB files or does it look for individual files like my Binnews + Newshosting combo does?

individual files like Binnews + Newshosting combo does

SexyGreyFox · 25 Mar 2007 at 13:05

Mikol said:
individual files like Binnews + Newshosting combo does

Excellent but the advantage of the Binnews + Newsbin + Newshosting combo is that I can also browse around the Binnews site into different categories as well as filling up my newsreader.

Jimbo · 25 Mar 2007 at 16:10

I tried getting my head around newsgroups in the past and had a little success at it. So basicly I need a an account.. like easynews, then a client like newsbin? and a par reader? like auto unpack/quickpar?

I also have Nildram as an isp, it says i have newsgroup access, but doesn't explain one iota how to set up access??

Im really confused, sorry. How do I get my username password for nildram newsgroup access? anyone know?? :confused:

and whats the best free news reader to start with? must be easy to use.

Buckster · 25 Mar 2007 at 16:16

to start with - just try out this free one - its great

and download trial of newsleecher

Mark.

Jimbo · 25 Mar 2007 at 16:20

OK im trying out this one but using Newsbin pro as a reader.