Newsgroups...

3dcandy · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:19

Hi all, after years of not bothering I've just decided to start looking at newsgroups again. I've set up thunderbird to read my newsgroups but it's pants tbh, so can anyone help point me in the right direction. just using the BT newsgroups for now...

Garee · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:20

http://sabnzbd.org/

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Astraweb Unlimited £7 a month

3dcandy · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:23

Not willing to pay tbh. Funds are tight, so just using BT for now! Thanks for the link though

3dcandy · 5 Apr 2011 at 21:14

Would rather have one program to read/download tbh than sabnzbd. Any ideas?

Engram · 5 Apr 2011 at 21:19

Are you trying to read binary newsgroups or text newsgroups?

Newsleecher is good for binaries. Not free though.

tntcoder · 5 Apr 2011 at 21:20

3dcandy said:
Would rather have one program to read/download tbh than sabnzbd. Any ideas?

Are you talking about text/message based newsgroups or binary based?

Mattus · 5 Apr 2011 at 21:44

I think you really need to pay to get anything out of binary newsgroups. Free hosts just don't have the retention and randomly don't pick up posts, which is annoying when you're downloading 20-part files and one part is always missing.

3dcandy · 5 Apr 2011 at 22:07

Well maybe in the future, but funds don't allow it just now. Erm binary newsgroups..I think..erm..

Morfik · 5 Apr 2011 at 22:33

Unzbin & GrabIt are both free and decent. SSL doesn't work that well in GrabIt but doubt you get that with BT anyway.

3dcandy · 5 Apr 2011 at 22:35

Cheers, will check them out...

Cyclone · 6 Apr 2011 at 05:59

BT newsgroups are in fact Giganews. You should get the same 'goodies' as if you were paying but, as you're not, they will come down slower.

There's a free version of Alt.Binz which is highly recommended.

http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm#UK

3dcandy · 6 Apr 2011 at 06:39

I did know that it was Giganews, been years (about 10!) since I last looked at them and they've changed soooo much!

MikeHunt79 · 6 Apr 2011 at 07:02

3dcandy said:
Hi all, after years of not bothering I've just decided to start looking at newsgroups again. I've set up thunderbird to read my newsgroups but it's pants tbh, so can anyone help point me in the right direction. just using the BT newsgroups for now...

google groups is pretty good

thewanted · 6 Apr 2011 at 07:17

Google "free IPv6 news servers". You'll find some good stuff

Jimmy1983 · 10 Apr 2011 at 14:04

Morfik said:
SSL doesn't work that well in GrabIt but doubt you get that with BT anyway.

What problems you suffering?

Amp34 · 10 Apr 2011 at 14:35

Cyclone said:
BT newsgroups are in fact Giganews. You should get the same 'goodies' as if you were paying but, as you're not, they will come down slower.

There's a free version of Alt.Binz which is highly recommended.

http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm#UK

That's interesting. What's the server etc? I can only find details of BT specific text newsgroups on the BT pages...

SexyGreyFox · 10 Apr 2011 at 15:42

Newsleecher plus Supersearch and I hate to say this but /end thread.

I have used every method over the years and was part of the Newzbin team for some time but I tried the above combo last year and it is awesome.

MikeHunt79 · 10 Apr 2011 at 15:57

thewanted said:
Google "free IPv6 news servers". You'll find some good stuff

Indeed, I'm amazed people pay for newsgroup access when you can access newsgroups for free if you know what you're doing...

That said, I don't really bother with newsgroups now... My hard drive is full as it is and I have more than enough Linux distros for now...

mrk · 10 Apr 2011 at 21:01

People pay because they want the long retention only a pay for account gives. These free ones go back 120~ days and even less for most ISP provided ones.

http://forums.sabnzbd.org/index.php?topic=51.0

I'd rather keep my Astraweb.

£7 for 900+ days retention is peanuts and gives more freedom. And SSL.

Robert · 11 Apr 2011 at 07:36

Spot on Khan. I wouldn't touch any usenet provider without SSL.