Re: download newsgroup binaries from a web site

de hummingbird 06/20/2006 03:38

On 20 Jun 2006 05:57:54 -0700 'Vlad'
posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:

>hummingbird wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:11:20 +0200 'Yrrah'
>> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
>>
>> >hummingbird <OPRBMDQMZNLV@spammotel.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> How do you d/l a file? I can't find the secret formula!
>> >
>> >The morons are bullshitting. They haven't downloaded a file from a
>> >binaries group through that site. It only allows you to make and
>> >download nzb files.
>>
>> Exactly. That's what I discovered.
>> I'm not even sure what .nzb files are or what they do...
>
>The web-site allows you to browse the binary forums and essentially
>create a type of 'shopping list' or 'download list' - you can then feed
>this list (.nzb file) into an appropriate newsreeder. If you have a
>usenet account that has access to the relevent binaries forums then the
>newsreeder will then go and download the files you selected.
>
>The advantage is you don't need to download all the headers from a
>forum in order to find a binary you want.
>
>This is my understanding of it but I am sure someone will correct me if
>I have got it wrong :-)

OK I'll buy that more or less. It seems that you still need a Usenet
account for the relevant newsgroups to d/l the binaries. I had hoped
that this website got around that issue by allowing d/l through HTTP
instead of NNTP. No such luck :-(