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Re: download newsgroup binaries from a web site
de Vlad 06/20/2006 04:44
hummingbird wrote:
> 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 :-(
I was equally disapointed