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Re: download newsgroup binaries from a web site
de hummingbird 06/20/2006 06:19
On 20 Jun 2006 07:44:30 -0700 'Vlad'
posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
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>hummingbird wrote:
>> On 20 Jun 2006 05:57:54 -0700 'Vlad'
>> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
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>> >hummingbird wrote:
>> >> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:11:20 +0200 'Yrrah'
>> >> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
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>> >> >hummingbird <OPRBMDQMZNLV@spammotel.com> wrote:
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>> >> >> 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 :-)
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>> 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 :-(
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>I was equally disapointed
There must be a huge market for such a thing ...it would allow use of
download managers - eg FlashGet.