Re: Good binaries group readers?

de YD 06/24/2006 02:58

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:47:32 +0200, Gert van der Kooij
<nomail@invalid.nl> wrote:

>In article <c1tj9252nqclccpcmetajtaocvk2b1lq8t@4ax.com>,
>ydtechHAT@techie.com says...
>> I'm currently using Grabit for my fill of tech e-books and tunes. The
>> problem is that it's a resource hog, bogs down the computer and takes
>> forever to sort the busier groups when updating. I like Xananews for
>> text and single-part files but it doesn't handle multi-parts very
>> well.
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions for something better? I'm using win2k pro
>> and not likely change in the foreseeable future.
>>
>> - YD.
>>
>>
>
>Don't download the headers but go to http://www.binsearch.info to
>generate nzb files. Use Grabit or any other 'nzb-capable' newsreader to
>import the nzb file and download the binaries you want.

In the end, that's what I did. Seemed a bit strange at first, but the
nzb format really works and gives the opportunity to look through ng's
I wouldn't normally see.

Thanks to all who replied.

- YD.

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