Newsgroups - i don't get it

[Ingah]

I thought i'd try newgroups out to download files, having never used them before.

So i've signed up for a free trial on a decent server (Newshosting), logged in successfully via Grabit, obtained a list of groups and subscribed to one etc, but i'm struggling to work out how to download a "full" file, rather than simply a few parts of one (i literally can't find a "recent" file that's complete - i'm assuming the search function only lists a certain number of items found and so i can't find every single part - nor a "get all parts" button). Edit: Apart from ~20MB RAR files that seem to exclusively contain a virus-ridden .exe file (?)

I'm aware that NZB files might be a solution, but i don't want to pay (as it seems you almost have to), just to get hold of them. And it does strike me as odd that the search function isn't any good for large files. Which means i'm probably not doing it right

Help!
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[Drew]

[ThoughtContro...]

binsearch.info

Type what you want into search box

Sort the wheat from the chaff (passworded/fake/trojans etc)

Tick which collection/files you want

Click on Create nzb and load it into Grabit



If unsure whether an encode is a bag of shit, just download .part01 and 2 (or .rar .r00) and unrar and check "keep broken file"

Play the broken avi in VLC ignoring any warnings. If the first couple of minutes are not in Wiganese and are good, then get the rest.
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[Ingah]

[Ingah]

[ThoughtContro...]

Maybe their retention is spotty or the propagation for that file was crap. Their oldest file might be 1200+ days. But 100% completes might not be.

You even get "article not found" on giganews occasionally. That's why we have pars.
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"In a world of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell

[ThoughtContro...]

Yep looks like binsearch is down.

https://www.nzbindex.nl maybe
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[Ingah]

[Frost]

https://nzbs.org/
https://www.nzbsrus.com/
www.newzbin.com/ <- the best one there is, but it's not free
the downloader i use is SABnzbd+
I use giganews as the provider.
It's maxed out every connection i've ever used it on including academic networks which usually block torrenting.

[UrbanRacer]

forget free newsgroup services, you need to subscribe and pay a monthly fee.

UseNext
Astraweb
Giganews

Those are the main ones, it'll cost you about £5-£8 per month and they are very fast, easily max out your net connection.

[Pedd]

https://nzbmatrix.com/index.php

have a look here too only have to pay if you want older nzb's even then its a one time donation. will do you untill you get your head around it
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[Nick 50]

It has been years since I used newsgroups but when I did they use them they pi$$ed all over torrents.

Set up I had:

Service Provider: https://www.newsdemon.com/

Software: https://www.newsleecher.com/?id=home

NZG Search: www.newzbin.com/

The thing is with newsgroups is either you do it full on or not at all. Full on option is you pay the money to get a very good system going.
I was on for about 3 years until the FBI started sniffing around. In that time I had full download speed on everything I downloaded and not once got a file with a virus or malware in it.

Newzbin has now been banned by many ISP's (including mine) so you will need to use a VPN service to get round the blocking (but has other benefits )

I would only go down the pay route if you intend to download A LOT of stuff (like 100GB+ a month). There are ways of making your money back though, but obviously that would involve being a bit naughty

[Ingah]

Got it working just fine now via Astraweb and Newszbin. Didn't really want to spend the tenner, but it's the only way i could find enough of the 'articles' i was after. Scrapped Newshosting because i was getting a lot more 'articles not found'.

Still finding a fair amount of articles not found even now etc - but QuickPar seems to sort a vast deal of those out, and it's miles better than before i paid Newzbin their couple of quid.

Cheers for the help guys, its not the most intuitive/price-efficient of systems but i can definitely see the upsides.
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[The Disapproving Brit]