Basic Guide to Usenet

[Funkysourav]

Hi guys
its like everyday that i hear people complain how Torrent Trackers have become a bitch to seed on
Our Indian ISPs have severely FUPed our survivability in those Private trackers where we get our daily dose from

so i thought i would post an entirely different method of getting the content you want
Its Newsgroups
Usenet newsgroup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (for detailed info)

Pros
Faster Speeds
No Seeder dependency
Secure connection over HTTPS are available
Tougher to block by your ISP
Anonymity
You don't need to seed-back or shit like that

Cons
Retention depends on your provider, for paid it may go as high as 1200 days but for free just over 380 days
Existence of fake files (to avoid this you should choose a user indexed site)

now onward to the small guide

First you need a Server or NewsGroup Provider
There are numerous providers out there like Astraweb,Giganews,Blocknews etc
they have retention running into 1200 days with 97% average completion rate
and are not free, you'd have to pay anything between 12$ to 20$ for a month of server access.
However if you want a free provider, you can try
XS Usenet - Free Usenet provider but the speeds are limited to 1Mbit for free usage and only just over 380 days retention
which means you can download files which have been uploaded a year ago at most

next you need a Client
since you are a newbie i will recommend you UNZBin
it is simple intuitive (resembles uTorrent) and does the job beautifully
or you can try SabNZBD+ the best newsgroup client available
though there might be a learning curve involved

Lastly you need some place to download those NZB files from(NZB is to newsgroups as .torrent files are to Bittorrent)
Personally i like FilesharingTalk.com
it is a forum where you need to register to gain access to their NZB database
you can check out NZBsrus and NZBclub too

That's all you need to get started right now


in the next phase of this tutorial(2-3 weeks from now) i will introduce two new softwares that will come in handy
QuickPar and NZB Completion Checker
Quickpar helps repair an incomplete download
NZBCC checks whether the file in question is indexed fully at your Provider before the downloading begins

Recommended read
http://filesharingta...guide-to-usenet
http://filesharingta...-Indexing-sites!

check out the above guides as well
my guide is just a newbie friendly and somewhat incomplete version when compared to those guide

p.s.
i made this guide over a month ago on another forum
thought you guys may find it of some use

STOP SOPA PIPA

[INDRANIL]

Good Job Sourav . That will surely help the newcomers !! Cheers .

[Bearcat]

Well done Funkysourav! Appreciate your taking the time to write this post!

[BigGuy]

Thank you Funkysourav. You did a great job!

[pandalittle]

Hi guys
its like everyday that i hear people complain how Torrent Trackers have become a bitch to seed on
Our Indian ISPs have severely FUPed our survivability in those Private trackers where we get our daily dose from

so i thought i would post an entirely different method of getting the content you want
Its Newsgroups
Usenet newsgroup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (for detailed info)

Pros
Faster Speeds
No Seeder dependency
Secure connection over HTTPS are available
Tougher to block by your ISP
Anonymity
You don't need to seed-back or shit like that

Cons
Retention depends on your provider, for paid it may go as high as 1200 days but for free just over 380 days
Existence of fake files (to avoid this you should choose a user indexed site)

now onward to the small guide

First you need a Server or NewsGroup Provider
There are numerous providers out there like Astraweb,Giganews,Blocknews etc
they have retention running into 1200 days with 97% average completion rate
and are not free, you'd have to pay anything between 12$ to 20$ for a month of server access.
However if you want a free provider, you can try
XS Usenet - Free Usenet provider but the speeds are limited to 1Mbit for free usage and only just over 380 days retention
which means you can download files which have been uploaded a year ago at most

next you need a Client
since you are a newbie i will recommend you UNZBin
it is simple intuitive (resembles uTorrent) and does the job beautifully
or you can try SabNZBD+ the best newsgroup client available
though there might be a learning curve involved

Lastly you need some place to download those NZB files from(NZB is to newsgroups as .torrent files are to Bittorrent)
Personally i like FilesharingTalk.com
it is a forum where you need to register to gain access to their NZB database
you can check out NZBsrus and NZBclub too

That's all you need to get started right now


in the next phase of this tutorial(2-3 weeks from now) i will introduce two new softwares that will come in handy
QuickPar and NZB Completion Checker
Quickpar helps repair an incomplete download
NZBCC checks whether the file in question is indexed fully at your Provider before the downloading begins

Recommended read
http://filesharingta...guide-to-usenet
http://filesharingta...-Indexing-sites!

check out the above guides as well
my guide is just a newbie friendly and somewhat incomplete version when compared to those guide

p.s.
i made this guide over a month ago on another forum
thought you guys may find it of some use

STOP SOPA PIPA

hi first of all thank you for this Guide to Usenet ! it's a first time I try it.

I got a license of XS Usenet Free Account.

but when I try to download with UNZBin ,that's a portable one

in setting -- Server :

Hostname : reader.xsusenet.com

Port(s): 119

Usename :xxxmy name
Passwors:xxmypass


I got a message that 381Pass required!

Could someon tell me why ?

[hal9000]

If you change reader.xsusenet.com to free.xsusenet.com, it seems to work OK. Worked for me.

I got one of those free accounts and I'm afraid to say, the major problem is still there.... Downloaded 4 files (not warez) and 3 of them had trojans. Just deleted the forth without bothering to check.

[pandalittle]

hi hal9000 it works ! as you said I 've just changed the reader.xsusenet.com to free.xsusenet.com ! thank you ! and have a nice day !

[drdev20051]

Hi... I have read so many articles on this as i m a newbie..

Still I m confused about the following thing ...
plz solve the confusion .. thnx ...

As far as I understand ,
xsusenet is usenet provider (server) ,
sabnzbd is a news reader .( we can download using sabnzbd)
nzbmatrix is nzb provider .

ok , now , xsusenet writes 400+ days retention .
nzbmatrix also writes 20 days retention .(and 1500+ days retention for vip members )

now I want to ask that I can access the nzb file which is upto 20 days old , right ?So , these will be downloaded in xsusenet also ..right ? but if I go for vip membership and download nzb file which is >500days old , it will be not downloaded from xsusenet . , m I right ?

[Funkysourav]

Hi... I have read so many articles on this as i m a newbie..

Still I m confused about the following thing ...
plz solve the confusion .. thnx ...

As far as I understand ,
xsusenet is usenet provider (server) ,
sabnzbd is a news reader .( we can download using sabnzbd)
nzbmatrix is nzb provider .

ok , now , xsusenet writes 400+ days retention .
nzbmatrix also writes 20 days retention .(and 1500+ days retention for vip members )

now I want to ask that I can access the nzb file which is upto 20 days old , right ?So , these will be downloaded in xsusenet also ..right ? but if I go for vip membership and download nzb file which is >500days old , it will be not downloaded from xsusenet . , m I right ?

yes you are correct
you can't download anything older than your usenet server's retention(380 days in your case)
NZB files are just waypoints to a specific file you wish to download

[drdev20051]

thnx for d reply ....Funkysourav .

1 more thing I have in mind ( for understanding ).
these news providers (usenet providers ) are different and have their different servers , right ?
then what is the actual server where all files are available ? I mean what is the server of news groups from where these providers take the data ..

Cant we take the data directly from news groups in a way these providers take the data ?

thnx...