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So I have decided to go the way of usenet.
I am busy setting up SABnzbd, however

Host: news.mweb.co.za
Port: 119
Connections: 3

This doesn't seem to work. Unless Mweb has changed the news domain.


pls help

Edit:
This is the response I get:: Could not determine connection result ()
 
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Dropped ages ago.

Dear MWEBBER,

Over the last few years, MWEB has partnered with Giganews to deliver the latest content on our Usenet service hosted on news.mweb.co.za. However, due to the extremely low uptake on the service, we have made the decision to terminate this service as of 23 October 2014.

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We thank you for your continued support.

Kind regards
The MWEB Team
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static_sa said:
So I have decided to go the way of usenet.
I am busy setting up SABnzbd, however

Host: news.mweb.co.za
Port: 119
Connections: 3

This doesn't seem to work. Unless Mweb has changed the news domain.


pls help

Edit:
This is the response I get:: Could not determine connection result ()
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MOrning, we no longer offer the news server service.

The MWEB news servers where decommissioned a while ago.
 
XperiAnce said:
Dropped ages ago.
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+1. Just another reason to ditch em

Your best bet would be to go with a paid service (astraweb, newsdemon, nextgen news). You can try xsuse for free, but it's not too great.
If you're a crystal Web customer, you get access to both is news server and a premium news server (NGN).
 
With the price of these services, one may as well get Netflix
 
DJ... said:
Free with Crystal Web, as mentioned...;)

And that's 2 news servers: one standard and one premium...
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unfortunately i'm not paying for the internet, so I have no say in what ISP to go with
 
DJ... said:
Free with Crystal Web, as mentioned...;)

And that's 2 news servers: one standard and one premium...
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Is this still the same server people complain about all the time?

NextGenNews?
 
Soul Assassin said:
Is this still the same server people complain about all the time?

NextGenNews?
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We've not encountered complaints all of the time whatsoever. Quite the contrary - it's one of the most stable upstream services we procure...
 
Soul Assassin said:
A couple of guys in this thread would beg to differ:

Lots of incompletes on news servers today
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Happened over the span of a few days. Prior to that, I think I encountered 1 issue over the past year, which was also sorted in a few days.

Fortunately IS news server was available and sufficient (and runs @ full speed, might I add).

Had it been the case where the ISP only had one news server and that was buggered(i.e. no redundancy / total loss of service), I'd be thoroughly cheesed off.
 
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