newsgroup help

[gopes]

hi
I'm new to newsgroups and need some help please.
ive subscribed to nextgen news and downloaded sabnzbd-ive used usenet crawler for the nab links- I'm able to download the files but when i try to extract them, they all require a password.
when i follow the links to get the password i end up at mobile subscription sites
is there another way?

 

[howardb]

I would suggest nzbs, newztown or nzbgrabit or similar for your content - usenet crawler is terrible imo...
Most public ones have passwords on content, of which many contain nasties. Rather try not using public sites.

 

[gopes]

I would suggest nzbs, newztown or nzbgrabit or similar for your content - usenet crawler is terrible imo...
Most public ones have passwords on content, of which many contain nasties. Rather try not using public sites.

thanks ill try that.

 

[Acid0]

A bit of a resurrection (I did not want to start a new thread for this)

But could you guys give some advise.
I have newztown and nzbsa for my nzb files.
Linked in with Astra web.

Now my problem is when I get the files down its most of the time got missing articles.
Is there a combination that works for you guys to have most of the files attached when completed.

Thank You

 

[howardb]

I tend to use the local servers for the under 20 day articles, and my int news provider for all older articles. Works well with minimal missing articles.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

A bit of a resurrection (I did not want to start a new thread for this)

But could you guys give some advise.
I have newztown and nzbsa for my nzb files.
Linked in with Astra web.

Now my problem is when I get the files down its most of the time got missing articles.
Is there a combination that works for you guys to have most of the files attached when completed.

Thank You

I personally had lots of issues with missing articles on Astra in the past as they seem to get the full brunt of DMCA takedowns. I moved to another provider (Usenetbucket) and I have a backup 10GB block account with Newsdemon which helps if the primary provider has missing articles.

 

[gopes]

Hi
I use nzbgrabit and sometimes newztown with nextgennews........seems to work for me

 

[Joka69]

There is not much you can do if you get the missing blocks issue, other then just re downloading the file.

 

[LazyLion]

A lot of us have a monthly subscription to one nntp provider (like SuperNews) and then we have a second cheaper subscription or a "block" subscription to a second provider to fill in the gaps (I'm using UseNetBucket as the second provider).

 

[Joka69]

A lot of us have a monthly subscription to one nntp provider (like SuperNews) and then we have a second cheaper subscription or a "block" subscription to a second provider to fill in the gaps (I'm using UseNetBucket as the second provider).

I use nextgen news, & have also lately been getting alot of dpwnloads whereby some blocks are missing, and ive tried ur block accounts, but for some reason they never work? So I rather just mass update my sickbeard and tell it to change my 'snatched' files to 'wanted' & that usually does the trick.

 

[howardb]

I found the local IS nntp server is really good for current stuff (under 20 days), with very few missing blocks, whilst the paid servers lose stuff quickly these days...