OT: what are these

[Lisa Kachold]

Hello Derek,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Tonight I'm messing with a usenet reader and found something I've never
> seen before.  There are posts each with  a subject like this.  Usenet Index
> Post 1372363474_2  These are text files.   Open one and you'll see
> something like this:
>
> Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815 - Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815.par2 yEnc
> (1/1)%122935*Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815 - Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815.part001.rar yEnc
> (1/622)%217941490*Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815 - Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815.part002.rar
> yEnc (1/622)%217922437*Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815 -
> Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815.part003.rar yEnc
> (1/622)%217938677*Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815 -
>
> The poster is always, as far as I can tell NzbIndexder@ followed by the
> name of the group they're posted in.  For example:
> NzbIndexer at alt.binaries.teevee
>
> Then I'll find posts with names like this: Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815.part170.rar
>
> I've seen people here give me tips on usenet harvesting so I'll ask if any
> of you how I can use these usenet index posts?  I've read that some usenet
> indexing sites have been forced to shut down.  I'm guessing these files are
> an attempt to get around the people who are trying to shut down the usenet
> indexing sites.  The names of the rar files give no clue as to what's in
> them.  If you don't know ahead of time what's in these files the only way
> to find out is to download one, which may be several GB in size.
>
> Does anyone know how to use these files?
>
> Thanks
>
> Derek
>
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>
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