OT: what are these

[Kevin Brown]

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binary files encoded as text for posting to usenet.
> These usenet index posts and the files they point to are something 
> new.  Any I've seen only go back a few weeks.  Normally a usenet post 
> would have a subject that gave some clue as to what is in that post.
>
> On 06/30/2013 10:15 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote:
>> 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 <mailto: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
>>     <mailto: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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>>
>>     Patrick Moore
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