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,
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup
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> On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Derek Trotter
> <expat.arizonan@gmail.com <mailto:expat.arizonan@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@alt.binaries.teevee <mailto:NzbIndexer@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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