Usenet

[Michael Butash]

Definitely not a good idea to diy when trying to index/search across a 
_lot_ of records like that.  I remember the Agent usenet client back in 
the late 90's included a search function once you pulled headers, 
searching anything, and then watching as win98 would lock up for 10 
minutes.  The indexers and search engines now are great.

Oh yeah, nzbmatrix works best with an api key, you can feed apps 
directly from it (most want/require this).  I think it was 7 bucks usd 
for a lifetime (or until sued to death, just because).  Service is 
mostly well worth it too.

There is some tco involved, but even for me being a cheap bastard, I'd 
rather pay $11/mo and $7 once for all the content I could want via 
usenet than 180 channels on cox for $150/mo and still be po'd nothing is 
on.  The RI|MPAA would sternly disapprove of your choice however as 
billionaires might starve to death, or something.

Sickbeard (tv shows), couchpotato (movies), and apparently headphone now 
too (for music), are the way to go for ultimate lazy consumer media 
harvesting with sab via usenet from a browser or phone.  Search any of 
them you'll find a ton of how-to's.

-mb


On 08/20/2012 07:20 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
> Thanks. I'll give Sabnzbd and nzbmatrix a try. I originally wanted to
> download the headers for each group and search them because usenet
> search engines I've tried work, but sometimes don't find something that
> another will. However I gave up on that idea because every usenet client
> I tried doesn't handle the larger groups well.
>
>
>
> On 8/20/2012 18:53, Michael Butash wrote:
>> Sabnzbd all the way if you're intentions are harvesting binaries. I
>> use it on linux, but there's win/mac versions too. I've heard the
>> windoze install is braindead easy, but if you use under linux, get the
>> latest via ppa, not the repo version.
>>
>> NZBMatrix.com is good for an indexer and search engine for it. I have
>> sabsheep on my phone that works between the two to search/point and
>> click download files from the droid.
>>
>> -mb
>>
>>
>> On 08/20/2012 08:28 AM, Josh Coffman wrote:
>>> I don't personally have experience with usenet but I saw this article on
>>> lifehacker.com <http://lifehacker.com> a while ago:
>>> http://lifehacker.com/5601586/how-to-get-started-with-usenet-in-three-simple-steps
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:expat.arizonan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I remember recently someone here saying they harvest files from
>>> usenet, but I forgot who it was. Anyway I have a question or two.
>>> Which newsreader would you recommend for large groups? Does it run
>>> on linux or windows?
>>>
>>> Thanks
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