OT: what are these

[Derek Trotter]

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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