The Power of NEWSGROUPS

Sircle this post is so VGE.

Sircle said:

seems like alotta fellow tribers havent every played around with these.

the newsgroups contain everything. let me say that again. the newsgroups contain everything.

with that being said, this thread will be about the newsgroups - how to set up a newsreader, how to use it, what to look for, where to look, etc.


the party starts soon here in the Newsgroup Shrine

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Newsgroups rool! Agent roolz even more ('specially since it's ha><ored...)!

DarkDonut said:

I have outlook express HOW DO I LOOK AT MY NEWSGROUP WITH IT

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not big enough

zoom in some more please

For retrieving binaries Agent is without a doubt the best there is.

BTW, don't forget to check out alt.games.starsiege.tribes

free said:

not big enough

zoom in some more please

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You're right. I should have.

For all you @home newsgroup newbies here is a little present for you. Keep in mind these lists might contain servers that do not work and some may be faster than others.
Also, the lists are not mine, i've simply reposted there contents as I found them with the original author's comments and what not intact.

Whoever posted about Forte Agent being the best newsreader is dead on. Easiest and fastest newsreader out there. It will automatically decode binaries for you as well. I suggest you download the full version from their website and then uhh, give www.astalavista.box.sk a visit. If you need some more help with this, find me in #nutshot.

Enjoy the list (Long)

Metro

BTW if you are not on @home, don't bother trying any of these servers, they won't work for you.

List of some @Home servers.



news.rdc1.ab.home.com
news.rdc1.az.home.com
news.rdc1.bc.home.com
news.rdc1.ct.home.com
news.rdc1.fl.home.com
news.rdc1.il.home.com
news.rdc1.md.home.com
news.rdc1.mi.home.com
news.rdc1.mn.home.com
news.rdc1.ne.home.com
news.rdc1.nj.home.com
news.rdc1.ny.home.com
news.rdc1.on.home.com
news.rdc1.sdca.home.com
news.rdc1.sfba.home.com
news.rdc1.pa.home.com
news.rdc1.tn.home.com
news.rdc1.tx.home.com
news1.rdc2.tx.home.com
news.rdc1.va.home.com
news.rdc1.wa.home.com
news.rdc1.occa.home.com
news.rdc1.bc.wave.home.com
news.rdc2.occa.home.com
lh2.rdc2.mi.home.com
news.etob1.on.wave.home.com
news.lndn1.on.wave.home.com
news.rchrd1.on.wave.home.com
news.ym1.on.wave.home.com
news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com
news1.rdc2.tx.home.com
news1.rdc1.on.home.com
news2.rdc1.on.home.com

US***
news.rdc1.wa.home.com 11 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.nj.home.com 13 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc2.tx.home.com 08 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.md.home.com 14 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.sdca.home.com 10 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.sfba.home.com 13 NODES FROM ME
news.rdc1.tn.home.com 11 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.tx.home.com 05 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc2.occa.home.com 10 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.va.home.com 12 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.az.home.com 09 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.ny.home.com 13 NODES FROM ME PINGS
news.rdc1.ct.home.com 12 NODES FROM ME PINGS
news.rdc1.fl.home.com 10 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.pa.home.com 13 NODES FROM ME
news.rdc1.mi.home.com 13 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.mn.home.com 13 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.ne.home.com 10 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.il.home.com * 13 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK

news.kenner1.la.home.com excellent completion, dead slow 13 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com 12 NODES FROM ME PINGS
news.escnd1.sdca.home.com 10 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK

CANAD***
news1.rdc1.bc.home.com 10 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news1.rdc2.on.home.com 14 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news1.rdc1.on.wave.home.com no conect
news.rdc1.bc.wave.home.com 10 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.ab.wave.home.com 11 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com 12 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.rdc1.on.home.com
news.rchrd1.on.wave.home.com 12 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.brntfd1.on.wave.home.com 12 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.surrey1.bc.wave.home.com 10 NODES FROM ME PINGS OK
news.slnt1.on.wave.home.com
news.ym1.on.wave.home.com
news.lndn1.on.wave.home.com
news.etob1.on.wave.home.com
news2.rdc1.on.home.com
news2.rdc1.on.wave.home.com
news.lndn1.on.wave.home.com
news.rdc1.on.home.com
news.yec1.on.wave.home.com


wingnuts-
news.rdc1.ab.home.com
news.rdc1.occa.home.com
news.rdc1.on.home.com (Good message retention)
news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com
news1.rdc2.tx.home.com * time out error
news.rdc1.ab.wave.home.com
news.rdc1.bc.wave.home.com
news1.rdc1.on.home.com
news1.rdc2.on.wave.home.com
lh2.rdc2.mi.home.com * time out error
news1.sshe1.sk.home.com * time out error
testnews.execpc.com
es.classicweb.com

US***
news.rdc1.wa.home.com
news.rdc1.nj.home.com - wow ! no cap ?
news.rdc2.tx.home.com
news.rdc1.md.home.com
news.rdc1.sdca.home.com
news.rdc1.sfba.home.com
news.rdc1.tn.home.com
news.rdc1.tx.home.com
news.rdc2.occa.home.com
news.rdc1.va.home.com
news.rdc1.az.home.com
news.rdc1.ny.home.com
news.rdc1.ct.home.com
news.rdc1.fl.home.com
news.rdc1.pa.home.com
news.rdc1.mi.home.com
news.rdc1.mn.home.com
news.rdc1.ne.home.com
news.rdc1.il.home.com
lh2.rdc1.mi.home.com
news.kenner1.la.home.com

In article <MPG.1342ea8a13a65085989681@news>, I_am@home.now.com says...
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> I've been out of the country for 7 months, and I want to start getting
> stuff again.
>
> If it helps, Wingnut compiled it like a year ago, or something to that
> extent.
>
*Please Note: This will work only for the people that use @Home*


-- WingNut's @Home Newserver Tips --
- September 1999 -

I have noticed that the many of the repost requests originate
from people that use the @Home cable modem service.
This is mostly due to @Home's terrible message retention
times. (Posts will expire off some servers in less than 12 hours)

I am posting this message in an attempt to help those that use
@Home find the missing parts of a post without having to flood the
group with more repost requests. I am NOT saying that this method
will find every single missing post, but you should have a very
good success rate. Some may say, "why go to all this trouble?
I only need ONE part". First of all: it's easy change news servers.
Second: if you ask for a repost, you "May or May Not" get it.
Third: By changing servers, you'll be able to download it faster
than you would have gotten it if you'd had to wait on the repost.

@Home has newservers located in many different regions of the
United States and Canada. All of them transfer messages to one
another, and have the same group listings. The differences between
the news servers, is message retention. I've noticed that some of the

@Home news servers keep their messages on their server longer than
others, and some do a better job of getting complete posts.

As an @Home subscriber, you have access to any news server that
is ran by @Home. (They do not document this, nor do they encourage
it. So don't call @Home Tech support asking about it, they will
just tell you that it isn't possible)

To use one of the servers in the list, just change your default
newserver address in your newsreader. (Yours should be set to "news"
by default). If you are not familiar on doing this, search your
newsreaders help file for "adding a news server".
(Warning: If you use AGENT, it may reset all your message pointers)

I prefer Microplanet Gravity because it has "built in" support for
using multiple news servers. You can change from one server to the
next while still maintaining your message pointers.
( www.microplanet.com )

The format of the list has changed a little since the last list. I
now have
started including the IP address along with the news server name.
This is to help me to prevent adding dupes to the list, and to cut
down
on the list of duplicate names that are emailed to me.

WingNut's @Home news server list for September 1999

Name: news.rdc1.ab.home.com
IP: 24.64.2.57

Name: news.rdc1.az.home.com
IP: 24.1.240.71

Name: news.rdc1.ct.home.com
IP: 24.2.0.71

Name: news.rdc1.fl.home.com
IP: 24.2.3.71

Name: news.rdc1.il.home.com
IP: 24.2.1.71

Name: news.rdc1.md.home.com
IP: 24.2.2.71

Name: news.rdc1.mi.home.com
IP: 24.2.68.71

Name: news.rdc1.ne.home.com
IP: 24.2.4.71

Name: news.rdc1.nj.home.com
IP: 24.3.128.71

Name: news.rdc1.occa.home.com
IP: 24.2.8.71

Name: news.rdc1.on.home.com (Good message retention)
IP: 24.2.9.59

Name: news.rdc1.pa.home.com
IP: 24.2.5.71

Name: news.rdc1.sdca.home.com
IP: 24.0.3.73

Name: news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com
IP: 24.1.64.32

Name: news.rdc1.tn.home.com
IP: 24.2.7.71

Name: news.rdc1.tx.home.com
IP: 24.4.0.71

Name: news1.rdc2.tx.home.com
IP: 24.4.48.91

Name: news.rdc1.va.home.com
IP: 24.2.32.71

Name: news.rdc1.wa.home.com
IP: 24.0.2.71

Name: news.rdc1.ab.wave.home.com
IP: 24.64.2.57

Name: news.rdc1.bc.wave.home.com
IP: 24.2.10.79

Name: news1.rdc1.on.home.com
IP: 24.2.9.60

Name: news1.rdc2.on.wave.home.com
IP: 24.9.0.17

Name: lh2.rdc2.mi.home.com
24.2.68.74


Feel free to repost this list in any news group that you would like.
I just ask for you to leave it intact and not remove anything, because
in order for this list to keep growing, I rely on users like yourself
to
submit any servers that are not found here. ( I've ran across several
people that have cut the server listings from this message and
reposted
it to the news group) People have no way to contact me if you
remove my email address. So please, leave it intact.

If you have any comments about this text file or if you happen to
locate any @Home news servers that are not included in this
list, feel free to email me at: wingnut_tips@hotmail.com
(Positive feedback will ensure that this list is updated frequently)


Would you like to have this list automatically emailed to you when
it's updated? Write me at the above address and somewhere in the
message write that you want to subscribe to "WingNut's Newserver List"
and the email address you want it delivered to.
(Email addresses will NOT be given out)


-WingNut-

Name: news1.rdc1.wa.home.com IP: 24.0.2.74
Name: news1.rdc1.sdca.home.com IP: 24.0.3.73
Name: news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com IP: 24.1.64.32
Name: news1.rdc1.occa.home.com IP: 24.1.128.73
Name: news1.rdc1.az.home.com IP: 24.1.240.74
Name: news1.rdc1.ct.home.com IP: 24.2.0.74
Name: news1.rdc1.il.home.com IP: 24.2.1.74
Name: news1.rdc1.md.home.com IP: 24.2.2.74
Name: news1.rdc1.fl.home.com IP: 24.2.3.74
Name: news1.rdc1.ne.home.com IP: 24.2.4.74
Name: news1.rdc2.pa.home.com IP: 24.2.5.74
Name: news1.rdc1.pa.home.com IP: 24.2.5.75
Name: news1.rdc1.on.home.com IP: 24.2.9.60
Name: news2.rdc1.on.home.com IP: 24.2.9.59
Name: news1.rdc1.bc.home.com IP: 24.2.10.79
Name: news1.rdc1.mi.home.com IP: 24.2.68.78
Name: news1.rdc1.nj.home.com IP: 24.3.128.74
Name: news1.rdc1.tx.home.com IP: 24.4.0.74
Name: news1.rdc1.tn.home.com IP: 24.7.143.118
Name: news1.rdc2.on.home.com IP: 24.9.0.17
Name: news2.rdc2.on.home.com IP: 24.9.0.18
Name: news1.rdc2.tx.home.com IP: 24.14.77.5
Name: news1.rdc1.ab.home.com IP: 24.64.2.57


ET's @Home Server List v2.5 November 28,2000
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@Home Servers ( North America )
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news ** ( Default Server ) **
news.brntfd1.on.wave.home.com constipated
news.escnd1.sdca.home.com constipated
news.etob1.on.wave.home.com
news.kenner1.la.home.com
news.lndn1.on.wave.home.com
news.nvcr1.bc.wave.home.com low ret
news.rchrd1.on.wave.home.com
news.rdc1.ab.home.com low ret
news.rdc1.al.home.com constipated
news.rdc1.ar.home.com constipated
news.rdc1.az.home.com constipated
news.rdc1.bc.home.com
news.rdc1.bc.wave.home.com low ret
news.rdc1.co.home.com super-constipated
news.rdc1.ct.home.com
news.rdc1.fl.home.com
news.rdc1.ga.home.com med constip
news.rdc1.id.home.com slighty lower ret., fast d/l
news.rdc1.il.home.com constipated
news.rdc1.in.home.com constipated
news.rdc1.ky.home.com super retention-- constipated... good for o/night fills?
news.rdc1.la.home.com total shit
news.rdc1.mb.home.com half retention
news.rdc1.md.home.com half ret
news.rdc1.mi.home.com
news.rdc1.mn.home.com turtle shit
news.rdc1.mo.home.com can't connect
news.rdc1.nc.home.com can't connect
news.rdc1.nd.home.com can't connect
news.rdc1.ne.home.com can't connect
news.rdc1.nj.home.com better than most-- fast!
news.rdc1.nm.home.com frozen turtle shit
news.rdc1.nv.home.com half ret
news.rdc1.ny.home.com
news.rdc1.occa.home.com
news.rdc1.oh.home.com
news.rdc1.on.home.com
news.rdc1.or.home.com too slow
news.rdc1.pa.home.com half ret
news.rdc1.ri.home.com
news.rdc1.sc.home.com slow low
news.rdc1.sd.home.com can't connect
news.rdc1.sdca.home.com good completion, a bit slow
news.rdc1.sfba.home.com half ret, so-so
news.rdc1.sk.home.com slow low
news.rdc1.tn.home.com sluggish, ok ret
news.rdc1.tx.home.com
news.rdc1.ut.home.com half ret
news.rdc1.va.home.com so-so
news.rdc1.wa.home.com
news.rdc1.wi.home.com
news.rdc1.wv.home.com
news.rdc1.wy.home.com
news.rdc2.ab.home.com
news.rdc2.mi.home.com slow
news.rdc2.occa.home.com half ret-slow
news.rdc2.tx.home.com slow old buddy
news.slnt1.on.wave.home.com
news.surrey1.bc.wave.home.com low ret
news.tor.shaw.wave.ca huge retention, molasses
news.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com
news.yec1.on.wave.home.com
news.ym1.on.wave.home.com
news1.alsv1.occa.home.com half ret
news1.bnapk1.occa.home.com half ret
news1.crdva1.bc.home.com half ret
news1.elmhst1.il.home.com
news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com
news1.gvcl1.bc.wave.home.com low ret
news1.rdc1.ab.wave.home.com
news1.rdc1.bc.home.com low ret
news1.rdc1.ct.home.com
news1.rdc1.fl.home.com
news1.rdc1.ga.home.com half ret, not too slow, good compl
news1.rdc1.il.home.com half ret, dead slow
news1.rdc1.mb.home.com
news1.rdc1.md.home.com
news1.rdc1.mi.home.com
news1.rdc1.ne.home.com no connect
news1.rdc1.nj.home.com
news1.rdc1.on.home.com
news1.rdc1.on.wave.home.com
news1.rdc1.sdca.home.com
news1.rdc1.tn.home.com slow to even GET files
news1.rdc1.tx.home.com
news1.rdc1.va.home.com
news1.rdc2.on.home.com
news1.rdc2.pa.home.com
news1.rdc2.tx.home.com
news1.sshe1.sk.home.com half ret
news1.sttls1.wa.home.com
news1.wwck1.ri.home.com the lousiest of the lousy.. holds... 3? files
news2.rdc1.on.home.com
news2.rdc1.on.wave.home.com
news2.rdc2.tx.home.com SLOW
news3.rdc1.on.home.com
news3.rdc1.on.wave.home.com sleeping heartbeat slow, big retention




This is a list of @Home Servers that I have put together.
Taking all the latest postings available, I've combined
them into this alphabetized North American list.

Please feel free to post this version wherever you see fit,
But please leave contents intact. I would like to thank all
of you who have supplied lists of servers in the past.

If you have any @Home Servers that are not listed in v2.5,
please feel free to E-Mail me at: The_Real_ET@hotmail.com

I take no responsibility for non-active or dead servers.
I have tried most (95%) of the servers and they are active.
Remember, some servers have better retention than others,
so try a few out, or better yet, use multiple servers at
the same time. By having multiple servers active, you will
cut back the Repost Requests.

I hope this helps.

Enjoy,
ET

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The_Real_ET@hotmail.com

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Why in the hell anyone would wanna' use
MS Outlook Depressed™ to browse Newsgroups? I mean, that's just perversely wrong dewd...

FngrBANG said:

Why in the hell anyone would wanna' use
MS Outlook Depressed™ to browse Newsgroups? I mean, that's just perversely wrong dewd...

Click to expand...

I know...
But I think it's perfect for DD

I don't hit up Usenet much these days...
If I do, I usually use OE just because it's there. I'm too lazy to track down a good reader for something I don't bother with much.

don't know if anyone has said this since i'm only on page 2 but.... alt.2600.* is good bet for finding some *cough*goodstuff*cough* to download.

[meph]DooM! said:

er, right click on the group name in the left column listing and do "full update"

and as far as .par filez go. if their server iz crappy enough not to post most of the .rar parts, how the shit are they gonna get the .par filez to fill the holez in? ;/

Click to expand...

Well after you do some investigation on par files you will see how this has and will cut down on repost requests.

"I need part 15" "I need part 20" "I need part 9"

So do you repost those three parts for those three separate people? Or wouldn't it be easier to just repost one par file so all three get the fill at the same time?

Granted if your missing more then a couple of posts then your news server sucks and you will continue to have a hard time getting reposts. But if your news server is just a little sucky and you only need one or two parts then PAR files are a great thing.

Grab it questions:

once you see newsgroups you have to 'subscribe' to them.
then they are in the left window. now you can either click 'update groups' or right click on a specific group to get all posts.

Grab it is not supporting posting... just downloading.

I use Forte Agent if I ever have something to post.

MISSING PARTS

if you are missing a part - check the groups first.

ex:

say you are in group alt.binaries.pics

check to see if there is a group called alt.binaries.pics.d
post in that group that you need the parts

as for posting parts for other peeps - only post one part in a message

i use oe to read and post. haven't had any problems with it at all.

agent is my choice for binaries.

Sircle said:

agent is my choice for binaries.

Click to expand...

Your agent app is my choice for binaries as well...

the wolffman said:

i use oe to read and post. haven't had any problems with it at all.

Click to expand...

i started on oe. it was great for reading and post, but for binaries - give agent a try

|eX|DarkOmen said:

don't know if anyone has said this since i'm only on page 2 but.... alt.2600.* is good bet for finding some *cough*goodstuff*cough* to download.

Click to expand...

aren't 2600 ppl a hackers magazine that got banned from linking decss on their website?

Sircle said:

i started on oe. it was great for reading and post, but for binaries - give agent a try

Click to expand...

hardly deal with binaries (i don't view pr0n :blah: ), so i think i'll stick with oe.