Don't use a "new group reader" Use binsearch.info and grab the .nzb files. Then you just need a little .nzb reader to download the binaries. Works very well.

 

I use grabit. Its free, simple to use and has no bells and whistles on it.

 

i just got into this too... just to try it out, i got on a $3/3day pass thru usenetserver.com, and i must admit, it's fast, really fast. but it seemed rather clunky through newsleecher, i couldnt get it to que the nzb files to download the next one after this one, but it just downloaded the file to my drive, not the files associated with it

 

Not that I'm aware, but it won't matter; their retention is lousy (under 12 hours).

Newsbin + Newzbin + Newshosting =

Although I'll be switching to Usenetserver or Giganews, or a provider who offers SSL.

 

The best program I have come across is newsleecher and like alot of people I use newzbin for my NZBs.

 

I uses NewsLeecher w/ ABGX/Yabse for NZB's

 

No, nothing like a torrent. You don't have to upload to any peers and such. It's basically a file that tells your newsreader program what group to go to, and which specific files to get. So instead of downloading a ton of headers and searching throught the files manually, you use a .nzb and get exactly what you want. Oh and its WAY faster than torrents, basically a leechers paradise.

5GB a month isnt that much at all to a hardcore pirater. I run though 4 or 5 gigs of data nearly everyday lol. Luckily my ISP gives me unlimited download traffic.

 

Assuming this is cool to talk about, I would suggest www.merlins-portal.net as opposed to newzbin. But having used both, they are both very good. Merlin is free but ::shrug:: Newzbin isn't expensive anyway.

 

I use Newsleecher, usenetserver and ngindex myself...although most of the time I download by hand instead of messing with nzb files.

Don't forget to grap QuickPar too...

...and a buttload of blank DVDs