I agree, nzbfiles work allot better than browzing. Mike On Nov 16, 2009, at 12:59 PM, anouk radix wrote:
> > Hello Mike, i myself find the interface of unison hard too. I tried sabuzbd, > loaded an nzb file into it but no luck. Luckily nzb files work fine in unison > so THAt at least does work for me, its just the browsing in usenet groups > that I have problems with now. > Greetings, Anouk > On Nov 16, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Mike Reiser wrote: > >> >> Just getting started with it was hard for me,the interface seems >> non-standard and all that. An audio review or tutorial will be very helpful >> I must admit smiles. Thanks, >> >> Mike >> On Nov 14, 2009, at 10:34 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >> >>> >>> Hum, what did you have trouple with in particular? Finding a group >>> got me for a little bit, because the groups are all treaded, so you >>> have to open alt to get to alt.binaries, then open alt.binaries to get >>> to alt.binaries.sounds and so on. Adding groups to favourites got me >>> as well, but there was a known' issue with that and some one posted a >>> very helpfull step-by-step which you can Get from the archives if you >>> have a second to search it up. >>> >>> Any other questions just ask. It's been a while since I ditched my >>> easy news, but I stull have unison on here and might be able to answer >>> questions. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> erik burggraaf >>> A+ certified technician and user support consultant. >>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>> Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com >>> >>> On 2009-11-14, at 11:04 AM, Mike Reiser wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I couldn't figure out unison's interface, any tips on using it would >>>> be great. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> On Nov 14, 2009, at 9:25 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Anouk, >>>>> >>>>> When I saw unison for the first time, I litterally bounded around my >>>>> room with joy. Power grab and power post server ve very well under >>>>> windows, but unison was just incredible. >>>>> >>>>> I cued up 20 or 30 gigs from the premier audiobook news group in >>>>> half >>>>> an hour or so, It took 2 or 3 days for it to come down at a rate of >>>>> about a megabyte per second, and it was unbelieveable to see it all >>>>> pouring in. >>>>> >>>>> Unison threads messages, so suppose you want to grab a book or an >>>>> album. It could be 15 or 20 files, or it could be 5 or 600 files, >>>>> but >>>>> all the files will be in one thread. You just hit the button to grab >>>>> the thread and you have all the files in one stroke. >>>>> >>>>> I don't know about this hogwasher thing, but you may as well save >>>>> money and buy unison, since I don't see how anything could possibly >>>>> be >>>>> better. Of course, behind every good binary newsgroup reader there >>>>> is >>>>> a good news group service. If you are going to pay for unison, then >>>>> an easy news or giganews plan shouldn't be out of the way. They have >>>>> 60 or so days worth of retention, fantastic throughputs, web access, >>>>> and great value for money on transferable gb's and such. I couldn't >>>>> use up my 20 gb for the longest time and ended up with over 500 gb >>>>> that I could download with beofre I had to cansil so I could fix my >>>>> bills. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> erik burggraaf >>>>> A+ certified technician and user support consultant. >>>>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>>>> Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com >>>>> >>>>> On 2009-11-14, at 4:56 AM, anouk radix wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello, I finally wanted to get seriously into usenet for the first >>>>>> time (it never really was an option under windows before because hal >>>>>> is just too limited), unfortunately i installed the applications >>>>>> soon after i got sl and now they are expired. I know from other >>>>>> users unison will work because it is from the seem makers as >>>>>> transmit. But I also found another application called hogwasher. I >>>>>> wonder if anyone has tried it? Its more expensive then some other >>>>>> applications I have encountered, 50 dollars. >>>>>> Also I wonder how you locate your files you want to dl? I talked to >>>>>> some windows friends and they often use a program called ftd which >>>>>> gives you a list you can browse (most usenet service providers dont >>>>>> seem to save an extensive list of headers), or do you guys just type >>>>>> a search term in a nzb search engine without any browsing? >>>>>> Sorry, I am just a novice to this. >>>>>> Greetings, Anouk >>>>>> skype anouk.radix >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
