On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:35:13 -0800, "Neil M." <[email protected]> said:
> Hi everyone, I just heard about the NZB file format today. It is very > similar to metalink, an XML based format used to pull parts of files > from newsgroups (NNTP) and reassemble them. I have already spoken X years ago of this format > 1) Allow for inclusion of these files, similar to how .torrent files are > handled now. > 2) Specify how this format can be used in a separate namespace in > conjunction with metalink. > 3) Expand the metalink spec to meet the requirements of NZB users (note > this is also similar to gigdo, assembling parts together to create a > single file). Perhaps define a way to specify URLs for parts of files? > This could be as simple as adopting the <segment> tags. it is not URLs, it is "message id" which is taken from a NNTP server this is a test to grab a data (here a text but binary is encoded in MIME 64 format which seems to uuencode) 200 news-1.free.fr (4-2) NNRP Service Ready - [email protected] (posting ok) authinfo user vivil 381 PASS required authinfo pass xxxxxxxxxx 281 Ok BODY <[email protected]> 222 216992 <[email protected]> body ignore test x-no-archive: yes . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
