Giganews noob question.

[Leon_cloud8]

I think I might have bitten off more than I can chew. I'd been reading a bit about UseNet and signed up for giganews. Now I can't even begin to figure out how the hell to use it. I don't have a clue where to begin. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[In God we trust.]

Read this: http://www.slyck.com/ng.php and the guides at the top of this forum.

 

[[[AJ]]]

Read this: http://www.slyck.com/ng.php and the guides at the top of this forum.

I hate that guide. Confused the shit outta me when I started. :fist:

Tell us what client you are using, and we can help you.

 

[weezyFTW]

http://www.angelfire.com/gundam/newsgroupguide/ (easy noobie guide)

 

[zz06]

I hate that guide. Confused the shit outta me when I started. :fist:

Tell us what client you are using, and we can help you.

I think its a good grounding guide but it is much easier to go through a guide for a specific client.

 

[Maranda]

Ciliatus has wandered off in a daze.

 

[enfriendemy]

giganews is who I signed up with.

 

[lexiieluu]

giganews is who I signed up with.

Have you downloaded a client yet? Grabit, Newsleecher, etc?

 

[Andy Q]

no, i know a lot less than I should apparently.

 

[AnnabellActress]

okay, hopefully this is the last retarded question. what is my usenet server address?

 

[In love with a soldier]

Start of with downloading a NZB client ( a NZB file, is a file you use to download and gather the other files, the larger ones ) . f.eks "Grabit" it is free or "Neewsleecher" that one is not free.. then you enter the usenet server adress, and you just start downloading .nZB files from giganews.. voila

 

[~Linda~ ^-^]

It's news.giganews.com
Your username/password will have been emailed to you.

Here are two excellent guides for beginners. Both aimed at one click downloading.

Grabit guide
alt.binz guide

I would use alt.binz first, it's really noob friendly especially if you're used to bittorrent.

Good luck

 

[bUtTErFLy.xO]

It's news.giganews.com
Your username/password will have been emailed to you.

Here are two excellent guides for beginners. Both aimed at one click downloading.

Grabit guide
alt.binz guide

I would use alt.binz first, it's really noob friendly especially if you're used to bittorrent.

Good luck

or news-europe.giganews.com (Europe)

 

[Mike G.]

i don't know about you guys and your "one-click" scripts but i would recommend that you use "NewsRover" It's designed for everyone, especially beginners.

If you want to "grow" as a usenet member, you should start off w/ a prog that delivers EVERY time and not something that is nzb-ONLY.

Good luck and there are no n00b questions when it comes to usenet, we all started out there at one time or another and we all had those same questions.

 

[Answer Chris]

I appreciate everyone's help very much. right now I'm using grabit and I got to where I'm able to see the newsgroups and everything, but how do I download what I'm looking for? everytime I double click something I'm interested in in one of the newsgroups, all I get is a text document telling me what it is. Any help is appreciated.