Usenet Deal 11Dollars

Snake Plisken

OK signed up for the 120gig package and bought the 8 weeks credit on my newzbin account, downloaded and configed Sabnzbd, but cannot get it to work, if I click on the Sannzbd program icon on the desktop I get the following message
SABnzbd needs a free tcp/ip port for its internal web server.
Port 8081 on localhost was tried , but it is not available.
Some other software uses the port or SABnzbd is already running

If I click on a newzbin bookmark I've setup I still don't get anything any pointers for this first timer greatly appreciated

Thanks

PowerHouseDan

change to 8080

Snake Plisken

Its ok for some reason under Sabnzbd under vista it was running 4 times so had to kill the processes and then it worked, one other thing my cpu load is 100% with 2 par2.exe processes running is this normal?

PowerHouseDan wrote: »

change to 8080

PowerHouseDan

Yeah Repairing files with Par files uses alot of cpu not sure if 100% but my macbook slows big time doing it and thats with 4gb of ram.

carbsy

Snake Plisken wrote: »

OK signed up for the 120gig package and bought the 8 weeks credit on my newzbin account, downloaded and configed Sabnzbd, but cannot get it to work, if I click on the Sannzbd program icon on the desktop I get the following message
SABnzbd needs a free tcp/ip port for its internal web server.
Port 8081 on localhost was tried , but it is not available.
Some other software uses the port or SABnzbd is already running

If I click on a newzbin bookmark I've setup I still don't get anything any pointers for this first timer greatly appreciated

Thanks

What software/hardware firewall have you got? I had problems with Eset Smart Security blocking SABNZBD until I worked out what was going on.

Edit: just realised you sorted it!

Snake Plisken

carbsy wrote: »

What software/hardware firewall have you got? I had problems with Eset Smart Security blocking SABNZBD until I worked out what was going on.

Edit: just realised you sorted it!

Nah looks like Sabnzbd doesn't sit well with Vista, I've installed firefox and the addon and its working smoothly although the par2.exe's eat cpu cycles while its doing its thing.

As I said I went with the option to buy the 120gig option, gone through 40 gig in 24 hours, but like the option as I can used it when I want it also found the sister site of newzbin which is eating into my 120gig

kaimera

Sabnzbd is working perfect for me on x64 vista.

went with the $11/pm option in the OP; got 8 weeks credit on newzbin and she's flying.

maxing out my ntl conn for the most part.

quarryman

Usenet is like a well guarded secret I've kept over the years. How I've laughed at others boasting about the pirate, virus-ridden files they would get from bit torrent and other dodgy sites. Meanwhile I'd be maxing out my line from news servers on anything I fancied.

sshhh. let's keep it to ourselves ok?

DingDong

Well this thread has got me using Sabnzbd(I had been using Grabit) and so far I'm liking it.Is it possible to open sabnzbd directly when I click a Nzb file. I started using Usenet years ago too, it was free with NTL at the time although retention was crap 30 days and a lot of groups where missing. The only downside I have with astraweb is only one person can use the account at a time, with newshosting.com I could split the 20 connection with a friend

byte

kaimera wrote: »

Sabnzbd is working perfect for me on x64 vista.

went with the $11/pm option in the OP; got 8 weeks credit on newzbin and she's flying.

maxing out my ntl conn for the most part.

Sabnzbd also working well here on Vista x64. Unless it's 32bit Vista that issues are with

DingDong

Seems fine for me under Vista 32bit unraring work quite fast too

Crimbo

Anyone got a Newzbin invite to spare?

Offalycool

I'd really like to try Newzbin also, please pm me if u have another invite.

daveirl

This post has been deleted.

Crimbo

No joy on an invite

mickoneill30

I've been using Binsearch. Seems fine to me. Is Newzbin much better? Can't try it myself as I've no invite either.

no generous souls out there?

AntiRip

mickoneill30 wrote: »

I've been using Binsearch. Seems fine to me. Is Newzbin much better? Can't try it myself as I've no invite either.

Seriously guys, I use Newzbin from time to time and its no better than Newzleech or NZBMatrix or TVNZB. Theres nothing special at all about it. The only reason I do use it from time to time is that it's handy for SABnzbd+.

voxpop

On the topic (loosely) of SABnzbd+. Anyone have issues with it crashing all the time (python25.dll is named)

Crimbo

AntiRip wrote: »

Seriously guys, I use Newzbin from time to time and its no better than Newzleech or NZBMatrix or TVNZB. Theres nothing special at all about it. The only reason I do use it from time to time is that it's handy for SABnzbd+.

I only started using SABnzb+ so a Newzbin invite would be handy.

thc4me

would love an invite to newzbin if there are any still flying about? much appreciated

FredH3as

Thread is kinda gone off topic, eh :rolleyes:

AntiRip

FredH3as wrote: »

Thread is kinda gone off topic, eh :rolleyes:

Sure is, seems to be an invite thread

This deal is gone now anyway. Back up to $15 a month.

With a lot of torrent sites and trackers been shut down in the last week as well as Rapidshare handing out info to rights holders, seems that Newsgroups are the way to go for the moment. A lot of squeezing going on the past week.

keith_d99

Have signed up for 25gb for $10 - does anybody know if say - your final download is say 3gb - and you have only 2.5gb's left of your allowance - does it stop at 2.5gbs???? Do you have to top-up in order to finish the download - or will it allow you to finish?

AntiRip

keith_d99 wrote: »

Have signed up for 25gb for $10 - does anybody know if say - your final download is say 3gb - and you have only 2.5gb's left of your allowance - does it stop at 2.5gbs???? Do you have to top-up in order to finish the download - or will it allow you to finish?

I would say so, similar to RS if you use up all your 2.6gb allowance. Why not get the 120gb for $25 (e19.69), seems alot better value?

keith_d99

In hindsight I should have - but new to usenet so just went for the cheapest option - will be going for the 120gb option next time - for any Popcorn Hour owners here - works a treat with the inbuilt usenet client

keith_d99

Another question - are there decent free usenet servers out there or are they a waste of time?

Also what are the advantages of going SSL - privacy in case ISP's are monitoring???

AlmightyCushion

AntiRip wrote: »

Sure is, seems to be an invite thread

This deal is gone now anyway. Back up to $15 a month.

With a lot of torrent sites and trackers been shut down in the last week as well as Rapidshare handing out info to rights holders, seems that Newsgroups are the way to go for the moment. A lot of squeezing going on the past week.

Deal is still there.

AntiRip

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Deal is still there.

So it is with the OP link

PowerHouseDan

keith_d99 wrote: »

Another question - are there decent free usenet servers out there or are they a waste of time?

Also what are the advantages of going SSL - privacy in case ISP's are monitoring???

Free Usenet server = B*ll*x

SLL yes Privacy basicly.

AlmightyCushion

AntiRip wrote: »

So it is with the OP link

It's kinda like those limited edition drumsticks they had when I was a kid. They weren't very limited they were going for years.

jrochie

does anyone use UseNext?
I'm pretty new to usenet and Ive tried one or two, Giganews and UseNext mostly, you get a better return on giganews but the UseNext client is very very user friendly.
how does it compare to astraweb for example?

kaisersose77

anyone having problems with stuff older than 200 days on astraweb, everything i have tried is missing from the servers tonight. Was working fine before today. Hope this is small glitch or i'll be reconsidering my usenet options.

Shanegggg

Can anyone let me know if I can have two computers downloading from astraweb using the same external ip at the same time?

Thanks

AlmightyCushion

Shanegggg wrote: »

Can anyone let me know if I can have two computers downloading from astraweb using the same external ip at the same time?

Thanks

I can't see why not.

Amalgam

For any Astraweb users, just stating the bleeding obvious, the secure European server is impossible to log into at certain times of the evening, just flip over to the secure US server, works every time.

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General Server:
news.astraweb.com

European Server:
europe.news.astraweb.com

US Server:
us.news.astraweb.com

Ports:
119, 23, 1818 or 8080

Secure Server:
secure.news.astraweb.com Ports 443 or 563

eu.secure.news.astraweb.com Ports 443 or 563 (European)

us.secure.news.astraweb.com Ports 443 or 563 (US)

Maximum Connections:
50 connections

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ozt9vdujny3srf

Any established boards users looking for an invite?

Jonathan

August Bewildered Bridge the Uncivil wrote: »

Any established boards users looking for an invite?

What does an invite give?

ozt9vdujny3srf

Edit: to newzbin, just noticed people asking above is all.

PowerHouseDan

Anyone looking for Newzbin invites Pm me i have 5 to give and will be given on a first come first serve basis.

Just wondering would this be better in a Newsbin Section in Broadband maybe as its not really a bargain alert anymore?

Dan

zAbbo

August Bewildered Bridge the Uncivil wrote: »

Any established boards users looking for an invite?

Ditto, non-numpty boardsies can PM me with their email addy - I've 5 invites this month.

TakeTheVeil

Got a new credit card the other day. Anyone know how I go about changing my billing information? Astraweb.com doesnt really say how.

Zynks

August Bewildered Bridge the Uncivil wrote: »

Any established boards users looking for an invite?

Yes, please!

ozt9vdujny3srf

Hey, I am out of invites.

Zynks

August Bewildered Bridge the Uncivil wrote: »

Hey, I am out of invites.

OK, thanks anyway.

zAbbo, do you have any left?

AntiRip

I have 5 invites so first come first serve. Pm me your email address;)

P.S. 2 left

aaronm13

I have 5 invites so pm me and I'll get you one as soon as I can.

Shanegggg

Got 5 invites aswell. If anyone wants one. PM me with your adress.

Gryzor

TakeTheVeil wrote: »

Got a new credit card the other day. Anyone know how I go about changing my billing information? Astraweb.com doesnt really say how.

i got a new card the other day aswell, had to delete my old card from paypal and it automatically cancelled my astraweb subscription.
logged a ticket with astraweb, hopefully they can renew the subscription...

[nicK]

need an invite.. nicckk @ gmailDOTcom