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Alt.Binz (English) => Help => Topic started by: EbbTide on November 19, 2013, 04:45:48 am

Title: How do I set up alt.binz to download all new files in a newsgroup?
Post by: EbbTide on November 19, 2013, 04:45:48 am

I'm looking for alt.binz to automatically download any new files in a newsgroup on a regular basis. I'm not really clear how to make it do this. I appreciate any help available :)

Title: Re: How do I set up alt.binz to download all new files in a newsgroup?
Post by: Hecks on November 19, 2013, 07:26:56 pm

Set up your Alt.Binz RSS tab with an indexer that provides feeds for groups, like Binsearch:

http://www.binsearch.info/rssfeed.php

Use filters on the RSS tab carefully to control the potential spam flood.

Title: Re: How do I set up alt.binz to download all new files in a newsgroup?
Post by: EbbTide on November 30, 2013, 12:48:24 am

Sorry, it took me a little while to get back on this one.  That's exactly what I tried first, but although binsearch.info indexes the newsgroup, it doesn't provide it via RSS feed.  I even tried pasting the newsgroup into binsearch's rss URL but I get a "group does not exist" response.

Title: Re: How do I set up alt.binz to download all new files in a newsgroup?
Post by: Hecks on November 30, 2013, 07:11:51 am

Try adding &server=2 to your Binsearch RSS string (this will query the 'Others' groups list rather than the 'Popular' list, I can confirm that this works fine).

Title: Re: How do I set up alt.binz to download all new files in a newsgroup?
Post by: EbbTide on December 01, 2013, 02:22:21 am

Sweet, that worked perfectly.  Thank you very much!

Title: Re: How do I set up alt.binz to download all new files in a newsgroup?
Post by: EbbTide on December 01, 2013, 02:35:15 am

Well, I spoke too soon. The RSS feed coming from binsearch is screwed up. Although the Item Title, Description, and pub date tags are right, the Link tag points at a completely different file. Not a problem with alt.binz.  binsearch itself appears to be providing garbage in it's feed.

Title: Re: How do I set up alt.binz to download all new files in a newsgroup?
Post by: Hecks on December 01, 2013, 07:59:59 am

Ah, no it seems to be the same issue: the download URLs also need &server=2 appended manually. Rdl will need to add a fix for this (post a Request). Try NZBIndex instead.