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New Alt.Binz versions => Requests => Topic started by: Hecks on October 11, 2008, 05:12:35 am
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With message IDs, it's relatively simple & quick to check whether the article is available on the server without needing to grab the whole header or start downloading the body - a single header field can be checked per message ID using the XHDR command, for example. This data is usually free, too.
So it would be helpful to have the option of manually connecting and *only* checking server completion of all articles in an NZB/node before doing anything else, and updating the queue with the info. If it can work smoothly, it might also be nice to toggle an automated check before downloading bodies, so we can get an early heads-up of any problems, and perhaps set some auto actions (such as autopause NZB if completion < threshold% and not enough pars to repair).
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Wow! Yes please!
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sounds like a very handy addition!
but with automation please. i imagine one would want to check each collection before download and doing it by hand could be quite a drag...
Bottom line +1
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hell yes +1
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Sounds like an excellent idea... I have a block acct with astra to supplement my hitnews. I just wasted a good 2-3GB trying to download something that ended up being too incomplete to repair. That may not seem like a lot, but I usually only use a couple dozen MB / mo on my block acct, and hope for a year or two use out of this account.
+1 for the check and pause over threshold. Also the threshold should be whatever about of pars are available ...keeping track of missing articles in the pars as well.
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Good request Hecks, as always ;D
In the meantime this little tool could be used, works great, smooth and fast..
Freeware
http://www.sharewareplaza.com/NZB-File-Validator-download_36581.html
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Cool, thanks.
'Validator' is a good word. :)