These usenet index posts and the files they point to are something new.  Any I've seen only go back a few weeks.  Normally a usenet post would have a subject that gave some clue as to what is in that post.

On 06/30/2013 10:15 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote:
Hello Derek,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan@gmail.com> wrote:
Tonight I'm messing with a usenet reader and found something I've never seen before.  There are posts each with  a subject like this.  Usenet Index Post 1372363474_2  These are text files.   Open one and you'll see something like this:

Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815 - Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815.par2 yEnc (1/1)%122935*Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815 - Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815.part001.rar yEnc (1/622)%217941490*Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815 - Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815.part002.rar yEnc (1/622)%217922437*Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815 - Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815.part003.rar yEnc (1/622)%217938677*Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815 -

The poster is always, as far as I can tell NzbIndexder@ followed by the name of the group they're posted in.  For example: NzbIndexer@alt.binaries.teevee

Then I'll find posts with names like this: Vv0smCatI4I08qoLd815.part170.rar

I've seen people here give me tips on usenet harvesting so I'll ask if any of you how I can use these usenet index posts?  I've read that some usenet indexing sites have been forced to shut down.  I'm guessing these files are an attempt to get around the people who are trying to shut down the usenet indexing sites.  The names of the rar files give no clue as to what's in them.  If you don't know ahead of time what's in these files the only way to find out is to download one, which may be several GB in size.

Does anyone know how to use these files?

Thanks

Derek
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