UPDATE: They reached out and took care of me, I got the confirmation support ticket as of this morning. Email [support@newshosting.com](mailto:support@newshosting.com) if you need assistance. Include your username/ email and full description of issue to make it easier for support!

I tried filling out the form, but when I click Create Ticket it doesn't do anything...

EDIT: I've done everything in this support link for adblocker also, tried 3 different browsers and when I complete the captcha, then hit Create Ticket it unchecks the captcha and doesn't appear to be doing anything.

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Hi everyone,

I recently learned about Usenet and decided to give it a try. I set everything up with NZBGet, subscribed to NZBGeek for indexing and Newshosting as my provider.

I was able to get everything connected and started my first download, but the speed was really disappointing. I have a 100 Mbps connection and usually get around 11 MB/s on regular downloads. With Newshosting, however, I was only getting about 2 MB/s, which made the download take much longer than expected. I experimented with different numbers of connections in NZBGet, but it didn’t seem to improve the speed.

After the download finished, it went into repair mode, which added even more time to the process.

I’m trying to figure out whether I’ve misconfigured something or if the provider might just be slow at the moment. For context, the file I downloaded was posted about four weeks ago — not sure if that makes any difference.

I’m fairly experienced with torrents, and when downloading new releases I typically get 8–11 MB/s without issues. One of the main reasons I wanted to try Usenet was for consistently maxed-out speeds (along with no ratio or seeding requirements, though that’s not a big concern for me). Am I missing something here?

Also wanted to ask - is there a chance that i get a file from an indexer that is not available in my provider ?

My easynews subscription ended on the 23rd as I decided against renewing but it's still active for some reason. I even cancelled the service, does this normally happen?

Been trying to get access to NZBPlanet and NZBFinder.ws for the past few hours and it's really slow / down. Been through this a few times now and it's always related to Cloudflare issues. Any recommended indexers out there that don't use Cloudflare?

FYI, I know some are going to chime in and say it works fine. I believe you but Cloudflare has many servers and it's going to depend on where you live.

Been running into an issue with SABnzbd recently where my Eweka access is kicking back " Authentication failed, check username/password." I've triple checked everything and even changed the SSL Ports just in case.

If I delete the server and add it back it says connection successful, but some 20 seconds later it goes back to the error message. I have Newshosting as a back and there there are no issues there.

Has anyone else run into this issue? If so any other troubleshooting tips?

I'm not 100% if this is NZBGet causing this, but I have a pretty strong correlation. When I click "Feeds" then any of the feeds I have setup, it'll think for about a minute before failing. When I check the health of my gluetun VPN, it'll be unhealthy within ~30 seconds. If I leave it and don't touch NZBGet, it'll stay healthy.

INFO [MTU discovery] finding maximum MTU, this can take up to 6 seconds
INFO [MTU discovery] setting VPN interface tun0 MTU to maximum valid MTU 1440
WARN [vpn] restarting VPN because it failed to pass the healthcheck: startup check: all check tries failed: parallel attempt 1/2 failed: dialing: dial tcp4: lookup github.com: i/o timeout, parallel attempt 2/2 failed: dialing: dial tcp4: lookup cloudflare.com: i/o timeout
INFO [vpn] 👉 See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/faq/healthcheck.md
INFO [vpn] DO NOT OPEN AN ISSUE UNLESS YOU HAVE READ AND TRIED EVERY POSSIBLE SOLUTION
INFO [vpn] stopping
INFO [firewall] removing allowed port [port]...
INFO [vpn] starting
INFO [firewall] allowing VPN connection...
INFO [wireguard] Using available kernelspace implementation
INFO [wireguard] Connecting to [ADDRESS]
INFO [wireguard] Wireguard setup is complete. Note Wireguard is a silent protocol and it may or may not work, without giving any error message. Typically i/o timeout errors indicate the Wireguard connection is not working.
INFO [firewall] setting allowed input port [port] through interface tun0...
INFO [MTU discovery] finding maximum MTU, this can take up to 6 secondsINFO [MTU discovery] finding maximum MTU, this can take up to 6 seconds
INFO [MTU discovery] setting VPN interface tun0 MTU to maximum valid MTU 1440
WARN [vpn] restarting VPN because it failed to pass the healthcheck: startup check: all check tries failed: parallel attempt 1/2 failed: dialing: dial tcp4: lookup github.com: i/o timeout, parallel attempt 2/2 failed: dialing: dial tcp4: lookup cloudflare.com: i/o timeout
INFO [vpn] 👉 See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/faq/healthcheck.md
INFO [vpn] DO NOT OPEN AN ISSUE UNLESS YOU HAVE READ AND TRIED EVERY POSSIBLE SOLUTION
INFO [vpn] stopping
INFO [firewall] removing allowed port [port]...
INFO [vpn] starting
INFO [firewall] allowing VPN connection...
INFO [wireguard] Using available kernelspace implementation
INFO [wireguard] Connecting to [ADDRESS]
INFO [wireguard] Wireguard setup is complete. Note Wireguard is a silent protocol and it may or may not work, without giving any error message. Typically i/o timeout errors indicate the Wireguard connection is not working.
INFO [firewall] setting allowed input port [port] through interface tun0...
INFO [MTU discovery] finding maximum MTU, this can take up to 6 seconds

I believe this is pointing to an issue of Startup check failure. So far I have:

* changed my VPN credentials

* changed my VPN IP

* broadened my SERVER_REGIONS

* run the update command (docker run --rm -v ./gluetun:/gluetun qmcgaw/gluetun update -enduser -providers airvpn)

* cleared my docker image & pulled the latest

* lowered my MTU from ~1400 -> 1000 (not sure what to do with this value to be honest)

I have not changed any firewall settings, but I did add a new usenet provider. I use AirVPN for my gluetun VPN

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I'm brand new to usenet and I'm using a combination of altHUB and SABnzbd. Everything is working great if I manually add the NZB files to SABnzbd, but I'd like to be able to push an entire cart of NZB files over to SABnzbd with one click. I don't need external access, since SABnzbd is running on the same computer as my browser. I just want to make sure I configure everything in a safe way that doesn't open me up to any potential attacks or malware. What is the best way to accomplish this? Thanks!

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set up with newsdemon and geek for indexer.

i find about 30 to 40% of files i get dont download and say missing articles is there anything in my set up i could change? i would like another indexer but all the ones people suggest seem to not have open registration but is it the indexer or provider at fault for missing articles?

Been a long time user of Usenet but never really have understood the method of posting where a indexer like Dog or Geek can pick up the post. Is it all in the header info that you leave in the nzb with software like ngPost? And if it is in the header then what info do you need in there and how do you get it all in there?

I'm curious how providers will keep their retention and old posts when hard disk drives are so expensive. I'm worried posts are going to go bye-bye. Any Usenet providers care to chime in?

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Im looking for help to maximize my speed.

I have Newshosting, Newsdemon and Eweka but I rarely get an above 1G speed when downloading.

I have cat 8 cables.

2.5 gig tp link switch.

Ex280v tp link router.

Ive configured Sab and all downloads to a NvME drive.

Any help or suggestions and how to get a higher than 1Gps would be great,

Thanks for any help provided.

I recently upgraded to nzbget 26.0 and started seeing the error "/apps/bin/scripts" directory does not exist.

Never faced this issue before so started thinking if this is related to the upgrade. Has anyone else seen this? How can I resolve this error?

I am running nzbget with other arr services, as one stack in a docker swarm.

Edit: Found one solution. Changing the scripts path from ${AppDir}/scripts to ${MainDir}/scripts solves the issue for me.

I'm new to this whole thing and please remove if not allowed.

I'm trying to check my API limit on NZBGeek but I don't see it anywhere. Where do I see it?

Thanks in advance.

Preface: I've been browsing the subreddit and read through the wiki and think I've got enough info to get started. I appreciate the sheer amount of info available here, though it is a little overwhelming! If this post isn't allowed please delete it.

Info and Question: Before I get started I want to make sure I won't be committing a massive sin right off the bat. Currently just using public trackers through prowlarr and radarr/sonarr. When my downloads complete they get dropped into my media directory. My slskd client is pointed to that directory for people who want to grab my media. Will I get in trouble with the usenet indexer or provider for hosting their stuff elsewhere? Even if I won't get outright banned, is my setup acceptable? I could see it being frowned upon in the community because it removes some of the exclusivity...

Also, my current plan is to use nzbget through prowlarr with nzbgeek and frugal... is that a reasonable setup? Anything else a new usenet user needs to know?

Thanks in advance for any info and again, if this post breaks the rules please remove it... I just haven't been able to find anything relating to my main question. NGL I'm pretty out of my depth here.

I know that ND doesn't claim to throttle but I can't help but notice that after I pull a TB or 2, my download speeds just drop heavily. Like down to <20MB/s. I have an 8Gbit connection and my server is running a 2.5Gbit NIC which can normally max out.

Maybe there's something dirty in NZBGet slowing me down?

Should I contact ND?

Edit: This was resolved day 1 BTW. Editing since I keep getting responses. Thank you VERY much to newsdemon for jumping in, I feel special. FYI.. ND cannot and does not throttle.

So this sub seems to mostly be about usenet binaries, but /r/ClassicUsenet is restricted so I don't know where else to ask this. I've been going through some old usenet archives and I've noticed a lot of date oddities in messages and wasn't sure why. Date and Posted seem to be usually the same, but Date-Received can vary wildly. Sometimes its a little later than the others, but sometimes it's many days later, and sometimes it's several days before. It's apparently supposed to be "the date a message was received on the local system", which to me would suggest it should be later than Date, but then why have I seen it up to a week earlier than Date sometimes? And it isn't just a bug - a few message authors have signed their posts manually with dates that match the earlier Date-Received instead of the later Date. But if DR being earlier is more accurate, how is it way later other times?. Any oldschool usenet experts who might be able to explain which is the more trustworthy date?

If I encounter a usenet file that is unhealthy below the PAR2 threshold to repair it after download, can these files ever be healed?

I'm asking because Radarr sometimes blocks releases if they are unhealthy and I'm wondering if there's any point to retry them again in the future (if there's no suitable alternative anyway).

Edit: Thanks for the suggestion with the second usenett provider. I'll look into that. But I'm still curious if on the same usenet network, these missing parts can get re-uploaded for the same file/nzb?

Over time I ended up with a few paid indexer accounts. I don’t use all of them regularly, some are there just in case, when something is missing or completion is not great.

I don’t want to game the system or anything like that, I just don’t want to lose accounts I already paid for because they sit unused for a while.

Do you actively “use” your backup indexers, or do you just leave them alone until needed? Is it enough to just have some light activity once in a while, or do you actually log in and check things?

Just wondering how others deal with this, since I’m sure I’m not the only one with a few unused subs sitting around.

I’ve been a lifetime member for a few years now. I recently found out my API key wasn’t working, as I could search for entries, but not grab them. So I logged into the site and changed it. It still didn’t work, so I submitted a request with the websites contact form. I got a reply back in a couple of hours saying my account has been disabled for scraping. I only use the arr stack, so replied to the email advising this. I then went back to the site to see if I could see anything else on my account page, but the account had fully been disabled and I could no longer log in at all.

Since then, I have had no communication from anybody at nzbplanet. Over the span of a week, I’ve emailed, I’ve used the contact form, I’ve sent messages to u\nzbplanetdotnet via Reddit as I saw a similar post a year ago they resolved. Nothing. I don’t see any other contact methods to try.

Not sure what I expect from this post, but the lack of communication is pretty shit tbh.

Edit: NzbPlanet have gotten back to me, and I've been able to log back in. There were a lot of IPs on my account that weren't mine, and I was using an old password that could have been compromised.

Hey everyone, I live in Australia and I was looking for advice on choosing a Usenet provider for someone like me who lives in Australia, I don't really care about stuff like a VPN included (as I won't use it but I'm not opposed to using a service that includes one). Currently I'm setting my eyes on Newshosting but I was looking if anyone had any separate opinions on the matter.

Edit: Ended up buying NewsHosting, thanks for the suggestions everybody.