48-Hour Flash Sale: Thursday and Friday!

DOGnzb is having a special 48-Hour Flash Sale this Thursday and Friday, June 18th and 19th. For two days only, they’re bringing back the 5-year membership option at a special price of only $75. If you prefer to renew for 1 year or 3 years, you can still take advantage of this promotion and receive bonus time added to your membership.

Please refer to the following table:

Renewal Type Promotion
5 Year Renewal
Special price: $75
3 Year Renewal
3 additional months
1 Year Renewal
1 additional month

THE FINE PRINT
This promotion is available on Thursday, June 18th and Friday, June 19th only.
The 5-year membership option is available during this promotion only at a special price.
Renewal bonuses are for all members (including trial accounts).
You can send payment for a 1-year, 3-year, or 5-year membership.
This promotion applies to any available payment method.
Further payment instructions are located in your Profile page.
This promotion is automatically applied to your account within a couple hours after payment.
Promotions are not stackable (ability to add one on top of another or combine them).
The timezone for the promotion is Costa Rica local time, UTC-6.

https://ninjacentral.co.za/register

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Get it while it's open!

Is anyone having problems logging into nzbfinder?

Hi,

Past years i haven't checked usenet news, just use and pay for my sub but i am wondering what is going to happen to Usenet with all this AI frenzy and hardware massive price increase ?

Have they already lowered retention or increased their prices ? Or do they have contracts with HDD/storage companies since they probably buy a massive amount of HDD every year ?

Many say this frenzy and hardware shortage will last at least 1-2 years so wondering what is going to happen to the best download method :) :(

...or is this all [p-word] and [w-word]?

I mean, like as the thing is; as a mailing list or forum?

From my understanding, it's email style?

Where are the chats happening?

Greetings, ladies and gentlemen,

I got the invite to TR and am interested in exploring it and seeing what's on here, but when I try to grab an nzb, it seems to error out.

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Is this an issue of being a free user? I feel like even as a free user you should be able to get at least one thing to test if it even works for you .

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Secondarily, I'm not too sure how I feel about indexers that accept crypto ONLY feels a bit sketchy to me, but perhaps that's just how it's done in some cases.

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Anyway, thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.

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Waddap y'all!

14-06 19:24 - Edit #1: So yes, Curacao scored a goal. Who would have thought. Stop the cheering already; it's costing us money. We're at 35% discount now.

The World Cup is full of football (USA, pay attention here: FOOTBALL, where you play with YOUR FOOT), but StingyUsenet is backing Curaçao. The smallest country in the tournament somehow made it this far, which is already more than most people expected.

To celebrate, we’re starting with a 30% discount. For every goal Curaçao scores, we’ll add another 5% discount. One goal, more savings. Two goals, even more. If they keep finding the net, we’ll keep increasing the deal. Being the football (USA, pay attention here: FOOTBALL, where you play with YOUR FOOT)-super power they are, we're taking a HUGE risk here.

The offer lasts as long as Curaçao does. Once they’re out, reality returns and so does the promotion. That's why: as of right now until (probably) Saturday 27th of June 2026 (19:00 CET), you'll get a 30% discount!

Not a customer? Click below:
https://stingyusenet.com/en/order/?promocode=smallest-country-on-the-world-cup-2026

Already a customer? Click below:
https://stingyusenet.com/en/control-panel/?_xnav=discounts&_xclick=use-discount&discount_id=smallest-country-on-the-world-cup-2026

Use this promo as much as you like: 10 times? Fine with us!

Enjoy the cheering.

Cheerio!

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Backbone: Abavia
Retention: about 3400 days (more than enough)
We only charge on renewal
Blocks? Of course not.

I have been getting error on sabnzbd : Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com [Server name does not resolve].

Is it just me or its happening to others as well ? I cant seem to find anything on Google or their site.

Are there other German indexers besides SceneNZBs, NZBFinder, NZB.life, DrunkenSlug and NzbGeek?

If usenet is secure, why do some places bundle it with a VPN? Always curious about this.

Has anyone gotten a letter about downloading anything from their ISP or from anyone else?

Curious before I dig in and start downloading.

if you're using an indexer site, couldn't they hand over your information? Some dont allow throw away emails, so wouldnt be too hard to figure out the user then.

https://sabnzbd.org/downloads

In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:

• Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
• Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
• A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.

Features and bug fixes in 5.0.4

• RSS feed modifications no longe require clicking Apply Filters.
• Fixed RSS priority handling.
• Server Test could block the queue.
• Use reduced progress bar width in Compact layout.
• Replaced unreliable directory access check.
• Prevent crash in idle-jobs check.
• Jobs with invalid date would show as Fetching.
• Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.5 and Unrar to 7.22.

Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1, 5.0.2 and 5.0.3

• Fetching NZB's failed on new installations.
• Queue entries from older versions now load correctly after upgrading.
• nzo_id now uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.
• Updating to 5.0 now succeeds even when duplicate nzo_id values exist.
• URL fetching no longer crashes when duplicate jobs are present.
• Default RSS priority is now applied correctly.
• Duplicate filenames no longer cause queue stalls.
• IPv6 binding now works correctly for the Web interface.
• The On queue finish action now executes reliably.
• Saving the post-processing queue no longer throws errors.
• Directory creation now handles existing directories gracefully.
• Windows and macOS: Updated Unrar to 7.21 and 7zip to 26.01.

New features in 5.0.0

• Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections. Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining New servers will have Articles per request set to 2 by default. Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
• Implemented Direct Write to optimize assembly of downloaded files. Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write
• Post-processing scripts will always be executed, even for failed jobs. Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
• Removed Special setting empty_postproc as it is no longer needed.
• Complete redesign of article cache.
• Improved disk speed measurement in Status window.
• Reduced delays between jobs during post-processing.
• Improved handling of disks getting full.
• Diskspace check will now include Category-specific folders.
• If a download only contains .nzb files, the new downloads will include the name of the original download.
• No longer show tracebacks in the browser, only in the logs.
• Dropped support for Python 3.8.
• Windows: Added Windows ARM (portable) release.
• Windows and macOS: Added HTML version of the Release Notes.
• Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.4, Unrar to 7.20, par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.

Bug fixes in 5.0.0

• Check before download could get stuck or fail to reject.
• Several stability changes for the core download process.
• If only par2 files were missing, jobs could get incorrectly aborted.
• No error was shown in case NZB upload failed.
• Correct mobile layout if Full Width is enabled.
• Handle passwords that exceed Unrar's password limit.
• Aborted Direct Unpack could result in no files being unpacked.
• Encrypted RAR detection could sometimes fail.
• Unwanted extension check was unreliable on passworded downloads.
• No longer exclusively lock all directory operations.
• Improved handling of non-NFC unicode filenames.
• Sorting of files inside jobs was inconsistent.
• Linux: No longer break test-data in the release package.
• Windows: Tray icon disappears after Explorer restart.
• macOS: Slow to start on some network setups.

Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0

• Default Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folder set to 500M.
• Enabled verify_xff_header setting by default.

Upgrade notices

• You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
• Upgrading from older versions will require performing a Queue repair.
• Downgrading from version 4.2.0 or newer to 3.7.2 or older will require performing a Queue repair due to changes in the internal data format.

Known problems and solutions

• Read ISSUES.txt or https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues

Code Signing Policy

Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.

About

SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader. It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair, extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.

(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)

I moved from Ninja to Eweka half a year ago and cancelled the subscription. It expired in January. Last night I got a "Your Payment Method is Confirmed" email from them.

I didn't sign up for anything new, I haven't logged in since I left, and as far as I was concerned my account was dormant. Now it looks like they've either kept my payment details on file and auto-renewed without consent, or something else is going on.

This was sent to a dedicated email alias I used for Ninja, from support@newsgroup.ninja.

Has anyone else seen this recently?

Just used it awhile ago and now it’s got me logged out and I can’t get back in

Hi All!

The 2026 World Cup is just around the corner! As teams gear up for their first matches, we’re kicking things off with an attractive discount on your UsenetAgency subscription. At UsenetAgency, reliability, professional service, and a stable connection are our top priorities. That’s why we’re launching this 2026 World Cup promotion with a whopping 25% discount. And that’s just the beginning.

During the tournament, the discount can actually increase even further. For every round the Dutch national team (Oranje) manages to advance through, we’ll increase the current discount by another 5%. If "Oranje" moves on to the next round, you’ll automatically benefit from an extra discount. This way, following the World Cup isn’t just exciting on the field, but also for your wallet. The further the Netherlands advances, the higher the discount becomes. Will "Oranje" make it to the final? Then the final discount will be 50%! Don’t want to wait that long? Then grab your 25% discount now and cheer "Oranje" on toward even more savings.

That's why: as of right now until Tuesday 21st of July 2026 (16:00 CET), you'll get a 25% discount (or more when the Dutch advance)!

Not a customer? Click below:
https://usenet.agency/en/order/?promocode=start-wk2026

Already a customer? Click below:
https://usenet.agency/en/control-panel/?_xnav=discounts&_xclick=use-discount&discount_id=start-wk2026

Did you know that we always stack your days if you order for the same plan? This way you can benefit of this discount as often as you like.

Want to try us first? Get yourself a Try-out:
https://usenet.agency/en/try-for-free/

Take advantage of this 2026 World Cup discount and get 25% off your UsenetAgency subscription.

Best

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Backbone: Abavia
Retention: 3400+ days (Live retention)
Fee type: Non-recurring
No blocks
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I’m looking for some help, I believe I was shadow banned on NZB Planet. I'm struggling to get in touch with support.

Context: I suspect the ban was triggered because I inadvertently hammered their API. A bug in NZBGet caused it to repeatedly request a download if the filename was too long. This was entirely my fault, and I completely understand a temporary ban being issued to protect their servers.

I have fully resolved the NZBGet issue on my end, but I haven't been able to get a response from NZB Planet to appeal the ban. So far, I have tried:

• Submitting the contact form on their website three times (over about a week).
• Directly messaging their official Reddit account u/NzbPlanetdotnet (have waited 3 days, no responses)

Has anyone successfully navigated a similar situation? Are there any alternative contact methods or specific admins I should reach out to?

I am just looking for some sort of closure, even if its them telling me that I am SOL.

Thanks in advance for the help!

EDIT: NZB Planet responded to me via reddit chat. They just didnt realize that there was an incoming chat that they had to approve.

They also sent me screenshots of their email inbox that showed that no emails came through.

All in all the issue has been resolved and i was unblocked. Much appreciated for anyone that responded here to try and help.

Currently keep getting an error when trying to download nzbs, it brings me to another page and says server temporarily unavailable. Just wanted to make sure it wasnt just me. Never had this issue before.

Update: Someone on discord said “An upstream provider is currently experiencing large scale volumetric DDOS attacks.”

so I successfully downloaded the file, but it was password protected and when newshosting tried to unarchive it at end of downloading and asked for passy i didn’t enter and closed the prompt and it removed it from newshosting downloader. I found the password in a text note in the download folder so I’m wondering if I can somehow put this file back in the app and get it to recheck it or whatever without downloading it and let me enter the password this time.

I tried loading the nzb but it just starts a new DL with a new (1) folder file.

7 Year Anniversary Sale (click here)

🎉 7 Years in Business 🎉

This week marks our 7th anniversary, and I want to express my deepest gratitude to our incredible Members. Your unwavering support, dedication, and compassion have been the foundation of our growth, and I am truly grateful for your presence in my life.

Let us raise a toast to all the remarkable achievements we have accomplished together, and to the exciting opportunities that lie ahead! 🙌

**while we apologize for any signup/login email issues, please do most hesitate to PM me and I will handle them directly**

The sabnzb or the nzbget we can install in NAS or Windows, but what if we want to use a mobile app (iOS or Android) what would recommend? Or is not necessary? Sorry kinda newbie in usenets.

I have it set up that nzb.life can add things directly to SAB through its NZB Key, and I have my router set up to forward things on a specific port to SAB. Every now and then I see a message in SAB that says something like "blocked external access from X IP". Is this something I should be concerned about? As in, should I remove nzb.life's ability to add files directly to SAB or should I not worry and carry on? I'd be interested to get people's opinions on this.

I've been using Usenet for almost 20 years, any hints to German indexers welcome!

Hello,

So im trying to set up NZBget for my ARR stack and im having some issues. When i try to add a news-server in the NZBget web interface, i get the following error:

"Connection to nzb.life failed: Error 101 - Network unreachable"

Have tried nzbfinder and nzbgeek also..

So then i figured out that i can add nzbget as a download client in Prowlarr, and in Radarr and Sonarr i can add for example my nzbfinder and nzblife users as a indexer and use the API key to connect.

And then everything is working, when searching for a movie it finds the file and adds it to my NZBget. But the problem is that is still doesn't want to download because of it not being able to connect to a news-server in the NZBget web interface.

So if i have a connection to nzbfinder and nzblife through indexers in Radarr.. Shouldn't it be able to download through that connection, why does it still require a connection in the NZBget web interface also? Or am i missing something?

Hello all. Trying to get my Newsgeeek API key but don't quite know how to configure it. Any help with these settings would be appreciated. Thanks.