Title says it. Is anyone still on the newsgroups? For reasons I need to amass a large collection of music in MP3 format, preferably full albums, and I’d like to do it somewhat quickly. Is there a better place to hunt before I buy news server access? I been on land for too many years.

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    5 hours ago

    The missing parts sounds like a provider issue, not an indexer one. Do you have a backup block on a different backbone?

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      5 hours ago

      I don’t have one yet, but I do plan to get one as I infrequently get those errors with movies too.

      I am using NewsHosting as my primary/sole provider (the bundled Privado VPN is what I bound qBitTorrent with), which is on Omicron.

      Will look for a fallback on a different backbone. Though any inputs on this will be appreciated. :-)

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        5 hours ago

        BlockNews or Usenet.farm seem like they could be good fits for your set up. Since you can already get what you want, it may be worth it to wait until Black Friday sales.