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The NNTP protocol is pretty simple and troubleshooting downloading problems starts with examining the command and response codes in an NNTP session log.

Recently I've run into a number of corrupt downloads on Giganews in which the article containing a par2 file for a large RAR set returns a 403 "no such article" error even though though the header appears in the search results and group results. I've seen some discussion of that here with...

Completeness would be about the same if providers did not get any DMCA takedown notices, but they do. A fills account would have prevented Mr. willko's issue from causing the problem in the first place.

You can continue to use Giganews with the addition of a cheap block account server as a backup and then no repair is needed. Giganews must remove all of the articles that are listed in a DMCA takedown notice, they have no choice. Lucky for us downloaders that the law firm which is sending out the no...

Is there a way to tell NP to wait 15 minutes before retrying, on a per-connection basis? Let's say the server allows 4 connections, and some time after NP opens 4, one of them errors with 10054. If the remote end is still counting it as one of the 4 allowed, that will timeout in 15 minutes. Retry at...