MailBin – Remotely Queue up NZB Files Using Gmail
Written from the ground up in C#, MailBin is a small application that checks your Gmail account for NZB, Zip, and .Torrent files, allowing you to remotely queue up Usenet and BitTorrent downloads at any remote location. It’s a great tool for when you find something you want to download while away from home, but you want it to be ready by the time you get there.
If you are an avid fan of Usenet or BitTorrent, and happen to use a newsreader/torrent client that will auto queue files (Like Newsbin or uTorrent), give it a try!
Giganews – The Best Usenet Provider, Hands Down
I have utilized several Usenet providers in the past, but the switch to Giganews was the best move I ever made. I have been using their service for over a year now, and as time has passed, the service has gotten better and better. I think that I can say unequivocally, Giganews is the best Usenet provider there is.
Why are they so good? Let me count the ways:
- Unlimited access and 20 connections for $24.99/mo. – $25 a month might seem like a lot, but if you want to have Usenet access at all, you will most likely have to pay. If you want GREAT Usenet access, you will have to pay a few dollars more.
- SSL enabled transfers for $29.99/mo. – Yes, even more money. If you up the ante by a whopping $5 a month, you can have SSL enabled account, allowing you to securely transfer data between your client and their servers. You might ask, “What nefarious data are you transferring that you don’t want anyone to see?” Nothing, actually. The purpose of the SSL transfer is to ensure that no ISP traffic shaping is done based on packet headers or protocol ports. Let the BitTorrent folks deal with their ISP dropping their packets and throttling downloads – with Giganews, you don’t have to worry.
- Giganews Accelerator for…Free! – Finally, something free. Did I mention unlimited data and 20 connections for $24.99 a month? Anyways, you get free use of the Giganews Accelerator application included with your account. The accelerator allows you to download compressed headers, greatly accelerating your header download speed. What this means in the real world is that with a properly configured newsgroup reader, such as Newsbin, you can increase your header download speed by a factor of 10.
This is actually one of the main reasons I wrote this post – I was downloading headers from a ton of groups yesterday and saw Newsbin displaying my header download speed as over 100 MB/s. If I was downloading from a regular Usenet provider, or without the accelerator, it would have been a measly 9 to 10 MB/s. A ten-fold increase is not bad at all!
Oh, and as a side note, header downloads do not count into your monthly quota if you are using a metered account, aka they are free.
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