Posted by Tricky Dicky on 09/20/44 11:26

"mo" <nospam> wrote in message
news:vMydnZ2dnZ3wDlz1nZ2dnSqNvt6dnZ2dRVnyp52dnZ0@giganews.com...
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> "Tricky Dicky" <tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1126315047.23371.0@sabbath.news.uk.clara.net...
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>> "Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:4321dcee$0$97135$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
>>> Whats good except kaaza?.
>>> Someone mentioned - edonkey. Anyone know the url for this software?.
>>> Google brings up a few im not sure which is the genuine one
>>> tia
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>> Binary newsgroups are your friends. Anything on P2P or a torrent cannot
>> be trusted
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>> Tricky
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> why? i have seen postings of fake files on usenet before.... not viruses
> but people posting films labelled (for ex) LOTR but when you open them
> they are not actually LOTR (doesnt happen that often tho mind!)


Depends if you do your research first. If someone is posting the incorrect
files on usenet and it is a genuine mistake then you will see the apology
and the repost. If it is some jackass doing it deliberately then you will
see the flamings from the first group of people to pack the file.

Tricky

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