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what's NZB (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Johny5 to c/asklemmy
 

Another way for p2ping? How this thing works? Are there free search engines? Any client suggestion?

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[–] 9point6 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

OP you had one job. It's NZB as per your link, not NBZ

And in answer to your question, it's like a torrent file but for Usenet. You will need a news-server subscription to download the content they describe and you'll generally need an indexer (similar to a torrent tracker) to find them. Most of the good indexers also charge a fee