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On 2017-07-21 07:42:01 +0000, parg@jardoon.org said:
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 18:41:24 -0700, symm <symm@nowhere.org> wrote:
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>> On 2017-07-20 17:55:02 +0000, Worker said:
>>
>>> Let's say (hypothetically) that I use a usenet server that has 10
>>> years' retention.
>>>
>>> And let's say I rely on binsearch to locate files stored by my server --
>>>
>>> but binsearch only goes back 5 years.
>>>
>>> How the heck do I access the older 5 years of files?
>>>
>>> And what's the point of saving them if no one can get at them?
>>
>> Same issue here basically.
>>
>> I use NZBIndex for up to 1100 days since it has the best advanced
>> search queries/filtering for me.
>>
>> I use NZBKing for older stuff (I've gotten results out to ~3100 days or
>> about 8.5 years) but it has almost no filtering options and is best
>> when you have enough filename info to reduce extraneous results.
>>
>> Beyond that I load all headers on the group(s) I want to search, but I
>> tend not to use this as the default as it makes checking new headers
>> slower for day-to-day use.
>
> Same here also.
>
> Thanks for the heads up on NZBKing, symm. The search results seem to
> be a bit random but I did manage to pick up some interesting items
> from 6 years ago at my first try and a comic posted in 2009 on my
> second.
I forgot to mention that quoting multiple words with NZBKing will help
filter results. You can add additional terms outside the quoted string.
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