none@given wrote in news:cesn4cp3n1ohcvfu6oqtp5cqjs9i5r9nd9@4ax.com:
> On Sat, 10 Dec 2016 09:25:11 GMT, Sara Bellum <Sara@cortex.com> wrote:
>
>>"James McMasters" <7805JM@att.net> wrote in
>>news:voadncnEt63cs9bFnZ2dnUU7- LednZ2d@giganews.com:
>>
>>> Is there an APP out there that displays the contents of an NZB file?
>
>
> NZB files are plain text files, so can be opened in any text editor.
> Even Notepad.
>
>>I cannot think of any reason, whatsoever, for someone wanting to see
>>the contents of a NZB file.
>
> Plenty of reasons. To see exactly what it is. for example, in order
> to decide whether to download it or not.
>
> Example: I have an NZB file here called wumt 2016-09-30.nzb
>
> What is this? Who can tell?
>
> Open it in a text editor and you can see that it is actually "Windows
> Update Mini Tool 2016-09-30"
>
> So now I can look it up and see what that is.
>
>
> And that its files are posted to
>
> "alt.binaries.comp" and "alt.binaries.ftd"
>
> And how many parts there are.
>
>>This is not a "dumb" question. It is a question posed by someone who's
>>brain does not work like normal human beings.
>
> On the contrary, it is a perfectly reasonable question by someone who
> might want to look before he leaps. Especially where bandwidth is not
> unlimited.
>
Any NZB search engine shows the size of the collection. e.g.
Binsearch.info
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