================== IMPORTANT NOTE

This project is no longer being actively maintained. It still works fine but no new features will ever be appearing. Check out my GoPostStuff project <https://github.com/madcowfred/GoPostStuff/>_ for a new and much scarier version of the idea.

newsmangler

newsmangler is a basic client for posting binaries to Usenet. The only notable feature is multiple connection support to efficiently utilize modern bandwidth.

Installation

. Download the source: git clone git://github.com/madcowfred/newsmangler.git

(or download a .zip I guess).

. Copy sample.conf to ~/.newsmangler.conf, edit the options as appropriate.

cp sample.conf ~/.newsmangler.conf nano ~/.newsmangler.conf

. Download and install the yenc module <https://bitbucket.org/dual75/yenc>_

for greatly improved yEnc encoding speed.

Usage

Make a directory containing the files you wish to post, the directory name will be used as the post subject. For example, with a directory structure such as:

test post please ignore/

• test.nfo
• test.part1.rar
• test.part2.rar

And the command line: python mangler.py "test post please ignore"

The files will post as: test post please ignore [1/3] - "test.nfo" yEnc (1/1) test post please ignore [2/3] - "test.part1.rar" yEnc (01/27) test post please ignore [3/3] - "test.part2.rar" yEnc (01/27)

See python mangler.py --help for other options.