NewzToolz-EZ

Newsgroup Downloading Made Simple

The File Types Window

The File Types Window can be opened from the Setup Menu.

Decades ago, newsgroups were invented for people to post brief, plain-text news stories about their area of research. Today, we shoe-horn giant files into scores of tiny text messages in order to transfer them in the newsgroups. This crazy scheme works remarkably well, however there is one very nagging fly in the ointment: file names.

A newsgroup message has designated spots where the date, subject, poster and other items are placed, but no spot for the filename. So, the posting software will put the filename somewhere in the subject of the post. and a program like NewzToolz EZ must then try to find the filename. ezGroups, ezRAR, and ezNZB do this by scanning the subject for file extensions. So, they will look for a “.rar” and then a “.avi” and then a “.jpg” etcetera until they find something they recognize. Then the program looks at the text before and after the extension to try and figure out the filename, the part number, and the total number of parts.

So, the point of the File Types window is to provide the program with a list of file extensions to look for. The program comes with a list built-in, however new file types are always being invented, so from time-to-time you may need to add one here. Once you do so, you may want to reset the appropriate groups and re-search them in ezGroups and ezRAR.

ezNZB requires that you have all the file types in the NZB file entered on this window. If it finds one while parsing an NZB file that is not present here, it will give you a message asking you to add it.