Expert Newsbin Configuration Techniques

UsenetServer + Newsbin: Power User Setup

Newsbin has numerous expert-level options designed for advanced customization. UsenetServer subscribers can enhance functionality and stability using these configuration options, which must be applied with Newsbin fully closed. They are added via the .nbi configuration file or the system registry.

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Chunk Cache Setting

Help manage fast Internet connections and disk bottlenecks:

• [Performance]:
  ChunkCacheSize=250

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Define Age and Size Filter Values

Custom dropdown options for article age and size:

• [Age]:

  6 Hours
  2 Days
  7 Days

• [SIZES]:

  100 KBytes
  10 MBytes
  1 GBytes

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Memory Usage Before Disk Write (Pre-6.42)

Adjust cache-to-disk behavior:

• [Performance]:
  MemCacheLimit=25

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Repair/Unrar Priority Management

Reduce load from repair jobs:

• [Settings]:
  RepairPriority=1

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Enable Logging to Text File

Write log messages externally:

• Registry (String):
  LogFile=C:\usenetserver_logs\log.txt

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Set Free Space Threshold

Alert when space gets low:

• [Filename]:
  MinFreeSpace=2048

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Smaller Header Chunks

Control how headers are retrieved:

• [SETTINGS]:
  HeaderChop=1

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Interface Background Settings

Switch color scheme:

• [COLORS]:
  UseBackgroundColor=1

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Skip Disk Write for Images

Prevent image storage:

• [IMAGESAFE]:
  SaveImages=0

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Clean Up NZB Folder Naming

Remove prefixes for better sorting:

• [NZB]:
  NZB_PathCleanRE="usenet_[0-9]+_"

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Control TCP/IP Timeouts

Adjust connection handling:

• Registry (DWORD):
  RecieveTimeout=320
TransmitTimeout=60

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Assembly Delay for Recent Posts

Avoid processing incomplete articles:

• [SETTINGS]:
  AutoAssembleTimer=36

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Automatic NZB File Handling

Treat new NZBs as if added manually:

• [NZB]:
  AutoDownload=1

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Keep Speed Throttling Active

Preserve settings across restarts:

• [SETTINGS]:
  PersistRateLimit=1

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Hide Legacy Articles

Only show recent Usenet articles:

• [SETTINGS]:
  HideOld=1

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RAR Timestamp Behavior

Reflect the archive timestamp:

• [AutoRAR]:
  KeepFilestamp=1

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Disable Repair When Not Needed

Improve efficiency with perfect archives:

• [AUTORAR]:
  EarlyDecode=1

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Subject-Based Folder Handling

Sort by subject line automatically:

• [SETTINGS]:
  SingleSubject=0

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Detach Metadata from Compacted Sets

Do not merge NFO and similar extras:

• [SETTINGS]:
  CombineMeta=0