Preparing a posting
Binaries4all QuickJump We will add the files we want to post to the queue. Click the 'Add Files' pictogram.
Browse to the files you wish to post, select them, and press the 'Open' button.
(Alternatively, you can select the files in your favorite file browser and 'drag and drop' them in the PowerPost window).
In the next window we have another series of tabs to fill out.
First of all the tab 'Subject':
At the text field 'Enter Subject Header Template' you have to specify your header (the text leechers see in their newsreaders).
There are some special codes you can use. For instance $1. I used [$1 / $2], which will indicate for each file that it is file 1 of 5, 2/5, 3/5 etcetera. In the box 'Example' below the input-field you will get a preview of what your header will look like.
The filename ($F) is mandatory. Also, it’s advisable to keep the word 'yEnc' at the end of your header, since this will indicate what coding technique has been used.
Check carefully whether you did not make any (spelling) mistakes in your header.
Here you have to indicate to which Usenet newsgroup(s) you want to post your files. In my case: alt.binaries.x. Just check the box in front of the group name.
The tab 'Prefix Text' is not important, so we skip that one.
At the tab 'File Order' you can specify in what order the files will be posted. I suggest posting the .rar files first, and the Par(2) files last. In this tutorial I won't include them in the post, but if it’s a real post, it is advisable to always include 5 to 10% of PAR2 files. How to make PAR2 files can be found at the QuickPar tutorial.
As mentioned before, this version of PowerPost can create Par(2) files for you. However, we prefer to make them with QuickPar so we leave the checkbox 'Generate .PAR2 File' unchecked. The same applies to PAR and SFV. Both are a somewhat outdated file checking techniques.
We do wish to use the NZB file option to make it easier for leechers. So check the checkbox for 'Generate .NZB File'.
Enter the location you wish to save the NZB file at the text field, preferably in the same folder where your files can be found (or use browse to go there), and correct the filename (I removed .part from the name, because I find it confusing).
Finally we can click the OK-button. The files will be added to the queue (notice that the .nzb file has also been added!).
Now we are really ready to start our first post. All files will be posted to alt.binaries.x.
Now we can move on to: Posting the files
Binaries4all QuickJump
