Fixing "Repair Failed" Errors on Usenet with Easynews

Why Repairs Sometimes Fail

When accessing Usenet through Easynews, you might encounter a message indicating there aren't enough repair blocks. Here's why this happens and what you can do.

Possible Issues

• Article Retention Limit Reached If the post is too old, it may fall outside Easynews's article retention period and be unavailable.
• Partial Removal of Articles Some articles may be deleted or only partially available, making a full repair impossible.
• Missing or Incomplete PAR2 Blocks Repair blocks help restore damaged data. Without enough of them, the newsreader can’t reconstruct the full post.
• NZB Missing Key References When PAR2s are omitted from the NZB, your newsreader has no way to initiate repair.
• Incompatible Naming Structure Occasionally, newsreaders can’t recognize the relationship between archived data and the repair files due to unconventional naming.

Solutions to Try

• Add a backup Usenet provider to supplement missing segments

• Locate an alternate version of the same post