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Group-based folders (and also newzbin-category based folders) were removed in 0.4.0, because that they overlap and compete with user-defiend categories. Also it was hard to find a non-confusing user interface.

Newzbin-category based folders are really obsolete, because exactly the same can be accomplished using the user-defined categories.

The group-based folders are a different beast, largely incompatible with user-defined categories.
It could be restored, at the risk of added complexity in the user interface.
We simply assumed that nobody was interested in group-based folders anymore.

One thing I thought of was to use the groups as triggers for the category. The Categories page now contains a column that holds Newzbin category names. I can imagine that you fill in group names there. So group alt.binaries.hdtv.x264 may map to a category called (e.g.) "Movies HD". It would be possible to map multiple groups to one category.

What are your thoughts?

shypike wrote: We simply assumed that nobody was interested in group-based folders anymore.

For me, this assumption is correct.
I'm not explicitly downloading from groups, I just download 'an NZB file' and feed it to SAB.
I do like the user-defined categories, though, mainly because I want to be the one that decides what kind of download it is.

So, I say: "keep up the good work!"

- Zedd

There will be two changes in the next release:

- The group name will be passed as the 6th parameter to the user script
- Group names will be accepted as selection values for user-defined categories.

The first will allow you to use the group name for your own post-processing script.
The second will allow people to combine the flexibility of the category system with the extra information the group name gives.