How do you download fan edits and fan preservations? (and for the record, is it possible to add a poll to a thread in originaltrilogy.com?)

I am curious as to how you retrieve fan edits and fan preservations. Which of these do you use?

• Public Torrent
• Private Torrent (MySpleen)
• Tehparadox
• Newsgroups
  
  

Public Torrent

Pros: When enough people seed, this is the most hassle-free method
Cons: When nobody seeds, these are useless.

Private Torrent

Pros: Same as Public Torrent, but people are more likely to seed.
Cons: Same as Public Torrent; you need an invite to access, which isn't easy to acquire.

Tehparadox

Pros: More reliable than torrents
Cons: Registration required, but anyone can sign up. Without premium membership on whatever website the content is hosted on, downloading is slow.

Newsgroups

Pros: *as far as I know*, files uploaded to newsgroups don't go away.
Cons: If you don't want to spend any money, you're out of luck. Even if you try a free trial for a newsgroups provider, they WILL want your credit card info.

So...what's your poison?

than what am I missing, other than trades (which i don't think originaltrilogy.com allows anymore :P)

I use MySpleen for preservs and fanedit.info for fanedits,