Slyck.com - Guide To The Newsgroups

A news reader is a program that you install on your computer to connect to a news server where all the messages are stored. Upon first running, the news reader will connect to the news server and retrieve a list of all the newsgroups that are carried by that news server. When you want to see a list of the messages in a newsgroup, the news reader will connect to the news server and retrieve the list of messages (the headers of the messages) in that group without actually downloading the messages themselves (the body of the messages). Now you can browse through the list of messages to see what is available in that group at the time. If you decide to download something that you see listed, simply highlight it (if it has more than 1 file, highlight all parts) and the news reader will download the messages and decode them into binary files. This list is just the top 10 newsreaders from our database, you can get the FULL LIST HERE

We have full guides for several of the most popular Newsreaders:
Slyck's Guide to Grabit
Slyck's Guide to Agent
Slyck's Guide to Xnews

Pan

Download:

Current Version

0.103

Homepage

http://pan.rebelbase.com/

Release Date

July 9, 2006

Developer

Pan Team

License/Cost

Freeware

Has Adware / Spyware?

No / No

User Rating

Votes: 7

Description

Pan is a newsreader which attempts to be pleasing to both new and experienced users. In addition to the standard newsreader features, Pan also supports yEnc, offline newsreading, article filtering, multiple connections, and more features for power users and alt.binaries fans.

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alt.binz

Download:

Current Version

0.25.0

Homepage

http://www.altbinz.com/

Release Date

September 27, 2007

Developer

RdL

License/Cost

Has Adware / Spyware?

Unknown / Unknown

User Rating

Votes: 11

Description

alt.binz is a powerful binary newsreader, for downloading and managing articles from Usenet. Checking the downloaded files, auto unpausing missing PAR2 blocks, repairing, and finally unraring them, are just a few options in this utility.

Various usenet search engines fully supported, browsing groups, searching for files and importing them for download, has never been easier.

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Xnews

Download:

Current Version

5.04.25

Homepage

http://xnews.newsguy.com/

Release Date

0, 0

Developer

Luu Tran

License/Cost

Freeware

Has Adware / Spyware?

No / No

User Rating

Votes: 8

Description

Xnews, a free Usenet newsreader for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP. It's written in Delphi.

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Usenet Explorer

Download:

Current Version

1.9.9

Homepage

http://www.netwu.com/ue/

Release Date

September 1, 2007

Developer

Alex Birj

License/Cost

15 day free trial

$35 to register.

Has Adware / Spyware?

Unknown / Unknown

User Rating

Votes: 9

Description

* Multiserver, multi windows, multitasking newsreader for text and binaries

* Outperforms all binary downloaders without compromising support for text

* Handling many newsgroups and servers simultaneously

* Virtual groups - combining headers from many groups in one window

* Collections and files - convenient grouping of binary posts in threaded view

* Automation through AutoHeaders/Watch/Scheduler ... more

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NewsLeecher

Download:

Current Version

3.7

Homepage

http://www.newsleecher.com/

Release Date

June 21, 2006

Developer

newsleecher.com

License/Cost

$29.99 / year (with SuperSearch)
$19.99 / year (without Supersearch)

Has Adware / Spyware?

No / No

User Rating

Votes: 17

Description

NewsLeecher is a brand new Usenet downloading (leeching) application. It downloads movies, pictures, MP3 files, and software applications in a snap, and uses it's inline engine to assemble and decode all the downloads. The powerful featureset and state-of-the-art user interface makes it an application "you simply can't live without" if you are a serious Usenet leecher.

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GrabIt

Download:

Current Version

1.7.1

Homepage

http://www.shemes.com/

Release Date

May 6, 2007

Developer

Ilan Shemes

License/Cost

Freeware

(The use of the search feature may require payment)

Has Adware / Spyware?

No / No

User Rating

Votes: 17

Description

A particularly good news reader to use for getting binaries off the newsgroups.

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NewsBin Pro

Download:

Current Version

5.30

Homepage

http://www.newsbin.com/

Release Date

August 21, 2006

Developer

DJI Interprises

License/Cost

Shareware, ($35) (10-day free trial)

Has Adware / Spyware?

No / No

User Rating

Votes: 17

Description

NewsBin Pro is a Fast and Smart Usenet Robot that downloads and decodes binary file attachments to Usenet posts. NewsBin saves you time by using multiple connections to maximize your available bandwidth and by automatically combining multipart binary posts to create one file. NewsBin is a smart robot because it will detect duplicate files, allows filtering of files by newsgroup, and can be configured to automatically scan your newsgroups 24x7 for your favorite files.

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BNR (Binary News Reaper)

Download:

Current Version

2.0.14.7 Beta

Homepage

http://www.bnr2.org/

Release Date

August 30, 2005

Developer

BNR Team

License/Cost