Expert Union
Here's a free, specialized thread-based newsreader which can help you use experts' knowledge from newsgroups. It posts your questions to the newsgroups and retrieves the answers to your questions.
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Binary Boy
An excellent freeware utility, Binary Boy searches the newsgroups for binary file attachments that match your search criteria. You may execute searches immediately or use the scheduler to call your news server at a preset time. You can also create different search criteria for each newsgroup or search globally. New version adds many new features, such as the ability to cancel downloads of unwanted files and an improved newsgroup picker that finds matching newsgroups as you type.
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ASP1-A3
The next time you're downloading pictures of pastoral landscape scenes from your favorite Usenet newsgroup, you'll appreciate this cool free utility. ASP1-A3 automatically downloads images for you while filtering out spam. The freeware version is supported by ads. (For Windows).
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Newsgroup Commander
Newsgroup Commander is the fastest way to find any information you're looking for in news group archives. The program allows the fastest email messages downloading from selected newsgroups.
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Free Agent
Free Agent is simply put, one of the Net's absolute must-have free programs. It's an essential Usenet newsgroup reader that features an easy-to-use interface with lots of icons and pull-down menus. Free Agent provides multipane viewing, flexible article purging options, database compacting, carbon copying for E-mail and article posting, editing of all fields, and canceling of posts. For full E-mail support and more advanced features, you can upgrade to the full-featured commercial version. (For Windows).
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WinVN Newsreader
A solid freeware program, WinVN (Windows Visual Newsreader) has been around for a while and is constantly improving. Like other news readers, it can be used to select, view, write, sort and print Usenet News articles, but it offers a more visual approach than other similar programs. With WinVN, you can easily navigate between newsgroups and articles via a point-and-click interface. (For Windows). English and Japanese versions are available.
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newsparrotv4
NewsParrot. Trawls for free open news servers, tests for speed, the number of Newsgroups and artical density.
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Omea Reader
Omea Reader is an easy to use RSS feed reader, newsgroup reader and Web bookmark manager. Its powerful information management features include fast searches, flexible categorization, flagging, annotations, clippings, notifications and much more.
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NewsShark
This helpful, free Usenet utility is perfect for those who want an efficient way to download large binary files (sounds, programs, multimedia files) from the newsgroups. To get the free version, look for the "NewsShark Trial Version" text link. (For Windows).
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NewsXpress
Here's an excellent, highly configurable free newsgroup reader for Windows. Offers many advanced features, such as built-in uuencode and uudecode. You can also view binary (graphics) files as they download. NewsXpress also lets you send E-mail via SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and much more. (For Windows).
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