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Forte Agent:
A free and commercial version of this newsreader is
available. Supports an off-line mode, group
properties, filtering, and multi-level message
threading. |
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Gravity: The official Microplanet freeware
version is available, as well as modified versions
that add support for yEnc decoding and various other
improvements. |
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MesNews: A freeware newsreader developed in the
Delphi 7 language that works on all versions of
Windows (95, 98, NT, on 2000 and XP).. |
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Newsbin:
Automated multi-threaded newsreader. Can
reassemble files across multiple servers and groups.
Includes thumbnail views and spam
filtering. |
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Xpress: One of the earlier Windows based
newsreaders. |
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Noworyta:
Newsreader with on-line and off-line
modes. Features include multiple email account
support, multiple server support, filtering and a
variety of others. |
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PictureAgent:
Scans specified newsgroups and downloads binaries to your local directories. Supports filtering and access to multiple
hosts. |
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TIFNY:
Includes
filtering, image viewer, mp3 player, and an internal database that
remembers where you left off. Assembles multi-part
posts from
one or more servers. |
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Xnews:
A popular newsreader that incorporates a number of
useful/practical features, such as quick filtering,
multiple server support, header/article caching, and
more. |
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FlashGet: Download manager plug-in
for your web browser, to
optimize downloads. This program could be used when
accessing
Newsguy's Direct Read News. |
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GetRight:
Support
for scheduling, pausing, and resuming downloads
through your web browser. This program can also be
used with Newsguy's Direct Read News. |
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Go!Zilla:
Features
include download scheduling and graceful error/resume
recovery. This program can also be used with Direct Read News and your web
browser. |
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LeechGuy:
A Usenet binaries download program that can be used with
Newsguy's Direct Read News. |
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File Decompression |
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PKZIP:
Windows based utility for managing ZIP files and
other compressed or archived files. |
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Stuffit: An
accessory for managing SIT, ZIP, RAR, and other files
that you may download from the newsgroups. |
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WinRAR:
Utility for Windows for managing RAR files that you
may download from the newsgroups. |
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WinZip: Windows
based program to manage ZIP files and a variety of
other file compression formats. |
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Cyberdog: An
internet suite originally created by Apple, that
includes mail and a newsreader. |
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Halime: First
full-featured, native Cocoa newsreader application
for the Mac OS X. |
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Hogwasher:
Offline newsreader includes filtering, scheduling connections,
thread tree display, batch binary posting, image viewer, multiple account
and email support. |
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MT-NewsWatcher:
Available for Mac OS 8, OS 9 and OS X. Includes
support for multiple server connections, filtering,
and searching. |
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Purple
News: Newsreader being developed for Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X.
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Thoth:
Available for Mac OS X, or Mac OS
8.5+ with CarbonLib 1.0.4. Includes off-line
mode, advanced filtering, inline viewing of
downloaded images, and much more. |
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VA-NewsWatcher: A variation of the original NewsWatcher with
a number of extra features including filtering,
posting binary attachments, and other enhancements. |
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YA-NewsWatcher:
Newsreader for Mac OS 7.1 or above. Based on the original
NewsWatcher and VA-NewsWatcher with numerous enhancements. |
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Download Managers |
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Download Deputy:
Download manager with versions available for Mac OS
and Mac OS X. Allows for flexibility for scheduling
or rescheduling your selected downloads. |
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iGetter:
Macintosh based download manager for earlier Mac
OS's and Mac OS X. An improved interface offered for
the Mac OS X version. |
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File Decompression |
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MacUnRAR:
Macintosh based program form managing RAR files. |
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Stuffit: An
accessory for managing SIT, ZIP, RAR, and other
newsgroup files. |
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ZipIt:
Program for managing ZIP type
files. Runs natively on Mac OS X. |
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