Newsman Pro

Newsman Pro is a useful utility and multi-threaded newsreader that can fully support all Usenet text and binary newsgroups. Handles multiple servers seamlessly using server priorities and/or as discrete &private& news servers. Uses &virtual groups& for newsgroup subscription allowing you to browse related newsgroups simultaneously.

Unique expiration-based Queue ensures that requested articles are retrieved in a timely fashion. The Queue has 9 levels of priority. Powerful user-defined filtering, Automation, Scheduling, Par2 verify/repair, Rar extraction and full NZB file support make this newsreader a valuable addition to your Internet tools.

Features:

Clean, easy to use interface
Top-rated interface with full support for text AND binary newsgroups. Designed not only to be good-looking, but also to make browsing and downloading from Usenet easy and enjoyable. Comes with eight different Themes and is also designed to work well with third-party skinning programs like StyleXP and Windowblinds.

Full support for text and binary newsgroups
If you've used Agent or Dialog, you'll feel right at home with Newsman Pro. Read text newsgroups effortlessly and store articles as long as you want in the database for fast search and retrieval. Newsman also fully supports binary newsgroups and decodes Mime, UUE and yEnc encoded messages in a separate background thread to minimize CPU usage. The yEnc decoder used by Newsman is directly from yEnc.org and is extremely fast and well optimized. B-News articles are recognized by Newsman and attached *.bn files are saved ready to decode with your favorite Bommanews decoder. Incomplete articles are also fully supported and it is easy to see messages that have received new segments that can be downloaded and added to already retrieved segments.

Compressed Header Support
Downloading headers using Diablo's XFEATURE or Astraweb's XZVER compression protocols is fully supported. Download millions of headers in seconds from news servers that support these features.

Multiple Server Support
True multi-server support gives you the ability to download headers from your best, most complete news server and download articles from any servers that you have access to. Servers can be prioritized so that article bodies are downloaded from your least expensive server first (for example). In addition, if you exclude a server from the priority list, Newsman treats it like a &private server& where headers and articles are processed only through that server. Prioritized servers can be &pooled& into each server priority level and Newsman Pro will treat all of the pooled servers as one large server. Supports encrypted SSL connections to news servers that provide SSL access.

Full support for NZB files
NZB files (www.newzbin.com ) save you time by allowing you to download binaries without retrieving headers. Newsman Pro gives you full support for NZB files by allowing you to import multiple files at once within the program. NZB messages are placed into a separate virtual group. You can also associate NZB files with Newsman Pro and Newsman will import them when you open the files in Windowsé Explorer. Newsman Pro can also monitor a directory of your choosing in order to automatically import and process incoming NZB files. Lastly, Newsman supports exporting of headers to an NZB file so you can create your own files to share with others.

Robust multi-threaded architecture
Downloading, header processing, attachment processing, Automation, Scheduled Tasks and Trash purge processing all run in their own threads. Newsman can perform many tasks simultaneously allowing you to do several things at once. Headers can be downloaded from multiple newsgroups at the same time, using all your available connections to your servers. Newsman Pro supports up to 99 connections per server.

Free download from Shareware Connection - Usenet newsreader and binary grabber with true multiple server support