News Readers

Disc 3

AutoPix - 99.0808 

Home Page  License:  Shareware  Expiration:  30 Days 8/9/1999 
AutoPix (3787642 Bytes)

AutoPix is an automated NNTP downloader/decoder/previewer for Windows 9X. AutoPix will download pictures from the subscribed newsgroups and place them in the directory of your choice. Simply set set up the news server name, pick some newsgroups and AutoPix will do the rest.

 

Lurker 32 - 2.51 

Home Page  License:  Shareware  Expiration:  Unknown 7/19/1999 
Lurker 32 (7936538 Bytes)

Lurker is an off-line Newsreader and newsgroup database. Offers a database for news group messages. Download an entire newsgroup full of messages into a local database for fast sorting, searching, browsing and printing. Use Lurker to create your own tech support resource using the combined knowledge of the newsgroup members. Incorporates a power search, message tagging, and HTML support.

 

News Scanner - 1.1 

Home Page  License:  Shareware  Expiration:  30 days 8/17/1999 
News Scanner (516664 Bytes)

News Scanner specifically searches the news groups you specify and scans for e-mail addresses and image files. It creates a list so you can contact people and reply to their listings.

 

NewsBin - 3.1 

Home Page  License:  Shareware  Expiration:  Unknown 8/30/1999 
NewsBin (1071289 Bytes)

Automatically downloads and decodes any binary post to USENET including multipart posts. NewsBin's multi-threaded design will use every bit of your available bandwidth to suck down jpg, mp3, mpg, avi, zip, or any other binary file. Feed it a list of newsgroups and it will run until every binary is downloaded. A manual mode allows you to pick and choose before you download which is useful for large mp3 or mpg files on low bandwidth connections. NewsBin also has extensive filtering options, including special SPAM filters, which helps you get what you want out of USENET.

 

NewsGrabber - 3.0 beta 4 

Home Page  License:  Shareware  Expiration:  Only allows 50 Runs 8/30/1999 
NewsGrabber (563462 Bytes)

NewsGrabber allows users to easily collect binary attachments to USENET news articles without having to use a newsreader. Sounds, pictures, movies can be automatically decoded and stored without any manual intervention. Includes support for multi-part attachments, and MIME or uuencoded.

 

NewsPro - 1.632 

Home Page  License:  Freeware  Expiration:  30 Days 9/7/1999 
NewsPro (265397 Bytes)

NewsPro is an easy to use, multitasking newsreader with support for public newsservers. There is full multiserver support. NewsPro allows you to remove duplicate message postings, and also features an autorename mode for saving multiple attachments. Includes the free 1.6 version.

 

newZPrint - 2.0 

Home Page  License:  Freeware  Expiration:  Unknown 6/1/1999 
newZPrint (3417088 Bytes)

A FREE application bringing you news from more than 100 popular news sites including CNN, The Financial Times, USA Today and the Smithsonian Institute. newZPrint formats the news in an easy to read or print format, and downloads the news directly to your PC, letting you disconnect from the Internet while printing or reading the publication. Get your preferred sources: newspapers, magazines and professional material delivered to your desktop within minutes. After downloading content may be viewed offline as a newspaper without the need to stay online.

 

Pluckit 3 - 4.4 

Home Page  License:  Shareware  Expiration:  Only allows 15 downloads per session 8/6/1999 
Pluckit 3 (6018364 Bytes)

The Pluckit 3 is an automated Windows program designed to easily and automatically retrieve pictures, fonts, games, zips, and other binary attachments from the USENET newsgroups. Built in viewers with a slide show, spam elimination and search features, make Pluckit 3 easy to use.

 

XNews - 2.09.03 

Home Page  License:  Freeware  Expiration:  Unknown 9/7/1999 
XNews (555063 Bytes)

XNews has a NewsXpress-like interface. it also features Plonk files, quick filter score files for even more advance filtering, support for multiple servers/identities, binaries handling Optional Header and article caching; plus folders for permanent archival.

 

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