



Android automatically downloads files from binary (alt.binaries) usenet newsgroups. Android is fast, easy to setup, and easy to use. It's multithreaded design accelerates downloads. Android downloads any type of file -- music, movies, pictures, more!
SBNews / News Robot: Binary Newsgroup Auto-Downloader w/ yEnc support. Automatically download and decode attachments from binary newsgroups. Works with all types of attachments including jpeg/gif/bmp images, mp3/wav audio files, etc.
Perform a pattern (XPAT) search on a news server. This has the advantage of being much faster than downloading all of the headers from the server because you only DL the headers you want. You can then create an NZB file from the results.
nzbdump is a free tool that displays the contents of an NZB file. Nzbdump is not a newsreader or downloader, and cannot download files for you. It's main a diagnostic tool that you might be able to use if you're having trouble with an NZB file.

Simple Little Usenet Test
$0 - newsgroupdownloaders.com
Simple Little Usenet Test ("SLUT") is a program to test usenet newsgroup servers. It's primarily intended to be used as a way to verify that your account details are correct and/or to diagnose what goes wrong when a problem occurs. You type in three pieces of information: news server name, user name, and password. The software will then connect to your news server and perform a few simple operations such as logging on, downloading headers, and downloading a test message. Freeware.

Usenet Newsreader Benchmark
$0 - newsgroupdownloaders.com
Usenet Newsreader Benchmark is a tool for benchmarking the performance of your usenet newsgroup server. Learn how your server and internet connection perform, and compare the performance to other installations to see if you're getting the most bang for your buck. A simple freeware tool with no hassles.

NZB Editor
$0 - newsgroupdownloaders.com
Nzbedit is a free GUI editor designed to let you edit the contents of an NZB file. You can change the fields of the NZB including the subject an author fields. You can do searches and replaces, delete parts or segments, etc. It's useful if you have an NZB file that has a mistake in it and you need to fix it, or you've downloaded an NZB file that includes some files that you don't want and you want to remove them before downloading. This software is free for noncommercial use, and supports Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP.

NZB File Validator
$0 - newsgroupdownloaders.com
Nzbval is a free utility that you can use you test an NZB file against your news server and verify that all of the parts exist before you start downloading. It can save you a lot of time because you can avoid downloading from .NZB files that have missing parts. Missing parts can ruin a download, wasting time and bandwidth, and nzbval is designed to prevent that from happening. If you've ever downloaded a gigabyte or two only to run into missing files that ruin your download, then you know exactly what I'm talking about. Nzbval works with your existing news server, and it is newsreader-independent, which means you can use it in conjunction with any binary newsreader that supports NZB files. Nzbval is free for noncommercial use and is free of nags, expirations, delays, etc.

FotoVac
$29.95 - ACD Systems
FotoVac is a simple-to-use newsgroup scanner that finds and stores the images you want from Internet newsgroups. Just select the newsgroups that interest you and FotoVac's mass downloader will do the rest. This automatic image downloader lets you customize your newsgroup search, refine your search to suit your preferences by selecting the newsgroups that interest you, and scan or filter by keywords or author and message length. Get the pictures you want from newsgroups without having to spend your own time searching for them.
Your downloaded pictures can be browsed quickly as size-adjustable thumbnails and viewed the way you want as full-screen, over-sized, or reduced images. Set FotoVac to scan newsgroups at certain intervals, to check for duplicates automatically, run invisibly in the background, ignore non-image files, and much more.
FotoVac supports 9 popular image formats including, BMP, EMF, JIF, JPEG, PLX, PNG, TGA, TIFF, and WMF. When installed with ACDSee 3.1 or ACDSee 3.1 PowerPack, FotoVac supports over 35 image formats.
FotoVac - Get the Pictures You Want Without Even Looking!

QuadSucker-News
$26.95 - SB-Software
QuadSucker/News is a multithreaded news downloader that downloads four binaries concurrently. By downloading four things at once, QuadSucker/News is usually 4 times faster than conventional single-threaded news downloaders. QuadSucker/News is designed to handle all kinds of binary newsgroups, from picture groups to music and movie groups where the attachments can reach hundreds of megabytes in size. QuadSucker/News supports yEnc and all other message posting formats (uuencode, base64, etc). QuadSucker/News has an advanced built-in multi-part message assembly algorithm that will piece together complicated and confusing multi-part binaries. QuadSucker/News handles all possible types of attachments: GIF, JPEG, MP3, MPG, RAR, ZIP, and more. There are extensive filtering capabilities (black and white lists) to eliminate spam. There's also a handy pick-and-choose mode that lets you decide and prioritize which news attachments you want to download. QuadSucker/News is very versatile and intended for not only people who want no-hassle automatic downloading, but also those who want to decide exactly what gets downloaded. Built in automatic duplicate checker, thumbnail viewers, and full-featured image viewer and sorter. Shareware version is fully functional with no time limits, expiration, or disabled features. Includes support for encrypted usenet connections. Supports Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista.
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