NewsLeecher
Encyclopedia
NewsLeecher is a binary Usenet
client for the Microsoft Windows
operating system
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newsgroups, it currently has very limited posting capabilities, and does not support the posting of binary articles.
Usenet
Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. It developed from the general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name.Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979 and it was established in 1980...
client for the Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
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Uses
Although NewsLeecher is generally considered a Combination client used to read and download binary and text content from usenetUsenet
Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. It developed from the general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name.Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979 and it was established in 1980...
newsgroups, it currently has very limited posting capabilities, and does not support the posting of binary articles.
Features
- BinaryBinary fileA binary file is a computer file which may contain any type of data, encoded in binary form for computer storage and processing purposes; for example, computer document files containing formatted text...
and text article downloads (text posting only) - PAR2ParchiveParchive is an open source software project that emerged in 2001 to develop a parity file format, as conceived by Tobias Rieper and Stefan Wehlus...
support (automatic or manual) - Download manager/scheduler
- Multiple simultaneous connections with multi-server and SSL support
- NZBNZBNZB is an XML-based file format for retrieving posts from NNTP servers. The format was conceived by the developers of the Newzbin.com Usenet Index. NZB is effective when used with search-capable websites. These websites create NZB files out of what is needed to be downloaded...
file support - Automatic RAR file extraction and split archive/file joining functionality
- Server search function (optional at extra cost)