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Usenet News "readers", also called "user agents". These are software packages that read and/or post to Usenet news servers.

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• AllNews

  http://members.tripod.com/~MikeRead/allnews.htm
  Freeware newsreader for Windows 3.x/9x/NT that "should" also work in Win2K, XP, OS/2. Built to support simultaneous use of multiple servers.

• CancelMoose[tm]

  http://www.cm.org/
  Information about the NoCeM protocol in general, including a listing of news clients which understand NoCeM, a protocol for reducing spam and other undesired Usenet articles.

• Diiva

  http://www.diiva.com/
  A newsreader designed for browsing encoded pictures in newsgroups. It allows you to see previews of images before they're downloaded. Available for Mac and Windows.

• Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval

  http://www.xs4all.nl/~js/gnksa/
  Certain minimal standards for writing and evaluating Usenet software that conforms to netiquette. Ratings of newsreaders and of a few web-based ways to gain access to newsgroups.

• HelloNzb

  http://hellonzb.sourceforge.net/
  Open source client that allows users to download files from news servers using NZB files; written in Java. Screenshots and a tutorial are provided.

• JBinUp

  http://www.jbinup.com/
  Presents this Java based, freeware client for uploading binary files; includes a support forum.

• NewsCoaster

  http://newscoaster.sourceforge.net/
  Open source offline and online newsreader for the Amiga.

• NewsCoaster for MorphOS

  http://kaczus.republika.pl/newscoaster
  Open-source offline and online newsreader for MorphOS.

• NewsReaders.com

  http://www.newsreaders.com/
  Explanation of Usenet and list of newsreaders and other Usenet-related software. Directory of newsreader software sorted by operating system with brief descriptions and links to official download sites.

• nn

  http://www.nndev.org/
  A menu based netnews reader for Unix. (Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, HP-UX)

• NNTPGrab

  http://www.nntpgrab.nl/
  Free and open source news grabber for binary newsgroups. Versions for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux are available.

• NZBGet

  http://nzbget.sourceforge.net/
  Command-line based binary newsgrabber for NZB files, written in C++. Supports client/server mode and automatic par check and repair.

• Pan

  http://pan.rebelbase.com/
  Open source newsreader designed for both text and binary newsgroups. It supports offline reading, scoring, killfiles, and multiserver access. For Unix-like operating systems and Windows.

• SABnzbdPlus

  http://www.sabnzbd.org/
  Open source, NZB capable binary newsgrabber written in Python, server-oriented using a web-interface. The active successor of the abandoned SABnzbd project.

• SLRN

  http://slrn.sourceforge.net/
  Threaded, text based, open source newsreader for Unix, VMS, OS/2, and Win32 systems. Highly customizable. Allows to redefine keys and to write custom macros. Full support for scoring articles, complex filters and killfiles.

• Threaded Read News (trn)

  http://trn.sourceforge.net/
  Text-mode news reader. Originally based on Larry Wall's rn.

• XPN

  http://xpn.altervista.org/
  Open source newsreader for Windows and GNU/Linux. Supports scoring, off line reading and X-Face headers.

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