The popular Newsleecher newsreader is capable of downloading articles from Usenet groups or downloading using NZB files. This newsreader automatically unpacks the downloads if needed and has been a popular choice among users for many years.
To get started with Newsleecher visit the official website and download the newsreader installer. After the download has completed launch the newly downloaded setup file.
Read through the license agreement. Now you can choose where you want the installed file be located on your computer. The default location is Program Files x86 , Newsleecher.
Now you have the option to create a Desktop Icon. You can now review your setup information. Setup is now complete. In the Newsleecher manager section to the left you can add a Usenet Server.
The window below will appear where you can enter your Usenet Central login information. In the server address box enter news. In the server nickname box enter Usenet Central , change the connections to If you've lost your login information you can use our forgot login form to retrieve it. NewsLeecher will connect to our servers and download the complete list of over , newsgroups which will then be displayed in the window below. This is how NewsLeecher will display the list of newsgroups.
To subscribe to a newsgroup use the search box to filter the group your interested in. Once you've located the newsgroup right click on it and select Subscribe. The newsgroup will then appear in the left window directly below the Usenet Central server.
First find and NZB file. NewsLeecher will then queue up all the required file pieces. To start downloading click on the Connect button in the top menu. Re implemented the 'Add to Poster Ignore List' feature for the group headers view. Re implemented the 'Select Smart' feature for the group browsing view, the SuperSearch Service view and the transfer queue. The comparison algorithm used by 'Select Smart' has also been improved a bit. Re implemented the 'Select Poster' feature for the group browsing view, the SuperSearch Service view and the transfer queue.
It's now possible to post text replies to articles, directly from the SuperSearch view. All leech methods available in the group article browsing view, are now also available in the SuperSearch view. Including all the 'special leech' commands. The overall performance of NewsLeecher has been improved a lot due to internal optimizations. Group article headers are now received in a separate CPU thread.
Using this multithreaded approach to fecth headers, will make NewsLeecher run smoother on slower computer, while fetching headers. NFO article files within the collection, instead of the entire collection.
The progress bar view in the "Bots" listview, now also shows the download progress of the entire collections belonging to the downloading articles. The "Number of New Group Headers at Server"-counters are now updated live, while fetching headers from groups. Several optimizations to the internal structures in NewsLeecher, making the app run a bit smoother on slow systems.
Improved the appearance of the Nerdy Tweaks dialog a bit. Smaller visual improvements here and there. The explorer listviews sort column and sort order is now remembered between sessions. Fixed bug where articles added to the top of the transfer queue were sometimes reversed in order. Fixed bug where the queue status text for downloading articles was sometimes incorrectly set to 'initializing'. In the previous betas, the columns in the "all groups" listview were not sortable.
NewsLeeecher would sometimes freeze for some seconds during starup. This has most probably; been fixed. When exporting articles to an NZB file, the article poster names were sometimes skipped. Sorting by the 'Download Folder' column in the queue listview didn't work properly. Smaller bugs fixed. Re implemented option to automatically delete newly downloaded files if the files already exists in the download folders.
Simplified the Groups Browsing popup menu and the SuperSearch popup menu. Improved the 'Adv. Nerdy Tweaks' dialog interface a bit. Fixed bug introduced in one of the previous betas, where NewsLeecher would sometimes crash when NZB importing articles to the queue, if the articles were already queued.
Various smaller bug fixes. Removed the "Find in SuperSearch" feature. X release. R01, etc. Changed the way the internet connections maximum download speed is specified. Added 'msvcr When pressing the SuperSearch 'Stop' button, NewsLeecher would show a dialog stating that you have just pressed the 'Stop' button. That dialog has been removed. Lots of internal code clean-up improvements. These improvements should improve both NewsLeecher speed and stability. Many smaller improvements, incl.
Fixed bug introduced in NewsLeecher v4 beta 1, where articles were not always leeched to the correct download folders. Fixed a bug that caused the first NewsLeecher V4 beta to freeze sometimes while it was leeching. Various leech tweaks and filters were ignored when importing transfer queue articles from NZB files. Groupname sorting didn't work in the listview.
The system shutdown function didn't always work. This should be fixed now. Fixed bug that caused an exception to be thrown, when adding articles from the same collection to the transfer queue independently. Changes for v3. Because of the major change in the format of the cache, it will be necessary to re-fetch headers for any subscribed usenet groups the first time NewsLeecher V4. Because of the early beta stage of this NewsLeecher V4 release, it is recommended that you keep settings for NewsLeecher V4 separate from settings for earlier releases of NewsLeecher that you might have installed.
The collections feature will group associated binary articles together and present them as a single article entry in the NewsLeecher listviews, instead of multiple separate entries. Collections are supported by the entire NewsLeecher interface. That is the article browser, the SuperSearch service and the NewsLeecher download queue. It's now possible to specify separate paths for NewsLeecher to store settings and temporary files.
This NewsLeecher release supported mixed-case subject lines returned by SuperSearch. Earlier releases would show all subject lines returned by SuperSearch in lowercase.
More parts of the internal Windows Explorer are now multi- threaded. This brings a significant speed improvement when browsing folders containing many sub folders. The entries in 'Max Days' SuperSearch filter have been re- organized to better suit the new elevated SuperSearch retention. Improved 'Leech Specify' dialog to be more intuitive and easy to use. The mouse hint text for the SuperSearch favorite buttons now shows the query to be searched, SSL libraries updated, etc.
The entire NewsLeecher codebase has been probed for memory leaks. Lots of leaks have been fixed. Fixed a bug prevented NewsLeecher from properly updating groups containing an extremely large amount of headers such as alt. The bug was only triggered on a few usenet servers. Fixed bug that somestimes caused NewsLeecher to hang on shutdown. Many smaller fixes. Removed option for turning off error checking of downloaded articles as there's no reason not to check them for errors.
Removed outdated option to cancel errornous articles from being downloaded as the option could cause some confusion. This has been taken care of. Tweaked the way the 'leech specify' dialog works, etc.. NewsLeecher now uses a new license key system, which makes it possible to register NewsLeecher without going to the members area.
Note that this is a pretty major change, so there might be a few new betas coming out soon after this one, containing fixes and tweaks related to this change. Implemented 3 new skins for the interface in NewsLeecher.
The skins can be accessed by the buttons on the right side of the main toolbar. Lots of the GUI elements which have never been skinnable, now are. Including the 'please wait' window, the bandwidth graphs, etc..
It's now possible to replace exisiting SuperSearch bookmarks. NewsLeecher now stores 10 rotating backups of the NewsLeecher settings file, "setup. The backups might be good to have if some of your NewsLeecher settings get deleted, or your setup.
Implemented new feature which makes it possible to show custom messages to the user when NewsLeecher is launched. This can be useful when combining HDTV '. TS' files for example. The feature can be accessed from the 'toolbox' popup placed on the 'Explorer' toolbar. Implemented a new file manager feature, which makes it possible to easily create folders based on the names of the files selected in the NewsLeecher File Manager.
NewsLeecher now fully supports networked folder paths for downloading and Repair'n'Extract operations. Clicking a 'folder' bookmark on the NewsLeecher File Explorer tab, while holding down the CTRL or Shift key, will open the bookmarked folder in a Windows Explorer window, instead of the internal file explorer window. Lots of smaller graphical user interface inconsistencies have been corrected. The "Automatic Backup" feature now also backups the state of the Repair'n'Extract sets.
When launching, NewsLeecher can now detect whether the main settings file, "setup. If it is, instructions on how to restore a "setup.
The CPU usage has been decreased dramatically under certain circumstances, when updating groups. Especially noticable when updating picture groups. The speed of the "Smart Select" feature has been improved several hundred percent over the speed in previous releases. Improved error checking performed by Repair'n'Extract. Many small improvements. More data stored in main setup. Connections Panel couldn't always be resized, better unicode support, etc. The reset will only happen on the first launch.
Implemented a history feature for the "Leech Specify" dialog, so a customizable number of previously used "Leech Specify" folder locations can be saved between sessions. Implemented the "Find in SuperSearch" feature for the articles view. It's now implemented for the articles view, the Repair'n'Extract view and the download queue. Added a 'CleanUp' button to the queue toolbar. Clicking the button, simply deletes all 'paused' entries from the queue. Much improved error checking when loading and saving the setup files for the NewsLeecher listiews.
Prior to this newly introduced error checking, NewsLeecher would, in the worst cases, refuse to launch, or spit out strange error messages, if one or more of the setup files were corrupted. If a corruption is detected now, NewsLeecher will simply reset the corrupted setup file.
Some smaller visual improvements. Fixed bug introduced in previous beta, where the posting feature didn't work. Lots of other smaller bugs fixed. Fixed bug where Repair'n'Extract would sometimes delete downloaded articles, if the PAR2 index file had an empty filename. It's now possible to specify the search category and the 'max days' setting through the feature.
Fixed bug where the "Pause queue if disk space is below So the upcoming beta s , released before NewsLeecher v3. Repair'n'Extract Implemented a Repair'n'Extract "Stop" button which can be used to manually cancel various Repair'n'Extract tsks, such as unpacking and repairing. The button is located on the Repair'n'Extract toolbar. The code for checking the availability of disk space on the download drives has been improved. NewsLeecher will now check for needed disk space no matter whether the downloading articles will be placed in the default download location, on a USB stick, a mapped network drive, etc..
Repair'n'Extract The code for checking disk space needed to complete Repair'n'Extract tasks successfully has been improved. Lots of smaller improvements here and there. This auto conversion code has been removed, in order to make the download speed reading more precise. This is prevented now. Fixed a problem introduced in the previous betas, where NewsLeecher would freeze for a period of time just after launch, for some users. Further optimized the code used for fetching headers.
Uses a bit less CPU and disk resources now. Fixed bug where Repair'n'Extract would go into a loop if all the files in a Repair'n'Extract set were triggered by the user customizable ignore filter. Fixed bug where Repair'n'Extract would hang if it tried to unpack a fileset to a folder containing more than characters.
Fixed bug introduced in v3. Removed the 'Verify' option from the Repair'n'Extract toolbar. Verification will now always be performed, if the Repair'n' Extract feature is enabled. SuperSearch When performing a SuperSearch search, detailed SuperSearch connection information is now written to the log. Useful when tracking the reason for SuperSearch connection problems. Repair'n'Extract Fixed a pretty serious bug where the NewsLeecher Repair'n'Extract feature would sometimes delete files which were not supposed to be deleted.
Happened with non-archive PAR2 sets, when the 'Extract to sub folder' setting was not enabled. NewsLeecher usually uses an integrated Internet Explorer based module to fetch SuperSearch connection information, checking for new releases, etc..
This module has now been replaced with a natively build module, which uses fewer resources and is less prone to errors caused by OS security settings, etc.. If you enter "about:supersearch" without quotes in the SuperSearch search field, NewsLeecher will return debug connection info related to SuperSearch. Minor improvements here and there. Only available when the large bandwidth graph is set to visible Added new functionality to the 'Pause' feature, so it's possible to pause downloads for a specific period of time Added an option to hide the category buttons from the SuperSearch toolbar.
Implemented a new Repair'n'Extract filter, which makes it possible to filter out ignore specific files from Repair'n'Extract sets. Enhanced the logic that Repair'n'Extract uses, when it automatically unpauses needed repair files for a set.
Quite a few additional enhancements and fixes related to the Repair'n'Extract feature. Changed the format in which NewsLeecher posts text messages to usenet servers with. It should be compatible with more servers now. Re-arranged the article filters setup dialogs. They can now be accessed from the toolbars just above the article, queue and Repair'n'Extract listviews.
Added a "Find in SuperSearch" feature to the transfer queue. It can be accessed from the queue popup menu.
Improved the "Collapse Virtual Groups" feature introduced in the previous beta, so 'Uncategorizes' groups are never collapsed. Repair'n'Extract will now, optionally, remove excess PAR2 set files from the transfer queue, right after having verified that the set is OK. Previously excess files were not removed until after a set archive had been unpacked.
The 'subscribed groups' dropdown menu has been improved. Tweaked parts of the NewsLeecher source in various places. Fixed bug from beta 2, where the Repair'n'Extract didn't always recognise articles in the transfer queue, if the transfer queue filter was in use. Various other smaller bugfixes. A few improvements and changes here and there. The search filter syntax is now the same as the syntax used by SuperSearch, which means that it's possible to exclude specific words, etc..
Help buttons next to the search filters have also been added. Added a new option to cancel all 'paused' articles in the transfer queue, when NewsLeecher is closed down. The option can be accessed from the transfer queue toolbars 'cancel' submenu.
This has been changed so the search category is auto-set to "General", and the max-days is set to the highest possible days value currently "".
RnE Fixed a bug where articles were auto-unpaused incorrectly, or not auto-unpaused at all when they should be. Fixed a bug where the Download Pausing Filter was ignored when importing articles to the transfer queue from NZB files.
RnE Repair'n'Extract is now automatically paused disabled if there's too little diskspace for auto unpacking archives. Note that this is an early beta so the feature might still contain various bugs. Bugfixes and more RnE funtionality will be implemented in the forthcoming betas. While this release will work on Microsoft Vista without problems for the vast majority of users, there are still a very few issues mostly license key related which might cause problems for some users under Vista.
We're planning on getting the last Vista related issues fixed in the upcoming v3. The status for the same articles differed when shown in the SuperSearch pane and in the Articles pane. This beta uses quite a lot less CPU resources compared to the previous betas, due to a change in the licensing system. Sort order in the integrated explorer view is saved now, etc.
NZB files. The small statusbar bandwidth graph didn't always work. On a clean install, NewsLeecher will automatically store its settings and data in the User Profile hierarchy, but if current settings are detected under the "Program Files" hierarchy, NewsLeecher will continue to store them there.
To move NewsLeecher settings and data to a new location, use the new "Advanced Folder Location" setting mentioned just below. It's now possible to setup where the NewsLeecher data files and temporary files should be located. But it's recommended to keep the default locations unchanged, unless there's a good reason to change them.
Support for Vista fonts and the height of the preview panel is now stored separately. NewsLeecher launches a little faster now. Just to make sure you don't lose any settings due to a bug caused by the changes, it is highly recommended that you make a backup of your NewsLeecher settings before installing.
Added a few settings related to the speed bar on the tray icon. NewsLeecher will now store settings in the personal Windows profile folder, to be more compatible with Windows application guidelines.
The new settings location will also fix some User Access Control problems that Vista users have had with previous versions of NewsLeecher. Note that NewsLeecher will automatically move current settings to the new location, so this release can easily be installed on top of an earlier release without causing problems.
NewsLeecher now uses a new license key system which offers better compatibility with Windows Vista. Registered users will have to fetch a new licensekey for this release of NewsLeecher. Font changes, etc. Sometimes the NewsLeecher auto-close feature didn't work, because the cache-cleanup prompt prevented the application from closing down. Recent headlines Tech year wrapped up: Awful battery life, QR code comeback, global chip shortage,..
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