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Ozum is a perfect tool for any user. It makes work with the Usenet as easy as "drag-n-drop" for novice users, while more advanced users will enjoy the power and control it offers. Ozum gives you a way to preview (or listen to) a part of a large video/audio file before downloading and assembling the file. You can "sample" large files before you download them and save hours that you would spend on downloading files that you don't really want.

Forte' Agent is a feature-packed commercial news and e-mail program. If you are looking for all the bells and whistles in a combined news and email client, then Forte' Agent is the answer.

A freeware version of Forte' Agent with an easy to use interface with auto-post, auto-decode of binaries, and exceptional subscribed group organization.

AutoPix is a fully automated NNTP downloader/decoder/previewer client for Windows 9X/ME.

It will download pictures from the subscribed newsgroups and place them in the directory of your choice. Simply set up the news server name, pick some newsgroups and AutoPix does the rest.

Binary Boy features a scheduling option that you can configure easily to dial your ISP, collect all attachments matching your search criteria and hang up, anytime, day or night.

Has AND, OR and NOT search and filter features. Search and filter globally or create search strings for each individual newsgroup. Handles UUencoded multiparts and MIME base-64.

 FotoVac will scan through selected newsgroups and will download all the images that it finds in each group.

Images are displayed as thumbnails. To view a full size version of a downloaded image, simply click on the selected image. FotoVac supports all of the major image formats, including .bmp, .jpg and .png and can check for duplicate images.

NewsBinPro automatically downloads and decodes any binary posted to Usenet, including multipart posts. 

Feed it a list of newsgroups, and it will run until every JPG, MP3, MPG, AVI or ZIP is downloaded. A manual mode allows you to pick and choose before you download. NewsBinPro also has extensive filtering options, including special spam filters.

News Parrot is a news reader that searches for a specific newsgroup on list of servers, producing a list of servers that contain that group, the servers' details and speed, the number of articles held in the newsgroup and whether it accepts non-member postings.

Once a specific newsgroup of interest is selected, News Parrot will instruct your default news reader to connect directly to the requested server and begin importing the selected newsgroup's article headers. This program is an excellent companion to your newsreader, greatly increasing speed and access through free newsgroups.

NewsReactor will allow you to download files from your favorite newsgroups, including MPGs, MP3s and AVIs.

The News Reactor interface is very easy to use, and it includes great features that make it stand apart from most news readers.

News Rover excels at sifting through multiple servers, multiple newsgroups, and all the ensuing messages, then downloading only those that match the criteria you set. 

You can program News Rover to dial up on a schedule you set, winnow Usenet, deposit messages and even binary files onto your drive, then log off.

Pluckit 3 is an automated Windows program designed to easily and automatically retrieve pictures, fonts, games, zips, and other binary attachments.

 Built in viewers with a slide show, spam elimination and search features make Pluckit 3 easy to use. The only drawback of Pluckit 3 is that it only allows 15 downloads per session.

XNews 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.