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SHAREWARE: Binary Newsreader V1.29 is available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralf Christen)
Sat Nov 15 03:37:27 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 15 Nov 1997 01:02:00 -0400
From: ralf.christen@ibm.net (Ralf Christen)
Reply-To: ralf.christen@ibm.net (Ralf Christen)
Reply-to: ralf.christen@ibm.net (Ralf Christen)
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The Binary Newsreader (BNR) Version 1.29 is available now!
The Binary Newsreader (BNR) is designed for easy downloading and decoding
single- and multipart binary files which are UUE- or BASE64 (Mime format)
encoded from Internet newsgroups. BNR receives, connects and decodes the
posts from a newsgroup and delivers ready-to-use binary files.
EXACTLY! It's made for all these alt.binaries... newsgroups.
- True 32-bit application, designed for OS/2 Warp V3 and V4
- Uses OS/2 features like multithreading, drag/drop, object oriented
execution - User-friendly configuration notebook
- BNR recognizes and connects multipart files! You don't have to connect
posts that are made of more than one part. BNR does this for you!
- BNR is multithreaded! The receiver job queue has it's own TCP/IP
connection! You can switch to another newsgroup while you are still
receiving and decoding articles from the previous newsgroup.
- Filter feature (get articles containing JPG, GIF, ZIP etc)
- BNR is SOCKSified. You can access your news server through a SOCKS
firewall.
- You can even write your own scripts to automate downloading processes.
- ...and much more...
Version 1.29 offers these enhancements (compared to V1.25)
- A new function 'Find and select articles' automatically selects articles
for download which contain certain search words. You can reach this
function using the 'Action' pulldown (or popup) menu or using the shortcut
Ctrl+C.
- Enhancements for binary files posts: You can post UUEncoded files
containing an extension of .UUE or a numeric extension (.001, .002 etc).
If the file contains a numeric extension, BNR posts all files as a
multipart post. Use the '%' character in your subject text to substitute
the filename/partnumbers to be posted. You can use generic file masks to
post more than one file. You can even drop an OS/2 file object onto the
entry field.
- If the articles on the news server have been renumbered, BNR automatically
resets its read markers to get all available articles.
- A new commandline option /MIN is available. This starts both BNR windows
minimized.
- Modified header for POST. Some news servers did have problems because BNR
used one more CR/LF than usual in the POST header. BNR now uses the
X-Mailer keyword instead of the X-Newsreader keyword because there are
several news servers moving this statement out of the header section.
You can get the Binary Newsreader V1.29 from the following sites:
http://www.horgen.net/rem/software/
ftp://ftp.wilmington.net/bmtmicro/bnr129.zip
http://www.os2ss.com/archives/hobbes/os2/apps/internet/news/reader/bnr129.zip
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/news/reader/bnr129.zip
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/internet/bnr129.zip
If you have questions or comments, do not hesitate to send me an E-Mail.
You can reach me at ralf.christen@ibm.net
Happy downloading...
Ralf
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Ralf Christen, Loewengasse 18, 8810 Horgen, Switzerland
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