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Supports SSL

Homepage:

http://www.nntpgrab.nl/




NNTPGrab is an open source usenet download program containing the following features:

Import of NZB files
Download from multiple servers using multiple threads
Configurable download priority and server priority
Possibility to run the GUI on a different computer than where the downloads are happening
Possibility to control the program using a webinterface
Support for NNTP-over-SSL
Support for IPv6
Automatic NZB import (directory monitor)
Integrated NZB search engine
Automatic PAR2 repair
Automatic unpack
Automatic removal of files after PAR2 repair and unpack
Automatic shutdown after all downloads are completed
Support for bandwidth limiting
Support for plugins
Can be controlled using JSON-RPC
Support for downloading over proxy servers
Can be used on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X

I used this build of OpenSSL for compilation:

http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/puppylinux/pet_packages-lucid/openssl-1.0.0d-w-20110209.pet

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Run the app as 'standalone' and then make your configuration preferences adding your news-server details.

Then run NNTP-Grab Server application and choose 'start scheduler', then go back to back to the NNTP-Grab application and click on 'connect'

That's it!

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NNTPGrab 0.7.2 has just been released 28 May 2012 .

*NB - The 'full package' contains all the files needed - the other pets are for people who wish to have smaller packages installed or no alternate language support.

This is a bugfix release and contains the following changes:

Allow the user to kill the NNTPGrab Server using the Qt frontend
Allow frontends to shutdown the Qt-based NNTPGrab Server
The move to top/up/down/bottom buttons in the download queue context menu in the Qt frontend were broken. Fixed. Bug #90
Translated the Linux desktop files
Make sure all messages are translated in the Qt frontend on Mac OS X
Saving the download queue on win32 and win64 could result in a 'Permission denied' error. Fixed. Resolves the issue mentioned at http://nntpgrab.nl/boards/2/topics/369
When importing a collection using the Qt frontend from the Online Search the collection name would get stripped unnecessary. Resolves the issue mentioned at http://nntpgrab.nl/boards/1/topics/446
The automatic shutdown button wasn't visible in the Gtk frontend any more as of version 0.7.0. Fixed. Resolves the issue mentioned at http://nntpgrab.nl/boards/1/topics/371
Connecting to a NNTPGrab Server in the Gtk3 frontend could result in an assertion failure. Fixed. Resolves the issue mentioned at http://nntpgrab.nl/boards/1/topics/434
Fixed a small rendering issue in the Gtk3 frontend when using Gtk 3.4.0 or higher
Fixed a crash in the Qt frontend which could occur when a plugin event was triggered without any parameters
Automatic PAR2 repair and automatic unpack wasn't working in the Gtk frontend on Mac OS X. Fixed
Fixed a possible crash in the NetworkManager plugin
Fix compile failure in the Qt frontend when Subversion 1.7 is installed
Fix compile failure in the Gtk frontend when using Gtk3 on win32 and win64 environments
Fix compile failure in the PHP module when using PHP 5.4