Usenet binary "grabber"

[NoOp]

On 05/17/2007 01:39 PM, Casey Stamper wrote:
> Charlie Brune wrote:
>> I use a program in Windows called "NewsBin Pro" to download files from Usenet news groups, and automatically combine and store multi-part binary postings.
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>> Is there an equivalent Linux program that I can run using Ubuntu?  I see that there are many "news reader" programs available, but none of them appear to have the capability to be pointed at a news group and just grab everything and decode the multi-part stuff like Newsbin Pro does.
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>> Thanks,
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>> Charlie
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> Try hellanzb or sabnzbd. Both have the capability to do everything that 
> NewsBin Pro does - they are just a bit more command-line oriented. I was 
> using NewsBin Pro in Windows but now use SABnzbd in Windows (also 
> available for Linux) and hellanzbd Linux.
> 

You could try NewsBin Pro in linux via WINE:

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=1387

Perhaps you can find a similar package here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/
 http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/news/