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Usenet is a worldwide, distributed discussion system that uses the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). Programs called newsreaders are used to read and post messages (called articles or posts, and collectively termed news) to one or more newsgroups. Users must have access to a news server to use a newsreader. This is a list of such newsreaders.
Free Cross-platform: GPL–LGPL: Gtk+ tin: text-based: Traditional newsreader Yes No No No Yes Yes Free Unix-like: BSD: Free software: Unison: GUI: Combination Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes (audio only) Free macOS: Proprietary: Development ceased; free, unsupported Usenet Explorer: GUI: Combination Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ( 1500 days / $23.34/yr ...
When a large file is posted to a Usenet newsgroup, it is usually divided into multiple messages (called segments or parts) each having its own Message-ID. [11] An NZB-capable Usenet client will read all needed Message-IDs from the NZB file, download them and decode the messages back into a binary file (usually using yEnc or Uuencode ).
Usenet (/ ˈ j uː z n ɛ t /), USENET, [1] or, "in full", User's Network, [1] is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) dial-up network architecture.
This is a partial list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history.
Version 1.0.0 of slrn was released on December 21, 2012, 18 years after the first release. The latest release is 1.0.3 on October 23, 2016. Historically slrn was the starting point for many Usenet users. [5] slrn is still a compromise between features, resource usage and simplicity. [6]
This is a category of articles relating to software which can be freely used, copied, studied, modified, and redistributed by everyone that obtains a copy: "free software" or "open source software". Typically, this means software which is distributed with a free software license , and whose source code is available to anyone who receives a copy ...
Pages in category "Usenet servers" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. A News; Astraweb; B.