News Rover
Windows XP & Vista
Usenet Search, Automated Download, & Manual Browsing
News Rover is one of the most popular Windows-based newsgroup readers.
It features Multimedia Search, MP3 Search, and Full Text Search functions. Alt Binaries newsgroups are fully searchable by file type, making binary downloads fast and straightforward.
Although retail software, it is provided for free to our users, and is highly recommended. Follow the link below to download News Rover from Alt Binaries or get started with a tutorial.
Download News RoverNews Rover Tutorials (Recommended)
MT-NewsWatcher
Mac OS X
Picture Display, Multiple Filters, & Multiple Languages
NewsWatcher is currently considered the best commonly available free newsgroup reader for Mac OS X.
It can be used easily for manual newsgroup browsing, and also has message filtering, alt binaries searching and sorting features for heavier users.
Although simple for basic usage, NewsWatcher is a fairly complex newsgroup program with a wide range of options. Referring to the tutorials on getting started can have you up and running in minutes, but taking a few more minutes to look over the other features listed can make your time using MT-NewsWatcher much more productive and streamlined.
Download MT-NewsWatcherMT-NewsWatcher Tutorials
Usenet Servers
United States
East Coast:
east.AltBinaries.com
West Coast:
west.AltBinaries.com
Europe
Amsterdam:
europe.AltBinaries.com
Secure Usenet
United States
SSL.AltBinaries.com
(Ports: 443, 563, and 8080)
Europe
EuropeSSL.AltBinaries.com
(Ports: 563 and 80)
