What is Binary News Reaper?
Binary News Reaper
Binary News Reaper is a cool news reader software that’s perfect for those binary articles you might come across, like those from the alt.binaries.* newsgroups. It's also known as BNR, and there are two versions: BNR1 and BNR2. Confused? No worries, it’s pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it! 😄
What Can Binary News Reaper Do?
This software is designed to download and decode binary articles, saving them right on your hard drive in a folder you choose. While it can handle text articles too, other news readers might do a better job with those.
Compatibility
BNR works great on PCs running either Windows or Linux operating systems. So no matter what setup you have, you should be all set!
Key Features of Binary News Reaper
Here are some standout features:
- Multiple Server Support: You can connect to several news servers at once! This way, if one server doesn’t have all parts of an article, BNR will find them across different servers.
- File Existence Check: Before downloading an article, BNR checks your hard drive to make sure you don’t grab something you already have.
- Index File Finder: It helps locate index files for images so you'll know if it's worth downloading.
- Plugin Support: Want more features? You can write plugins to extend what BNR can do!
- Header Download Optimization: If your internet is slow, BNR will only download essential header data to save time.
- Selectively Download Articles: You can control what gets downloaded first based on how quickly articles might expire on the server.
- Caching Article Headers: Mark articles now and decide later when to download them without losing track!
- Builtin JPEG Viewer: Double-click an image file name and view it instantly within BNR!
- Merging Multi-Part Articles Automatically: No need to hunt for parts; it checks for completeness for you!
- User-Friendly Interface: Customize keyboard shortcuts and colors to make using the software comfortable just for you!
- Your Ultimate Download Source: Whether you're into music or images, organize downloads by newsgroup easily!
The Extras That Make It Shine
- A Meta-Group Feature: You can combine multiple newsgroups into one view—super convenient!
- A Regular Expression Filter: This lets you set up special filters based on your needs.
- NewsRC Support: Easily import/export read article lists with standard files.
- This software supports IPv6 too!
