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To access newsgroups you will need a news reader. A news reader is a specialized program that can access a news server, sometimes called a NNTP or Usenet server. For an idea of the kinds of files you can find on newsgroups check out www.newzbin.com. For help in using newsgroups and the files you will find on them, join the site and we'll walk you through all you need to know to get the most out of newsgroups.

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Windows News Readers
Name	Price	Website
News Rover - recommended	$29.95	www.newsrover.com
Grab-It	Free	www.shemes.com
Agent	$29.00	www.forteinc.com/agent/
NewsLeecher	$34.95	www.newsleecher.com
Newsbin Pro	$35.00	www.newsbin.com
NewsPro	$35.00	www.usenetopia.com
nget	Free	nget.sourceforge.net
BNR2	Free	www.bnr2.org
123NewZ	Free	www.123newz.net
NZB-O-Matic	Free	nzb.wordtgek.nl
NZB-O-Matic PLUS	Free	www.bunnyhug.net/nomp/
Newsman Pro	$24.95	www.newsmanpro.com
NewsReactor	$15.00	www.daansystems.com/newsreactor
NZBGet	Free	www.sourceforge.net/projects/nzbget
Binary Boy	$24.95	www.binaryboy.com
Usenet Explorer	$35.00	www.netwu.com/ue
News File Grabber	$19.00	www.rsbr.de
The unPoster	Free	www.techsono.com/unposterwin/
SuperNZB	Free	www.techsono.com/supernzb/
Mac OSX News Readers
Unison	$24.95	www.panic.com/unison
iGrabNews	$10.00	igrabnews.free.fr
newslite	Free	pcles.free.fr/Dev/
The unPoster	Free	www.techsono.com/unposterosx/
SuperNZB	Free	www.techsono.com/supernzb/
Linux/Unix News Readers
nget	Free	nget.sourceforge.net
NZBGet	Free	www.sourceforge.net/projects/nzbget
KLibido	Free	klibido.sourceforge.net/
nzbperl	Free	noisybox.net/computers/nzbperl/
hellanzb	Free	www.hellanzb.com

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