Types of Clients
The five general types are:
- Traditional newsreaders
- Designed primarily for reading/posting text posts; limited and often cumbersome binary attachment download functionality. Examples: most email clients such as Outlook and Netscape, as well as more specialized newsreaders such as Forté Agent, Xnews, nn, and tin.
- Binary grabbers/pluckers
- Used specifically for easy and efficient downloading of multi-part binary post attachments; limited or nonexistent reading/posting ability. These generally offer multi-server and multi-connection support. Most now support NZBs, and several either support or plan to support automatic Par2 processing. Examples: GrabIt, NewsBin, Newsleecher.
- NZB downloaders
- Are essentially binary grabber clients without header support; they can only load 3rd-party NZBs to download binary post attachments. Lacking support for viewing an NNTP server's grouplist or headers, they cannot browse groups or read/post text messages. Examples: NZB-O-Matic, SABnzbd, Ninan.
- Binary posting clients
- Designed specifically and exclusively for posting multi-part binary files. Example: PowerPost.
- Combination client
- A jack-of-all-trades that fully supports text reading/posting, as well as hassle-free multi-segment binary downloading and automatic Par2 processing. Being the most complex and feature-rich, these also tend to be the most difficult to learn. Example: Usenet Explorer.
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