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Originally Posted by simmo
Going to try another newsreader and hope that that is the problem.Been on all night and only downloaded 725 kb ! Cant understand why xnews would suddenly stop working for me though ?
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Try
Grabit its user friendly (you can not upload files with Grabit but you can post & download) its
FREE no subscription needed.
To setup Grabit (After Install)
01. Rmb on Default server & Select "server Properties"
02. Fill in "Hostname" "Account Name" & "password"
03. Set "Maximum Allowed connections" to 3 & click "ok"
04. Click on "Update List"
05. Click on "Edit" (second selection pulldown from the very top left)
06. Select "Preferences" select the "Folders" tab & in the part "Programme Folders" change your download path to whatever partition or folder place you want your files to go when after the have finished downloading after you have done that click on "Apply"
07. Select the "Posting" tab & Fill in the fields "Display Name" & "Email" click on "Apply" then "OK"
08. Now select "All Groups on Default Server" & type in the space "Only Show Groupnames that Contain the words" the group you want to subscribe to (Hilite the name & using either "CTRL+S" or Right Mouse Button, select "Subscribe") the group name should name should transfer into the "Subscribed Groups" area
09. To update the Subscribed Group you have choosen hilite the group using the Left Mouse Button & from the First or Third Icon Select "Update Group" or "Update Groups"
10. When the groups have updated just hilite the file(s) in that group you want to download using Left Mouse button & using the Right Mouse Button options to "Grab Selected Article(s)" or just click on the "Grab Selected" icon whatever is easyiest.
Grabit will work on the NTL News service & also when you subscribe to the Claranet News service
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