Newsleecher Review

Newsleecher is an solid Usenet newsreader that is dedicated to downloading binary content.

Pricing

Newsleecher has a few pricing plans.  Unfortunately, they all are yearly pricing plans. $20 / year for just the Newsleecher software or $30/year for Newsleecher plus access to Newsleecher index of Usenet message headers so you can search for whatever it is you are looking for Newsleecher also has a free 10 day trial.

Newsbin, another favorite, is $35 one time payment in comparison so check out Newsbin if you don’t like software subscriptions.

Usenet Search

Newsleecher is now selling a Usenet search service for about $3 a month. However they do give you 10 free searches a month to let you evaluate the Usenet search service a bit.

NZB Support

Newsleecher definitely supports NZB file downloads

Platform Information

Newsleecher is windows only however they offer both a 32 bit and a 64 bit version.

Conclusion

Newsleecher is a top rated Usenet Newsreader and does an excellet job. While we understand the need for a recurring yearly charge – we prefer Newsbin’s one time lifetime charge -

The Newsleecher software will assemble and decode all the downloads for you and makes sure that the information is available to you very quickly.

The interface is designed with both the light user and the heavy Usenet user in mind and they do have a free trial for those that are new to the whole system. The free trial means that you can try out Usenet and Newsleech without the commitment.

Some of the features of Newsleecher really do set it aside from other access providers. One noticeable feature is that it is completely free of any spyware or adware. What does that mean to you? It means that you can be sure you are not going to be logged and watched with anything you do on the Usenet.

All your details are confidential. You can be secure when you are online and that you are virus and spam free. Newsleecher also prides itself on the knowledge it has of the Usenet and claims that the whole system that it operates around is based on that knowledge. So as a customer, you are getting their years of experience when you sign up.

This provider also has a supersearch function that comes in handy. The supersearch allows you to search all of the binary Usenet groups all at once and brings you results in a split second. Now that is good. This greatly increases your search capabilities. However this cost $3 a month and sometimes this feature does not work

Newsleecher has a full support system for nzb file formats. You can import these files manually and automatically with no problems at all.

Some of the technical bonuses of this system are that it supports old and new encoding formats. Automatic PAR2 and RAR file handling, so you don’t have to, and advanced multi server support so you can download from several of your servers at once. It is also compatible with Windows 98, Me, 2000, 2003, XP and Vista.

This interface is definitely a very clean and easy to use system. It is ideal for multiple server downloads and is very flexible. The downside is that it is a shareware system and that there is no auto download  at least at the moment!

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