by adidas on Thu Mar 21, 2002 4:38 pm
I'll assume you haven't downloaded from newsgroups before-
NewsPro does not have a very user-friendly GUI. But, I've managed to figure out how to get what I need using it. There are friendlier newsreaders available, but since you asked, here goes.....
To set up your server, start NewsPro, look on the far left hand side of the screen. There is a window that has four tabs underneath it.
Find the one that looks like a satellite, and click it. Right click "Servers" and click "New Server." If your server requires a login, you'll have to go to the server properties and enter it.
Now, to download files, you'll have to find which newsgroup you want, for example, alt.binaries.emulators.nintendo
So go to the newsgroup tab (next to the server tab, looks like books) Then go under File, New Newsgroup (at the top menu) and enter your information in the box that appears in the newsgroup window.
Next you have to download the headers, which can take a while. Right click your newsgroup's name, click open. If that doesn't download the headers automatically, you'll have to right click the ng's name again and click "Get New Headers"
Wait for that to finish, and once it does, you can browse the newsgroup or use one of the functions in NewsPro to filter out what you want (under the Edit menu)
When you find what you want, select all the threads with the attatchments you need (they'll be clearly labeled 1 of 10, 2 of 10 etc) Then right click them, and click "Download & Save Attatchments" If you get that far, you can figure out the rest, I'm sure.
btw, I've only been doing this for a couple weeks. If you have problems Sabin or RabidYak may be able to help you more. Although Sabin isn't around much....
[ 21 March 2002: Message edited by: adidas ]