GrabIt 1.7.2 Build 988 Beta  beta

Publisher's Description:

GrabIt is an application that finds pictures, movies, erotics, MP3 files, software and games on USENET news servers. The familiar looking interface makes selecting and downloading files intuitive and easy.

Latest Changes:

• * Added support for SSL server connections
• * Rewrote the yEnc decoder for improved speed
• * Decoder and Repair and Extract now run at the same time to stop the 'Waiting to decode' list from growing
• * A lot of small performance enhancements
• * BUG FIX: Some uuEncoded binaries imported via the NZB importer where corrupted or being saved as text files
• * BUG FIX: Resuming a batch with decoding binaries that are already decoded no longer results in a hanging decoding thread
• * When there is only one server profile, the NZB importer will just import a NZB file when it is double clicked instead of showing the import window
• * BUG FIX: GrabIt now detects when the 'gobbledygook bug' appears and resets the connection before moving on to the next download item
• * Increased the GrabIt Usenet browser history to 90 days of headers
• * New layout always shows the batch statistics
• * GrabIt can now continue to download binaries with an 'Article not found' error, increasing the possibility to complete a binary with a PAR set
• * BUG FIX: 'Error downloading article' bug
• * BUG FIX: A thread being activated while GrabIt is paused will only start downloading after GrabIt is unpaused
• * BUG FIX: No more flickering status messages while GrabIt is paused
• * It is now possible to Repair and Extract to a folder outside of the Download folder

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Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	Prospero424	Aug 12, 2008
Version:	1.7.2 Build 988 Beta
Excellent, excellent, excellent! They added exactly what I've been asking for: SSL! As far as I'm aware, this is the ONLY usable, free binary newsreader for Windows with SSL support. I can't recommend it enough. Seems pretty stable for a beta. No problems so far, and the speed is great.
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Reviewer:	fourbigoo	Jan 10, 2008
Version:	1.7.1 Build 960 Beta
needs to integrate public NZB indexing site search support like alt.binz and preferably an open architecture for expanding search options otherwise a good free client
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Reviewer:	Prospero424	Jun 14, 2007
Version:	1.7.1 Build 960 Beta
Unequivocably the best free binary newsreader for Windows, and also the simplest. It doesn't have any frills like advanced filtering, but it's fast and it works. Global search, by its very nature, costs money to implement. The fact that they allow even a limited number of searches a day for free software on a free service is pretty amazing. No amount of complaining can change that. This is not P2P, people. The only requisite feature it lacks, in my opinion, is SSL (encrypted transfers) support.
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Reviewer:	christoofar	May 21, 2007
Version:	1.7.1 Build 960 Beta
A freeware, multi-thread capable binary downloader. Simple to set up & use. Can utilize .nzb files Um, and YES, the Premium Search feature does cost extra (just like with Newsleecher)Why is this a suprise to people? Since when did server space become free? Without the search feature, still works a treat as a solid binary grabber
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Reviewer:	jcollake	Feb 12, 2007
Version:	1.6.2 Build 940 Beta
Requires purchase of an account to do more than a couple/few searches a day. Otherwise, it would be a decent client, except it is more a commercial demo than a freeware, or even shareware application.
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