- GrabIt
Infobox Software
name = Grabit
caption = Grabit 1.62 running on Windows XP
developer = Ilan Shemes
latest_release_version = 1.7.2 Beta
operating_system =Microsoft Windows
genre =News client
licence =Closed source
website = [http://www.shemes.com/ www.shemes.com]GrabIt is a Windows-based
freeware newsreader programmed and developed by Ilan Shemes.History
Ilan Shemes has been making GrabIt changes since the program has been introduced. SSL support was introduced in version 1.7.2 Beta.
Uses
The GrabIt program is solely used to read and download binaries from
usenet newsgroups .Features
GrabIt has
Yenc andNZB support and can have up to 32 simultaneous connections.GrabIt is one of the few newsreaders to include a search function. This search function searches all of the newsgroups on the Shemes news service. This is beneficial for the user wanting to find a certain binary or article. The downside to the search is that a user can only do a fixed amount of searches without being subscribed to Shemes news service. Also the queries returned will be those listed in the Shemes service and not necessarily of the user's service.
External links
* [http://www.shemes.com/ Shemes.com] - Homepage of GrabIt
*Slyck's Guide to Grabit: [http://www.slyck.com/grabit.php http://www.slyck.com/grabit.php]
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