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News::Gateway

Open source Perl module for mail to news and news to mail gatewaying, robomoderation, and human moderation support.

Ikbin

Open source, PHP/MYSQL based software for binary newsgroup indexing and NZB file creation. Also includes a search engine.

Paingwin's NNTP Server Checker

Source code for an application that searches for Usenet servers.

yDecode

Acts as a proxy server and decodes yEnc and multipart posts for newsreaders such as Outlook Express that do not support this encoding format. Requires registration. Also distributes Easy Post, a freeware binary poster for Windows.

yProxy

Acts as a proxy that converts UUencode to yEnc and supports SSL encryption; includes a configuration wizard for Outlook Express and Windows Mail. A freeware version with limited features is also available.

Kleinvaag's Post Assistant

A freeware utility for Windows that creates a SFV file, a .nfo file including track list and a Winamp playlist file all in once.

OSSP: lmtp2nntp

Open source local mail transfer protocol service for use in conjunction with a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) like Sendmail or Postfix, providing a real-time mail to news gateway.

UUDeview

Open source tool that includes both and encoder and a decoder able to handle Base64, BinHex, UUencode, XXencode and yEnc formats. Versions for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and DOS are available.

TurboZen.com: yEnc TZ

Open source utility that decodes files in yEnc, UUencode and Base 64 formats widely used on binary newsgroups. Versions available for Mac OS 7, 8, 9, and X as well as Motorola 68K based Macintosh computers.

NewsWolf

Desktop application to search for public news servers.

NNTPspider

A cross platform, open source application written in Perl which searches public news servers.

Par2.net

Information and downloads for tools for handling par and par2 archives. Par and Par2 are file formats used for sending files via Usenet.

NewsPortal

Open source PHP script that enables access to a newsserver (by NNTP) from a webpage. It allows to combine web-forums and newsgroups.

Ninan

Open source binary news downloading program. Once installed, Ninan is controlled through a web browser even if it is on a local file system. Requires Java, runs on Unix and Windows.

Usenet-Web 1.0.2

A free Usenet permanent archiving and web presentation tool written in Perl.

TR Newsportal

A modified version of the open source Newsportal Usenet-Web gateway.

nntp//rss

Enables RSS feeds to be read with NNTP newsreaders. Requires the Java Runtime Environment.

W3news

A flexible CGI tool that implements a usenet newsreader through html pages.