Shemes grabit
When you find an interesting group, you double-click it in the right pane. This is useful when you want to find the most active groups.
Below, I've set the sorting to descending on the article count column. If you click the 'article count' bar, you will see that sorting goes to that column (as it does in Windows Explorer).
As with any of the bars above each of the columns, clicking the bar will toggle sorting properties. In descending order, the arrow would face down. The green arrow on the header of the 'name' column indicates whether it's ascending or descending order. You can see that the list is sorted by name and is in ascending order. I want you to notice a few things in the previous image. You can see how the list has changed from the previous image to the next image. It does nothing to find groups with related information in the bodies or subject lines of the individual groups. Keep in mind that only the name of the newsgroup is used in this type of search. If there are any newsgroups that contain the word you enter, they will be displayed. If you have an idea of what you want to download, enter a single keyword in the text field in the following window. It's unlikely that you're going to read the name of every group in the list (unless you are VERY bored :). As you can see, there are about 82,000 newsgroups on this server. When the download is complete, you will see something like the following list. While the list is being downloaded, GrabIt will show that there is one item in the batch.
#Shemes grabit update#
To manually update or retrieve the grouplist, you need to click the name of the server you wish to upadate (in the left pane) and then go to the top of the window and click the 'Refresh Grouplist' button.
#Shemes grabit password#
This is where you would enter the username (account name) and password for servers that require such information (usually outside providers). If you need to add a new server, RIGHT-click the 'My GrabIt' link and select 'add server'.
#Shemes grabit upgrade#
If you need to change the server account (if you upgrade your service or change service providers), you can do so by RIGHT-clicking the server name and selecting 'server properties'. Depending on the speed of your internet service, downloading the grouplist could take between 2 minutes and 2 hours. Keep in mind that there are 100,000 or more newsgroups. You can this by ticking the checkbox and clicking FINISH. To allow GrabIt to find what your provider offers, you need to allow it to update the grouplist. Other providers offer a limited selection. Some like Giganews (and those who sub-contract through them) offer virtually every newsgroup available. Various newsgroup providers offer different newsgroups. Both are likely 'case sensitive' (upper-case must be upper-case and likewise for lower-case). This is where you enter the username and password. If the box is checked in the previous window, the next dialog box will appear. If you're using an outside provider, you will need to enter the username and password. In the following dialog box, you can see that I've entered the server name for Giganews. This is generally something like (for my ISP) or (for some Cox cable internet users) or something like (for outside newsgroup servers). All you will need to do is to give the name of the news server. If you have cable or DSL internet service and are using the newsgroup server from your ISP, the setup will be very easy.
#Shemes grabit install#
When you install GrabIt, you will be required to enter certain information so that the software can find the proper server. Virtually all ISPs (Internet Service Providers) provide newsgroup access. If you want to download it and set it up as we go through this part of the tutorial, do so now. When the files are downloaded, GrabIt will decode them and place them into a folder on your hard drive. Examples of binary files would be video, music and image files. Although the binary files may are converted to text files when uploaded, they are not text files when reassembled. Binary files are files that are not text files. It's an application that's generally used for downloading binary files from newsgroups.