Download NewsLeecher 3.9 beta 14

Newsleecher version 3.9 beta 14 was released yesterday. Newsleecher is often regarded as one of the best of its kind and is intended for downloading binary files from newsgroups. So it has support for nzb files, it has a so-called ‘super search’ and files can be automatically checked for completeness and then extracted. This is the last beta release in which new features have been added. The upcoming betas will only contain bug fixes, the developers have indicated. As soon as version 3.9 can be declared stable, they will focus on version 4.0. In any case, the changelog of this release looks like this:

Changes in version 3.9 beta 14:

• (Repair’n’Extract) Implemented a Repair’n’Extract “Stop” button which can be used to manually cancel various Repair’n’Extract tsks, such as unpacking and repairing. The button is located on the Repair’n’Extract toolbar.
• The code for checking the availability of disk space on the download drives has been improved. NewsLeecher will now check for needed disk space no matter whether the downloading articles will be placed in the default download location, on a USB stick, a mapped network drive, etc..
• (Repair’n’Extract) The code for checking disk space needed to complete Repair’n’Extract tasks successfully has been improved.
• Lots of smaller improvements here and there. (“[RnE]” suffix has been removed from Repair’n’Extract destination folders, etc.)
• NewsLeecher used to convert the displayed speed unit from KB/s to MB/s when the download speed got above 1024 KB/s. This auto conversion code has been removed, in order to make the download speed reading more precise.
• The computer could go into sleep/hibernate mode when NewsLeecher was actively downloading articles. This has been prevented now.
• Fixed a problem introduced in the previous betas, where NewsLeecher would freeze for a period of time just after launch, for some users.
• Many smaller bug fixes.

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