Download NewsLeecher 4.0 Beta 6

The sixth beta release of NewsLeecher 4.0 was released on Friday. With this program it is possible to download files from newsgroups in a simple way. NewsLeecher has support for nzb files, has a so-called ‘super search’ and can automatically check downloaded files for completeness and then extract them independently. The main improvement in version 4.0 is the support for threads. Furthermore, adjustments have been made to deal with the increased retention of super search: it is now 370 days. The following changes have also been made in this sixth beta release:

New features:

• (Re)implemented support for a launch password. The password can be enabled from: Settings -> Adv. Nerdy Tweaks -> Paranoia_Launch_Password
• (Re)implemented the ‘Delete From Cache’ group cache feature.
• (Re)implemented option to automatically delete newly downloaded files if the files already exists in the download folders. The option can be accessed from: Settings -> Adv. Nerdy Tweaks -> Download_Skip_Existing_Files

Improved features:

• <<< Performance Improvement >>> Optimized the group cache loading code. Depending on various parameters, the new group cache loading code is up to 500% faster in the code used in previous versions of NewsLeecher.
• Simplified the Groups Browsing popup menu and the SuperSearch popup menu.
• Improved the ‘Adv. Nerdy Tweaks’ dialog interface a bit.
• Lots of smaller improvements.

Fixed bugs:

• Fixed bug introduced in one of the previous betas, where NewsLeecher would sometimes crash when NZB importing articles to the queue, if the articles were already queued.
• Various smaller bug fixes.

Removed features:

• Removed the “Find in SuperSearch” feature. It will be replaced with a more powerful “Find in SuperSearch” feature in a later NewsLeecher V4.X release.