Features of NewsHunter Multiple Documents NewsHunter supports multiple NewsHunter documents. Each NewsHunter document maintains its own settings. You can have several NewsHunter documents opened at the same time. Newsgroup Cycling Each NewsHunter document has its own option settings. One of these options is newsgroup cycling. This option lets you download a certain number of articles from a newsgroup and then move to the next newsgroup in the list. When the last newsgroup is completed, the cycle begins all over again with the first newsgroup. On/Off Option Sometimes you may not want to download from certain newsgroups. Fortunately, NewsHunter allows you to turn newsgroups on or off. News Server Cycling If you access several news servers, you can have NewsHunter cycle through each one. Used in conjunction with newsgroup cycling, this feature allows you to download from a list of newsgroups on one server, move to the next news server and repeat the process all over again. Skip Article Feature This feature lets you skip an article and automatically resume downloading at the next article in the list. Image Preview The image preview feature allows you to see images that have been downloaded. The image preview also displays informational pictures under certain conditions such as when a damged file is detected or when a part of a multi-part post has been downloaded. You can turn the image preview on or off any time you like. Filter Button The filter button lets you quickly make filters without having to open the Filter Manager window. If you see a picture in the image preview that you don't like, click the Filter button and all future posts by the offending author will be ignored. Filter Manager In addition to the single-click filters, NewsHunter provides an easy-to-user filtering tool. This lets you filter out articles based on author, size, cross-posts, subject, and reply-to headers. You can also create filters that filter out articles based on something contained in any header. Shrinkable Window You can re-size your NewsHunter window to a small size and all the essential controls are still available. You will be able to start and stop downloading, adjust the feedback rate as well as see the progress indicator, the current article being examined, and the status line. Damaged File Detection If your NewsHunter document detects a corrupt or possibly damaging file it will alert you and place the file in a Damaged Files folder so you can examine it more closely at your leisure. Error Recovery If NewsHunter encounters a problem it will not simply stop what it is doing and display a dialog box. NewsHunter will aggressively try to recover from the problem and resume downloading. NewsHunter will automatically re-connect if a timeout is detected. NewsHunter will automatically skip an article if it fails to download after two tries. Suppress Error Dialogs Even NewsHunter encounters problems it doesn't know how to handle. When this happens NewsHunter has no choice but to display an error dialog. Or does it? Simply enable the Suppress Error Dialogs options and all but the most serious errors will be handled silently. MasterSplitter Support Many multimedia files are broken into smaller parts suitable for posting to news servers using an application called MasterSplitter. Since MasterSplitter is a Windows-only application, NewsHunter includes a MasterSplitter utility that lets you assemble and decode these files with relative ease. Multi-Part File Support Sometimes a file is broken into several parts for posting. Then each part is posted as a separate article. NewsHunter will automatically assemble and decode multi-part posts. Even if the parts arrive out of order or days apart, NewsHunter will patiently wait until it has received all the parts and then assemble and decode the file without you ever having to lift a finger. MIME Decoding NewsHunter allows you select any helper application you desire to handle the decoding of MIME files. Multiple News Servers Support for multiple news servers is also provided. If you have accounts with several news providers, then this feature will be very handy. When you switch news servers, your NewsHunter document will automatically loads the list of newsgroups to which you have subscribed. Search for Newsgroups Once you have downloaded the list of newsgroups, you will be able to search for newsgroups and subscribe to them simply by double-clicking. NewsHunter also supports manual subscriptions. If you know the name of the newsgroup, you can simply type it in and hit the Add button. Set Starting Point This feature lets you set the article number where want NewsHunter to begin. You can skip over a bunch of articles or go back and re-download a section of the newsgroup simply by adjust the starting point. Error and Event Logging NewsHunter provides as way to log all errors and events to an on screen display as well as a text file. These files can be used by tech support for locating bugs so they can be quickly fixed. Shrinkable Window You can re-size your NewsHunter window to a small size and all the essential controls are still available. You will be able to start and stop downloading, adjust the feedback rate as well as see the progress indicator, the current article being examined, and the status line. Window Memory NewsHunter remember the size and location of all your windows.