NewsPlex is a Usenet news-server multiplexer. It allows any news-reader to access several Usenet news-servers simultaneously, by merging their content transparently into one single virtual news-server. NewsPlex merges the lists of news-groups proposed by different news-servers into one single list, and for each news-group, it merges the lists of articles available on different news-servers into one single list of articles. For each active news-group, NewsPlex maintains an index, and when a news-reader requests an article, NewsPlex forwards this request to the appropriate news-server.
Additionally, NewsPlex can be used to quickly explore large lists of candidate news-servers and evaluate their service value. This is called the Minimal mode.
NewsPlex runs on your own machine (or possibly on some other machine), in the background, and appears as a standard news-server to your news-reader and as a news-reader to your news-servers. It is therefore somewhat similar to a proxy or to a web cache.
The NewsPlex package includes a series of companion tools which can be used e.g. for managing files retrieved from the Internet.
Contents of the Linux package:
Archive: nplex45-linux.zip
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359 Defl:X 226 37% 06-07-2009 19:50 73a9d326 file_id.diz
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275227 Defl:X 75332 73% 06-07-2009 19:50 0fe4ee4d newsplex.htm
17328 Defl:X 8945 48% 06-07-2009 19:50 50ab6e4d npcrcs
14232 Defl:X 5847 59% 06-07-2009 19:50 a06cfdc5 nphdrcat
7340 Defl:X 3483 53% 06-07-2009 19:50 656361d2 nphdrsep
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16224 Defl:X 7507 54% 06-07-2009 19:50 b19a2d93 npmerge
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9460 Defl:X 4486 53% 06-07-2009 19:50 881dac96 npshow00
7488 Defl:X 3570 52% 06-07-2009 19:50 4a6d4a2d npsplit
21680 Defl:X 9642 56% 06-07-2009 19:50 af292507 npsync
47736 Defl:X 19714 59% 06-07-2009 19:50 20e387b0 nptunnel
114480 Defl:X 47948 58% 06-07-2009 19:50 50fdb122 npuud
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Contents of the Windows package:
Archive: nplex45-win.zip
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1442 Defl:X 757 48% 06-08-2009 04:50 db585925 descript.ion
371 Defl:X 238 36% 06-08-2009 04:50 39621354 file_id.diz
1085479 Defl:X 408712 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 1f050d16 newsplex.exe
272620 Defl:X 76768 72% 06-08-2009 04:50 7e4358ea newsplex.htm
118821 Defl:X 45157 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 2ab10df0 npcrcs.exe
106535 Defl:X 40696 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 e49bd780 nphdrcat.exe
98343 Defl:X 36965 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 34555ef9 nphdrsep.exe
118821 Defl:X 46371 61% 06-08-2009 04:50 ee851c4c npjpeg.exe
110630 Defl:X 42972 61% 06-08-2009 04:50 0f7a9e73 npmerge.exe
1110055 Defl:X 418180 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 c32317a6 npmigrat.exe
118821 Defl:X 45134 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 e0d1e5a5 npmove.exe
131109 Defl:X 48454 63% 06-08-2009 04:50 fb9746ab npnntp.exe
110629 Defl:X 42833 61% 06-08-2009 04:50 cd434e28 npplay.exe
122917 Defl:X 47131 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 b20a955e nppop3.exe
139301 Defl:X 53631 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 db4722ec nppost.exe
102439 Defl:X 38971 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 d2fdbcf0 npprtcmp.exe
118823 Defl:X 45484 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 b02f7323 nprename.exe
98343 Defl:X 36960 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 32c2663e npshow00.exe
106534 Defl:X 40847 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 f32ae9c7 npsplit.exe
118821 Defl:X 44177 63% 06-08-2009 04:50 80b8d7fc npsync.exe
147495 Defl:X 57922 61% 06-08-2009 04:50 3ac62e7f nptunnel.exe
221220 Defl:X 83336 62% 06-08-2009 04:50 b2fd0050 npuud.exe
1313 Defl:X 513 61% 06-08-2009 04:50 f14d3517 packing.lst
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