Usenet Resource Downloader (URD) | Linux Today

Usenet Resource Downloader (URD)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 14, 2010

[ Thanks to dave for
this link. ]

“URD is a program to download binaries from usenet
(newsgroups) through a web interface.

“While some other programs offer similar services (e.g. Ninan,
Sabnzbd), URD doesn’t need external NZB files to function. URD lets
you subscribe to newsgroups, and will then automatically analyse
those articles to form downloadable ‘sets’, consisting of all the
files belonging to a specific upload. These sets are displayed, and
through point and click you can be downloading a binary in no time.
That isn’t to say that NZB files are unsupported. URD allows both
exporting of NZB files (from a set, for example) and importing.

“What can and can’t URD do?”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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