___________________________________________________________________________ PAINGWIN'S NNTP SERVER CHECKER features ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Searches a webpage (download a file or use one already on your drive) for NNTP (news://) links. - Connects to NNTP links to find ones you can connect to. - You have the option of only listing servers that have a specific group you want. - Settable timeout limit. - Prevent duplicate servers. - Append to the working servers list or overwrite it. - Working servers list can either be a website (in a neatly displayed table with the server address, # of articles in the group you wanted, and a clickable link that links to that group on that server) OR a text-only file with just the address. - Detailed status log. - 3 lights that show your connect/progress status. - Save the settings (to a file, not the registry). - The only file it needs to run is the EXE (and the VisualBasic runtime files). - Pretty colors that enhance the look and feel. - Source code is free (under the GNU General Public License) so you can edit the source to fit your needs. - Progress bars (total complete and time left until timeout) - WinSock status (connecting, closed, resolving host, error, etc..)