download News Hunter v4.00 461,659 bytes.
This program retrieves headers from any group that you have access to and scans the headers for posting gateways. It then tests each gateway looking for free public access and creates a list of news hosts that you can use.
It is fairly slow on a dialup line. I tried it on "alt.test" to get a large source and it was still running an hour later testing each one. It had found 11 when I shut it down at about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
From the program documentation:
"News Hunter 4.0 is a free Windows 95/NT 4 utility that can help in finding publicly accessible news servers. You can use this program to find access to newsgroups that may not be available from your local news server or newsgroups that have been censored.
This program is being made available for free. However, if you really like the program, I would appreciate a small donation of $20 or any amount you think the program is worth."
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