GrabIt Setup Guide

This guide will walk you through setting up GrabIt to work with Giganews servers. If you haven't already signed up for Usenet access then definitely give Giganews a try. They offer 565 days binary retention, SSL encryption and servers in the US, Europe and Hong Kong. Sign up for the Giganews 14 day free trial and start downloading in minutes.

Download GrabIt

Visit the GrabIt newsreader homepage (Shemes.com) to download the latest version of the client.

Install GrabIt

The installation is simple. Choose a folder for the program to install and whether or not you want desktop or quick launch icons.

Configure GrabIt for Giganews

The first time you open GrabIt the configuration wizard appears.

Figure 1 - GrabIt Configuration Wizard


Enter news.giganews.com into the News (NNTP) server field, check the box and click Next.

Figure 2 - GrabIt Configuration (Giganews logon info)


Enter the login information you received in the signup email from Giganews into the Username and Password fields and click Next.

Once GrabIt opens you can define the rest of the server setup. To do so right click Default server and then click Server properties:

Figure 3 - GrabIt Menu


Now you can enter in the server information in the screen below:

Figure 4 - GrabIt (Server Properties)


The server properties screen includes everything you need to get up and running. Simply enter the information as follows:
- Hostname: news.giganews.com
- Port: 119 (non-secure) or 563 (secure)
- Account name and Password: provided in email
- Check "Encrypted server connection (SSL)" for secure access.
- Max Connections: up to 10 or 20 depending on Giganews account.
- Note: maximize GrabIt download speed by using all your connections.
- click OK

It's that simple to configure GrabIt for Giganews. Enjoy!