GrabIt Setup Guide for Power Usenet

This guide will walk you through setting up Newsbin Pro to work with PowerUsenet news servers. If you haven't already signed up for Usenet access then consider Power Usenet. They offer 1,350 days of binary retention, SSL encryption and up to 30 connections. Power Usenet offers a 5 day, 10 GB free trial so if you haven't signed up for Usenet access this is a great chance to get started.

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 PowerUsenet
The first time you open GrabIt the configuration wizard appears.

Figure 1 - GrabIt Configuration Wizard


A - News (NNTP) server: news.powerusenet.com
B - Check "News (NNTP) server requires a username and password"
C - Click Next

Figure 2 - GrabIt Configuration (Giganews logon info)


A - Enter Username (provided in email)
B - Enter Password (provided in email)
C - Click Next

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

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:
A - Hostname: news.powerusenet.com
B - Port: use port 563 or 443 for secure or port 119, 23 or 80 for standard connections.
C - Enter Username (provided in email)
D - Enter Password (provided in email)
E - Check "Encrypted server connection (SSL)" for secure access.
F - Max Connections: PowerUsenet supports up to 30 connections.
G - Click OK

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