News Rover Setup Guide for NewsgroupDirect

This guide will walk you through setting up News Rover to work with NewsgroupDirect news servers. If you haven't already signed up for Usenet access then consider NewsgroupDirect. They offer 1,374 days of binary retention, 50 connections, SSL encryption and servers in the US and Europe. NGR visitors receive a 20% off lifetime discount on all monthly NGD plans so if you haven't signed up for Usenet access this is a great chance to get started.

Download News Rover

Visit the News Rover newsreader homepage (Newsrover.com) to download the latest version of the client.

Install News Rover

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

Configure NewsRover for Newsgroup Direct

The first time you open News Rover the configuration wizard appears.

Figure 1 - News Rover Initial Server Setup


Enter the information as follows:
A - News server address: news.newsgroupdirect.com or news-ssl.newsgroupdirect.com (SSL)
B - Nickname for server: anything you want
C - Check "Logon authentication required for this server"
D - Enter Username (provided in email)
E - Enter Password (provided in email)
F - click Finish

Once News Rover is up you will want to highlight NewsServer (whatever you nicknamed the server) on the left and then click configuration on the top menu as follows:

Figure 2 - News Rover Configuration Menu


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

Figure 3 - News Rover (Server Properties)


The server properties screen includes everything you need to get up and running. Simply enter the information as follows:
A - News server address: news.newsgroupdirect.com or news-ssl.newsgroupdirect.com (SSL)
- Check "SSL connection" for secure access.
B - Port: use port 563, 80 or 81 for secure or port 119, 23, 25, 443 or 8080 for standard connections.
C - Nickname for server: anything you want
D - Check "Logon authentication required for this server"
E - Enter Username (provided in email)
F - Enter Password (provided in email)
G, H, I - Max Connections: Newsgroup Direct supports up to 50 connections.

It's that simple to configure News Rover for NewsgroupDirect. Enjoy!