News Rover Setup Guide

This guide will walk you through setting up NewsRover 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 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 Giganews

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

Figure 1 - News Rover Initial Server Setup


Enter the information as follows:
- News server address: news.giganews.com
- Nickname for server: anything you want
- Check "Logon authentication required for this server"
- Account name and Password: provided in email
- click Next

Once News Rover is up you will want to highlight Giganews 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:
- News server address: news.giganews.com
- Check "SSL connection" for secure access.
- Port: 119 (non-secure) or 563 (secure)
- Nickname: anything you want
- Check "Logon authentication required for this server"
- Account name and Password: provided in email
- Max Connections: up to 10 or 20 depending on Giganews account.
- click OK

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