Newsbin Pro Setup Guide

This guide will walk you through setting up Newsbin Pro to work with Giganews servers. If you haven't already signed up for Usenet access then definitely give Giganews a try. They offer 960 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.

Step 1 - Install Newsbin Pro

If you haven't already installed Newsbin then you have an opportunity to enter the Giganews server information during the installation.

Figure 1 - Newsbin Pro install (news server info)


As illustrated in figure 1 you can set the Giganews server address to news.giganews.com during installation. If you subscribe to a Giganews account that includes SSL then check the box to enable it. Checking the login box presents the following screen:

Figure 2 - Newsbin Pro install (login info)


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

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If you have already installed Newsbin Pro and didn't get the news server and login information then you can do it from within Newsbin Pro.

Figure 3 - Newsbin Pro setup (Utilities - Servers)


Once Newsbin Pro is open simply click Utilities - Server as shown above. This will bring up the Server Options page shown below.

Figure 4 - Newsbin Pro setup (Server Options)


The server options screen includes everything you need to get up and running. Simply enter the information as follows:
- Click on New Server
- Name: anything you want
- Server Address: enter in news.giganews.com
- Connections: up to 10 or 20 depending on Giganews account.
- Username and Password: provided in email
Set SSL Port: check if using SSL. You can use port 563 or 443 for secure connections or port 563, 80 or 23 for standard connections.
- click OK

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