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       NewsCounter
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NewsCounter connects to a USENET servers (internet newsgroup server)
and scans the news groups. It displays the number of articles
availabe in each news group. Groups can be filtered using pattern
matching.


Tutorial:

Start the application. Immediately switch to the second page.
On this page, enter the connect string for the news server you 
wish to connect to (usually the format is something like this:
news.server.com). Also choose a port, and if required, a username
and password for the USENET server.
If this is your first visit, press the "Download Group List" button
to download the complete list of groups available. This will take
some time.
When the list is downloaded, switch to the last page.
The page will instantly be updated with the complete list of groups.
When all groups are added to the list, each group is queried for
the available number of articles and the list is updated.
Enter a filter to minimize the number of groups. A common filter
could be "rec.games.computer".

Filter:

The filter uses pattern matching. The following replacement
symbols can be used:

* = wildcard match.
? = single replacement character (matches all characters).
[a-z] = range of characters (case sensitive).
