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This is the newsgroup server information page where you can modify the server address and login information.
This is the newsgroup server host name. This can be either an IP address like 192.168.0.1 or a name like newsgroups.bellsouth.net
This is the news server account user name. If the news server you are connecting to requires a user name, enter it here.
This is the path on your computer where you would like to store the downloaded images. You can type in the path in the directory field or click the browse button to select a directory.
This is where you can specify the news groups to search. Click the Add button to view all the newsgroups on the server. After the list has loaded, you can use the find feature to search the group names for keywords. Check the groups you want to search and click Ok. You will now see the selected groups in this screen.
These are the options for processing duplicate images. An image is a duplicate if there is already an image of the same file name downloaded to the target folder.
This option will force NIC to download and overwrite duplicate images
This is where you control the option of image file size filtering. This option allows you to set a minimum and or a maximum file size in kilobytes (KB). When images are downloading, they are compared to these options and if the file size does not meet the minimum or maximum settings, the image is not downloaded.
This is the smallest allowable file size in KB. Images smaller than the number here will not download. If this field is blank, this option is ignored.
This is where you control the filter of including or excluding images based on the width and height of the image. This page includes a size list for specific image dimensions to filter, and it includes a minimum and maximum dimension filter. As images are downloaded to your computer, they are compared to the options on this page to determine if the images should be downloaded or skipped.
This option will turn the filter on or off. If you disable the filter, all entries in the filter list are saved but ignored.
This option will include all images that have the exact width and height dimensions specified in the list. This option results in a very limited set of results.
This option will exclude all images that have the exact width and height dimensions specified in the list. This option results in a clean and more specific set of results. You can use this option to filter out common advertisements and more.
You can specify a minimum width, height, both or none. For example if you set a minimum width of 50 and a minimum height of 50, all images smaller than 50x50 are skipped. You can leave the heigth field empty and just specify a minimum width of 50 so that an image of 60x10 is downloaded. If you leave both width and hight fields empty, this filter is disabled.
You can specify a maximum width, height, both or none. For example if you set a maximum width of 500 and a maximum height of 500, all images larger than 500x500 are skipped. You can leave the heigth field empty and just specify a maximum width of 500 so that an image of 60x600 is downloaded. If you leave both width and hight fields empty, this filter is disabled.
This is where you control the filter of including or excluding images based on the file types.
In most cases you would not use this filter, however if for example you do not want to download any .bmp images, this filter will take care of skipping .bmp images. The case of the keywords is ignored, so you can enter .JPG or .jpg and have the same result.
This option will turn the filter on or off. If you disable the filter, all entries in the filter list are saved but ignored.
This option will include all images that contain one or more items in the list. This option results in a very limited set of results.
This is where you control the filter of including and excluding articles and their image content by matching keywords or regular expressions (regex) against the article author.
The author is the person who posts a newsgroup article and image to the server. Sometimes you may want to skip images posted by certain authors to avoid junk images. Sometimes you may want to download only images posted by certain authors.
When a keyword or regex matches any article author, that article's image is either downloaded or skipped. It is possible to use both the include and exclude list together for a more powerful search.
This option will turn the filter on or off. If you disable the filter, all entries in the filter list are saved but ignored.
This option will include all articles that contain one or more items in the list. This option results in a very limited set of results.
This option will exclude all articles that contain one or more items in the list. This option results in a clean and more specific set of results.
For example, assume that you have
'Exclude all listed items' An entry: jake@allspam.com An entry: @cnn.com An entry: puppies
The following articles would be processed:
From: jake@nospam.com From: bob@photos.net
The following articles would be skipped:
From: jake@allspam.com From: bob@cnn.com From: poster@cnn.com From: dogs@puppies.com From: dogs@puppies.org
Regular expressions (regex) are special text that describes a pattern to match within text or in this case within the article poster's name.
For example, assume that you have
^[\w\.=-]+@[\w\.-]+\.[\w]{2,3}$
This regex pattern will match all properly formed email addresses. The following articles with the authors would be included:
From: bob@cnn.com From: joey@imagedump.com
The following articles with authors would be excluded:
From: Somebody
This is where you control the filter of including and excluding articles and their image content by matching keywords or regular expressions (regex) against the article subject.
Each article posted to a newsgroup server must have a subject just like an email message. Sometimes you may want to skip images posted with certain subject content to avoid junk images. Sometimes you may want to download only images posted with specific words in the subject.
When a keyword or regex matches any article subject, that article's image is either downloaded or skipped. It is possible to use both the include and exclude list together for a more powerful search.
This option will turn the filter on or off. If you disable the filter, all entries in the filter list are saved but ignored.
This option will include all articles that contain one or more items in the list. This option results in a very limited set of results.
This option will exclude all articles that contain one or more items in the list. This option results in a clean and more specific set of results.
For example, assume that you have
'Exclude all listed items' An entry: kittens An entry: elephants
The following articles would be processed:
Subject: Puppies for sale Subject: kitty cats
The following articles would be skipped:
Subject: Kittens with machine guns Subject: Who let the elephant out?
Regular expressions (regex) are special text that describes a pattern to match within text or in this case within the article poster's name.
For example, assume that you have
pupp(y|ies)
The following articles with the subjects would be included:
Subject: A new set of puppies Subject: My furry little puppy is so cute
Notice the case sensitivity in the regex. The following articles would be excluded:
Subject: Puppies are cool Subject: WHERE IS MY PUPPY YO?