If you browse Usenet newsgroups frequently you will discover that some files are reposted on a regular basis. In some cases, these files are "spam" messages that carry commercial advertisements. In other cases, they are simply being reposted by people who think they are interesting and want to share them. However, in either case it is a nuisance to receive multiple copies of a file that you have already seen and saved or discarded.

News Rover saves you time by maintaining a database of files that you have already received. If a file with the same name and size is received again, it is discarded automatically. If you intentionally want to receive another copy of a file you have gotten, you can remove the entry for that file from the database so that News Rover will not consider it to be a duplicate. You can also disable this feature if you prefer to receive duplicate files.

In addition to eliminating duplicate files, News Rover also eliminates duplicate copies of the same message. News Rover maintains a database with the ID strings of all messages that you have received. If a message is received whose ID string is already recognized, the duplicate copy of the message is discarded. This prevents you from seeing multiple copies of the same message that have been cross-posted to many newsgroups.

With News Rover you have complete control!