Aub automatically assembles the pieces of multi-part usenet postings and decodes them. a user-supplied configuration file tells which newsgroups aub should monitor. the user can also supply a "hook" program, which tests each subject header and determines whether that particular file should be downloaded or not.

resumed development resuming after 10 years of inactivity has given aub the better documentation and the new abilities to decode base64 files, perform nntp authentication as well as a good deal of additional functionality.