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Glossary Term

Offline reader

Website-mirroring software - Website-mirroring software allows for the download of an entire website to the local hard disk for offline browsing. - Web crawler software like Wget can be used to generate a site mirror. - Golden CommPass (GCP) is a website-mirroring software published by Creative Systems Programming Corporation. - HTTrack is a website copier and offline browser developed by HTTrack.com. - HTTrack Website Copier is a free software offline browser available under GNU GPL. - Aeria Leech is an offline web browser for Windows 95/98/NT. - ScrapBook is an offline web browser add-on for Firefox. - Offline Explorer Enterprise is a product by MetaProducts for offline browsing. Offline mail readers - Offline mail readers are programs that allow users to read electronic mail or other messages with minimal connection time to the server. - BBS servers package multiple messages into a compressed file for users to download. - Offline mail readers allow users to read messages with minimal connection time to the server. - Some mailers like Outlook Express and AOL can be used offline, while others like Juno are mainly intended for offline use. - Hamster is a free software offline mail and news reader developed by Mathias Dolidon. - Mail reader for Compuserve is an offline mail reader. - OLX is an offline mail and news reader, with a free test subset called Off Line Xpress - Test Drive (OLX-TD). Offline news readers - Offline news readers organize messages into news groups. - Offline news readers allow users to read messages with minimal connection time to the server. Browsing and downloading methods - Website-mirroring software allows for offline browsing by downloading a copy of the entire website. - Wget is a web crawler software commonly used to generate site mirrors. - BBS servers package messages into compressed files for users to download. - Internet mail servers send messages uncompressed using protocols like POP3 or IMAP4. Additional offline browsing tools - Hamster is a web hoarding software available on GitHub. - OLX is an offline mail and news reader. - HTTrack is a website copier and offline browser. - Offline mail and news reader OLX has a free test subset called Off Line Xpress - Test Drive (OLX-TD).