Sponge's main window, displaying the application menu and toolbar, the news servers and newsgroups, and the actual news panel. 

The Tools menu gives you access to the Groups and Servers configuration windows and to the blocked senders. 

Sponge's General Options tab allows you to customize the application's behavior according to your needs and preferences. 

The Groups tab in the Options window lets you configure the article checking process and the maximum number of retries for downloads. 

In the Tags Options tab, you can enter new words to be ignored in tags and manage the existing ones.