I'm looking for a good freeware newsgroup reader. I think Mail can't handle newsgroup. Any anyone recommend any good client to me? Also what's a good newsgroup server?
Firstly, I bet this should have gone in the Software forum. No big deal though.
Secondly, Unison by Panic is a pretty good usenet client. Give it a try. As for a server, most ISPs give you access to a usenet server (from what I've read, all usenet servers contain identical data. They are all just mirrors). If your ISP doesn't provide a server, Panic will also give you access to their usenet server for $11.95 per month. This page has details about server access, and may be able to tell you if your ISP provides access.
Unison cost quite a bit. It cost 25 dollars. Is there any freeware clients?
Thanks!
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Originally posted by hyperb0le
Firstly, I bet this should have gone in the Software forum. No big deal though.
Secondly, Unison by Panic is a pretty good usenet client. Give it a try. As for a server, most ISPs give you access to a usenet server (from what I've read, all usenet servers contain identical data. They are all just mirrors). If your ISP doesn't provide a server, Panic will also give you access to their usenet server for $11.95 per month. This page has details about server access, and may be able to tell you if your ISP provides access.
I sprung for Unison and I am very pleased with it. I tend to find that it is the rare piece of freeware that works well and is well designed (from a UI perspective). I bought Panic's FTP application (Transmit) as well for the same reason. Support those Mac developers that make GOOD software!
MT NewsWatcher is a robust client. Not nearly as slick as Unison, but featureful and based on a battle-tested codebase. It's what I've used for years, and what I continue to use until Unison picks up a couple more features.
It's donationware. You can use it for free, but the developer would really appreciate it if you tossed a little coin his way.
I use Mozilla Thunderbird, but I haven't tried the rest. It seems to have a decent feature set, but is definitely not OS X-native. Like all Mozilla stuff, it lacks any sense of the Mac look and feel.
MT NewsWatcher is a robust client. Not nearly as slick as Unison, but featureful and based on a battle-tested codebase. It's what I've used for years, and what I continue to use until Unison picks up a couple more features.
I agree 100%. MT NewsWatcher is my usenet client of choice and I've tried many.
Man, I'm glad this thread is here. I've been using 3.3b1 forever and I never noticed that version 3.4 is out. Time to see what's new.
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Secondly, Unison by Panic is a pretty good usenet client. Give it a try. As for a server, most ISPs give you access to a usenet server (from what I've read, all usenet servers contain identical data. They are all just mirrors). If your ISP doesn't provide a server, Panic will also give you access to their usenet server for $11.95 per month. This page has details about server access, and may be able to tell you if your ISP provides access.
Moving to Software...
Thanks!
Originally posted by hyperb0le
Firstly, I bet this should have gone in the Software forum. No big deal though.
Secondly, Unison by Panic is a pretty good usenet client. Give it a try. As for a server, most ISPs give you access to a usenet server (from what I've read, all usenet servers contain identical data. They are all just mirrors). If your ISP doesn't provide a server, Panic will also give you access to their usenet server for $11.95 per month. This page has details about server access, and may be able to tell you if your ISP provides access.
Well, here are some others...
search number one
search number two
search number three
It's donationware. You can use it for free, but the developer would really appreciate it if you tossed a little coin his way.
Not the best... but it works as advertised
Originally posted by Amorph
MT NewsWatcher is a robust client. Not nearly as slick as Unison, but featureful and based on a battle-tested codebase. It's what I've used for years, and what I continue to use until Unison picks up a couple more features.
I agree 100%. MT NewsWatcher is my usenet client of choice and I've tried many.
Man, I'm glad this thread is here. I've been using 3.3b1 forever and I never noticed that version 3.4 is out. Time to see what's new.