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robcts
Oct 6, 2005, 07:53 PM
Looking for something that can download binaries from Usenet, and it'd be helpful if it provided .nzb support.

Anything? I know of Unison, but I am wondering if there are better solutions?


davidcb13
Oct 6, 2005, 07:57 PM
Looking for something that can download binaries from Usenet, and it'd be helpful if it provided .nzb support.

Anything? I know of Unison, but I am wondering if there are better solutions?

Looking for the same thing any free ones out there?
micvog
Oct 6, 2005, 08:09 PM
Looking for the same thing any free ones out there?

It's not as nice as Unison, but IIRC Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/) has a built-in newsreader.
robcts
Oct 6, 2005, 08:53 PM
It's not as nice as Unison, but IIRC Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/) has a built-in newsreader.
It can't download binaries. ;)
micvog
Oct 6, 2005, 10:30 PM
It can't download binaries. ;)

Sorry. :o

FWIW, I just received the November 2005 issue of MacAddict and they also recommend, on page 57, Simon Fraser's MT-NewsWatcher (http://www.smfr.org) which looks like it does handle binaries.
Duff-Man
Oct 6, 2005, 10:34 PM
Duff-Man says...MT-Newswatcher, while showing its age, is probably your best *free* option....try it out anyway - you've got nothing to lose! ....oh yeah!
micvog
Oct 6, 2005, 10:34 PM
Sorry. :o

FWIW, I just received the November 2005 issue of MacAddict and they also recommend, on page 57, Simon Fraser's MT-NewsWatcher (http://www.smfr.org) which looks like it does handle binaries.

... and it is also free.
notjustjay
Oct 6, 2005, 11:11 PM
iGrabNews isn't bad for download bulk amounts of po^H^H er.. binaries...
prophet621
Oct 7, 2005, 09:05 AM
I have been looking since I first got my ibook several weeks ago and can't find a decent one. I have a frind who has Thoth which many have mentioned in other posts as being good but even that doesn't seem very good.

I often use newsgroups to grab pictures to use for textures in 3d modeling, in windows I use Newsbin and then use ThumbsPlus to look through the huge batch and sort them. Hanven't found anything even remotely close in mac. Really disapointing.

I'm slowly learning C programming and then on to c++, hopefully I can someday write my own apps unless someone writes something to fit my purpose by then. In the mean time I just stick to Windows for much of my work.
robcts
Oct 7, 2005, 12:52 PM
I have been looking since I first got my ibook several weeks ago and can't find a decent one. I have a frind who has Thoth which many have mentioned in other posts as being good but even that doesn't seem very good.

I often use newsgroups to grab pictures to use for textures in 3d modeling, in windows I use Newsbin and then use ThumbsPlus to look through the huge batch and sort them. Hanven't found anything even remotely close in mac. Really disapointing.

I'm slowly learning C programming and then on to c++, hopefully I can someday write my own apps unless someone writes something to fit my purpose by then. In the mean time I just stick to Windows for much of my work.
Did you try unison?