newsgroup program

[doox00]

I am new to mac, I use newsbin pro for windows to download from newsgroups and so on.. what is a good newsgroup program for mac?

thanks

 

[hitekalex]

People still use newsgroups??

 

[doox00]

People still use newsgroups??

sure do

 

[r.j.s]

Can Mail do it?

 

[hitekalex]

groups.google.com ??

 

[r.j.s]

Can Mail do it?

Entourage can add newsgroups if you have office installed.

 

[doox00]

from what I can find searching looks like unison is one of the better ones out there, or igrabnews

 

[longdogs]

Unison. By a mile.

 

[emt1]

What would someone use Usenet for these days?

 

[ericvmazzone]

Hogwasher works pretty well.

 

[hexonxonx]

What would someone use Usenet for these days?

Same things as torrents. Apps, music. You name it, it's there. It's probably safer to use then torrents depending on what you download because only your ISP and your newsgroup service provider would be able to know what you have downloaded if they wanted to know in the first place.

 

[millerj123]

What would someone use Usenet for these days?

There is still a lot of good discussion going on in Usenet. Particularly if you want to avoid text-speak.

Ah, usenet, where folks knew what plonk meant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plonk_(usenet)

 

[mfalaura]

Usenet are always used. Thanks to growth of binary retention, it's more secure and easier to find a file on newsgroups than on megaupload etc. Today the "best" provider has 1000days binary retention. It means that you can find a file during 3 years...and he won't be delete ! After 3 years, content change on server. You can compare Usenet providers on comparison engine. Hope it will help someone !

 

[fhall1]

Unison is great......and for those of you asking.....the first rule of Usenet is you don't talk about Usenet

 

[mfalaura]

Unison is great......and for those of you asking.....the first rule of Usenet is you don't talk about Usenet

Great !! hehe! It seems to be a copy of 4ch** favorite sentence !