Free Usenet reader for Mac OS X

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I know about Unison. Are there any decent free usenet readers for Mac OS X Leopard?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '09 at 00:14

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Mozilla Thunderbird does a decent job with usenet.

answered Aug 05 '09 at 00:14

heavyd

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '09 at 00:28

You can get the standard *nix ones via Fink or MacPorts. I'm partial to slrn, but that's a console app. If you prefer a gui, there's Pan. I've used it on Linux, and it was good. I can't speak to how well it works in OS X. (The Pan webpage mentions OS X as supported, so that's a good start.)

If you are comfortable tracking down dependencies and compiling, you can also build these on a Mac without Fink or MacPorts, but the package managers make upgrades and removal a lot easier.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 25 '10 at 03:14

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I second Pan (install via MacPorts). Thunderbird (v3.0.1) becomes painfully slow and often crashes with larger lists. Another option (though limited in the number of headers it will download) is: MT-Newswatcher http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/

answered Jan 25 '10 at 03:14

Nick

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 05 '09 at 11:52

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If you're after binary newsreader (i.e., you just want a tool to aggregate and reassemble binary postings), you might want to take a look at ninan - since its web/java based it should be pretty platform agnostic.

answered Aug 05 '09 at 11:52

Rob Cowell

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 31 '15 at 13:32

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I should go for NZBin

NZBin is a free Usenet client for the Mac OS X with a great GUI and has all features included (auto repairing, extracting, etc.). And it is the fastest client I've ever seen.

edited Jul 31 '15 at 13:32

wonea

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answered Jul 31 '15 at 12:02

Eddie

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Free Usenet reader for Mac OS X

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