[X-SW] usenet newsreader

[Scott McCulloch]

I don't know Agent at all... so I have no idea if this has similar  
features, but Unison isn't bad, in my opinion. Seems pretty fast - so  
I don't think it downloads everything up front (though it may be fast  
because I have a good DSL connection).

http://www.panic.com/unison/

Scott


On Jul 8, 2005, at 12:45 PM, Peter Saint James wrote:

>
>     I'm trying to find usable Usenet newsreader and coming up with  
> programs that are clunky.  I'm wondering what other people are using.
>
>     Most of the ones I tried will get all messages from a group,  
> rather than just headers.  This is a big waste of time, since I  
> usually want to just browse the headers and read a few messages.
>
>     Some will download all messages from all subscribed groups  
> automatically.  This means either I can't subscribe to any groups  
> or must wait a long time for this operation to finish before I can  
> look at a few messages.
>
>     I am hoping to find something with features similar to Agent on  
> Windoze platform.  Anyone have a suggestion?
>
>
>                                                 Peter