[X4U] Looking for replacement to HOGWASHER

[Earle Jones]

On Feb 20, 2009, at 8:09 PM, Ed Gould wrote:

> I have been using HOGWASHER for about 5 years (bit more maybe) and  
> have had sporadic issue with it. In OS9 it was extremely problematic  
> in OS X (same version) its record is less than average. This last  
> weekend it stopped working period. In the past I emailed the author  
> and got zero support, so even when I shipped him many crashlogs not  
> a peep. A good friend of mine got it working again but he doesn't  
> know how/why he got it working other than to move some folders out  
> of its main folder.
>
> I need to replace it. The functionality of HOGWASHER was VERY good,  
> I will say that. There was only 1 or 2 features that it did not have  
> that I could have used and those were a nice to have rather than  
> mandatory. Can someone suggest a decent replacement for HOGWASHER  
> and one that is as good as or better than HOGWASHER and that is  
> reasonably bug free. I would also prefer some sort of support other  
> than a black hole. Cost is somewhat secondary for a really good  
> product. I also need to decode all commonly used encoding methods  
> used on USENET. The other important item is good filtering also good  
> OS X support.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed

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