[X4U] Looking for replacement to HOGWASHER

[Anthony Bailey]

Well Ed, here's the one that I've been using for many, many years. I started
using it in my classic Mac OS days, it's still being updated/maintained. The
program has an option to get online, download your subscribed newsgroups,
and then disconnect. That was great when I was dialing long distance for
internet access, nowadays I'm still on dialup but no longer have to dial
long distance. Anyhow it works good for a newsreader and while it isn't
free, at a shareware price of $20 it's worth it.
Hope this helps, Tony


On 2/20/09 10:09 PM, "Ed Gould" <edgould1948 at comcast.net> 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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