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Thunderbird or Unison for usenet?

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From Sandman <mr@sandman.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Thunderbird or Unison for usenet?
Date Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:53:37 +0200
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So, being abandoned by the best usenet software ever made, 
MT-NewsWatcher, I among many of you are stuck in the question about what 
software we should use now...

I am currently trying out thunderbird, and I think it's a better 
candidate than Unison even though Unison does look better, but is a more 
rudimentary reader. Thunderbird shares some keyboard settings with MTNW 
for instance.

Both lack *severly* in the filtering department, and frankly, I think 
Panic is more likely to respond to user feedback in that area.

Both have an AIO window scheme, where all "views" can be contained 
within one window. Thunderbird handles this much better by having a read 
pane to the right of the list, with Unison only having it below.

Whichever you choose, the question of synchronization comes up. I use 
MT-NW on my work Mac and my laptop. I use dropbox to synchronize the 
.newsrc file which works seemlessly. MTNW also supports storing the 
.newsrc file on a FTP server for sharing.

Neither Unison or Thunderbird have sharing built in, so do anyone know 
what files to sync (via dropbox, for example) for either to remain in 
sync - I mean syncing filter settings, account settings and group 
subscriptions and read status of those groups?

What is your current plan?

-- 
Sandman[.net]

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Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-23 13:53 +0200
  Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-23 13:36 +0000
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-10-23 15:09 +0100
      Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-23 08:46 -0700
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-23 08:46 -0700
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-23 17:48 +0200
      Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-23 08:52 -0700
      Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-24 02:57 +0000
        Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-24 05:43 +0000
          Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-24 06:46 +0000
      Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Martin Ī¤rautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2013-10-24 18:16 +0000
        Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-25 05:01 +0000
        Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-25 05:24 +0000
  Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) - 2013-10-23 14:57 +0100
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-23 17:49 +0200
      Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Lloyd E Parsons <lloydparsons@me.com> - 2013-10-23 11:00 -0500
      Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) - 2013-10-23 19:03 +0100
  Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Jesse <jesse.rehmer@blueworldhosting.com> - 2013-10-23 09:38 -0500
  Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-23 12:30 -0500
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-23 19:04 +0000
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-23 21:54 -0400
      Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-23 22:27 -0500
  Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-23 21:44 -0400
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-23 21:51 -0400
      Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-24 05:40 +0000
        Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-24 22:07 -0400
      Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-24 13:27 -0400
        Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-24 22:09 -0400
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-24 05:38 +0000
  Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2013-10-24 15:44 -0400
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-24 14:51 -0500
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) - 2013-10-24 22:25 +0100
    Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2013-10-24 21:12 -0400
  Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-25 10:15 +1300

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