Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: android Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Thunderbird or Unison for usenet? Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 08:32:58 +0200 Organization: the center Lines: 66 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net O/A/KE+vcyAv5sLCFkssJwoSFTjAeWgvOgXUHgh0jfE802P2/r X-Orig-Path: here Cancel-Lock: sha1:noaeNLFCSRBz5OV5mlEFdSCchqQ= User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:23906 In article , FPP wrote: > On 2014-08-01 17:15:56 +0000, FPP said: > > > On 2013-10-23 17:30:59 +0000, Lloyd E Parsons said: > > > >> On 2013-10-23 11:53:37 +0000, Sandman said: > >> > >>> 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? > >> > >> Since this morning and playing around some more with newsreaders, I've > >> decided that I like Unison enough to buy it. So I did. Simple and > >> easy enough and all I do is text usenet, no binaries. Works quite well. > >> > >> Tried to like Thunderbird, but couldn't. I kept getting 'expired post' > >> errors off and on and that required a close and restart every time. > >> Same server, same groups with Unison arene't doing that. That error > >> was the final straw. I didn't like T-bird much when I tried it a long > >> time ago and still don't. > >> > >> Unison seems to be good enough for my uses. > >> > >> BTW, tried Hogwasher but it won't get the groups list, always popping > >> up an 'internal error' message. > > > > I prefer the older version of Unison 1.8.1 over 2. The message list > > font size isn't customizable in version 2, and it's way too small for > > my tastes. > > > > It's serviceable... but I'd rather give Thoth a better test drive. > > It's the reader that's most like MT-NW - but they're no longer > > accepting requesting for registration. > > Jesus, I just replied to a post from 2013... What? Would Jesus do that??? -- teleportation kills http://tinyurl.com/androidphotography