ARCHIVED: In Mac OS X, what software can I use to read Usenet newsgroups?

If you use Mac OS X, you have several options for reading Usenet newsgroups. Some newsreaders offer a graphical interface, while others are text-based:

• Entourage: Available as part of Microsoft Office, Entourage is both an email client and a newsreader. For configuration instructions, see How do I set up Entourage 2004 or 2008 to read newsgroups? For more, see Microsoft's Entourage web site.

  Note: Indiana University students, faculty, and staff can download Office for free from IUware Online.

• Halime: Developed by Imdat Solak, Halime is a native Cocoa newsreader that can handle multiple subscriptions, and supports both online and offline reading and posting. Halime has a graphical thread view and makes extensive use of the OS X Aqua interface.
  
  
• Hogwasher: Developed by Asar, Hogwasher is both a newsreader and an email client, and allows you to sort and view articles in a number of ways, including by file series. Other features include multi-account message assembly, powerful filtering options, and in-line image display. For more, see the Asar Corporation Hogwasher web site.
  
  
• MacSOUP: MacSOUP is an offline newsreader with rudimentary email capabilities, originally for Mac OS and now available for Mac OS X 10.1.3 and later. MacSOUP is shareware.
  
  
• Mozilla Thunderbird: An open-source web browser and mail and newsreader, Thunderbird is freeware, and supports multiple subscriptions, filters, a graphical thread view, and multiple sorting options. For more, see the Thunderbird home page.

  Note: IU students, faculty, and staff can download Thunderbird for free from IUware Online.

• MT-NewsWatcher: MT-NewsWatcher is derived from NewsWatcher and features easy-to-use filtering, searching, and sorting features. The program also makes viewing and saving binaries from newsgroups easy, and works transparently across multiple news servers. MT-NewsWatcher is freeware.
  
  
• NewsWatcher-X: NewsWatcher, by John Norstad, is the preeminent Mac OS newsreader. Electric Fish, Inc., carbonized it to make it a native Mac OS X application. NewsWatcher-X is freeware.
  
  
• Tin: An OS X version of the well-known Unix newsreader, Tin is a text-only application for use within the Terminal application. For more, see the tin.org web site.
  
  
• Unison: Developed by Panic, Unison offers the standard newsreader functionality, plus a unique four-view interface that lets you view and work with Usenet group content in one of four ways: messages, files, images, or music. For more, see the Unison web site.

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