From: Jason S on
On 2010-06-29 17:44:58 -0400, Paul Goodman said:

> On 2010-06-29 13:39:24 -0400, Jason S said:
>
>> Unison is great. I also use NewsTap on my iPhone. Glad to see I'm not
>> the only one around here that uses Unison.
>
> I also use Unison and like it fine. It was a little of an adjustment
> when I abandoned Windows and Agent, but for the most part, Unison does
> what I need. I don't filter, I just skip by posts I don't want to
> read. Based on what has been posted here, filtering is a real weak
> spot with this program, but that is something I have never done anyway.
> What I really like is the ease which Unison handles binary posts,
> although I will admit that I am a very light user of binary newsgroups
> and it may not be as good for heavy binary users.

I'm relatively inexperienced with Usenet and newsreaders, but Unison
hasn't let me down with binary newsgroups and posts.

--
Jason

From: safety123 on
I use Agent with Crossover. They are an awesome combination.

If you download binaries, usenet certainly isn't dead.

safety123

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:39:58 -0400, Jason S <jason(a)hello.invalid>
wrote:

>I use Unison and think it's great. Then again, I have only been using
>Usenet for a couple months now. (Actually trying out Giganews and
>Usenetserver to see which one I like better. Got deals for both
>companies).
>
>I'm looking for other newsreaaders and seem to keep landing at Unison.