Anyone Using Hogwasher on a Mac?

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

If anyone is using Hogwasher as their newsreader on a Mac, I could use
some advice on setting it up.
Dudley Henriques

[Mike Beede]

In article >,
Dudley Henriques > wrote:

> If anyone is using Hogwasher as their newsreader on a Mac, I could use
> some advice on setting it up.

Can't help with that, but I can say that I've been using
MT-NewsWatcher on the Mac for several years (since Thoth
development quit) and am pleased with it. And it's free
free free.

Mike Beede

[Roy Smith]

In article >,
Mike Beede > wrote:

> In article >,
> Dudley Henriques > wrote:
>
> > If anyone is using Hogwasher as their newsreader on a Mac, I could use
> > some advice on setting it up.
>
> Can't help with that, but I can say that I've been using
> MT-NewsWatcher on the Mac for several years (since Thoth
> development quit) and am pleased with it. And it's free
> free free.
>
> Mike Beede

I've been using MT-NewsWatcher for probably close to 10 years. I haven't
found anything better.

The one big annoyance is that when I got my latest machine (dual-core
MacBook Pro), it started exhibiting frequent but non-deterministic errors
on startup which I'm sure are due to some race condition in the ftp section
of the code which never exhibited itself on a uniprocessor.

I tried Hogwasher once and wasn't too impressed. I don't remember the
details of why, just that I didn't like it and went back to MT-NW.

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

Mike Beede wrote:
> In article >,
> Dudley Henriques > wrote:
>
>> If anyone is using Hogwasher as their newsreader on a Mac, I could use
>> some advice on setting it up.
>
> Can't help with that, but I can say that I've been using
> MT-NewsWatcher on the Mac for several years (since Thoth
> development quit) and am pleased with it. And it's free
> free free.
>
> Mike Beede
Thanks Mike. I'll look into it.
D

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

Roy Smith wrote:
> In article >,
> Mike Beede > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Dudley Henriques > wrote:
>>
>>> If anyone is using Hogwasher as their newsreader on a Mac, I could use
>>> some advice on setting it up.
>> Can't help with that, but I can say that I've been using
>> MT-NewsWatcher on the Mac for several years (since Thoth
>> development quit) and am pleased with it. And it's free
>> free free.
>>
>> Mike Beede
>
> I've been using MT-NewsWatcher for probably close to 10 years. I haven't
> found anything better.
>
> The one big annoyance is that when I got my latest machine (dual-core
> MacBook Pro), it started exhibiting frequent but non-deterministic errors
> on startup which I'm sure are due to some race condition in the ftp section
> of the code which never exhibited itself on a uniprocessor.
>
> I tried Hogwasher once and wasn't too impressed. I don't remember the
> details of why, just that I didn't like it and went back to MT-NW.
Thanks Roy. I'm checking it out.
D

[rj]

On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 10:58:16 -0400, Dudley Henriques wrote
(in article >):

> If anyone is using Hogwasher as their newsreader on a Mac, I could use
> some advice on setting it up.
> Dudley Henriques

I'm using hogwasher, but I'm far from being an expert. I can try to give you
a hand with it.

I can't remember how I set it up, just sorta splashed around until I figured
it out.

Here's the basics...

1 - go to the "set-up" menu
2 - select "accounts"
3 - click the top left icon (hover the mouse pointer over that icon, a
caption should pop up that say's "new"...click it)
4 - select "news" for the account type, and click OK.
5 - fill in the news server info, and a user name (just type in your
name...or whatever you want to post under. I'm pretty sure this is just a
user name to post under)

I can't remember how to configure/import the newsgroups, but let me know if
you get the basics (above) set up and I'll refresh myself on the newsgroup
setup part. Hope this helps!

[Dudley Henriques]

On 2007-06-09 18:23:44 -0400, rj > said:

> On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 10:58:16 -0400, Dudley Henriques wrote
> (in article >):
>
>> If anyone is using Hogwasher as their newsreader on a Mac, I could use
>> some advice on setting it up.
>> Dudley Henriques
>
> I'm using hogwasher, but I'm far from being an expert. I can try to give you
> a hand with it.
>
> I can't remember how I set it up, just sorta splashed around until I figured
> it out.
>
> Here's the basics...
>
> 1 - go to the "set-up" menu
> 2 - select "accounts"
> 3 - click the top left icon (hover the mouse pointer over that icon, a
> caption should pop up that say's "new"...click it)
> 4 - select "news" for the account type, and click OK.
> 5 - fill in the news server info, and a user name (just type in your
> name...or whatever you want to post under. I'm pretty sure this is just a
> user name to post under)
>
> I can't remember how to configure/import the newsgroups, but let me know if
> you get the basics (above) set up and I'll refresh myself on the newsgroup
> setup part. Hope this helps!

Thanks RJ. I appreciate the reply. As it happens in all the HW
confusion I downloaded and installed another reader called Unison. It
seems to be all right.
DH

[Mike Beede]

In article >,
Roy Smith > wrote:

> The one big annoyance is that when I got my latest machine (dual-core
> MacBook Pro), it started exhibiting frequent but non-deterministic errors
> on startup which I'm sure are due to some race condition in the ftp section
> of the code which never exhibited itself on a uniprocessor.

I got a new version that fixed that problem. It was pretty much
unusable otherwise.

Mike Beede

[Roy Smith]

In article >,
Mike Beede > wrote:

> In article >,
> Roy Smith > wrote:
>
> > The one big annoyance is that when I got my latest machine (dual-core
> > MacBook Pro), it started exhibiting frequent but non-deterministic errors
> > on startup which I'm sure are due to some race condition in the ftp section
> > of the code which never exhibited itself on a uniprocessor.
>
> I got a new version that fixed that problem. It was pretty much
> unusable otherwise.
>
> Mike Beede

I'm running 3.5.2. AFAICT, that's the latest. Is there something newer?

[Bob Noel]

In article >,
Roy Smith > wrote:

> > > The one big annoyance is that when I got my latest machine (dual-core
> > > MacBook Pro), it started exhibiting frequent but non-deterministic errors
> > > on startup which I'm sure are due to some race condition in the ftp
> > > section
> > > of the code which never exhibited itself on a uniprocessor.
> >
> > I got a new version that fixed that problem. It was pretty much
> > unusable otherwise.
> >
> > Mike Beede
>
> I'm running 3.5.2. AFAICT, that's the latest. Is there something newer?

fwiw - the only problem I've had with MT-Newswatcher is when the filter
file got messed up. Deleting the filters made the problems go away.
(this on a dual processor G4).

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

[tony roberts]

> If anyone is using Hogwasher as their newsreader on a Mac, I could use
> some advice on setting it up.
> Dudley Henriques

Like several others, I'm an MT Newswatcher fan.
Free and friendly - hey - I used to know a girl like that :) :) :)

Tony


Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

[Morgans[_2_]]

"tony roberts" > wrote

> Like several others, I'm an MT Newswatcher fan.
> Free and friendly - hey - I used to know a girl like that :) :) :)

You married her, I hope.

Girls like that would be a change from most wedded arrangements. <g>
--
Jim in NC

[Mike Beede]

In article >,
Roy Smith > wrote:

> In article >,
> Mike Beede > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Roy Smith > wrote:
> >
> > > The one big annoyance is that when I got my latest machine (dual-core
> > > MacBook Pro), it started exhibiting frequent but non-deterministic errors
> > > on startup which I'm sure are due to some race condition in the ftp section
> > > of the code which never exhibited itself on a uniprocessor.
> >
> > I got a new version that fixed that problem. It was pretty much
> > unusable otherwise.
> >
> > Mike Beede
>
> I'm running 3.5.2. AFAICT, that's the latest. Is there something newer?

Interestingly enough, when I try "about MT-NewsWatcher," I get an error
message. So, I'm apparently using a double-secret version. I remember
it was the first one that was available that ran natively on Intel instead
of in Rosetta. Makes me think I should *not* upgrade . . . .

The actual application file is 3944204 bytes.

Mike Beede

[C J Campbell[_1_]]

On 2007-06-09 16:32:05 -0700, Dudley Henriques > said:

> On 2007-06-09 18:23:44 -0400, rj > said:
>
>> On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 10:58:16 -0400, Dudley Henriques wrote
>> (in article >):
>>
>>> If anyone is using Hogwasher as their newsreader on a Mac, I could use
>>> some advice on setting it up.
>>> Dudley Henriques
>>
>> I'm using hogwasher, but I'm far from being an expert. I can try to give you
>> a hand with it.
>>
>> I can't remember how I set it up, just sorta splashed around until I figured
>> it out.
>>
>> Here's the basics...
>>
>> 1 - go to the "set-up" menu
>> 2 - select "accounts"
>> 3 - click the top left icon (hover the mouse pointer over that icon, a
>> caption should pop up that say's "new"...click it)
>> 4 - select "news" for the account type, and click OK.
>> 5 - fill in the news server info, and a user name (just type in your
>> name...or whatever you want to post under. I'm pretty sure this is just a
>> user name to post under)
>>
>> I can't remember how to configure/import the newsgroups, but let me know if
>> you get the basics (above) set up and I'll refresh myself on the newsgroup
>> setup part. Hope this helps!
>
> Thanks RJ. I appreciate the reply. As it happens in all the HW
> confusion I downloaded and installed another reader called Unison. It
> seems to be all right.
> DH

I switched from the Hog to Unison a few months ago. They each do things
I wish the other did. Hogwasher has more powerful filtering capability,
although you can duplicate most of it by fiddling with Unison's
filtering controls.

I can't remember what it was I didn't like about Hogwasher, but I
remember it was something that was a real irritant at the time.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor