No, googlegroups is definitively not the best way to join usenet.
There are a lot of specific applications designed for newsgroups, presenting a lot of advantages.
This branch is not a guide to the newsreader application themselves.
Below are listed almost all available newsreader for Mac, grouped by license and interface type.
This is a guide to the choice of the preferred newsreader. | symbol | value |
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| | absent | | … | partial support (read related page) | | • | supported | | •• | very good support | | ••• | excellent support |
| Comparative | License | GUI | +OS | +Server | Binary | Filters | Regex | UTF | Thread | Fast |
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| Entourage | comm | • | … | •• | • | • | | • | • | • |
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| Hogwasher | sharew | • | | ••• | •• | •• | • | | •• | •• |
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| MacSOUP | sharew | • | | • | … | •• | •• | • | ••• | ••• |
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| MT-NewsW | donation | • | | • | ••• | ••• | •• | • | •• | •• |
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| slrn | free | | • | • | … | ••• | •• | … | • | •• |
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| Thunderbird | free | • | • | •• | | •• | | • | •• | •• |
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 | slrn (fact sheet)
Highly configurable newsreader, with characters (command line) interface |
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