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DESCRIPTION
Hogwasher 4 represents a major rewrite from previous versions, and a giant leap forward for Usenet software. Hogwasher now sets the bar for Macintosh newsreading. You will not find a more powerful, elegant, and full-featured OS X news client anywhere.

While you will need to take advantage of the free trial to appreciate all the bells and whistles, some of the basic highlights include:
  • Online and offline operation
  • Powerful filtering
  • Scheduled connections
  • Thread tree display
  • Auto-poster
  • Automatic decoding and assembly
  • Image viewing
  • Multiple accounts
  • Collect parts across servers
  • Multi-pane or multi-window interface
  • Much much more...
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 4.3:
  • Built as universal binary.
  • New Hogwasher icon and Dock icon badging.
  • New Search... command, for creating a persistent search set.
  • New account setting for whether searches use the XPAT command.
  • New account setting for how many connections to open automatically.
  • NZB file support.
  • Fixed crash and error -1309 retrieving large number of headers.
  • Fixed nil pointer error while downloading.
  • Fixed the Download folder reverting to the default location.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Asar Corporation
Downloads:20,648
  - Version d/l:5,228
Internet:Newsreaders
License:Shareware
Date:22 Dec 2006
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$49.00
RATING
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Dec 24 2008
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ANTONIONG  I have now used this product for 2 years. There are many bugs but developer has not updated it for 2 years and (worse) does not react to any email.

So better stay away and spent your money elsewhere.  
(Version 4.3)

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Jun 13 2008

ANTONIONG  Several month ago I received an email stating there would soon be an update for 4.3 where the long existing problem of Hogwasher aborting all the time was solved.

I have still to see an update and get really fed up with at least 1 abort a month of this pogramm.

Most beta versions are more stable than this version 4.3 of Hogwasher!!!!!  
(Version 4.3)

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Dec 8 2006

BACK STABBATH  owned?  
(Version 4.2.2)

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Jul 28 2006

JBREWERAL2OR  This product should be avoided if you are using the Intel platform, as it crashes *very* frequently. My comments/information request to Asar yielded no result. I'm very disappointed that I plopped down $50 for this piece of, um, software. Unfortunately, I didn't yet know of the existence of Unison.  
(Version 4.2.2)

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Dec 7 2006

SHAWNYQ  It must be nice to have 50 dollars to just throw away. I mean, I would have tested the software and similar applications before I "plopped down $50". I sure know I wouldn't admit what an ignorant decision I had made to everyone on the internet. But hey, that's just me.  
(Version 4.2.2)

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Dec 13 2006

JBREWERAL2OR  Thanks for judging me. Actually I had tried the program before and had remnants of the software I couldn't locate in my home folder (I transferred my home folder from my PPC Mac to my Intel Mac). So when I attempted to 'evaluate' Hogwasher on my Intel Mac, it told me I had already done that, and I would have to purchase a license if I wanted to do that anymore. Since I didn't want to track down the stray file, I purchased it, thinking it would be OK.

I have to report that subsequent updates to OSX have fixed these issues; however, that does not change the fact that I got 0 reply from Asar.  
(Version 4.2.2)

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Dec 13 2006

SHAWNYQ  I'll leave the judging up to God. The rest is open to public humiliation.  
(Version 4.2.2)

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Sep 16 2005
*****

JUSTIN CASE  Works flawlessly as ever in Tiger. Best usenet reader around.   
(Version 4.2.2)

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Apr 30 2005

ANONYMOUS  For anyone wondering: it works just fine in Tiger for me.  
(Version 4.2.2)

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Apr 29 2005

GARBAGE  Stony silence about Tiger compatibility  
(Version 4.2.2)

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Feb 21 2005
*****

SIGTERM  Hoghwasher is the best Usenet app. If u want to Post on Usenet this is the best app to go. Also Asar inc is a very nice company which also understand that students don't have lot of $ to spend! And they are open for comments. In my opinion this app belongs in everybody's Application folder! Keep up the good work Asar!  
(Version 4.2.2)

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Jul 12 2005

MACFELLER  What do you mean about them being good to students?  
(Version 4.2.2)

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Jan 8 2005
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ANONYMOUS  Hogwasher is simply the best usenet client for the Mac. Yes, Unison, is very good too - and cheaper, but it can't upload binaries (???). If you rely on usenet, Hogwasher is the way to go.   
(Version 4.2.2)

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Dec 23 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  I've tried almost every newsreader out there for OS X. I was waiting for MacSoup and MTNewswatcher to get ported so I would have something familiar when I found Hogwasher. I can't believe the features and utility of this application! It does everything I want a newsreader to do and does them perfectly. Perhaps my needs are less than others because I don't dl a lot of images or binaries, but I do all my newsgroup reading offline and this app fills the bill perfectly. As I say, I 've tried them all, including Unison, and to me Hogwasher is still way above them all in features and function (and it's not because I don't like Panic's software - I own another of their apps). Yes, $50 may seem high for shareware, but I've paid more for commercial apps that I've found I like less. To me it's worth every penny.  
(Version 4.2.2)

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