Once you newsgroup, you can never go back....
Amen, brother! I also use Unison on OS X and it works great. There are a couple of freeware apps that handle PAR and RAR files on the Mac nicely. There are links to them on Unison's website. I honestly have not fired up Azureus since going with the Unison/Giganews combo.
Laserman, here's wishing you a speedy recovery. Your posts have always been very enlightening and you'll be missed. Do check in from time to time
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