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One of the most popular E-mail programs for Macintosh, and deservedly so. Powerful, portable, and easy to use, this program comes highly recommended by Panix.
These applications are necessary to get into your Panix shell account (the text interface) to manage files, maintain Web pages or use our UNIX system in general. Telnet is unencrypted (bad), and SSH is encrypted (good).
Better Telnet is a Mac telnet client developed by Sassy Software; it's based on the original NCSA Telnet, and has added many needed improvements, including a native PowerPC version.
Nifty Telnet is another popular Telnet program for Macintosh,
preferred over Better Telnet by several of our subscribers.
It comes packaged with Kerberos support, and an SSH1 version is
available.
If you have a non-PowerPC Mac, you can get the 68K or FAT
version at
the Nifty Telnet home page.
MacSSH is a modified version of BetterTelnet with SSH2 support.
Most Macs already contain all the software you need to get connected. Setup instructions for your Mac are available in the Mac section of our Software-Specific Help page.
If you have an older Mac without a PPP dialer, or want to experiment with your dialing setup, here's a good alternative.
FreePPP is an alternative to the "PPP" or "Remote Access" control panels, for Mac users who want more direct control over their modem and dial-up options. Created by Rockstar Studios, Version 2.6.2 gives you the ability to set multiple independent locations, accounts, and modems. Works on all Macs with System 7 and either TCP/IP (Open Transport) or MacTCP 2.0.6.
Interarchy combines the functions of several "old standard" Mac Internet applications (Anarchie, Mac TCP Watcher, and Internet Config) into one program. Very nice, whether you're looking to transfer files, diagnose network instability, or just standardize your Internet settings.
WhatRoute is a wonderful tool for diagnosing network connectivity problems. It incorporates pop-up menus within the traceroute results, for quick and easy pinging of suspected delay points.
Fetch is the most popular, and best supported, pure FTP program for Macintosh. If you upload files frequently to FTP servers, you need this program.
More information about Macintosh newsreaders can be found at the Newsreaders.com Mac clients page.
YA-Newswatcher stands for "Yet Another Newswatcher", and is based on the venerable "Newswatcher" by John Norstad. This new version adds piles of features not present in the original, and is continually being updated to take advantage of new features in MacOS.
MT-Newswatcher is another newsreader based on John Norstad's wonderful old "Newswatcher". It adds support for multi-threading in System 7.5 or later, advanced filtering ("killfile") functions, and spell checking.
IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. IRC "channels" are much like "chat rooms" on some online services, but much more customizable and less rigidly structured. Unlike newsgroups, the conversations on IRC are in real time.
IRCle is a decent Mac IRC client, but an anonymous Panix staffer recommends irc-4.4 over any GUI client. irc-4.4 is available from the Panix shell command line.
Terminal Emulators (Shell Dialers):
Direct-dial terminal eumulators let you dial directly into your UNIX shell account, instead of using the two-step process of PPP-dialing plus telnet. Some kind of direct-dial terminal emulator is required if you have a Panix shell-only (Basic or Inet-Shell) service.
ZTerm is the best freeware terminal program for the Mac. Panix staff recommends it for direct shell dialing from a Macintosh. It's also a good full-featured replacement for Microphone, MacLink Plus, and the Claris Works terminal application.
Helper Applications and Utilities:
Stuffit Expander
Stuffit Expander is the industry standard for decompression and decoding of downloaded files on Macintosh. Any time you download a file from the Web, an FTP archive, or anywhere else, it will arrive Stuffed, encoded, or otherwise archived, and you need something like this to turn it into a Mac-readable program. DropStuff with Expander Enhancer will let you join Stuffed files, create your own archives for upload, and decode many more file formats!
QuickTime 6 is Apple's latest release of Quicktime, which adds immense multimedia support to your Mac. No Macintosh owner should be without this valuable helper.
A leading distributor of e-business services and applications on the
Internet, Tucows simplifies downloads with a large network of regional
libraries.
The Mac Orchard is a carefully cultivated list of the most vital
Internet applications and links for Macintosh Internet users, along
with reviews by users.
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