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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / December 2007MT-NewsWatcher 3.5.3b1 available
I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available from: http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/downloading.html Fixes in include: Improved typing performance by not flushing the graphics port on every caret blink. Greyscale images now display correctly. Fixed authentication issues when not saving the password in Keychain Fixed the display of the help images on Intel machines. Fixed a hang on 10.5 when extracting binaries on showing a "Choose folder" dialog (and some other related hangs). Fixed a hang on 10.5 after posting a message (deadlock when destroying the spell checker object). Please let me know if you run into any issues with this version. Simon > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Simon Simon, in 3.5.2, whenever I post a new message, I get an alert about a font mismatch. It looks like you fixed it in 3.5.3.  SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. > Fixes in include: > Fixed authentication issues when not saving the password in Keychain I went from 3.5.1 to 3.5.2 and then reverted to 3.5.1 because of issues using Keychain - it would not remember the password or otherwise not authenticate, as best I remember now. This on OS 10.4.x - whatever was current. Any change there? It's interesting that with all the web-based forums, I still find much more expertise on usenet, and look at over 20 newsgroups every day, as well as specific visits to others as needed. Thanks again for your fine contribution to the community. SignatureJohn Rethorst jrethorst at post dot com > > Fixes in include: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > best I remember now. This on OS 10.4.x - whatever was current. Any change > there? Yes, that fix affects all operating systems. Simon > I went from 3.5.1 to 3.5.2 and then reverted to 3.5.1 because of issues using > Keychain - it would not remember the password or otherwise not authenticate, > as > best I remember now. This on OS 10.4.x - whatever was current. Any change > there? The authentication issue (mail not being sent from a post but posting to usenet going through) is resolved in 3.5.2 by changing the settings in Personalities> Mail Server to Authentication: None. Or something in those settings like that. Signaturem-m Dear Simon > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available > from: > > http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/downloading.html Thank you! I will let you know if I encounter any more issues. Marc Signatureremove bye and from mercial to get valid e-mail <http://www.heusser.com> > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Simon Thanks for the update. Great program. > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. The best newsreader is still upgraded. Thank you Simon. SignatureLionel Mychkine Is this the best newsreader for Mac, as I am a new convert, and have been using Forte Agent ? > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Simon > Is this the best newsreader for Mac, The best newsreader for the Mac is a topic that is highly debated, and debatable. You will never find a consensus. SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. > Is this the best newsreader for Mac, as I am a new convert, and have been > using Forte Agent ? "The best newsreader" is a hotly debated topic. MT-NewsWatcher, Unison, HogWatcher, and Soup are all popular choices. Which one you like will depend mostly on whether you prefer to have one big window divided into panes, or a bunch of separate windows; MT-NW uses the latter style. Newsreaders also differ in how they deal with downloading binaries and using accounts on two or more news servers, and again, it's mostly a question of what you want it to do, not whether it's "good" or "bad". Thanks for your reply. I guess I will have to try a few to see what I like. As I said, I use Forte Agent, and it has the three pane view which I have gotten used to. >> Is this the best newsreader for Mac, as I am a new convert, and have been >> using Forte Agent ? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > using accounts on two or more news servers, and again, it's mostly a > question of what you want it to do, not whether it's "good" or "bad". > Thanks for your reply. I guess I will have to try a few to see what I > like. As I said, I use Forte Agent, and it has the three pane view > which I have gotten used to. In that case, give Unison a try. Personally, I prefer MT NewsWatcher, which uses separate windows. SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. > > Thanks for your reply. I guess I will have to try a few to see what I > > like. As I said, I use Forte Agent, and it has the three pane view > > which I have gotten used to. > > In that case, give Unison a try. Personally, I prefer MT NewsWatcher, > which uses separate windows. I also greatly prefer MT NewsWatcher. Some advantages over Unison: * Filtering is much easier to use yet very powerful. You can easily: ** Highlight or kill a topic or author ** Set the scope of a filter (meaning which newsgroups it covers) ** Set the duration of a filter (e.g. 2 weeks after last use) * You can fetch messages from all subscribed newsgroups at once if you like (though it limits the number of connections to avoid overloading the server). This makes reading faster. Unison only allows fetching messages from one group at a time. * It is much easier to manage groups because you can subscribe/unsubscribe using drag and drop. * It is much easier to use multiple newsreaders (I use gmane in addition to a server of normal news); Unison supports it, but in a rather clumsy way. On the other hand MT NewsWatcher crashes often for me (even the new version, alas). Something about SSL. Save often when posting. If not using SSL then don't worry about it. -- Russell > > > Thanks for your reply. I guess I will have to try a few to see what I > > > like. As I said, I use Forte Agent, and it has the three pane view [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > version, alas). Something about SSL. Save often when posting. If not > using SSL then don't worry about it. Try 3.5.3b1, and if it still crashes or hangs send me crash logs. Thanks Simon > > > Thanks for your reply. I guess I will have to try a few to see what I > > > like. As I said, I use Forte Agent, and it has the three pane view [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I also greatly prefer MT NewsWatcher. Some advantages over Unison: > * Filtering is much easier to use yet very powerful. The unfortunate flip side is that the management window given with Show Group Filters is *tiny* and cannot be resized. It's a real pain to have, as I do, hundreds of filters with MT-NewsWatcher. SignatureMy personal UDP list: 127.0.0.1, 4ax.com, buzzardnews.com, googlegroups.com, heapnode.com, localhost, ntli.net, teranews.com, vif.com, x-privat.org In article <droleary.usenet-A6C990.08132804122007@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, > > > > Thanks for your reply. I guess I will have to try a few to see what I > > > > like. As I said, I use Forte Agent, and it has the three pane view [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Group Filters is *tiny* and cannot be resized. It's a real pain to > have, as I do, hundreds of filters with MT-NewsWatcher. Try the "real" filters window. Window menu, "Show Filters List". Simon > In article > <droleary.usenet-A6C990.08132804122007@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Try the "real" filters window. Window menu, "Show Filters List". Wacky! I knew that another window came up when you selected a filter directly from an article window, but I never noticed that menu item before. Any chance you could unify to that one style? And while I'm making filter requests, I would *really* like to see a "Save and Apply" button in the creation dialog that simply uses the new filter on the current group. Having to select the Refilter Articles menu can be a pain, especially when it takes a long time to apply *all* the filters to *all* the articles. SignatureMy personal UDP list: 127.0.0.1, 4ax.com, buzzardnews.com, googlegroups.com, heapnode.com, localhost, ntli.net, teranews.com, vif.com, x-privat.org In article <droleary.usenet-BA66E1.09365305122007@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, > I would *really* like to see What I'd really like is a "Check for New Articles on all Servers" (perhaps opt-cmd-Y), or a contextual menu item for same, or when I hold down the dock icon I'd like to see that choice pop up. I use 2 servers and I'm always hitting cmd-Y/tab/cmd-Y. I can't seem to make an Applescript to do that and often it's easiest to just quit and relaunch MT. But *Thank you* Simon for fixing the inline grayscale images. I can now see the xrays sent to me. Signaturem-m > "The best newsreader" is a hotly debated topic. MT-NewsWatcher, Unison, > HogWatcher, and Soup are all popular choices. I chose Hogwasher because it has better filters than the other newsreaders I looked at. I do not recommend it. It crashes a lot. It appears to crash merely because there are too many messages in a thread and some table is overflowing (I subscribe to a couple of news groups that tend to have hundreds of messages in one thread). In some cases it appears to crash because a particular message has something in the header that Hogwasher can't deal with -- and the longer the thread, the greater the likelihood that a problem header will be posted. I reported these problems to the developer but there didn't seem to be much interest in maintaining the program. Another problem with Hogwasher and long threads is that the thread display won't go more than 32 replies deep. Hogwasher won't let me set up an outgoing mail server unless I also set up an incoming server, but I don't want to use Hogwasher as my mail program. Therefore I can't respond by mail to a news group posting unless I cut and paste into Mail. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email. > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Simon Thank you! I will let you know if I encounter any issues with the hang on send arkay In article <arkayREMOVE-097A0C.09495802122007@news.houston.sbcglobal.net>, > > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > arkay The above test worked PERFECT..... no hangs. Thank you again > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Simon Awesome Simon... I was really bummed with this stopped working.. Thanks for your efforts.. SignatureThe System Has Failed > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available > from: Simon, When trying to access a SSL-secured newsgroup I get a -9824 error. This same group works with Thunderbird and NewsmanPro (on WinXP). SignatureThe System Has Failed > > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > When trying to access a SSL-secured newsgroup I get a -9824 error. This same > group works with Thunderbird and NewsmanPro (on WinXP). This is a "errSSLPeerHandshakeFail" error, which suggests that perhaps the server has a non-verifying certificate; it may have expired. Is this a server I can test? Simon >> > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, >> > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Simon Lemme see what I can do. SignatureThe System Has Failed > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Simon Simon, thanks for producing this fine application, so in spite my sometimes grumbles about how it works, and deficiencies, please continue to develop my favorite newsreader. I am running the latest version of Tiger and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, is there a point, for me, to upgrade to version 3.5.3b1? > > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, > > which fixes a number of Leopard compatibility issues. It's available [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Tiger and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, is there a > point, for me, to upgrade to version 3.5.3b1? Yes, the new version fixes a number of bugs that affect MW-NW irrespective of OS. Simon > Yes, the new version fixes a number of bugs that affect MW-NW > irrespective of OS. > > Simon Can you fix the reading of multipart binary posts where the ISP adds an advertizment after each part? MT-NW aborts as soon as it sees an ad like the following: These posts can be read by using save as and an editor to delete the ads, but that seems more user work than many are willing to do. Thanks for your continued maintenance of MT-NW. > > Yes, the new version fixes a number of bugs that affect MW-NW > > irrespective of OS. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks for your continued maintenance of > MT-NW. Can you point me to an example of such a post? Thanks Simon > > Can you fix the reading of multipart binary posts where the ISP adds an > > advertizment after each part? MT-NW aborts as soon as it sees an ad like [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks > Simon From: sanchez87@dumont.com (Dawna Walker) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:01:47 -0600 Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.celebrities,alt.binaries.pictures.celebrities.femal e Message-ID: <1195614107_55@sp7iad.superfeed.net> In article (Dans l'article) <smfr-BF739C.19484501122007@news.giganews.com>, Simon Fraser <smfr@smfr.org> wrote (écrivait) : > I've made available a beta release of MT-NewsWatcher, version 3.5.3b1, The French.lproj folder, F3.5.3b1, for MT-NewsWatcher is now available at <ftp://ftp.sri.ucl.ac.be/pub/News/MTNewsWatcher/>. And maybe soon on one of the mirrors : <ftp://ftp.calvacom.fr/pub/mac-fr/> <ftp://ftp.oleane.fr/pub/mirrors/version-francaise/> <ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.sri.ucl.ac.be/> <ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/Mac/UCL/> <ftp://ftp.cidif.org/mac/> <ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/ftp.sri.ucl.ac.be/pub/> SignatureJean-Pierre Kuypers |
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