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MT-NewsWatcher - 3.5.3b3

Usenet newsgroup client

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Current Version: 3.5.3b3
Release Date: 2008-07-05
License: Beta
Downloads (this version): 9,520
Downloads (all versions): 3,742
Price: Free
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MT-NewsWatcher ReviewProblems with SL - Version: 3.5.3b3, 10/4/2009 06:20AM PST

ken-jacobs
I am geeting the following message on my console when I run this program:

10/4/09 9:11:05 AM MT-NewsWatcher[34339] *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x601200 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
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MT-NewsWatcher ReviewGreat, but... - Version: 3.5.3b3, 4/30/2009 10:31AM PST

phKU

Great newsreader with many nice features and ease of use, but because of following limitations and very slow development (despite I donated :), I'm seriously thinking moving to another app:

  • News window limited to 100,000 articles, no convenient way to fetch the remaining articles (100,000+). Very annoying since my news provider keep in some groups more than 1,000,000 articles.

  • Binaries decoding fails quiet often while inline browsing and saving, in particular with some multi part messages.

  • Articles can't be marked for later download.

  • no .nzb support.

One more feature request: binaries download should be recorded in a log which entries could be selectable to be saved in a .nzb file. Reason: when you download from many groups together while checking the resulting files an other day, it's very annoying not knowing from which group/date they where downloaded.


Adding these little enhancements, this would be definitely the best mac newsreader for me :)

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MT-NewsWatcher Reviewexcellent newsreader - Version: 3.5.2, 9/6/2008 05:44AM PST

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Foobar1969
fabulous usenet client, can't beat the price.
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MT-NewsWatcher ReviewVery good - Version: 3.5.3b3, 8/1/2008 10:59AM PST

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-Fixx-
My old copy of MTNW started to act badly after I moved to MBP and Leopard but this update seems to get things right again. Except it is faster of course. I just wish it would fetch and cache next image/message in the thread automatically, would make this instanteous.
Image window handling is much improved.
Interface is just right, I like OS9 functionality and flexibility. Do not make this OSX monolithic UI.
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MT-NewsWatcher Commentary*Almost* perfect... but chokes on some images - Version: 3.5.2, 7/15/2007 06:33PM PST

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vt196
I've been using Newswatcher in its various incarnations for years, and am impressed with its quality--especially considering the price! The expansion of its mail functions in 3.5.2 to handle more modern servers solved a problem for which I'd been forced to use cumbersome workarounds for ages.

Now just one item remains on my "please fix" list.

I browse a lot of anime newsgroups. Some class of image found in them breaks MT-NW's built in viewer--the display routine simply bails, resulting in the display of a blank image.

But other images display just fine. I haven't any theory yet about what characterizes the troublesome images. If it would be useful to you, I could investigate further. (I used to work in Mac software QA, and so have some relevant experience)

Let me know if you would find this useful.

Jim Kurck
jk-mtnw@sporadic.org
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MT-NewsWatcher ReviewToo Many Windows - Version: 3.5.2, 7/13/2007 09:49AM PST

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dallas2dc
Way too many little windows. Ugly interface, reminds me of OS9 applications.
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MT-NewsWatcher ReviewFatally Buggy - Version: 3.5.2, 1/13/2007 08:07AM PST

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Tstalcup
Always corrupts its preferences file.
Always corrupts its article database file then takes 10 minutes to launch.
Cannot read many Yenc posted articles that MT-newswatcher 3.2 actually could.
Its free software but its only updated once per Presidential term, so live with the bugs or wait till 2008 for another version.
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MT-NewsWatcher ReviewAlways Corrupts Its Own Prefeferences - Version: 3.5.2, 10/7/2006 09:06AM PST

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Mil Mascaras
I have always had hope for the 3.x series of MT-Newswatcher. So it was quite cool that it went from 3.1 to 3.5.x series recently. Why did I quit using it way back when? OH YES, because it always inevitably trashes it Preferences files or corrupts its own database.....

Muti Threading is the coolest thing (definitely missing from Thoth).
But everytime I revert to MT-NW, it will ALWAYS end up corrupting itself, thru all iterations, on every different Mac I have ever owned, throughout all the OS's too.

I hope they can address this fatal flaw, as otherwise, I will always look for the latest version, and want to encourage updating this app. Good Luck.
I am still going to give it 4 stars, because of the history of this app development
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MT-NewsWatcher ReviewBroke USENET.COM access - Version: 3.5.2, 8/27/2006 04:02PM PST

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carlmuck
I've not usually had issues with the NW family, but this update won't authenticate to usenet.com. Don't know about other services. Had to go back to 3.5.1, which works fine (but 3.5.2 did change the prefs in a way that 3.5.1 couldn't read).

Recommend NW, just not this version.

c.
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MT-NewsWatcher ReviewGreat, but could use filters for whole threads - Version: 3.5.1, 8/21/2006 09:11PM PST

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emersn
Have used MT-NW with great success for years. Just downloaded 3.5.1 -- in hopes it would allow filters for an entire thread. I.e., Kill entire thread if (an article in it) contains. Still can't do this unfortunately.
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