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Thoth - 1.7.2

Usenet newsreader app

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All Time: (4.0)
Version 1.7.2: (4.8)
Selected Version: 1.7.2
Release Date: 2003-11-23
License: Commercial
Downloads (version 1.7.2): 19,479
Downloads (all versions): 182,470
Price: $25.00

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Product Description:

Thoth is a newsreader from the author of YA-NewsWatcher. Thoth starts out with the many useful features of YA-NW and further enhances and builds upon them to include an attractive user interface, power-user preferences, automatic FAQ retrieval, queued article and header downloads, quoted text coloring, reference-based article threading (with a handy view of the thread available while you're reading its posts), multi-threaded connection to the news server (up to 4 connections), sophisticated filtering with regex support, comprehensive multiple character set support, binary posting and built-in binary viewing, finely integrated support for multiple news servers - and hundreds of other small features too numerous to mention here.

What's new in this version:

  • Made some changes to try to properly thread posts with multiple Re:'s in the Subject line (which is a violation of internet message standards).
  • Fixed a problem with multi-part binary post threads not being recognized or marked as incomplete when one or more articles were removed from the thread via a "Kill" label filter or live filtering. Also made changes to better detect missing parts, especially when multiple posts with the same part number are present.
  • Changed how Thoth tries to detect and thread multi-part binary posts by ignoring any "[n/m]" part indicator when the "Use Strict Parts Rules" prefs setting is enabled. Thoth also no longer regards a post labelled as "[1/1]" as a single part post regardless of other part indicators. It does still regard any post with a "(1/1)" label as a single part post regardless of other part indicators. However, with all the horribly designed, non-standards compliant newsreaders and autoposters in use, it's impossible to have one set of multi-part binary threading rules work all the time.
  • Removed the "fast threading" article list preference as it was sometimes unreliable and could cause mis-threading.
  • Changed how the "Extract Binaries" command works with multi-part posts to try to ensure it finds all the proper parts, and when there are duplicate parts, to use the part that arrived first on the news server.
  • Changed how sorting threads by subject was performed to better sort binary post threads with very similar subjects.
  • Fixed a problem that could cause a newly created subscribed group list window to be invisible due to an improper size or positioned.
  • Fixed a Panther-induced cosmetic problem with the divider line used in some dialogs.
  • Changed how a new news folder is chosen and created by the New News Server command to avoid Panther's revised, buggy, and confusing new folder dialog.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.0
  • Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS 8.5 - OS X

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Version 1.7.2:
Overall Rating: (4.8) Features: (5.0) Support: (3.8)
Ease of Use: (4.5) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (4.8)
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Thoth CommentaryThanks for the update - Version: 1.8.4, 7/8/2009 06:21AM PST

ce9999
Am about to finally upgrade to Leopard and a new Intel Mac, so I'm really glad to hear that my favorite newsreader has a version updated for that system. I really appreciate the continued updates.
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Thoth CommentaryChecked my records and... - Version: 1.8.4, 5/31/2009 09:18PM PST

mwwolfgram
...saw I bought this in early 2002 for $25.00.

Regardless, Brian has been supporting this application for more years than than and I've had use of the best Mac newsreader for more than 7 years for only $25. I just sent him another $25 because Thoth is worth it, and maybe 1.9 will appear for real. I understand burnout... rather than criticism, I'd rather pass on encouragement.
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Thoth ReviewNot much progress... - Version: 1.8.4, 5/31/2009 08:31PM PST

PSmith
... since the developer first released Thoth 1.8.4 more than a year ago. That's right, not even a point upgrade in more than a year. And still no Universal Binary.
I'm a registered user who used to recommend Thoth, but the developer doesn't seem to care about it any more. So paying for this app at this time just doesn't strike me as a smart use of funds.
The freeware MT-Newswatcher is almost as good as Thoth, and the shareware app Unison has left it in the dust.
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