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MT-NewsWatcher X 3.5.3b2

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MT-NewsWatcher is a Usenet client for the Mac. Based on John Norstad's NewsWatcher application, it adds a few enhancements to make newsreading faster and more enjoyable. These features include message filtering, spellchecking, speech recognition, and multithreading, which allows you to perform several different commands simultaneously.

What's New

Version 3.5.3b3:

Fixed a crash closing subject windows after rebuilding the full groups list.
Fix an issue where Extract Binaries would sometimes stall after choosing a destination folder.
Clear the news server authentication password field when switching between news servers.

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.

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MT-NewsWatcher X User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 3.x:

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+80

Naoh commented on 23 Jun 2011

This is very weird.

Firstly, the listing on MacUpdate shows the latest version as 3.5.3b2. In reality the latest version is 3.5.3b3. (That is also the version that the download link points to.)

Secondly, version 3.5.3b3 has been out for years. The date stamp on the app is July 5th, 2008.

I was really disappointed when I realised that this is the version I have been using for ages.

I've been hoping for an update that allows me to fetch the entire listing from the newsgroups that I subscribe to, rather than only listing the 100,000 most recent articles. (Giganews has an insanely long retention nowadays.)

[Version 3.5.3b2]

ho4th commented on 29 Aug 2006

Love this app -- been using it for years. But this version (3.5.2) has a problem: When viewing messages... the scrollbars are inactive... I couldn't page long messages forward to read more. Reverted back to 3.5.1.

[Version 3.5.2]

sx1 commented on 28 Aug 2006

MT-NW just rocks! I have been using it for many many years. It's nice to see bug fixes and new features. Keep it up!

[Version 3.5.2]

+33

whytoi commented on 10 Aug 2006

Great job to continue to evolve this program. I think I'll finally dump Thoth for this UB app. Keep up this great work!

One request, would be very nice to see the threading within a message window, similar to what has been achieved in the article window. Not sure if this is in the plan?

[Version 3.5.2b1]

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M Chang commented on 25 Jun 2006

Downloaded and tried. I think I will be staying with Thoth -- even if only PPC. MT-NW is missing one big feature that Thoth has, the ability to designate a different default save location for each newsgroup.

[Version 3.5.1]

coldfusion1970 commented on 25 Jun 2006

Thanks so much for the update.
I was afraid that i'd lost this great programme when i switched to the Intel iMac.

[Version 3.5.1]

Weaselboy commented on 25 Jun 2006

Thanks to the dev for updating the best newsreader on OS X.

[Version 3.5.1]

Anonymous reviewed on 17 Nov 2005

Has development for this program stopped? Too bad if true, because MTNW in it's current form is buggy and badly designed, but with 10.4.3 it gets worse: Every couple of days I am unable to write postings. When I enter the first word of a message plus a space, MTNW freezes, making the program much less joyful than before. Until now MTNW had a lot of bugs and shortcomings but it was at least usable. The program seems to die a slow death and that is sad, since its basic functionality is still the best compared to other readers. I can only give it a very low number of points now.

[Version 3.4]

reverb reviewed on 10 May 2005

Still the best free newsreader on OS X. Mature code, stable, with lots and lots of features -- threading, kill filtering, X-Face support, you name it. The anti-spam filter is great. The interface could take better advantage of what OS X has to offer, but at this price, I ain't complaining.

[Version 3.4]

Anonymous reviewed on 28 Dec 2004

Used to use this ages ago under OS8, but stopped using Usenet altogether under 9 and X (although I remember playing with one of the first Carbonized versions of MTNW in the early days of X.)

Recently I had been using Pan but switched back to MTNW - it's like an old friend. The UI could use some work - you can't reverse-sort in column headers by just clicking, you have to option-click, for example.

[Version 3.4]

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