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From: D <noreply@mixmin.net>
References: <v4pl3b$cig$1@rasp.pasdenom.info>
Subject: Re: [MacCafe] Important update for v.3.02 users
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:35:07 -0000 (UTC), DV <dv@reply-to.not.invalid> wrote:
>[Supersedes: <v4pksm$buq$1@rasp.pasdenom.info>]
>Hello,
>MacCafe has been updated to version 3.02.1.
>This version fixes a serious bug in v.3.02 which could make the Edit
>menu unusable in certain circumstances. It also includes another bug fix
>and some improvements. See the updated documentation for the full list
>of changes (you may need to refresh the web page):
><http://yakakwatik.org/mc/documentation/en/tarrazu/>
>To download the new version, please follow the link in my signature. To
>install this version, simply replace the old MacCafe.app with the new
>one.
>Thank you for reading!

haven't used a mac since the 1990s, but 40Tude Dialog is still the
best freeware newsreader (v2.0.15.1, 4d2b38.exe, 3.8 MB, 2005-2-7),
notably listed first in this extensive list of popular newsreaders:

(using Tor Browser 13.0.16)
http://usenet-fr.yakakwatik.org/newsreaders.html
>1.Introduction
>2.Newsreaders
>   40Tude Dialog (Windows)
>   Betterbird (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Claws-Mail (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Evolution (Linux)
>   flnews (Linux, UNIX systems)
>   Gnus (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Gravity (Windows)
>   MacCafe (macOS)
>   MacSOUP (macOS = 10.14)
>   MesNews (Windows)
>   ModNewsreader (Android and its forks)
>   Pan (Linux)
>   SeaMonkey (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   slrn (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Sylpheed (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Thunderbird (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   tin (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Xnews (Windows)
>3.References and useful links
[end quote]

http://usenet-fr.yakakwatik.org/newsreaders.html#dialog
>40Tude Dialog
>  Plateform: Windows
>  License: freeware
>  Interface: graphical, single window
>  Development: definitively stopped in 2015
>  SMTP management: yes
>Although development of 40Tude Dialog has been stopped for a long time, it
>remains perfectly usable on recent versions of Windows. Its official site no
>longer exists, but its very latest version has been carefully archived on the
>French site Gratilog.net:
>40tude Dialog 2.0 Beta 38 (Built 2.0.15.1) (Fr)
>http://www.gratilog.net/xoops/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=105&lid=284
>  First download version 2.0.15.1 and install it.
>  Then download version 2.0.15.84 (link under the description). The ZIP obtained
>  contains only the updated EXE file, which must be pasted into the installation
>  folder, replacing the old one.
>Also note the existence of this archive:
>https://web.archive.org/web/20171225155526/http://dialog.datalist.org/index.html
>40Tude Dialog Newsreader
>There you will find (functional) download links, a FAQ and above all a copious
>list of scripts allowing you to add features to 40Tude Dialog.
>Attention
> Some of these scripts may not work, and some need an additional library,
> available at the bottom of the Downloads page.
[end quoted excerpt]

(still using 2.0.15.1, works great! upgrades to 2.0.15.84 proved problematic)