DV wrote:

[...]
MacCafΘ, newsreader for macOS, has been updated to version 3.03. It can
be downloaded from the website address given in my signature.
[...]

Just a side note for the optional header field "User-Agent":
|
| User-Agent: MacCafe/3.03/blue mountain (macOS 10.14.6 (18G9323) - iMac13,1)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The marked part looks like a syntax error.

Syntax-Definition from RFC 5536: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5536#section-3.2.13>
|
| user-agent = "User-Agent:" SP 1*product [CFWS] CRLF
| product = [CFWS] token [ [CFWS] "/" product-version ]
| product-version = [CFWS] token

For <token> RFC 5536 uses a reference to RFC 2045: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045#section-5.1>
|
| token := 1*<any (US-ASCII) CHAR except SPACE, CTLs,
| or tspecials>
| tspecials := "(" / ")" / "<" / ">" / "@" /
| "," / ";" / ":" / "\" / <">
| "/" / "[" / "]" / "?" / "="
| ; Must be in quoted-string,
| ; to use within parameter values

A parser should detect "MacCafe" as first <product> and "3.03" as
the associated <product-version>.

The second "/" would be allowed after a second <token> for a second
<product>, but not as additional <product-version> for the first
<product>.

Interpretation of "3.03/blue mountain" as <product-version> is not
allowed because "/" cannot be part of <token>.

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Michael Bäuerle wrote:

Just a side note for the optional header field "User-Agent":
[...]
Interpretation of "3.03/blue mountain" as <product-version> is not
allowed because "/" cannot be part of <token>.

Thanks for this comment, which I'll pass on to the MacCafé developer.

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Denis
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MacCafé - Newsreader for macOS
<https://maccafe.fr/en>

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On Sunday 20 October 2024 at 15:34, DV wrote:

Hello,

MacCafé, newsreader for macOS, has been updated to version 3.03. It can
be downloaded from the website address given in my signature.

New features include:

- The use of RegEx in message filters and searches (thanks to Alan B for suggesting this!). A 'beginner' documentation specially written for
using RegEx in macCafé is available at this address: <http://mc.yakakwatik.org/regex/en/>.
It can be accessed directly from MacCafé.

- Optional replacement of the most common emoticons with the
corresponding emojis when reading a message.

- The ability to automatically check whether a new version of MacCafé is available.

- Options for displaying an alert if you reply to an old message or one
that is missing from the active server.

Various bugs have been fixed, and the documentation has also been
updated.

As recommended before any update, it is advisable to have a backup of
your data (the database folder). You are also advised to read the ‘Important Read first.rtf’ file included in the download archive, which contains other important information.

[Follow-Up to news.software.readers.]

Many thanks for the update :)

--
Cheers, Alan

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Carlo XYZ wrote:

Is there a possibility to compute (monthly, say) statistics
for selected newsgroups? More generally, can any newsreader
on the Mac do such a thing? I know Mesnews and Xananews can,
but they are Windows based.

No, MacCafé doesn't offer this feature.

It is possible to install MesNews on macOS via Wine. I've done it on my
Mac using WineBottler, and it works fine.

--
Denis
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
MacCafé - Newsreader for macOS
<https://maccafe.fr/en>

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