Registering Thoth

Thoth is a shareware program. That means you have to pay for it if you continue to use it after an initial trial period. Unfortunately too many people use shareware without ever registering it. It is sad but true that shareware programs that limit the number of times you can use certain features or which expire after a period of time unless they have been registered and unlocked with a special registration key have much higher registration rates than uncrippled shareware programs that use the honor system for registration.

Thoth Trial is a special trial version of the application. You have 30 days from when you first launch Thoth Trial to evaluate the program. Thoth Trial also limits you to downloading or posting 100 articles or 10 multi-part posts (whichever is greater) per launch. Viewing inline images counts towards these limits. Alerts reminding you that Thoth is shareware will be shown at startup until the program has been registered and you have entered your registration key using the regular version of the application. These are the only differences between registered and unregistered/trial copies of Thoth. The nag alert, 30 day expiration, and download/posting limits serve as incentives to register Thoth without preventing the program from being fully evaluated and all its features fully tested prior to registration.

Registration codes for versions of Thoth prior to 1.9.0 are not valid for Thoth 1.9.0 and later.

A Thoth registration can be purchased via PayPal. Please go to the Thoth web page for more information:

<http://www.appgarth.com/thoth.html>

After making a purchase you should receive an email acknowledgement from PayPal. Please make sure that you specify a valid email address that is reliable and does not use harsh filtering rules that may make it impossible to contact you. A copy of that acknowledgement will also be sent to me. Once I see the email from PayPal stating that your payment has been received (and, in the case of an eCheck or similar, cleared), you will receive an email with the user name and registration key that you need to unlock the program. This will be sent to your PayPal email address, so again it's important that this email address not be blocked or heavily filtered. Please allow 24 hours or so for me to see the notification from PayPal and email you your registration key. If you don't receive your registration information, please email me at <mailto:thoth@appgarth.com>, and please supply alternate email addresses where you may be reached.

To enter your registration information in Thoth, use the regular version of Thoth (not Thoth Trial), choose the Register command from Thoth's Edit menu, then type in the username and registration key that you were sent, EXACTLY as they were sent to you, in the resulting Registration dialog. If the copy of Thoth you're using has already been registered, when you choose the Register Command in Thoth's Edit menu, an alert stating that Thoth has already been registered will be displayed instead of the Registration dialog.
