Header List Area

Message headers for the current folder (or newsgroup) are listed in the Header List Area. Each message is represented by a single line containing such information as the subject, who sent the message, size of the message, and the date/time of the message.

Mouse actions

Button Modifiers Description
1 none open the selected message (drag selects additional messages)
1 Shift extend selection from the current message
1 Control toggle selection of message (drag toggles additional messages)
2 none dragging provides rapid scanning of entire listing area (4 directions)

Button 1 selects the indicated message as the current one and displays it. Holding it down and dragging will extend the selection until you release the button. If you drag the mouse outside the header area, it will automatically scroll.

Using the Shift key and Button 1 will extend the selection from the current message to the indicated message *without* changing the current message. Holding it down and dragging will extend the selection until you release the button.

Using the Control key and Button 1 will toggle the selection for the indicated message (including the current message). Holding it down and dragging will toggle additional messages from the point where the button was pressed.

Keyboard actions

Key Description
Up Arrow Show the previous message
Down Arrow Show the next message
Left Arrow Shift the header display to the Left
Right Arrow Shift the header display to the Right
PgDn Show the next page in the current message
PgUp Show the previous page in the current message
Space Show next page of the current message
If at the end, show the next message
If no more and reading a Newsgroup, show next newsgroup listing

Folder Menu

This menu provides access to all of your folders. Folders can be grouped into submenus by using the "/" character in the folder name. (See Renaming Folders for more help).

There is a limit on how many entries can be listed in a single menu. If you have more folders than will fit in your menu, try increasing this limit or grouping your folders into submenus. (See Maximum number of menu entries for more help). Otherwise the folder name will have to be entered manually using the Other... menu item added to the bottom of the overflowing menu.

Newsgroup Menu

This menu provides access to all newsgroups available on your server. The newsgroups are arranged in cascading submenus and are grouped by separating the newsgroup names on the "." character.

There is a limit on how many entries can be listed in a single menu. If there are too many entries in a menu, try increasing this limit. (See Maximum number of menu entries for more help). Otherwise the newsgroup name will have to be entered manually using the Other... menu item added to the bottom of the overflowing menu.

Next Button

Pressing this button will cause the next message in the header list to be displayed.

Prev Button

Pressing this button will cause the previous message in the header list to be displayed.


13 May 1996 - John van Gulik