User Manual
Options Window
Click the part you're interested in:

OK button
Press this to save your options and close the window. Note: If you do not press the OK button, your settings will be lost.
Single window mode
Checking this box will cause NewsReader to open in a single window. If not checked, it will load in the old 3 window style. You must close and re-load NewsReader for changes to this option to take effect.
Local message indicator
Checking this box will cause messages that have not been downloaded to be displayed in a lighter colour
Window first-click mode
Checking this box will cause the NewsReader window(s) to accept clicks without being active (mainly for the 3 window mode)
Offline mode
If this is selected, headers and bodies are downloaded. If it's not selected, only headers will be downloaded (online mode). This behaviour can also be configured on a newsgroup-specific basis using the Newsgroup Properties window.
Limit number of messages downloaded
This allows you to specify the maximum number of messages to download, per-newsgroup. This behaviour can also be configure on a per-newsgroup basis using the Newsgroup Properties window.
Delete messages after time
This tells NewsReader when to expire messages. This behavious can also be configured on a per-newsgroup basis using the Newsgroup Properties window.
Compression
This will tell NewsReader how much compression to use on the messages and data files.
Show all headers in message view
This will tell NewsReader whether it should show every message header in the article viewer, or only the normal ones
Server
These options allow you to specify the news server, and whether or not you must use a username and password to access it.
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Copyright © 2000 Colin Munro