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Function dock window

Not all System Types will support every function. Gadgets not supported by the System Type will not be present in the dock.

Getting a list of conferences/newsgrops

Choosing this function will request the conference list the next time you call the system. This is required for THOR to update the conference flags correctly. This function is not available on all system types.

Download a file

This brings up a requester asking for a filename for a file that will be obtained from the remote system on the next call. This function is not available on all system types. On TCP system, you may type in a full URL for the file to have it downloaded for you.

Example: ftp://ftp.thule.no/pub/thor/thor25upd.lha

Upload a file

This window is used for uploading a file to the current system. The following options are available:

System Filename:
This is the name the file shall appear as on the system. This name can differ from the file name on disk. The "File" gadget brings up a requester with your configured upload directory as default. It is not possible to enter a name here without having selected a file on disk first.
Description:
You can enter a short file description here.
PrivateTo/Private:
This is used if you want to make the upload private to a person.
Conference/Private:
If you fill in this field, the uploaded file will only be available for members of this conference. You cannot both make an upload private to a person and to a conference. No checking is done to see if files actually CAN be uploaded private to the conference you enter here, so be SURE that the conference accepts files private to it!
Detailed Description:
If you choose this flag, the editor is brought up when you choose "Ok" and you can enter a detailed description for the file.
Download Notification:
Lets you have a notification when anyone downloads the file from the system. This function is not available on all system types.

The upload function is not available on all system types. If upload is ghosted you will have to do this manually.

Resign/unsubscribe a conference/newsgroup

Choosing this function brings up a requester with the current conference's name as default. You can enter any valid conference name here and you will be resigned from this conference next time you call the system.

Join/Subscribe newsgroup

You may select conferences from the list shown here, and you will be made a member of this conference, provided that this is not a restricted area on the system. This window will also let you use wildcard search (with automatically selection) for conference names. You can use multiselection to select more than one conference.

Send Userinfo

On system Types supporting it, this function will let you enter information about yourself for other users to examine.

Catchup unread messages

This function marks all unread messages in the current conference as read (will not effect messages with the SuperUnread flag set).

Show Unread/All/Search result

THOR operates in three basic modes, "Unread", "All" and "Search". The Unread mode is used for reading only new messages, the All mode lets you read all messages, while the Search mode is used for browsing messages found in a previous message search.

Some aspects of the message reading behaves different in these three modes. Messages which are unread by you will not be marked read if in All mode, the list of conferences in the section Conference overview window shows all conferences when in All mode and you are not allowed to choose between only viewing the conferences with unread messages in and all conferences.

The section Message overview/list window shows only the Unread messages when in Unread mode, while it shows all messages in All mode. In Search mode, it will show all conferences with messages found in a previous message search.

If you follow a thread backwards in All mode, the nodes in the section Message overview/list window will be updated and the current shown message will be highlighted to reflect this. This works differently in Unread mode, since only unread messages are shown. If you follow a thread backwards in Unread mode, the list of messages in the Message list Window will not be updated and will still highlight the message you started threading on. For Unread mode, this is useful since choosing Next msg will bring you straight back to the message after the one you started the threading on.

Grouping of messages

Messages messages may be sorted in several ways useful for reading. Starting from THOR 2.5, not just unread messages may be grouped, but also messages in All and Search mode. This gadget is used to change the mode of reading to one of these:

Reference
This mode will sort the messages and group the different threads together.
Mine First
This mode will sort the messages so that all messages to you will come first. Other messages will be sorted in reference order.
All First
This mode will show messages addressed to ALL first. Other messages will be sorted in reference order.
MsgNr
Will show the messages in the order they were added to the database.
Subject
Groups the messages by subject. Very useful for systems with a lot of messages, such as UseNet News.
Grouped
Groups the messages by subject, keeping each similar subject folded. Very useful for systems with a lot of messages, such as UseNet News. This group method is only useful with the message list window open.
Subject Alpha
Groups the messages by subject alphabetically.
Grouped Alpha
Groups the messages by subject alphabetically, keeping each similar subject folded. This group method is only useful with the message list window open.
Author
Groups the messages by author name alphabetically.
Grouped Author
Groups the messages by author name alphabetically, keeping each similar author name folded. This group method is only useful with the message list window open.

This setting can be saved on a system or global basis using Visual Options from the Configuration menu.

Open the events window

Brings up a window containing all the events you have pending on the system. From here, you can edit, delete, freeze and activate events. See section Event window.


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