This is a program that allows you to read and reply to your mail offline. The menus are accessed by pressing Alt-Z, where Z is the highlighted letter of the menu. For example, the "File" menu is pulled down by Alt-F.
When text in a help message is highlighted, press the Enter key to read additional help. Press the Tab key to select from more than one. Press the Enter key to get help on keys. )
Press Esc to put this help screen away.
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File (Alt-F)
The File menu offers choices for opening a new packet, viewing text files, temporarily exiting to a dos shell, and exiting the program. /
Packet View
File Dos
Shell MExit
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File
New Packet
Select this to open a new mail packet (uncompress). %
The New
Packet dialog box contains:
an input
box with a history list
a list
box to browse the directory
the standard Cancel button
Open action button
an information panel that describes the
selected file
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Help on New Packet dialog
Use this to select a packet to uncompress for reading. Any file can be accessed using its controls. For example, to select a file in drive A, type A: in the input box and press the Enter key, then select the file from the file list box and press the Enter key.
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Help on View a File
The View a File dialog box contains:
an input
box with a history list
a list
box to browse the directory
the standard Cancel button
Open action button
an information panel that describes the
selected file
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File
View File
Select this to open a text file viewer.
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File
Dos Shell
Select this to shell to DOS temporarily. Ctrl-S can be pressed anywhere, (yes anywhere), to shell to DOS.
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File
Exit
The Exit command leaves NewsWerthy.
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Help on View a File Window
Read the File using the Page Up, Page Down, Ctrl-Page Up, Ctrl-Page Down, Home, End, Ctrl-right arrow, Ctrl-left arrow, up arrow, down arrow keys or use the mouse pointer on the scroll bar to the right.
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News Incoming
Read News
Select this to read your news. The news packet must first have been uncompressed using New
Packet in the File menu.
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News Incoming
Read Stored News
Select this to read news previously stored in "folders". These are the messages you've saved while reading your news. They are located in the folders directory entered in Setup.
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News Incoming
Restore Indexes
If error messages occur while reading messages, the index or book mark files may have become corrupted or deleted. Select this to rebuild the indexes (*.IDX) and book marks (*.BKM) from the message (*.MSG) files. This will also clear any book marks that have been set.
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News Incoming
Expire Messages in Database
You can select whether to expire all messages, read messages or just those that will normally be expired when the next packet is imported.
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confList, not used
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IDxList, not Used
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Help on Newsgroup list
Select a newsgroup to read using using the space bar, enter key or double click on it with the mouse.
Highlight a newsgroup in the list using Page Up, Page Down, Ctrl-Page Up, Ctrl-Page Down, Home, End, up arrow and down arrow keys or use the mouse pointer on the scroll bar to the right. O
Press the highlighted letter of an item in the hint line to do the following: H
Mark as Read: To mark all messages in the selected newsgroup as read. L
Mark as Unread: To mark all messages in the selected newsgroup as unread. +
Uqwk Commands: To send commands to uqwk.
Delete: To delete the selected newsgroup and it's messages from the list. You are given the option to leave the newsgroup, and to save the messages to a text file if it is a folder. a
Options: Brings up a dialog (if in databasing mode), to set the various Databasing Options.
Commands not on hint line: {
Shift arrow: Press the shift key and the up or down arrow to move the selected message up or down in the newsgroup list. 3
Alt-H: Toggle the "Hide read newsgroups" option.
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Help on Messages list
Select a message to read using the space bar, enter key or double click on it with the mouse.
Highlight a message in the list using Page Up, Page Down, Ctrl-Page Up, Ctrl-Page Down, Home, End, up arrow and down arrow keys or use the mouse pointer on the scroll bar to the right. O
Press the highlighted letter of an item in the hint line to do the following:
Mark: To mark message(s). 6
Find: To find messages that contain selected words.
Sort (Messages): The message list normally is sorted on the subject. This can temporarily be changed to use the date, author (From) or none.
Save: To append or replace a file with the contents of the message, save an attached file in the message or save the message to a folder. Z
Prn: Print all of the message or the highlighted portion of the message to the printer.
Edit: To edit the selected message. If this is a reply message, the modified message will be re-zipped into the reply packet. y
Del: To deleted the selected message. If this is a reply message, the replies will be re-zipped into the reply packet. D
Next Subject: Press the tab key to skip down to the next subject. F
Unread: To mark a message as unread (no * at start of line in list) s
All Read (or *): To mark all messages in the newsgroup read, and then go to the next group with unread messages. q
Msg: To post a message to the current newsgroup (or any newsgroup, simply change the newsgroup name). ?
Alt-V: Run external viewer entered in setup to view message.
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Help on Message Window
Read the message using the Page Up, Page Down, Ctrl-Page Up, Ctrl-Page Down, Home, End, Ctrl-right arrow, Ctrl-left arrow, up arrow, down arrow keys or use the mouse pointer on the scroll bar to the right. Clicking on the message or pressing the space bar brings up the next page/message. j
Home displays the start of the message body. To see the header, press the Home key then the Page Up key. /
Esc (or Del) returns you to the message list. O
Press the highlighted letter of an item in the hint line to do the following: f
Addr Book: To add the message author's email address to the address book along with an alias to it. h
Reply: To reply to message with either email or in a newsgroup. Also to forward or re-send a message.
Save: To append or replace a file with the contents of the message, save an attached file in the message or save the message to a folder. Z
Prn: Print all of the message or the highlighted portion of the message to the printer.
Edit: To edit the displayed message. If this is a reply message, the modified message will be re-zipped into the reply packet. z
Del: To deleted the displayed message. If this is a reply message, the replies will be re-zipped into the reply packet. p
Top Bot: Use these to highlight a portion of a message, from the Top to the Bottom, then append it to a file. 3
- Msg: Goes to previous message in message list. _
+ Msg: Goes to next message in message list (even if read) or next match from a text search. }
Kill: Used to enter the subject or author of the message into the kill file. Kill files only work when in databasing mode. F
Text: To find the line in the message with the text you've entered. (
Ctrl-S: Shell out to DOS temporarily. !
Alt-R: Rot13 the message text. /
Alt-W: Toggle word wrap (and tab expansion). &
Alt-T: Save message to a Text file.
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Help on Save Message Dialog
Messages can be saved to a folder, or appended to or replace a file.
If saved to a folder, the whole message will be saved. If the newsgroup name matches one in the folders pick list, it will automatically appear in the input line, else whatever was used last will appear. This can be edited or a name can be selected from the folders pick
list. A folder name can contain any character except a space. I recommend you use the newsgroup name in most cases.
Select the Save to File button, to append to or replace a file with either the highlighted portion or all of the message. The file name can be selected in a save dia
(.txt)