Icon buttons in message windows will be hidden. To show them, click this box.
To hide icon buttons in message windows, click this box.
Icon buttons in group and subject windows will be hidden. To show them, click this box.
To hide icon buttons in group and subject windows, click this box.
Subject lines are truncated to fit the window. To show long subject lines, and use a horizontal scrollbar when the window is too narrow to display all fields, click this box.
Long subject lines are shown, and a horizontal scrollbar is used when the window is too narrow to display all fields. To truncate subject lines to fit the window, click this box.
Articles with invalid line counts are not filtered. To filter them, click this box.
To filter articles with invalid line counts, click this box.
Enter a number for the maximum number of lines articles should have to be matched by this filter.
Articles longer than the number of lines shown on the right are filtered. To not filter them click this box.
To filter articles longer than the number of lines shown on the right, click this box.
Enter a number for the minimum number of lines articles should have to be matched by this filter.
Articles shorter than the number of lines shown on the right are filtered. To not filter them click this box.
To filter articles shorter than the number of lines shown on the right, click this box.
Articles with bad dates are not filtered. To filter them, click this box.
To filter articles with bad dates, click this box.
Enter a number for the maximum number of days old articles should be to be matched by this filter.
Articles newer than the number of days shown on the right are filtered. To not filter them click this box.
To filter articles newer than the number of days shown on the right, click this box.
Enter a number for the minimum number of days old articles should be to be matched by this filter.
Articles older than the number of days shown on the right are filtered. To not filter them click this box.
To filter articles older than the number of days shown on the right, click this box.
To accept the change to this filter, click this button. Not available because you have not supplied some required piece of information in the current topic.
To show the "Create new filters" dialog when creating a new user group window, click this box.
The "Create new filters" dialog will be shown when you create a new user group window. To skip the dialog, click this box.
Used to make the selected label the default for new filters. Disabled because no label is selected.
To make the selected label the default for new filters, click it.
Used to edit the color of the selected label. Disabled because no label is selected, or the special (unlabeled) or (killed) labels are selected, or because your Macintosh isn't color-capable.
To edit the color for the selected label, click it.
This list shows the labels that can be applied to articles. The checked label is the default for new filters. Edit a label by selecting it and clicking on the appropriate button. Drag the labels into the desired order for sorting by label.
To also show the label, click this box.
The labels of articles are shown when you open a newsgroup. To omit showing the labels, click this box.
The status window will be displayed during long operations. To hide the status window, click this box.
To hide the status window normally shown during long operations, click this box.
Threads will be sorted first by article label. To ignore labeling when sorting, click this box.
To sort threads first by article label, click this box.
Threads in subject windows will not be sorted first by article label.
Used to edit the text of the selected label. Disabled because no label is selected, or the special (unlabeled) or (killed) labels are selected.
The full body of messages, including any encoded binary data in messages will be displayed.
Encoded binary data in messages will not be displayed.
Read messages will be removed when refiltering a subject window. To keep the read messages, click this box.
To remove read messages when refiltering a subject window, click this box.
Allows you to refilter the current subject window, applying any filters that have been added or changed since the window was opened. Disabled because the topmost window is not a subject window.
Allows you to refilter the current subject window, applying any filters that have been added or changed since the window was opened.
Filters menu
Use this menu to work with article filters. Not available because none of the commands in the menu are applicable in the current context or because more than one newsgroup is selected.
Filters menu
Use this menu to work with article filters.
Allows you to create a filter for the regional group, and initializes it to the subject of this article. Disabled because no article is open or more than one article is selected or the article was not opened from a user group window.
Allows you to create a filter for the regional group, and initializes it to the subject of this article.
Allows you to create a filter for the regional group, and initializes it to the author of this article. Disabled because no article is open or more than one article is selected or the article was not opened from a user group window.
Allows you to create a filter for the regional group, and initializes it to the author of this article.
Allows you to create a filter for the regional group. Disabled because no user newsgroup is open or selected, or because more than one user newsgroup is selected.
Allows you to create a filter for the regional group.
Backup copies of your preference and filter files will be made. To omit making the backups, click this box.
To create a backup copy of your preference and filter files, click this box.
An alert at startup is shown when filters have been expired. To omit showing the alert, click this box.
To display an alert at startup when filters have been expired, click this box.
Enter a number for how many days this filter should be used, or 0 to make it permanent.
To set the helper program for decoding “Base64” format binaries, click this button.
Enter a number to be used as the weighting factor for this filter when computing article scores.
Articles with a score less than this value will be automatically killed.
To also show the score, click this box.
The scores of articles are shown when you open a newsgroup. To omit showing the scores, click this box.
Sorts threads in subject windows by article score (sum of filter weighting factors).
Subject windows sorting is in reverse order.
Subject windows sorting is in normal order.
Sorts threads in subject windows by article line count. Not available because the “Show lines” preference is not checked.
Sorts threads in subject windows by line count.
To edit the text for the selected label, click it.
Allows you to create a filter for the global group, and initializes it to the subject of this article. Disabled because no article is open or more than one article is selected or the article was not opened from a user group window.
Allows you to create a filter for the global group, and initializes it to the author of this article. Disabled because no article is open or more than one article is selected or the article was not opened from a user group window.
Allows you to create a filter for the global group. Disabled because no user newsgroup is open or selected, or because more than one user newsgroup is selected.
Allows you to create a filter for the global group, and initializes it to the subject of this article.
Allows you to create a filter for the global group, and initializes it to the author of this article.
Allows you to create a filter for the global group.
Threads in subject windows will be sorted first by article label.
Sorts threads in subject windows by article posting date. Not available because the “Show dates” and “Show times” preferences are both not checked.
Sorts threads in subject windows by article posting date.
Sorts threads in subject windows by article author. Not available because the “Show authors” preference is not checked.
Sorts threads in subject windows by article author.
Sorts threads in subject windows by article subject.
Sorts threads in subject window by article number.
Sorting menu
Use this menu to determine how threads in subject windows will be sorted.
Hides column labels in the current subject window. Not available because the current window is not a subject window.
Shows column labels in the current subject window. Not available because the current window is not a subject window.
Hides the column labels in the current subject window.
Shows column labels in the current subject window.
Sets options for subject windows, including sorting.
NewsWatcher will not show column labels in subject windows. To show column labels, click this box.
NewsWatcher will show column labels in subject windows. To hide the labels, click this box.
Type the number of the last part of the attached file to send here.
Type the number of the first part of the attached file to send here.
To return to the message window without sending the message, click this button.
To send the message, click this button.
To also show the posting time, click this box. This shows more information, but makes opening groups slower.
The posting times of articles are shown when you open a newsgroup. To omit showing the posting times, click this box. This makes opening groups faster, but shows less information.
Your penet password is saved on the NewsWatcher Prefs file in between runs of the program. This is convenient, but if you are concerned about security, you shouldn’t do it. To turn off this option, click this box.
To save your penet password on the NewsWatcher Prefs file in between runs of the program, click this box. This is convenient, but if you are concerned about security, you shouldn’t do this.
Type the return email address used for anonymous messages (such as your penet anonymous email address) here.
Type the password for your penet anonymous remailer account here.
Type the email address of the remailer to be used for sending anonymous email messages here.
Type the email address of the remailer to be used for sending anonymous usenet posts here.
Select whether you want attached articles to be mailed unencoded, binhexed, or uuencoded.
Select whether you want attached articles to be posted unencoded, binhexed, or uuencoded.
Attached files being mailed usually need to be broken up into smaller size parts. Type the approximate maximum size (in kB) here.
Attached files being posted usually need to be broken up into smaller size parts. Type the approximate maximum size (in kB) here.
Sets options for sending messages via anonymous remailers.
Allows you to resort the current subject window. Disabled because the front window is not a subject window.
Allows you to resort the current subject window.
Allows you to create a filter for the current group, and initializes it to the subject of this article. Disabled because no article is open or more than one article is selected or the article was not opened from a user group window.
Allows you to create a filter for the current group, and initializes it to the author of this article. Disabled because no article is open or more than one article is selected or the article was not opened from a user group window.
Allows you to create a filter for the current group. Disabled because no user newsgroup is open or selected, or because more than one user newsgroup is selected.
Allows you to create a filter for the current group, and initializes it to the subject of this article.
Allows you to create a filter for the current group, and initializes it to the author of this article.
Allows you to create a filter for the current group.
This filter will be case sensitive. Click this box to make it insensitive to case.
This filter will not be case sensitive. Click this box to make it case sensitive.
Select the label to be applied to articles passing this filter.
Select how you want the text of this filter to be applied (e.g., word beginning with, phrase beginning with, regular expression, etc.)
Select the header (e.g., Subject, From, etc.) to be used for this filter.
Enter the text (or regular expression) to be used for filtering.
To discard the change to this filter, click this button.
To accept the change to this filter, click this button.
To discard the changes you have made to the filters for this group, click this button.
To accept all the changes you have made to the filters for this group, click this button.
The filter entries displayed apply to this group.
Articles that do not pass the filter criteria will be deleted. To keep these articles, click the Kept radio button.
Articles that do not pass the filter criteria will be kept. To delete these articles, click the Deleted radio button.
To create a new filter, click this button.
To delete a filter, click this button. It is disabled because no filter has been selected.
To delete the selected filter, click this button.
To edit a filter, click this button. It is disabled because no filter has been selected.
To edit the selected filter, click this button.
These are the filter entries for this group. Double click on one to edit it. You can change the order in which they are applied by dragging them up or down. The filters are applied from top to bottom, with later filters taking precedence.
The subject window will be sorted without regard to whether threads contain labeled articles. Click this box to sort threads with labelled articles to the top of the subject window.
The subject window will be sorted so that threads containing labeled articles are at the top. Click this box to ignore labelling when sorting articles.
Click this box to sort subject windows in reverse order.
Click this box to sort subject windows in normal order.
Use this menu to select the initial default sort order for articles in the subject window.
Threads containing labeled articles are not automatically expanded for you. Click this box to automatically expand threads containing labelled articles.
Threads containing labeled articles will be expanded for you. Click this box to not automatically expand threads containing labelled articles.
Killed articles will not be displayed. Click this box to display killed articles (marked as read).
Killed articles will be displayed, but marked as read. Click this box to prevent display of killed articles.
Filtering (kill files) is currently enabled. Click this box to disable filtering.
Filtering (kill files) is currently disabled. Click this box to enable filtering.
To also show the posting dates, click this box. This shows more information, but makes opening groups slower.
The posting dates of articles are shown when you open a newsgroup. To omit showing the dates, click this box. This makes opening groups faster, but shows less information.
To also show the line counts, click this box. This shows more information, but makes opening groups slower.
Article line counts are shown when you open a newsgroup. To omit showing line counts, click this box. This makes opening groups faster, but shows less information.
Use of the spacebar to scroll to the next “Subject:” line in a digest is disabled. To enable spacebar digest processing, click this box.
Use of the spacebar to scroll to the next “Subject:” line in a digest is enabled. To disable spacebar digest processing, click this box.
