Configure Composition...

Opens a dialog box allowing you configure options related to compositions and composition windows.

Since From, Reply-To and Organization are not items you will change often, it is recommended that you disable showing these header fields.

Encode MIME Header

If checked, all characters above ascii characters ( 0x80-0xFF ) will encoded in confirmation to RFC 2047. Note that Encode MIME Header doesn't mean to decode such headers. Decoding is controlled by Decode MIME Header in Configure Article dialog

Word wrap in composition body text

This sets the default word-wrap setting for the body text of a composition. Word-wrap can be toggled during composition from the Composition Edit Menu.

Prefill 'Cc:' address in followup postings

With this option set, on follow-up postings the CC field will be automatically set to the original author's email address. (only available for SMTP mail.)

Add X-No-Archive: yes to headers

If checked it places an entry in the article header which indicates to some news archiving servers that you do not want the article archived. The server can choose to ignore this request. (For new articles only.)

Strip signature in Reply/Followup:

If checked, the signature of at the bottom of the original article is removed automatically.

Don't add X-Newreader header

If checked, the normal X-Newsreader: WinVN is not added to the post. This may help posting anonymously.

Show from header

If checked, the From header field will be shown in the header fields of the composition window, allowing you to modify it at send time. Note if this header field is not shown, but you do have a From set in you Personal options (See Configure Personal Info...), this header will still be sent.

Show organization header

If checked, the Organization header field will be shown in the header fields of the composition window, allowing you to modify it at send time. Note if this header field is not shown, but you do have an Organization set in you Personal options (See Configure Personal Info...), this header will still be sent.

Show reply-to header

If checked, the Reply-to header field will be shown in the header fields of the composition window, allowing you to modify it at send time. Note if this header field is not shown, but you do have a Reply-to set in you Personal options (See Configure Personal Info...), this header will still be sent.

Show keywords header

If checked, the Keywords header field will be shown in the header fields of the composition window. If you would like to send a list of Keywords with your articles, check this option. If this header field is not shown, no Keywords header will be sent (unless this is a reply to a message containing a Keywords header, in which case the original Keywords header will be sent).

Show summary header

If checked, the Summary header field will be shown in the header fields of the composition window. If you would like to send Summary information with your articles, check this option. If this header field is not shown, no Summary header will be sent.

Show distribution header

If checked, the Distribution header field will be shown in the header fields of the composition window. If you would like to limit the distribution of your article, check this option. If this header field is not shown, no Distribution header will be sent (unless this is a reply to a message containing a Distribution header, in which case the original Distribution header will be sent).

Show follow-up to header

If checked, the Follow-up to header field will be shown in the header fields of the composition window. If you would like to edit the Follow-up to header field, check this option.

Says templates:

These allow you to customize the introductory text which WinVN adds to follow-up and reply messages. In the template, you may use the following "variables":

%i in the template will be replaced by the original article ID

%d in the template will be replaced by the original article date

%n in the template will be replaced by the original author's full name

%a in the template will be replaced by the original author's E-mail address

use %% in the template if you need a literal percent sign

For example, a common Follow-up says template is:

In article %i, %a (%n) says...

and a common Reply template is:

In article %i, you say...

Include Cancel-Lock headers in post

You post can include a unique encryption key header that some news servers use to ensure later Cancel or Supersede articles can only come from the original poster. It's not recognised or honored by all servers.

Your "Secret" Unencrypted Cancel-Lock Key:

This is the phrase or key that only your computer knows used to authenticate your post. It's not visible to anyone else and is not sent in you posts so it doesn't need to be too secure.

Customize Message-ID Prefix@suffix

Allows you to override the default method WinVN uses to generate a new Message-ID.

A Message-ID is formatted <prefixYYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.mSec.id@yourhost>
Where
Prefix: is your custom token (or none)
YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.mSec is date/time in GMT
".id" is post count (normally 0) incremented for multipart posts
"yourhost" is a generated hostname from your name field & nntp server or the entry from the [Communications] section of WinVN.ini, entry "MyOwnHost"

Signature file

If Enable is checked and you enter the name of a valid text file, WinVN will read the contents of the text file into each new composition window. Note that WinVN will always prepend the standard "-- " delimiter (two dashes and a space) on a line before your signature.

See Saving Configuration Information.