Configure Article-List...

Opens a dialog box allowing you configure options related to group article-list windows.

Article list retrieval

WinVN fetches header information on articles when you view a newsgroup. Ask if more than... determines how many article headers you are willing to have WinVN automatically fetch from the server. If the number of articles in a group exceeds this number, WinVN will prompt you with a dialog box before proceeding. Automatically retrieve latest unread will retrieve all articles in the newsgroup starting with the first unread article. Fetch at least... determines the minimum number of articles WinVN will retrieve in the case when retrieving latest unread, and there are very few unread articles.

Toolbar Size

Allows you to adjust the toolbar size in the article list window small (original size), medium or large.

New window for each group

If checked, WinVN will attempt to create a new group window for each newsgroup selected from the main window. If this option is not checked, WinVN will reuse an existing group window to display newly-requested newsgroups.

Use shift/control-selections

If checked, you can select articles from the article-list using the standard windows paradigm. Clicking on one article will select that article and deselect all others. Control-clicking on a article will select that article, without deselecting any already selected. Shift-clicking will select all articles between the last article selected (the "anchor") and the article clicked on.

If not checked, you select articles simply by clicking on them. To deselect a article, click on it again. You can drag select/deselect by clicking on a article and dragging over other articles.

Full 'from' name in article list

If checked, WinVN will display the name of each article's author instead of the author's E-mail address. If WinVN can't find the author's "Full Name", it will use their E-mail address out of the news article's "From" field. Note that this will only affect newly retrieved newsgroups, as the name is obtained during article-list retrieval.

Compute threads in article list

If checked, WinVN will request additional "references" data for each article in the displayed group. You can then sort articles by threads. Note that this will only affect newly retrieved newsgroups, as the references are obtained during article-list retrieval.

Show full subject in threads

If checked, WinVN will show the full subject of each article in a thread when sorting the article-list by threads. If not checked, the subject of each article in the thread after the first article will be replaced by the thread depth indicator.

Save Newsrc on Closing Group

If checked, WinVN will save the newsrc file when you exit the article list window.

Track Seen Subscribed Crosspostings

If checked, WinVN will track articles that have been crossposted to more than one newsgroup and mark them as having been seen in the other subscribed groups.

Track Seen Unsubscribed Crosspostings

If checked, WinVN will track articles that have been crossposted to more than one newsgroup and mark them as having been seen in the other unsubscribed groups. This selection is made an option by default to protect against excessive fragmentation of the newsrc file.

Enable Article Actions / Kill File

If checked Killfile/Smart Article Selection will be enabled. Set up of this feature is found in View | Filters....

Pure alpha-numeric sort for Subject

When checked the sorting will ignore non alpha-numeric characters, so a subject like '***Hello' will be placed with the other 'H' subjects instead of at the top of the list.

Mark to Here action clears selections

When you use the "Mark To Here" action (usually by double right-mouse-button clicking) the articles from the top of the window to the current line are marked as seen. If this checkbox is selected, any selection you have made will also been cleared.

Thread depth indicator

This is the character which will be used to replace subjects in threads. Common thread depth characters are '»' and '>'. A common technique for obtaining a thread depth indicator is to run the Windows Character Map accessory, select the font you use for the article-list (See Config Fonts), and copy the desired character into the clipboard; then you can simply paste this character into to the Thread depth indicator field.

Default Group Sorting

Use this button to set the default article list sorting for all groups. If you prefer to sort articles by Subject and Date instead of Thread, you can set that sorting here to apply to all groups where you have not previously selected a different sorting option.

See Saving Configuration Information.