Configure Group-List...

Opens a dialog box allowing you configure options related to the main group-list window.

Toolbar Size

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

Retrieve group list on connect?

When WinVN connects to the news server, it can ask the server for a status list of all the news groups. This operation can be time-consuming if you have a slow connection. However, it's useful to know how many new articles and groups there are.

You control whether WinVN requests this information from the server by choosing Yes, No, or Ask. If you choose Ask, WinVN will always prompt you whenever it connects to the server.

Use shift/control-selections

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

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

Show unsubsribed groups

If checked, the group-list main window will show only the subscribed groups; all unsubscribed groups will be hidden. If not checked, all newsgroups (subscribed and unsubscribed ) are shown. This can also be toggled from the toolbar.

Keep Group List Sorted
If checked, the group-list will be sorted when subscribing/unsubscribing. Actually I don't think this really works anymore.

See Saving Configuration Information.