WinVN Help Index

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General
Usenet News
Overview of WinVNUsenet EtiquetteHistory of WinVN
The NEWSRC fileTypes of Windows
Main Window
Newsgroup Window
Article Window
Posting Window
Mail Window

Procedures
Configuring WinVN 
Mailing a Message
Posting an Article
Subscribing to Newsgroups
$ # K Main Window

The main window, initially in the upper left corner of the screen, displays a list of newsgroups.  Double-clicking on a newsgroup name causes WinVN to display a list of subjects of available articles in that newsgroup in a group window.

Clicking on a newsgroup name "selects" that newsgroup and displays it in reverse video (light on dark).  Selecting a newsgroup is useful only for subscribing to it; see Subscribing to Newsgroups.  Subscribed groups appear in black; unsubscribed groups appear in red.

The first character of each newsgroup line in the main window gives information about that newsgroup:

space	 indicates either that WinVN has no information on the status of this group, or that no new articles have appeared in this group since your last WinVN session.
>	indicates that this newsgroup has been selected as the result of the previous Find operation.
*	indicates that new articles have appeared in this newsgroup since your last WinVN session.

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