XanaNews - Working with XanaNews (part 4 of 4)

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XanaNews > Help > Contents > Working with XanaNews > Options - Showing
Custom Headers in the Message Pane

Options - Showing Custom Headers in the Message Pane
This section controls which headers are shown in the message display when
you select View, Headers, Custom (F12)
Your are presented with a list of the standard and common extended headers
that messages may contain. Place a tick by the ones you want to be displayed.
In addition, you can add your own custom headers to the list. Note that
custom headers should usually start with 'X-'
You can add custom headers to messages you post. See the Posted Message
Headers topic.

XanaNews > Help > Contents > Working with XanaNews > Options - Default
Settings

Options - Default Settings
XanaNews provides a three-tier system for some of the tabs on the Options
form. These options all appear in the Default Settings section, and can be
overridden in the Derived Settings sections in Account Properties and
Newsgroups Properties. This allows you to create different settings for
particular accounts or newsgroups:
*Set options to their usual settings in Tools/Options...
*Over-ride some options in Account Properties. For instance a particular
 account may be on a foreign server where it's common practice to post
 messages using a particular character set.
*Over-ride some options in Newsgroup Properties. For example you may want
 to apply a more relaxed set of filters in one group than in other groups
 in the account.

XanaNews > Help > Contents > Working with XanaNews > User Preferences

User Preferences
The User Preferences define some basic behaviours of XanaNews. In contrast
to the Program Settings, they can be overridden at Account level, and
again at Newsgroup level to give you complete control.
'Get Messages' Action
The 'Get Messages' action controls what happens when you select 'Quick Get
Messages' from the Newsgroup menu, and th default settings in the 'Get
Messages' form. You can configure XanaNews to get headers only, full
messages etc. See the Downloading Messages section for more information.
Perform Action when Selecting Group
Controls whether XanaNews automatically performs the 'Get Messages' action
for a group when you select it. You can set this to:
 Never               XanaNews does not download messages when you select
                     a group.
 Once per Session    Downloads messages the first time you select a group
                     each time you run XanaNews.
 Always              Download new messages whenever you select a group.
Purge to Folder
You can configure XanaNews to automatically save messages in an Archived
Message folder when you delete them.
Default Character Set for Message Display
Select a character set to use for displaying messages when the message
itself does not specify one.
This should usually be set to 'Western European' in English Speaking
newsgroups. If it is left at US ASCII some characters, like the British
pound sign (L), the European currency symbol (E), and the ` in Don`t will
not be displayed correctly.
Truncate Signatures when a Line Starts with
Some servers automatically add an irritating message to the end of each
message. You can use this option to truncate these.
Play Sound when a New Message Arrives
XanaNews can play a sound when its in the System Tray (see the basic
Program Settings)
The default 'You've got New Messages' sound that comes with XanaNews was
recorded by my daughter Bethany when she was eleven!

XanaNews > Help > Contents > Working with XanaNews > Sorting & Threading

Sorting & Threading
Use 'Sorting & Threading' to set the sort order of messages as they appear
in the message tree.
Display Messages
Set XanaNews to threaded or chronological (list) mode - globally, per
account or per newsgroup.
Display Threads in Order
Set the sort order for thread roots or lists.
See the Message Tree section for a full details of how you can control
XanaNews' sorting and threading - both permanently and dynamically.
Group Orphaned Replies by Subject
Some non-standard news servers do not maintain correct information
concerning which messages is a response to which. XanaNews can attempt to
guess this, based on whether the subject line starts with 're:'.

XanaNews > Help > Contents > Working with XanaNews > Posting Settings

Posting Settings
The Posting Settings section controls how the messages you send are
formatted.
Use Outbasket
When Use Outbasket is selected, XanaNews doesn't post messages straight
away when you send them. Instead it puts them in a special folder called
the Outbasket. You can post them later by selecting 'Send Outbasket' from
the Tools menu.
Maximum Line Length
Set the maximum line length to determine the point where XanaNews wraps
lines of text it posts. Some newsgroup specification recommend a maximum
of 72.
Split Post with More than 'n' Lines
Some servers require that you split posts into two or more messages if
they have more than a certain number of lines. This is especially common
when posting messages with large binary attachments. XanaNews will
automatically split the post into messages - "Subject [1/3]", "Subject
[2/3]", "Subject [3/3]".
Default Character Set
Set the default character set to match the language you usually post in.
Default ISpell Language
Set the language you want the spell checker to use.
Text Format
You can set various text formats in XanaNews. If in doubt leave it set to
NNTP.
*NNTP
 The NNTP format is the original, basic format for posting to newsgroups
 and it is probably still the most commonly used. It supports raw
 (US-ASCII) text and, attachments as specially encoded (UUE) blocks.
 Note that if you select a Default Character set, XanaNews will
 automatically use MIME-Raw instead of NNTP.
*MIME - Raw
 MIME - Raw is automatically used in preference to 'NNTP' if you specify
 a non-USASCII character set. All text is sent as raw 8-bit characters
 encoded using the character set you specified. Attachments are sent as
 Base-64 encoded MIME attachments.
*MIME - Flowed
 Uses the 'flowed' format for sending text. This allows the original
 paragraph format to be recovered, while also supporting older
 newsreaders that require a maximum line length.
*MIME - Quoted Printable
 Uses the 'Quoted Printable' format for sending text.
Reply Style
The Reply Style lets you select whether your replies to messages should
follow any quoted text, or precede it.
Traditionally in USENET most people prefer you to Bottom Post
Archive Posted Messages
If 'Archive Posted Messages' is selected, posted messages are
automatically copied into the 'Posted Messages' folder when you send them.

XanaNews > Help > Contents > Working with XanaNews > Posted Message Headers

Posted Message Headers
Each message posted to newsgroups contains standard headers, revealing
which groups the message should be posted to, its subject, the date & time,
etc.
In addition you can add extra headers - for instance to enable you to
identify particular messages, etc. Most people do not need to use the extra
headers feature.
Identity
Select which Identity you want to use when posting.
No Archive
Selecting this indicates that you'd rather the messages you post weren't
archived. Some newsgroup archiving companies - Google for instance -
respect this header, and remove any message containing it after a few days.
Generate Date Headers
Select this if you want XanaNews to generate its own date headers when it
posts messages. Otherwise the date header will automatically be generated
by the account's server. Its best to leave this unchecked unless the
server's clock is way out.
Generate 'Approved' headers when cancelling messages
Select this if you want XanaNews to generate 'Approved' headers when
generating Cancel requests. Many servers will not accept cancel messages
unless they have an 'Approved' header - so its usually best to leave it
turned on.
Generate Message IDs
XanaNews can generate message Ids in a number of formats. However it's
usually best if the server generates its own - so leave this option turned
off.
Extra Headers
Enter any extra headers that you would like to be sent with your messages.

XanaNews > Help > Contents > Working with XanaNews > Filters

Filters
Enter topic text here.

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*get the most current version of XanaNews (2017-08-22):
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