Reading a Message in New Window
n...@home.com
installing Windows 7.
I have forgotten how to display a newsgroup message in its own window
or pane. It appears in the preview pane of course but it seems like I
remember being able to view it in its entirety in its own window.
Will someone please help me out here?
Thank you.
Jaimie Vandenbergh
Press Z while in the message?
There is no "preview" window, by the way. Agent is three-pane, that's
all there is.
Cheers - Jaimie
--
To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong.
-- HL Mencken
n...@home.com
<jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:33:13 -0500, n...@home.com wrote:
>
>>I used Free Agent years ago and have just returned to it after
>>installing Windows 7.
>>
>>I have forgotten how to display a newsgroup message in its own window
>>or pane. It appears in the preview pane of course but it seems like I
>>remember being able to view it in its entirety in its own window.
>>
>>Will someone please help me out here?
>>
>>Thank you.
>
>Press Z while in the message?
>
>There is no "preview" window, by the way. Agent is three-pane, that's
>all there is.
>
> Cheers - Jaimie
Thank you, Jamie.
Now I remember.
I guess I was having a normenclature problem when I mentioned the
Prieview Pane.
Actually, I used Agent way back in my OS/2 days and when I went to
Windows XP I used Outlook Express. OE isn't part of Windows 7 so I
had to look around for a another Mail/Newsreader client. Tried
several including Live Mail and Thunderbird but was not happy with
any of them so here I am again in the Forte Agent fold. Will be
getting version 6 when we come back from our Thanksgiving vist to our
son.
Thanks again.
Jaimie Vandenbergh
>On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:34:36 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh
><jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:33:13 -0500, n...@home.com wrote:
>>
>>>I used Free Agent years ago and have just returned to it after
>>>installing Windows 7.
>>>
>>>I have forgotten how to display a newsgroup message in its own window
>>>or pane. It appears in the preview pane of course but it seems like I
>>>remember being able to view it in its entirety in its own window.
>>>
>>>Will someone please help me out here?
>>>
>>>Thank you.
>>
>>Press Z while in the message?
>>
>>There is no "preview" window, by the way. Agent is three-pane, that's
>>all there is.
>
>Thank you, Jamie.
>
>Now I remember.
No problem.
>I guess I was having a normenclature problem when I mentioned the
>Prieview Pane.
More is different than the name - double-clicking a message in an
email program with a "preview" pane will pop the message up in it's
own window. Agent won't do that when you double-click, it will do
various other things, like launch an attachment or download a body. So
it's a real difference that you should be aware of if you decide to
stick with Agent for news.
Cheers - Jaimie
--
"If apathy and manipulation aren't strengths, I don't know what is" - Zadok, 1/0
n...@home.com
<jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
Thanks again, Jamie. I found out that is true and I like it even
though I am old, crotchy and set in my ways.
One other quick questio if I may.
I found in the message list that I am identified as the author
n...@home.com, my fake email address I use in all newsgroups and not
what I usually find which is jsquareg (there is a story behind that
name.) I've not posted to any other newsgroups yet so I don't know
whether or not that happens in them. Have you any idea what I would
have done wrong in the initial setup of Agent and how to fix it
without redoing everything?
Thank you.
Jaimie Vandenbergh
>I found in the message list that I am identified as the author
>n...@home.com, my fake email address I use in all newsgroups and not
>what I usually find which is jsquareg (there is a story behind that
>name.) I've not posted to any other newsgroups yet so I don't know
>whether or not that happens in them. Have you any idea what I would
>have done wrong in the initial setup of Agent and how to fix it
>without redoing everything?
Tools/Options/Posting Messages/Personas.
If you just have one here, change it appropriately.
If you have several (unlikely) you can choose which one applies to
each folder, by selecting the folder(s) and then
Folder/Properties/Posting Message/Personas.
Cheers - Jaimie
--
"You know how dumb the average person is? Well, by definition,
half of 'em are dumber than THAT." - J.R. "Bob" Dobbs
jsquareg
<jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:50:49 -0500, n...@home.com wrote:
>
>>I found in the message list that I am identified as the author
>>n...@home.com, my fake email address I use in all newsgroups and not
>>what I usually find which is jsquareg (there is a story behind that
>>name.) I've not posted to any other newsgroups yet so I don't know
>>whether or not that happens in them. Have you any idea what I would
>>have done wrong in the initial setup of Agent and how to fix it
>>without redoing everything?
>
>Tools/Options/Posting Messages/Personas.
>
>If you just have one here, change it appropriately.
>
>If you have several (unlikely) you can choose which one applies to
>each folder, by selecting the folder(s) and then
>Folder/Properties/Posting Message/Personas.
>
> Cheers - Jaimie
Thanks, will do.
Keith
When Agent has focus press
1
2
3
z
z
to move around the panes and zoom then unzoom window panes.
--
Best Regards, Keith
http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/
Tired of Google Groups?
http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/usenet.html
The Horny Goat
<jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>>I have forgotten how to display a newsgroup message in its own window
>>or pane. It appears in the preview pane of course but it seems like I
>>remember being able to view it in its entirety in its own window.
>>
>>Will someone please help me out here?
>>
>>Thank you.
>
>Press Z while in the message?
>
>There is no "preview" window, by the way. Agent is three-pane, that's
>all there is.
I've been using that mode for so long I had almost forgotten that by
default Agent was 3 pane. I normally go "Z" and then "1", "2" or "3"
to go back and forth - and I've got a wide-screen monitor too! (In the
groups pane ("2") it's EXTREMELY useful in reading the full names of
many articles in the mp3 groups!