The Message Tree
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The Top Right pane of the workspace shows a tree of messages you've downloaded.

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Select messages in the tree to display the message body in the message pane.

By default, the tree is organized to show original messages at it's root level. If someone has replied to a message, the reply appears as a child branch. A message with replies comprises a Thread.

Alternatively you can configure it to show the messages in a simple list in chronological order.

Sorting Messages

·You can sort the message tree temporariliy by clicking on the column headers.  
 
Click on the Subject column header to sort messages by subject, then date/time.  
Click on the Author column header to sort messages by author, then date/time.  
Click on the Date column header to sort by date/time.  
Click on the Lines column header to sort by the message size in lines, followed by the date/time.  
Click on the Number column to sort messages by message number.  
 
Click on the Flags column header to switch between Tree and List view.  
 
·You can sort the message tree permanently by changing the Sorting & Threading options: Globally; per account or per newsgroup