Options - Program Settings
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The Program Settings define some basic behaviours of XanaNews.


Show in System Tray  
 
This will show a XanaNews icon in system tray (the area next to the clock)  
 
 
Show Tree Tooltips  
 
Displays tooltips (or hints) that show additional helpful information, like complete group names in the groups tree or message count in a thread in the message tree.  
 
 
Hide Dormant Connections  
 
Hides inactive connections in the Queued Requests window (those with no icon in front of it)  
 
 
Mark Crossposted Messages As Read  
 
Crosspost is to post a message in more than one group. If this option is on and you read such a message, it is marked as read in every other group it has been posted automatically.  
 
bulbNote that 'Mark Crossposted Messages as Read' can affect the performance of XanaNews in several ways.  
 
 
Quote full text if none selected  
 
When you reply to a message, XanaNews copies in - or 'quotes' the selected text in the message pane. This neat feature allows you to easily respond to the salient bit of a message, without quoting too much.  
 
The 'Quote Full Text if None Selected' allows you to control what happens if no text is selected in the message pane when you click 'Reply'.  
 
 
Check for latest versions on the Internet  
 
XanaNews can check for later versions of itself on the Internet. If it notices that a new version is available a link is displayed in the status bar.  
 
bulbTo achieve this, XanaNews downloads the file http://www.btinternet.com/~wilsoncpw/xananews.txt and checks its contents. No information is uploaded.  
 

Find Message Id on Internet  
 
Enter the URL for the search engine. %id% will be replaced with the raw message id, and %qid% will be replaced with the message id, encoded in quoted printable format.  
 
For example:  
 
·http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?threadm=%qid%  
 
will use Google Groups search to locate the message in its thread.  
 
·http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?selm=%qid%  
 
will use Google Groups search to locate the individual message