MacSOUP will send only one command at a time to the news server.  To enable batched commands for faster transfer, turn this option off.

MacSOUP uses batched NNTP commands to speed up the news transfer.  This might not work with all servers; if you have trouble fetching news, turn this option on to disable batched commands.

MacSOUP will log all TCP commands to a file.  To disable command logging,  uncheck this box.

To log all TCP commands to a file (for debugging), check this box.

Type the maximum message size that you want MacSOUP to fetch (in KB).

MacSOUP will skip messages larger than a certain size when fetching mail.  To always fetch all messages, uncheck this box.

To skip messages larger than a certain size when fetching mail, check this box.

MacSOUP will check for new groups that have been created since the last time you checked.

To check for new groups that have been created since the last time you checked, click here.

Not available because you haven’t fetched the list of all groups yet.

To check for new groups that have been created since the last time you checked, click here.

The list of all newsgroups will be fetched.

To fetch the list of all newsgroups, check this box.

Your outgoing messages will be sent.

To send your outgoing messages, check this box.

Not available because there are no unsuspended messages.

To send your outgoing messages, check this box.

If there are more than this many new articles in any one group, MacSOUP will warn you and ask you how many you want to fetch.

Only the selected newsgroup will be processed (if any); to process all groups, uncheck this box.

All newsgroups will be processed; to process only the selected group (if any), check this box.

The articles whose headers you marked for downloading will be fetched.

To fetch the articles whose headers you marked for downloading, check this box.

Not available because there aren’t any marked headers.

To fetch the articles whose headers you marked for downloading, check this box.

New articles or headers will be fetched (depending on the setting for each group).

To fetch new articles or headers (depending on the setting for each group), check this box.

Not available because no group is selected.

To fetch new articles or headers (depending on the setting for each group), check this box.

Your new mail will be fetched.

To fetch your new mail, check this box.

Start the selected operation(s).

Not available because nothing is selected.

Start the selected operation(s).

To close the settings file without creating a reply packet, click here.

To cancel the entire operation (that is, don’t close the settings file), click here.

To create a reply packet and close the settings file, click here.

To change the location of the reply packet, click this button.

This is where MacSOUP automatically saves the reply packet when the settings file is closed.

To change the location of the default incoming packet, click this button.

Every time this settings file is opened, MacSOUP looks if it finds this packet, and imports it automatically if it’s there.

MacSOUP will scroll slowly when you page through a message and there’s less than a windowful left to show.  To turn this weird feature off, uncheck this box.

MacSOUP will do nothing special if you get near the end of a message.  To enable its weird slow-scrolling feature, check this box.  (It is only useful on a fast Mac, if at all.)

MacSOUP will use proportional scroll bars that indicate how much of the document is currently visible in the window.  To use the standard Mac scroll bars instead, uncheck this box.

MacSOUP will use the standard Mac scroll bars.  To use MacSOUP’s enhanced proportional scroll bars instead, check this box.

MacSOUP will use Eudora for email replies to news articles.  To use its built-in mailer instead, uncheck this box.

MacSOUP will use its built-in mailer for email replies to news articles.  To use Eudora instead, check this box.

If you don’t want the standard signature delimiter to be added before your signature, uncheck this box.

It is strongly recommended that you leave this option on.

If you want the standard signature delimiter to be added before your signature, check this box.

It is strongly recommended that you turn this option on.

MacSOUP will warn you if you attempt to post certain national characters (such as é or Ä) to the group.

MacSOUP will not warn you if you attempt to post certain national characters (such as é or Ä) to the group.

To set the color to be used for quoted text in message windows, click here.

Not available because your Mac doesn’t support color.

To set the color to be used for quoted text in message windows, click here.

To set the color to be used for normal text in message windows, click here.

Not available because your Mac doesn’t support color.

To set the color to be used for normal text in message windows, click here.

Use this popup menu to select a font size for the text in both the message window and the editor windows.

Use this popup menu to select a font for the text in both the message window and the editor windows.

Use this popup menu to select a font size for the Subject window.

Use this popup menu to select a font for the Subject window.

Use this popup menu to select a font size for the Newsgroups window.

Use this popup menu to select a font for the Newsgroups window.

This list shows which message headers are shown when an incoming email message is displayed.

You can reorder the headers by dragging them up or down.

To set this page back to the factory defaults, click here.

To delete the selected header, click here.

Not available because no header is selected.

To delete the selected header, click here.

To edit the display options for the selected header, click here.

Not available because no header is selected.

To edit the display options for the selected header, click here.

To add a new header to the list, click here.

This list shows which message headers are shown when an incoming news articles is displayed.

You can reorder the headers by dragging them up or down.

You’ll send your outgoing messages via UUCP.

To send your outgoing messages via UUCP, click here.

You’ll send your outgoing messages via SOUP packets.

To send your outgoing messages via SOUP packets, click here.

You’ll send your outgoing messages via TCP/IP (either MacTCP or Open Transport).

To send your outgoing messages via TCP/IP (either MacTCP or Open Transport), click here.

You’ll get your news and mail via UUCP by default.

To get your news and mail via UUCP by default, click here.

You’ll get your news and mail via SOUP packets by default.

To get your news and mail via SOUP packets by default, click here.

You’ll get your news and mail via TCP/IP (either MacTCP or Open Transport) by default.

To get your news and mail via TCP/IP (either MacTCP or Open Transport) by default, click here.

Use this popup menu to choose among the various pages of this dialog.

You can also use command-up/down-arrow to go from one page to the next.

All incoming mail messages that match any of these filter criteria will go to this mailbox.

To delete the hilited filter criterion, click this button.

Not available because no criterion is hilited.

To delete the hilited filter criterion, click this button.

To edit the hilited filter criterion, click this button.

Not available because no criterion is hilited.

To edit the hilited filter criterion, click this button.

To add a new filter criterion to the list, click this button.

Type a name for this mailbox here.

Accept the changes.

Not available because you haven’t entered a mailbox name.

Use this popup menu to select in which header to search.

The above string will be treated as a regular expression.

To treat the above string as a regular expression, click here.

Enter the string or regular expression that you want to find.

Close the dialog without doing anything.

Start the Find operation.

Not available because you haven’t entered a string to find.

Start the Find operation.

Enter the number of days (from now) after which you want the entry to be deleted automatically.

This entry will automatically be deleted after a certain period of time.

To have this entry automatically deleted after a certain period of time, click here.

This entry will never be deleted automatically.

To make this entry permanent, click here.

The above string will be treated as a regular expression rather than a simple substring match.

To treat the above string as a regular expression rather than a simple substring match, click here.

Searching will be case insensitive.

To make the searching case insensitive, click here.

Enter the string or regular expression that you want to match.

Use this popup menu to select in which header to search for matches.

Use this popup menu to specify what to do with an article that matches this entry.

Accept the changes.

Not available because you haven’t entered a string to match against.

This collection will apply to all newsgroups.

To make this collection apply to all newsgroups, click here.

This collection will apply to the above newsgroup and all its subgroups.

To make this collection apply to the above newsgroup and all its subgroups, click here.

This collection will apply only to the above newsgroup (not its subgroups).

To make this collection apply only to the above newsgroup (not its subgroups), click here.

Enter the newsgroup to which you want this collection to apply.

Accept the changes.

Not available because you haven’t entered a valid group name.

Accept the changes.

If there are more than this many articles in the group, the oldest ones will be purged.

Articles older than this many days will automatically be purged.

Type the name of the newsgroup here.

MacSOUP will purge old articles when the total number of articles in the group exceeds a certain limit.

If you want MacSOUP to purge old articles when the total number of articles in the group exceeds a certain limit, click here.

MacSOUP will purge articles that are older than a certain number of days.

If you want MacSOUP to purge articles that are older than a certain number of days, click here.

MacSOUP will warn you if you attempt to post certain national characters (such as é or Ä) to this group.

MacSOUP will not warn you if you attempt to post certain national characters (such as é or Ä) to this group.

If this option is on, MacSOUP will fetch only article headers, so that you can select which articles you want to download.

If the option is off, MacSOUP fetches whole articles (header and body).

This option is only relevant if you connect via TCP.

Use the default values specified in the Settings dialog.

Not available because the current settings ARE the defaults.

Use the default values specified in the Settings dialog.

Close the dialog without accepting the changes.

Use these settings.

Not available because you haven’t entered a valid group name.

Use these settings.