This column shows the subjects of outgoing messages.

This column shows to whom the message is sent, or to which newsgroup it is posted.

This column shows whether the message is an email message, a news article, or both.

This column shows the subjects of the articles.

This column shows the subjects of the messages.

This column shows the age of the article (i.e. how long ago it was posted).

This column shows the age of the message (i.e. how long ago it was sent).

This column shows the number of lines in the article.

This column shows the number of lines in the message.

This column shows the authors of the articles.

This column shows the authors of the messages (for messages that you have written, it shows the recipient, of course).

Articles are marked with a “•” in this column if they are selected for reading.  Headers are marked with a “√” if they are selected for downloading.

Click here to select or deselect articles or headers.

Messages are marked with a “•” in this column if they are selected for reading.

Click here to select or deselect a message.

This number shows how many articles are currently being displayed.

This number shows how many messages are currently being displayed.

This number shows how many articles are currently selected for reading.

This number shows how many messages are currently selected for reading.

Use this popup menu to choose in what order the articles are displayed.

Use this popup menu to choose in what order the messages are displayed.

Use this popup menu to choose which articles to display.

Use this popup menu to choose which messages to display.

To set the maximum size that you ever want to be used for the thread display area, drag this box up or down.

This is a graphical representation of the thread tree. Point the mouse to the various things in here to find out what they are.

This is an article that you haven't read yet. You can click here to display it.

This is an article that you have already read. You can click here to display it.

This article is not available. Either it has already expired, or it hasn't arrived yet.

This is the currently displayed article.

The message is currently suspended, i.e. it won't be sent for now.  Click this icon to put the message back in the queue of scheduled messages.

The message is scheduled for sending.  Click this icon to suspend the message, i.e. cause it not to be sent until you reschedule it.

You can click on the word “Bcc:” to get a popup menu of all the addresses in your address book.

Choose a name from that menu to add it to the Bcc: field.

You can click on the word “Cc:” to get a popup menu of all the addresses in your address book.

Choose a name from that menu to add it to the Cc: field.

You can click on the word “To:” to get a popup menu of all the addresses in your address book.

Choose a name from that menu to add it to the To: field.

You can click on the word “Followup-To:” to get a popup menu of all the groups that you are subscribed to.

Choose a group from that menu to add it to the Followup-To: field.

You can click on the word “Newsgroups:” to get a popup menu of all the groups that you are subscribed to.

Choose a group from that menu to add it to the Newsgroups: field.

Use this pop-up menu to choose between posting a public follow-up to the newsgroup or mailing a private email reply (or both).

To set the line width and Tab spacing, click this button.

Enter the message text here.

You will rarely need to fill in this field. If you want your article to go everywhere, do not type “world”, but leave the field blank.

Type some keywords here, seperated by comma. Very few newsreaders make use of this information, though.

Type the newsgroups where you want further discussion of the topic to take place here. Recommended if you are posting to more than one group.

Type the email address of whomever you want to receive replies to this message here.

Normally this is you, so you'll mostly leave this field blank.

Type the email addresses of additional recipients here (you may enter multiple addresses, seperated by comma or carriage return).

None of the “real” recipients (To and Cc) will see this field.

Type the email addresses of additional recipients here. You may enter multiple addresses, seperated by comma or carriage return.

Type the subject here.

Type the newsgroups that you want to post to here. You may enter multiple newsgroups, seperated by comma or carriage return.

Type the recipient's email address here. You may enter multiple addresses, seperated by comma or carriage return.