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Folder Views

A Folder View is a window or part of a window displaying the contents of a mail folder or a newsgroup. It consists of two parts:

The reaction to a mouse click in the list of messages depends on the preferences setting ``Preview message when selected``. When the option is selected, a single mouse click will select the message and load it into the preview window. If the option is not set, the message will only be selected but not previewed automatically, which is very useful for accessing mail folders through a slow connection. The same setting effects the behaviour of the space bar, it acts exactly like a single mouse click in the window and will only cause a message to be previewed if a single mouse click is configured to do so. The key ``V'' can be used to view the message under the current cursor. Also, using the mouse or the space bar together with the SHIFT or CTRL keys, allows one to select multiple messages at once.

When the top window, the list of messages, is active, certain keyboard bindings are active, the following keys are recognized:



0 8 1 0 0 0 00 8 1 0 0 0 0English Action performed
M mark/unmark message under cursor
  If message are to be previewed on selection, this will also preview the message.
SPACE preview message under cursor
D or DELETE mark selected messages for deletion
U remove deletion mark from selected messages
X or # expunge messages marked for deletion
C copy marked messages to another folder
V move marked messages to another folder
S save marked messages to files
P print marked messages
R reply to messages
F forward messages
O open messages in separate window
H toggle display of headers




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Charlie & 2001-04-19