Previously, on Usenet AJL <4239@fakeaddress.com> wrote:
>Yes, I have watch threads. But how do you make Agent globally find any
>answers to your posts as Bill said OE6 does? He wrote:
>
>"Thunderbird fails the most desired feature of finding replies to
>your posts like OE6 does by CTRL-H. No other products except
>Microsoft has this feature."
>
>Lars claimed his Version of Agent has this feature. He wrote:
>
>"Forte's Agent has that too."
I make a filter on my own usenet-id "Lars <Lars@fake.com>", and set
that filter to "Watch thread", and "global scope". With that Agent
will always retrieve the bodies for all messages in such threads.
When I fire up Agent I do a command, Ctrl+E wich will make it log in
to my three different mail servers and retrieve al mails.
Then I do a Alt+A+K wich will make Agent log in to my three different
news servers and retrieve all headers for the groups I subscribe to in
this presently active desk. (I can have different desks.)
Then I do Alt+G wich will retrieve all bodies to marked messages.
By then I am done online for the moment, and in modem days I would log
off from the Net.
Then by hitting the space bar, again and again, nothing but the space
bar, I read through all my mails and all such usenet posts for wich I
have the body. I may reply to some, or not.
Then I hit the Tab key a couple of times and the home key until focus
is at the top of all Usenet posts.
Then I hit the N key to take me to the first unread message, on that I
can either M it, "Mark for retrieval", or W it for "Watch thread". I
go through all new messages, which presently only are headers, until
at the bottom. All with the N key.
Then I Tab to the pane with all Usenet groups, and do Ctrl+A to mark
all, then I do Shift+F10+R for "Mark folders read". No there are no
longer any more "new" posts, or headers rather.
When there are new posts or threads I want to read right away I go
back to "Alt+G wich will retrieve all bodies to marked messages." And
space bar to read the bodies.
I read abt 10 mails and 25-40 Usenet bodies, and scan through 200
headers in about fifteen minutes, and all without touching the mouse.
Presently I susbscribe to 9 Usenet groups, several of which have
little traffic. In winter I follow some 20 groups.
Agent is really very good! Unbelivable value for 26$.
Lars
Stockholm