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Re: Free Agent Question
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 2 Jan 2000 05:16:32 GMT
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On Fri, 31 Dec 1999 05:16:36 GMT, "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com>
wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Tim Courtney writes:
> > On Fri, 31 Dec 1999 04:49:17 GMT, tim@zacktron.com (Tim Courtney) wrote:
> > > -Tim (who has to set his signature option next)
Or do without, of course..
> >
> > Well, as I've continued poking around all the options so I can make it
> > the most familiar to me, I found the Window Layout option.
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> I've tried a few of the layouts and the one which seems to work the best for
> me is the 5th one (the three vertical panels) with a very large screen area.
Just to add my two bits, I use it with {message list above group list}
to the left of message window (with full headers showing)
> It seems to be optimized for speed (lots of good keyboard shortcuts) and
> reliability more than beauty.
Exactly the right philosophy ;)
> BTW, if you futz with the conflibberjibbets enough, it can get to look pretty
> good. I recommend:
I'll add any extra comments to this.
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> Options > General Preferneces > Display:
> Quoted Text Markers - >
I'd add :|, for Usenet use at least. Here they don't show up very
much.
> Options > General Preferneces > Fonts:
> Variable-Pitch Body - Lucida Console 8pt
> Fixed-Pitch Body - Lucida Console 8pt
Don't do this. If you want to read everything in fixed-pitch, set the
option to read everything in fixed-pitch instead.
Personally I like to use Sans Serif 8 pt for everything, except
fixedsys for fixed-pitch. I read in variable-pitch, but compose
messages in fixed-pitch. I find my eyes get along better with variable
pitch.
> Options > General Preferneces > Navigation:
> Skipping to next unread group marks ... - NO
Indeed.
> Automatically mark messages read - Whenever visible
I prefer 'when selected' myself, but that's opinion.
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> Options > General Preferneces > Message List:
> Follow-Up Indentation - 2 characters
Prefer 4, because my reader is big enough that it still shows up
easily.
> Options > Posting Preferneces > General:
> Line Length - 76 characters
Could do with a bit lower - that's only two levels of quoting leeway,
you ideally want 3-4. But that's a matter of personal judgment.
> Prefix for Quoted Lines - > (> + 1 space)
IMHO, ">" is better than "> ", for exactly the sort of people who
otherwise we could only quote twice ;)
> Group > Default Properties > Marking Read:
> When retrieving new message headers - Do NOT mark any existing...read
> When retrieving marked message bodies - Do NOT mark any existing...read
> (these two are very important; the shipping default setting is
> horrendously stupid)
Indeed.
Jasper
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