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Reading Newsgroup Messages

Once you open and display a newsgroup's message list, reading messages is just like reading email messages in an email program. Single-click an item in the list to display it in the preview pane (as shown in Figure 7.7), or double-click it to display the message in its own window.

Figure 7.7. You can organize your newsgroup message list by thread, to better follow the flow of individual conversations.

The message lists you see in an email program generally show messages that have been copied to your computer. But in most ...