Thanks for your suggestions. I'll work out something.
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"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uH8D#d#rIHA.524@xxxxxx Quote:
>> I don't see how quick views helps.
>>
>> Sometimes when I'm reading through a newsgroup I need to refer to an
>> e-mail in order to answer a news post it. I don't want to leave the
>> newsgroup or in any way disturb the currently listed messages in the
>> newsgroup or my position in the newsgroup.
>
> OK, so my suggestion doesn't help you exactly ("I don't want to leave
> the newsgroup"). However, this is the way it works for me:
> (1) A newsgroup posting is selected and I view it in the Reading pane
> (2) I hit 'Reply Group' and a Compose window opens. While composing, I
> need to refer to an email.
> (3) I select the All e-mail Quick view and use Find a message to
> locate the one I'm looking for. Copy if necessary.
> (4) Reselect the newsgroup. I am returned to where I was before in the
> Message list, with focus.
> (5) Alt-Tab to bring the Compose window to the front and carry on
> composing.
>
> One drawback with this is that the All e-mail Quick view can be slow
> if you have a lot of messages and insufficient memory. Performance
> seems to improve, though; it is as if it's only the first time in a
> session that it's slow, as if a database has to be built and then
> stays built - with additions as mail is sent and received - throughout
> the session.
> --
> Noel