I can answer some of those questions. Although I'm speculating on some
of them.
You'll find some additional information in Help by searching under
Synchronize.
View > Refresh (= F5) (Also on toolbar)
Refreshes the view. So if you have the view set to hide read messages,
those you have read recently will get hidden. IT also seems to do a
synchronize on the newsgroup.
The difference between Synchronize All and Newsgroup is that the latter
does only the current newsgroup. How much gets synchronized depends on
your settings (Headers only or Messages)
The Get next xx headers only applies if you have set Tools, Options,
Read to get xxx headers at a time.
New headers/messages mean since you last download headers (synchronized)
with the newsgroup.
Catch-up is intended for when you first visit a newsgroup or return to
one that you haven’t visited in a while. It marks all existing messages
in the newsgroup as having been read without actually downloading the
headers. You'll only see any new messages after this time.
--
Mike -
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uer92o4aJHA.4820@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Can anyone explain, or point out an appropriate page which will tell
> me, what the difference is between these actions when I'm in
> Newsgroups view? This is in version 12.0.1606, and Help is totally
> silent (or else I don't know where to look).
>
> View > Refresh (= F5) (Also on toolbar)
> Tools > Synchronize all (Also on toolbar)
> Tools > Synchronize newsgroup
> Tools > Get next n headers (On toolbar: Headers)
> Tools > Get New headers
> Synchronize account (Only on toolbar)
>
> Sometimes, when I select a newsgroup in the folder pane, the status
> bar tells me that WLMail is connecting to the server and checking for
> messages. Sometimes it doesn't, and it seems to depend on where I
> clicked previously.
>
> What constitutes a New header? Or a New message? Is there a time span
> involved?
>
> And the same questions really apply to Synchronization settings, of
> which there seem to be a bewildering variety, in several places.
>
> Lastly, what does 'Catch up' mean, and what's the difference between
> 'Purge' and 'Delete'?
>
> I'm sure I'm not the only one who needs a bit of guidance. Happy New
> Year everybody!
> --
> Noel