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diff --git a/doc/knode/using-morefeatures.docbook b/doc/knode/using-morefeatures.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..39892bf60 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/using-morefeatures.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,855 @@ +<sect1 id="more-knode-features"> +<title>The Advanced &knode; Features</title> + +<sect2 id="using-filters"> +<title>Defining and Using Filters</title> + +<para>You may already have read about using filters in the chapter explaining +the configuration of &knode;; there, we were talking about the built-in +filters provided by &knode; there. You can configure the built-in +filters like all the others. The screenshot below shows the dialog box for +configuring the filters.</para> + +<tip><para>While filters and scoring are very powerful and have many +uses, one of the most common requirements is simply to add all posts +written by someone you don't wish to read to a +<quote>killfile</quote>. At the <link linkend="killfiles">end of this +section</link> is a quick guide to using filters and scores to create +such a killfile.</para></tip> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The <guilabel>New Filter</guilabel> dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-edit-filter.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>New Filter</guilabel> dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The <guilabel>New Filter</guilabel> dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>First we will create a new filter. You may, at some point, want +to find your own articles amongst all the others; or, you may not +want to see the articles posted by a particular person at all: both cases can +be solved by a simple filter on the Sender. Here are some +examples:</para> + +<procedure> +<title>Do Not Show The Articles by a Particular Person</title> +<step performance="required" > +<para><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Filters</guilabel></menuchoice></para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Select <guibutton>New...</guibutton></para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Insert <userinput>Do not show idiot</userinput> in the Text Box +<guilabel>Name</guilabel></para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>To make the filter appear on the menu, check <guilabel>Show +in menu</guilabel>.</para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Go to the <guilabel>From</guilabel> area.</para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Choose <guilabel>Does NOT contain</guilabel> from the drop-down +box.</para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Insert the name of the person you want to ignore in the now- +active Text Box; for example, <userinput>Idiot</userinput>.</para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Confirm the filter settings with +<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para> +</step> +</procedure> + +<para>The filter now shows all articles, except the ones containing +<quote>Idiot</quote> in the From: line.</para> + +<para>You can combine the settings of the 'Subject + From' tab +with the settings on the other tabs. For example:</para> + +<procedure> +<title>Show only discussion with unread follow-ups on own +articles.</title> +<step> +<para><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Filters</guilabel></menuchoice></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select the predefined filter <guilabel>threads with own +articles</guilabel></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select <guibutton>Copy</guibutton></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Insert <userinput>My threads with unread</userinput> in the +<guilabel>Name</guilabel> field.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select the <guilabel>Status</guilabel> tab</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select <guilabel>has new followups</guilabel></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select <guilabel>true</guilabel> in the drop-down box next to +it.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Confirm the filter settings with +<guibutton>OK</guibutton></para> +<para>This filter shows all the threads your are participating in which +have unread messages; also, you have seen the possibility of using +existing filters as a base for new ones: this makes life easier for +complex filters.</para> +</step> +</procedure> + +<procedure> +<title>Show all articles, no older than 3 days, containing KNode in +the subject.</title> +<step> +<para><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Filters</guilabel></menuchoice></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select <guibutton>Add</guibutton></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Insert <userinput>Latest KNode threads</userinput> in the +<guilabel>Name</guilabel> field.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>To make the filter appear in the menu, check <guilabel>show +in menu</guilabel>.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>From the <guilabel>apply on</guilabel> drop-down box select +<guilabel>single articles</guilabel></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Go to the <guilabel>Subject</guilabel> area and select +<guilabel>does contain</guilabel> in the drop-down box.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Insert <userinput>knode</userinput> in the text box.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Change to the <guilabel>Additional</guilabel> tab</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select the <guilabel>Age</guilabel> check box</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Enter the following settings: <guilabel>0 < days <= +3</guilabel></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Confirm the filter settings with +<guibutton>OK</guibutton></para> +<para>This filter, now, shows all articles, no older than 3 days, +containing <emphasis>knode</emphasis> in the subject.</para> +</step> +</procedure> + +<sect3 id="killfiles"> +<title>Creating a Killfile</title> + +<para>&knode; offers viewing filters (<guilabel>all</guilabel>, +<guilabel>unread only</guilabel>, <guilabel>my posts</guilabel>, +&etc;) and scoring filters (threads and articles start with a score of +zero and can be adjusted according to author, thread, &etc;).</para> + +<para>Using viewing filters you could hide articles according to +poster, but this is not really suitable when you want to kill several +posters universally.</para> + +<para>Using the scoring gives lots of control but filters +only at the thread level, i.e. you can watch and ignore threads; the +disadvantage of this, however, is that you may lose otherwise-useful +threads just because of one poster.</para> + +<para>The solution is to use these in combination.</para> + +<procedure> +<title>Creating a Killfile</title> +<step> +<para>Go to +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Filters</guilabel></menuchoice>.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>Create a new filter below <guilabel>unread</guilabel>, called +<userinput>killfile on</userinput>. Be sure that <guilabel>Apply to single +articles</guilabel> is set and then click on the +<guilabel>Additional</guilabel> tab. Set score <quote>equal to or less than +zero</quote> (<guilabel><=</guilabel>); then click the +<guibutton>OK</guibutton> until you have exited the dialog.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>Open an article whose author should be killed and just type +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo>(or +select, from the <guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> menu, <guimenuitem>Lower Score +for Author</guimenuitem>). This opens the Rule Editor (a part of +scoring). You can optionally give the rule a name that matches the +author (<userinput>Kook</userinput>, for example.) and then, if this is +to be permanent, uncheck the <guilabel>expire automatically</guilabel> +box; you'll see that this rule will change the author's score to minus +ten (or the score you entered); finally, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>Go to the menu item +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>killfile on.</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></para> +</step> +</procedure> + +<para>This will cause any articles with scores less than zero will +disappear; to kill additional authors you only need repeat the +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo> part of +these instructions.</para> + +</sect3> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="knode-editor-advanced"> +<title>The Composer</title> +<anchor id="anc-knode-editor-advanced"/> + +<para>The &knode; composer provides many features, especially for +posting and replying to articles.</para> + +<sect3> +<title>Publish Articles in Multiple Newsgroups</title> + +<para>By selecting the Button <guilabel>Browse</guilabel> you can +choose additional newsgroups you want to publish your article +in.</para> + +<caution> +<para>It is generally undesirable to post articles in multiple +newsgroups: please think twice about it; if you are not sure where to +post your article ask in one of the possible groups — somebody will +tell you were to post.</para> +</caution> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Redirect Followups</title> + +<para>The main use of this feature is when a thread has gone +off topic for the newsgroup in which it is posted; for example, a thread may +start in a &kde; newsgroup discussing how to redirect a followup in &knode;, +but may leads to a dicussion about graphical and text based +newsreaders.</para> + +<para>Sometimes it happens that usenet users post an article into the +wrong newsgroup; very often those articles are just ignored. If it +looks like the author did this unintentionally, you might like to tell +them politely and make the followup articles go into the right +group.</para> + +<para>Another reason for using <guilabel>Followup-To:</guilabel> is a +when dealing with articles cross-posted across in multiple newsgroups: +you should take care that the replies are only posted in one single newsgroup.</para> + +<para>You can activate this by filling the text box +<guilabel>Followups - To:</guilabel>; here you can enter the suitable +group. If there are multiple newsgroups in the +<guilabel>Groups:</guilabel> field, they are shown in the drop-down +list.</para> + +<tip> +<para>If you enter <userinput>poster</userinput> here, instead of a +newsgroup, the replies will go directly to the author, not to the +newsgroup.</para> + +<para>Some people put an email address here, but this is not a valid +entry: use <userinput>poster</userinput> and correctly set your +Reply-To address in the normal &knode; settings.</para> + +</tip> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Working With an External Editor</title> + +<para>Using <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Start +External Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> you can start an editor of +your choice for editing the reply; this way you can use your preferred +Editor for writing articles and e-mails.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Spelling</title> + +<para>By selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Spelling</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, +you can check the article in the composer for spelling errors.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Sending Attachments</title> + +<para>By selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Attach</guimenu><guimenuitem>Attach +File</guimenuitem></menuchoice> you can open the File Selection Dialog +Box; here you can choose the file you want to attach.</para> + +<para>Most of the time, &knode; determines the correct +<acronym>MIME</acronym> type for the attachment; if &knode; detects +it incorrectly, you can correct the <acronym>MIME</acronym> type manually.</para> + +<para>This screenshot shows the Composer with 2 attachments: a text +file and a PNG picture.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Sending Attachments</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-composer-attachments.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Sending Attachments</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>Sending Attachments</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<caution> +<para>Only do this if you know what you're doing! An incorrect +<acronym>MIME</acronym> type could cause the attachment to be sent +incorrectly, or mean that the attachment will not be able to be +rebuilt after sending.</para> +</caution> + +<tip> +<para>The English word attachment is used all over the world; you can +use it in your language, too.</para> +</tip> + +<important> +<para>In most newsgroups, attachments are prohibited: do not send +unsolicited attachments; if you are asked to send them, look who is +asking for them — normally, the person will want you to send them by +email.</para> + +<para>The news server will probably reject articles with attachments +for most groups anyway; those that do accept attachments +normally have the word <quote>binaries</quote> in their name. Some +news servers even stop carrying non-binaries newsgroups that +continuously receive attachments.</para> +</important> +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Searching for Articles</title> + +<para>Sooner or later, you will want to search for one specific +article; the &knode; search feature is an easy way to do this.</para> + +<para>You can reach the search function by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Search +Articles...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or the by pressing +<keycap>F4</keycap>. The screenshot below shows the Search Dialog Box.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The Search Dialog Box</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-search.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The Search Dialog Box</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The Search Dialog Box</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>The Search Dialog Box has four tabs which allow several search +criteria: the first tab contains the settings for the +<guilabel>Subject</guilabel> and <guilabel>From</guilabel> criteria; the second +tab contains the settings for the <guilabel>message-IDs</guilabel> of +an article and its references; the third tab contains the settings for +the <guilabel>Status</guilabel> of an +article; the fourth tab, <guilabel>Additional</guilabel>, contains the remaining +criteria.</para> + +<para>You have probably already noticed the similarities between the Filter +Dialog Box and the Search Dialog Box: the usage is the same and should +not be too complicated if you have already defined your own +filters.</para> + +<para>&knode; always searches in the currently-active newsgroup; a +search in all newsgroups is not possible at the moment. After the +Search has finished the articles found appear in the article view; when +you close the Search Dialog Box using <guibutton>Close</guibutton> +the search results are deleted, and the old view of the newsgroup +appears again.</para> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Start Search</guilabel></title> + +<para>With this button you start the Search with the search criteria +you defined; all articles in the selected newsgroup, fulfiling these +criteria, appear in the article view.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>New Search</guilabel></title> + +<para>This button resets all search criteria.</para> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="supersede-and-cancel"> +<title>Supersede and Cancel Articles</title> + +<para>This chapter deals with superseding and canceling articles. You +will not use these two features very often, but they do exist should +you, one day, need them.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Both functions need a news server prepared to handle +them; you should also remember that there is no guarantee that no one has +already read your article before it is superseded or canceled. +</para> + +<para>So first think, then post.</para> +</caution> + +<sect3> +<title>Cancel</title> + +<para>Canceling an article means deleting it from the +newsgroup.</para> + +<para>Why should you want to cancel an article? Perhaps you +flamed somebody in a rage and now you want to get this article out of +the newsgroup because you regret what you wrote: a personal insult, +read by everybody, doesn't look good, especially when you regret +it; so, there is only one thing you can do — cancel the article.</para> + +<para>Select the article you want to cancel and choose +<guimenuitem>Cancel article</guimenuitem> from its context menu. If +you are sure it is the right article, confirm &knode;s question with +<guibutton>Yes</guibutton>. Now you will be asked if you want to send the +Cancel message now or later; for this example we decide to send it +<guibutton>Later</guibutton>. You will notice the new message in the +folder <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>.</para> + +<para>Now we want to look at the so-called cancel message. In the +subject you will find something like:</para> + +<screen> +<computeroutput>cancel of <[email protected]></computeroutput> +</screen> + +<para>This strange letters between the brackets are the Message-ID of +the article you want to cancel. This message tells the newsserver to +delete your article: if you look at complete header of this message, +by selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show all +headers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, you will notice a line with the +name <emphasis>control</emphasis> and the content <emphasis>cancel +<[email protected]></emphasis> — this line tells the server that +this message is a control message and, in our case, tells the server to +cancel your article.</para> + +<para>You can still delete the control message from the +<guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> should you change your mind.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Keep in mind that articles can only be identified by their +Message-IDs; you need this Message-ID if you want to cancel an +article. Normally, your article gets a Message-ID when it arrives at +the newsserver — that's why you can only cancel an article once +it has been published. The articles in the +<guilabel>Sent</guilabel> folder have no Message-ID, so you cannot cancel +them from there.</para> + +<para>There is one exception: if you have configured &knode; to +generate a Message-ID you can cancel you articles in folder +<guilabel>Sent</guilabel> too.</para> + +<para>&knode; allows only to cancel your own articles: it refuses to +cancel articles from other authors.</para> +</caution> + +<warning> +<para>Since the cancel feature is so easily fooled, by newsreaders +that let you cancel any post, many news servers do not acknowledge +cancel messages from posters; even if your own <acronym>ISP</acronym> +accepts the cancel and passes it on, many other servers will ignore it +<emphasis>and will not pass it on</emphasis>.</para> + +<para>You should consider any previously-sent article, canceled or +not, to be published and publicly available.</para> +</warning> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Supersede</title> + +<para>Supersede overwrites your article with a new version. One reason +for doing this could be:</para> + +<para>You have written a long article and have already posted it; now, you +have found an error in this article: you could cancel this article, and post a +new, corrected, article; or, you can use Supersede.</para> + +<para>Select the article in the article view. From its context menu +select <guimenuitem>Supersede article...</guimenuitem>. &knode; will +ask you if you really want to overwrite this article; if you confirm with +<guibutton>Yes</guibutton> the Composer appears.</para> + +<para>In the Composer you can now make the desired corrections and +changes. You can then publish this article in the same way as you post +every other article; when the newsserver receives this article it +reads some special lines in the header which tell the newsserver to +supersede the older article. Select +<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send +Later</guimenuitem></menuchoice> for now, because we want to look at +the article's header in the <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>.</para> + +<para>Activate <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show +all headers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, because we want to see all the +headers the newsserver receives. You will notice a line like:</para> + +<para>Supersedes: <[email protected]></para> + +<para>This is the instruction for the newsserver for superseding the +article with the Message-ID <[email protected]> with the +new article.</para> + +<para>Besides this, Supersede is used for periodical posted articles, ⪚ + an <acronym>FAQ</acronym>. The new article supersedes the old one and + the newsgroups do not end up with lots of different versions.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Again, using this function is only possible if the article +already has a Message-ID. Normally, articles get their Message-ID from the +newsserver: this means that you can only supersede articles which have +already been published.</para> + +<para>You can configure &knode; to generate this Message-ID, then you can +supersede your articles in the folder <guilabel>Sent</guilabel>, +too.</para> + +<para>&knode; allows you to only supersede your own articles.</para> + +</caution> + +<warning> +<para>As with cancels, supersede messages have been abused in the +past, with, for example, certain parties sending hundreds or even +thousands of them to overwrite legitimate posts with random computer +generated junk; again, as with cancels, many news servers do not +honor supersede messages, nor do they pass them on.</para> +</warning> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="score-watch-ignore"> +<title>Score, watch, ignore</title> + +<anchor id="anc-score-watch-ignore"/> +<para>Score, Watch and Ignore are different names for the same +feature.</para> + +<para>By scoring a thread, you determine its importance. &knode; +allows scores between -100000 and 100000. A normal article will get a +score of 0 if you do not change this; threads with a score below 0 +are less important than average; threads with a score above 0 are more +important than average.</para> + +<para>The score is an attribute of the thread and the articles in this +thread, so you can use the score for filtering and searching +articles; for example, you can define a filter to show only +articles with a score > 0, i.e. all articles in which you are +specifically interested.</para> + +<para>The function <guilabel>Watch</guilabel> sets the score of +all article in a thread to 100; this way they get a high score and &knode; +labels them with a special icon.</para> + +<para>The function <guilabel>Ignore</guilabel> does the +opposite: it scores all articles in a thread with -100 so &knode; +does not show these articles anymore.</para> + +<tip> +<para>The English word <quote>scoring</quote> is used in many other +countries, too.</para> +</tip> + +<para>You can score an article or a thread manually with the right +mouse button or with the <guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> menu — here you can +score with <guilabel>Watch Thread</guilabel> and <guilabel>Ignore +Thread</guilabel> directly. Apart from scoring manually you can let &knode; +score the articles with scoring rules automatically; you can configure these +rules at <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Reading +News</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Scoring</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or +at <menuchoice><guimenu>Scoring</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit scoring +rules...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> — the only difference between these +dialogs is that the last one has the rule-list next to the rule +configuration. In the following guide I'm using the editor that appears +if <menuchoice><guimenu>Scoring</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit scoring +rules...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> is chosen.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The Rule Editor</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-rule-editor.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The Rule Editor</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The Rule Editor</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>The composer consists of 4 areas: on the left side is the list +of the rules; with the buttons below the list you can add, delete or +copy an existing rule; below that you have the possibility to limit +the rules which are shown — you have the choice whether to show all +rules or only the rules for a specific <glossterm>newsgroup</glossterm>.</para> + +<para>If you chose a rule-name in the list you the rule will be displayed +on the right-hand side; now you can edit the rule. At the top you can change +the name of the rule and set the newsgroups to which this rule applies. +You can choose one or +more than one group, note that group names must be separated by a +semicolon. You can choose from the subscribed groups with +the drop-down list and the <guibutton>Add group</guibutton> button; or +you can use regular expressions and wild cards, ⪚ <quote>.*</quote> for all +groups. The <guilabel>Expire rule automatically</guilabel> option +makes it possible to delete the rule automatically after the +configured number of days; this is useful if a specific person +behaves badly and you do not want to read anything from this person for a +few days.</para> + +<para>In the <guilabel>Condition</guilabel> field you enter the +condition on which this rule is activated. Normally, you can enter only +one condition, but you can change this by pressing the +<guibutton>More</guibutton> and <guibutton>Fewer</guibutton> buttons. If you +have more than one condition, you must tell knode whether all conditions +need to be fulfilled or only one of them; this can be done by choosing +<guilabel>Match all conditions</guilabel> or +<guilabel>Match any condition</guilabel> respectively. +</para> + +<para>Each condition consists of 2 drop-down lists and a text +field. In the first list you chose the part of the message which should +be used for the condition — this part will be compared with the text +field; the second drop-down list tells &knode; how it is to be +compared, for example, whether the chosen header should be identical +to the text entered in the text field, or if it just needs to match part of it. +Regular expressions are allowed, too. +If you check <guilabel>Not</guilabel> then the conditions under which +the condition is satisfied are reversed, and the condition will be satisfied +if the opposite of its shown conditions is true.</para> + +<para>Now, let's have a look at some +examples.</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para>Maybe you want to filter away all the postings by Theodor +Test; to do this choose the +<guilabel>From</guilabel> header line from the first drop-down +list, choose <guilabel>is exactly the same as</guilabel> from the second +drop-down list, and enter his name in the text field. +But, before doing this you should have a +look at the <glossterm>header</glossterm> of one of Theodor's +articles and see what is in the <quote>From</quote> line.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>If you do not want to read articles with more than 100 lines, choose +the header entry <guilabel>Lines</guilabel> from the first drop-down +list, choose <guilabel>greater than</guilabel> from the second, and enter +<userinput>100</userinput> in the text field. You probably, then, want to +score down the message.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Last example: of course, you're very interested in every article +that refers to &knode;. Choose the header entry +<guilabel>Subject</guilabel>, then <guilabel>contains substring</guilabel> +and enter <userinput>knode</userinput> in the text field. But what do +you do if &knode; is not mentioned in the +<guilabel>Subject</guilabel>? I suggest using a regular +expression: change <guilabel>contains substring</guilabel> to +<guilabel>matches regular expression</guilabel> and type +<userinput>knode|newsreader|usenet</userinput> into the text +field to match either knode, newsreader or usenet — the <userinput>|</userinput> symbol +means OR. Alternatively, you can make 3 conditions — one that matches knode, +one that matches newsreader and so on — and choose +<guilabel>Match any condition</guilabel>; but, this needs a lot of +space and it is not very elegant, is it?</para> +</listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + +<para>Once your condition is ready you should set an action down in the +<guilabel>Actions</guilabel> section. The most important action is +<guilabel>adjust score</guilabel>; if this action is chosen you can +raise or lower the score, by the configured value, for articles to which +this rule applies. &knode; can also show you a little message when finding +such an article or colorize the header in the article list; for example, you could make +interesting articles scraeming pink so you would notice them very +quickly.</para> + +<para>When leaving the editor, or when the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Scoring</guimenu><guimenuitem>Recalculate +scores</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item is chosen, the rules are executed; furthermore, +the rules are automatically used for new +<glossterm>articles</glossterm>. Scoring makes the most sense when +used with filters: by scoring some articles down and filtering them away +they won't appear in the article list.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="group-identity"> +<title>Group identities</title> + +<para>With &knode; you can use a different identity with every +newsgroup to which you are subscribed; i.e. you can set a name, email address, +reply-to address and signature to use with that group.</para> + +<para>It is easy to set group identities. First, with the right mouse button, +click on the name of the newsgroup in which to have a different identity in; then, +select <guimenuitem>Group Properties</guimenuitem> from the context menu +that appears. In the dialog that appears the second tab contains +fields identical to the global identity settings; enter your settings here and +click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to confirm the changes: then, your articles in +this group will always posted with this newly-entered identity.</para> + +<caution> +<para>When you unsubscribe from a group you lose its identity +settings for this group: if you re-subscribe to the group, you will need to +re-enter its identity settings. For new newsgroups, the global identity is +used.</para> +</caution> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="multiple-news-accounts"> +<title>Managing Multiple News Accounts</title> + +<para>&knode; can handle an unlimited number of news server accounts in +addition to your main news server; most users don't need this feature, +but it can be very useful to if your main newsserver does not provide +all groups you want to read. Typical cases of this are when support groups for +commercial software are hosted on a special, private, server or binary +newsgroups, which are only available from some servers.</para> + +<para>Another example of why you sometimes need more than one newsserver +is that sometimes not all interesting newsgroups are on one +server; in fact, there is very often only a selection of +newsgroups. For example, many servers do not support binary +groups with pictures or programs; if you want such a newsgroup and +your newsserver provider does not want to serve it you can configure +&knode; to get it from another server.</para> + +<para>Or, perhaps you find you are just subscribed to too many +newsgroups, and would like to organize them a little better; you +could set up several accounts for the same server, perhaps one for +groups you read every day, and one for groups you read less often, so +that you do not have to search for your <quote>everyday</quote> groups +in a long list of subscribed groups.</para> + +<para>In order to add an new account, open the preferences +dialog via +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Accounts</guilabel><guilabel>News</guilabel> +</menuchoice>. The <guibutton>New</guibutton> button creates a new +account; you then have to enter the same data as for your first +account, typically a name for the account, the host name, and a user name +and password if the server requires authentication. When +this is done the new server will appear both in the configuration +dialog and in the group view: you can now subscribe to +newsgroups.</para> + +<para>You can delete the currently-selected account by pressing the +<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button.</para> + +<tip> +<para>In the <guimenu>Account properties</guimenu> dialog (available +from the context menu of the newsserver) you can setup an identity for use +only on this newsserver.</para> +</tip> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="PGP-support"> +<title>Sign and Verify Articles with <acronym>PGP</acronym></title> +<anchor id="anc-PGP-support"/> + +<para><acronym>PGP</acronym> is the most-widespread method used to encrypt or +sign data. Using the <glossterm>PGP-signature</glossterm> you can +verify if an article is really from the original author or if it has been +changed by others. You can find PGP-programs and guides at <ulink +url="http://www.pgpi.org">http://www.pgpi.org</ulink>.</para> + +<para>With &knode; you can sign an article with +<acronym>PGP</acronym> and to verify <acronym>PGP</acronym>-signed +article. After you have configured the <acronym>PGP</acronym> support, +at <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +Knode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Signing/Verifying</guilabel></menuchoice>, +you can sign articles in the editor with the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sign article with +PGP</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item — you will be asked for your passphrase +and after that the article will be signed.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Your <application>GnuPG</application>/<acronym>PGP</acronym> +<acronym>ID</acronym> is automatically built from your name and your +email address and is identical to the sender of the message +(<quote>From</quote>-header).</para> +</caution> + +<para> To verify +a <glossterm>PGP-signature</glossterm> you have to choose the menu +item <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Verify +PGP-signature</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> +</sect2> + +</sect1> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-omittag: nil +sgml-shorttag: t +sgml-minimize-attributes: nil +sgml-general-insert-case: lower +sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "chapter" "sect1") +End: +--> |