To subscribe to one or more newsgroups:

1. Choose Tools | Manage Newsgroups… on the main menu.
   The Manage Newsgroups dialog appears.
   
2. Click the Add… button.
   The Add News Server dialog appears.
   
3. Enter the name of the news server and any other information that may be required to access the newsgroup and click OK. For more information on the fields in the dialog, see Add News Server Dialog.
4. Wait while the list of newsgroups on the server downloads. This could take a few seconds or a few minutes, depending on the speed of your connection and that of the news server. When the list is downloaded, the list of available newsgroups appears in the All and New tabs of Newsgroups section of the dialog. A count of the number of available newsgroups also displays.
5. Expand the nodes of the list of newsgroups and check the box beside each of the newsgroups you wan to subscribe to. If there are many newsgroups, you can search for a particular one by entering part of the name in the box labeled Display newsgroups which contain:.
6. Repeat the process to add more news servers and newsgroups.

The headers for the subscribed newsgroups download after you click OK to close the dialog.

To unsubscribe from a newsgroup:

1. Select the News tab in the Main window.
2. If it is not already visible, show the Newsgroups pane in the Left Sidebar.
3. In the Newsgroups pane, locate the newsgroup from which you want to unsubscribe.
4. Select the newsgroup and choose Unsubscribe on its context menu or click Delete on the keyboard.
   The Remove Subscription window opens.



The Remove subscription dialog (Unsubscribing from the newsgroup "jetbrains.omea.openapi")

5. Click OK to unsubscribe from the newsgroup and save the newsgroup articles in archive. The newsgroup icon becomes grayed, and you will no longer receive new messages in this newsgroup but its articles are still available for working in Omea. You can later delete the newsgroups articles if you choose Unsubscribe in the context menu or click Delete again.
   To unsubscribe from the newsgroup and delete all articles which the newsgroup contains, select Delete all messages from newsgroup option and click OK.

To refresh the articles list and download new headers:

1. Select the newsgroup in the Newsgroups pane.
2. On the main menu, choose Tools | Deliver News or press F9 on the keyboard.

Note that this action refreshes all newsgroups, not just the one you are reading.

To download a group of older headers:

1. Select the desired newsgroup in the Newsgroups pane.
2. Right-click and choose Download Next Headers on the context menu.
   By default Omea downloads 300 headers at a time, but you can change this setting in the Newsgroup options and the Download tab of News Server Properties form.

To apply Font and Color formatting to the particular (sub)conversation:

1. Select the article which thread you want to format to.
2. Right-click on it and select Watch this conversation.



Items List context menu for formatting the conversation

3. In Edit Font and Color Attributes dialog select necessary formatting options:



Selecting desired formatting in Edit Font and Color Attributes dialog

4. Now your conversation is formatted as follows:



Conversation after applying the selected formatting

5. Now your conversation is formatted as follows:



Messages of this conversation in the plain list for a view Last Week

To open and view the nntp header of the newsgroup article:

1. Select the item which headers you want to view.
2. Navigate to the Links and Actionspane.
   Action View Headers... is shown on the bottom of the actions list.



News attachments in the Links and Actions pane

3. Click on the action and article headers will be shown in the separate window:



Header information for the selected newsgroup article

To open and view the attachment(s) included in the newsgroup article:

1. Select the item which contains the attachments you want to view.
2. Navigate to the Links and Actions pane.
   The attachment(s) is shown as a link with a picture corresponding to the attachment type under the News Attachment. If you move the mouse pointer to the attachment link, the attachment size will appear near the mouse pointer.



News attachments in the Links and Actions pane

3. Do one of the following:
   • Click the link with the attachment name.
     The attachment will appear in the Item Viewer.
   • Right-click the link with the attachment name and on the shortcut menu, select Open.
     The application, which can open the attachment file type, will be launched.

To save the newsgroup post's attachment:

1. Follow steps 1 and 2 of the procedure described above.
2. Right-click the link with the attachment name in the Links and Actions pane and on the shortcut menu, select Save As….
3. Select the destination folder, type the attachment name if necessary, and click the Save button.

To mark an entire newsgroup as read:

1. Select the newsgroup in the Newsgroups pane
2. Right-click and choose Mark All As Read on the context menu or press Ctrl+Shift+A on the keyboard.

To mark an entire newsgroup as read automatically when switching to another newsgroup:

1. Select the newsgroup in the Newsgroups pane
2. Right-click and choose Mark All Read on Leave.

To mark an entire newsgroup as read automatically when leaving the application:

1. Select the newsgroup in the Newsgroups pane
2. Right-click and choose Mark All Read on Exit.

To post a new article:

1. Switch to the News tab if necessary.
2. Navigate to the desired newsgroup, article/reply in the Items List, or the article body in the Item Viewer.
3. Press Ctrl+N on the keyboard or right-click on the item and then choose New Article… on the context menu.
   The New Article window opens.



New Article window

4. Type the article subject and text.
5. Select the From: address using the drop-down box. The number of addresses in this drop-down box equals the number of addresses which you have set in properties of the news servers which you are subscribed to. For more information, see News Server Properties.
6. Select the news server to which you are going to post your message.
7. Insert the attachments if necessary. To do so:
• Click the Insert Attachment button.
  The Open window appears.
• Navigate to the desired file, select it, and click OK button to insert it as attachment.
  The attachment appears in the right area of the message body. If you want to delete the attachment from the message, select it and press Del(ete) or right-click and select Remove (to select several attached files, press and hold down Ctrl or Shift and click the desired files).

You can also insert attachments from Windows Explorer and Omea's indexed folders. Navigate to the desired file in the Omea's Items List of the Files tab or the files list in Windows Explorer, select the desired file or files, drag it and drop to the New/Edit message form. The file (or files) will be attached to your message and appear in the attachments area.

8. Click the Newsgroups button, select the newsgroup to which you want to post an article and click OK button.



Select Newsgroups dialog

9. Make other necessary actions and click the Send button or select Send from the File menu to post a new article to the desired newsgroup(s).

To reply to an article or reply:

1. Switch to the News tab if necessary.
2. Navigate to the desired newsgroup, article/reply in the Items List.
3. Either...
   • Choose Actions | Reply on the Main menu, or..
   • Press Ctrl + R, or...
   • Click the Reply button on the Items List toolbar:
4. In the window that opens, you will see the original message text decorated with special markers along the left side. Type the reply, and make other necessary actions, for example, insert the attachment(s) if necessary (repeat the step five of the procedure described above), and click Send. Please note that the newsgroup name is automatically inserted in your message.

Now you can set Omea's options to close the original message when you reply or forward it. See the Newsgroup options.

To send an article/reply:

1. Select the item in the Items List.
2. Either...
   • Choose Actions | Forward on the Main menu, or...
   • Press Ctrl + Shift + F, or...
   • Choose Forward in the context menu of the selected item, or the Item Viewer, or...
   • Click the Forward button on the Items List toolbar:
A new e-mail message is created with the title of the selected item in the Subject, and the header and text in the message body.

To print a newsgroup article/reply:

1. Select the item in the Items List.
2. Either...
   • Choose File | Print on the Main menu, or...
   • Click the Print icon on the Items List toolbar.

To create a folder for the newsgroup:

1. Select the news server in the Items List.
2. Either right-click and select New Folder.



New Folder in the Newsgroups pane

3. Type the folder name and click Enter on the keyboard.

To rename the newsgroup folder, right-click this folder and select Rename or press F3 and type the different name.

After you have created some new folder(s), you need to move the newsgroups to it. To do so:

1. Select the newsgroup you want to move in the Newsgroups pane.
2. Press and hold down the mouse button while moving the newsgroup to the folder.
   The pointer changes its appearance as in figure below.



Moving "jetbrains.omea.pro" newsgroup to "Omea" folder

3. Release the mouse button.
   The newsgroup will be moved to the folder.

Repeat the procedure if you want to move more newsgroups to the folder.

Example of organizing your newsgroups in folders

You can also move the newsgroups from one folder to another any time later and create as nested structure of folders as you wish.

To do so:

1. Navigate to the folder in the Newsgroups pane and select the folder you want to delete.
2. Right-click the folder and select Delete or press Del(ete) on the keyboard.
3. In the dialog which appears, click OK.
   The folder and its contents will be removed from Omea.

To do so:

1. Select the news article you want to cancel in the Items List.
2. Right-click and select Cancel.
   Your newsgroup post will be canceled on the news server, and you will no longer see this post if you unsubsribe from the newsgroup and subscribe to it again.

To do so:

1. Select the news article you want to save onto your PC in the Items List.
2. From the File menu, select Save As.
   The Save As dialog opens.
3. Select the location where you want to save the news article, type the article name and select the file type from the drop-down menu. You can save the newsgroup article as a text file (*.txt) or Outlook Express file (*.nws) and open them using some text editor or Outlook Express respectively.

To suspend a conversation:

1. Select the news article - the head of a conversation you want to stop updating.
2. Right-click and select Stop Updating Thread.

Highlighting stopped thread

To do so:

1. Press and hold down Ctrl button and select the news servers for which you want to customize their settings.
2. Right-click and select Properties.
   Make necessary changes in the News Server Properties dialog which opens and click OK button to save changes. The new settings will be applied to all selected news servers.