2.1.4 Utilities Menu Commands

You can use options on the Utility Menu when you need to perform operations that don't require a particular newsgroup to be selected. This includes creating an article that you would like cross posted to multiple newsgroups, individual (non-news) related Electronic Mail, or operations that interact directly with the local file system.

New Article

Allows you to begin creating a new article. Any selected newsgroups in the group-list will automatically be listed in the “Newsgroups:” field of the article composition window. Compose Mail

Allows you to send Electronic mail directly from within WinVN. The type of mail system you enter will be determined by the setting of the Mail Transport option on the Configure Communications menu. Batch

Allows you to send a series of mail messages or posts once they have been prepared. This is most useful when posting or mailing attachments that need to be broken up into multiple messages. Decode a File

Decode the contents of an encoded file. See Decoding. The file may contain multiple saved mail/news articles, spanning multiple logical encoded files. Encode a File

Encode a file and store the results in a file. See Encode a File. To attach a binary file to a composition, select Attach from the composition menu of a composition window.

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