To compose a reply message, select the Compose Mail option from the Respond menu or toolbar of an article window. If using SMTP, WinVN creates a composition window. If using MAPI, WinVN opens the MAPI interface (i.e. Microsoft Mail). Initial header fields are filled in with information taken from your Personal Info configuration and from the header of the referenced article. The full text of the referenced article is also included in this window, with each line preceded by a ">" to indicate that an article is being quoted. You should delete irrelevant quoted lines. Some news servers will reject postings which contain more quoted text than new text.
If you are using a MAPI interface such as Microsoft Mail, your mail window will look something like this:
To forward an article via mail, select the Forward Article option from the Respond menu or toolbar in an article window. See Respond Menu Commands. If using SMTP, WinVN creates a composition window. If using MAPI, WinVN opens the MAPI interface (i.e. Microsoft Mail). Initial header fields are filled in with information taken from your WinVN configuration (see Configure Personal Info) and from the header of the referenced article. The full text of the forwarded article is also included in this window, preceded by a line which says "--Forwarded--". You may include any introductory text by editing the article before sending it.
You must fill in a recipient on the "To:" field.
When you have completed composing your message, you can send it to the network or cancel it. (If using SMTP, see Composition Menu Commands.) If the message is sent successfully, the composition or MAPI edit window is closed.
If using SMTP mail, the mail window will be very similar to the news composition window. See Composition Window.
