Newsgroup colors

Just wondering why on my list of newsgroups some are black and some are red.

Also on the messages one of my messages is red and another is black. What
is the difference?

Thanks

"Henry Jones" <henry@yada.com> wrote in message
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> Just wondering why on my list of newsgroups some are black and some are
> red.
>
> Also on the messages one of my messages is red and another is black. What
> is the difference?

Red means there's an unread reply to one of your threads.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
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Henry,
The red ones are ones you are watching, or have posted yourself.
You might notice little eyeglasses next to them.

Jeff

"Henry Jones" <henry@yada.com> wrote in message
news:OsAbwnIGHHA.3780@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Just wondering why on my list of newsgroups some are black and some are
> red.
>
> Also on the messages one of my messages is red and another is black. What
> is the difference?
>
> Thanks

Henry--

You can mark messages to "watch" by color and by flag. You can mark the
message to watch by going Tools>Messages>Watch conversation or you can put a
flag by them. You can choose the color to use by going on the Win
Mail/Vista or OE/XP interface by going to Tools>Options>Send tab and choose
from 14 lovely vibrant colors.

Try the Fuscia to liven up the water cooler talk in your office or brighten
up your home on those dreary Winter days unless you're in Australia or
somewhere it's summer now.

I find it useful to mark topics of interest or topics where I want to see
the answers that will come to see what I can learn.

You also can mark messages as read by right clicking a particular message
and clicking "Mark as Read" on the right click context menu.

You can further tweak and sculpt your rules by going Tools>Messages>Rules
and more on this is in Win Mail Help and on sites like www.tomsterdam.com
and the MVP OE sites like:

MVP Sites for OE listed here:
http://www.mvps.org/links.html#OE

www.insideoutlookexpress.com

www.fjsmjs.com/OE/index.htm

www.oehelp.com/Default.aspx

www.tushar-mehta.com/misc_tutorials/oe_ng/

These sites are helpful:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...ewsgroups.mspx

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp

CH





"Henry Jones" <henry@yada.com> wrote in message
news:OsAbwnIGHHA.3780@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Just wondering why on my list of newsgroups some are black and some are
> red.
>
> Also on the messages one of my messages is red and another is black. What
> is the difference?
>
> Thanks

"Henry Jones" <henry@yada.com> wrote in message
news:OsAbwnIGHHA.3780@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Just wondering why on my list of newsgroups some are black and some are
> red.
>
> Also on the messages one of my messages is red and another is black. What
> is the difference?


I recommend you make message rules as well. I make a rule to mark my own
messages as read, flagged and watched, so I can see my replies. I have it
flagged as also manually flag any conversation that I reply to so that I can
see all other messages in the thread easily. Making custom Views to show
only watched messages is handy as well.

Outlook Express always had some gugs regarding watched messages, but I find
Windows Mail even worse.

ss.