per-newsgroup settings

[Pomax]

I'd like to request some per-newsgroups settings, akin to how right now there are only workgroup settings. Things I'd like to be able to tell newsmanpro *per newsgroup*:

- override global article grouping options (checkbox whether or not to group at all, and what grouping threshold to use), because one setting doesn't work for every newsgroup, and sticking it in the workgroup is still not good enough; it *also* needs to be settable per newsgroup.

- 'what to do when loading the headers for a big group', so that one can set a default action instead of constantly having to pick oldest/newest/date range/all every time you move focus to that newsgroup. (For some binaries, I only want the latest 5000 or so, but for something like comp.text.tex, I want all 145k messages.)

- default text encoding choice (with the ability to override it when writing a message)

- a checkboxable "show these columns:..." section, so we can quickly and in one go customise the column layout for individual newsgroups.


Basically, all the settings that are applied per workgroup should really also (note, ALSO, not "move to" =) be available per newsgroup, with a few more options for message loading and grouping per group.

- Pomax

[administrator]

[Pomax]

[administrator]

I understand what you are saying regarding context (language, etc...) and content (what each group is about) when creating Workgroups, but NMP isn't designed to distinguish between the two. When a Workgroup is loaded, the underlying newsgroup "settings" would be ignored anyway. So what you are really asking for is to not use Workgroups and only use newsgroups, except in the rare (in your case) instance where the content and context are the same. Unfortunately, NMP isn't built to handle that, so you are stuck using single-group Workgroups to emulate what you are trying to achieve.

Regards

[administrator]