Getting Headers

There are several places in Newsman where you can access the header retrieval functions:

In the Navigator by right-clicking on a Workgroup or individual newsgroup


In the Workgroups view from the toolbar for the selected Workgroup or individual newsgroup


In the Workgroups view by right-clicking on a Workgroup or individual newsgroup


In the Messages view from the toolbar



You'll notice that on most of the menu options, there are three different menu options for getting headers:

• Get Headers - Displays the "Get Headers Dialog" (described below).
• Get New Headers - Gets new headers for the selected Workgroup or newsgroup.
• Get New Headers For... - Allows you to get new headers for multiple Workgroups at once.

This dialog allows you to get headers in different ways.



New Headers - Headers posted since your last update.

All Headers - All headers on the server. You will be prompted for how many days to keep.

Last xxx headers - Retrieves the last number of headers you specify.

Headers By Date - Retrieves all headers posted between two dates. Uses a very fast binary search algorithm to find the header closest to the specified dates.

Range - Retrieves a range of headers for a particular newsgroup.

Catchup - Does not retrieve any headers, but does set the pointer in Newsman to the most recently posted header. Useful when you want to catchup after being away for a long while.

Once you've done your initial header downloads, you'll most likely want to use the "Get New Headers" menu or toolbar option. This is a shortcut to the "Get New Headers" option on the above dialog.