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Appendix A:

 

All configuration information and personal settings are stored in the NX.INI file (possibly located in C:\WINDOWS or in the NX home directory). I've included my personal NX.INI file as an example:

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[Config]
NNTPServer=news.csus.edu
NNTPPort=119
SMTPServer=csus.edu
SMTPPort=25
TZ=PST8PDT
Fullname=Brian Smither
Email=sac75191@saclink.csus.edu
Organization=CSU, Sacramento
Signature=C:\WINSOCK\NX\SIG.TXT
HomeDir=C:\WINSOCK\NX
NewsRC=C:\WINSOCK\NX\NEWSRC
Logfile=C:\WINSOCK\NX\HISTORY.LOG
MaxIncLines=50
MaxHeadersPerRead=50
IncPrefix=>
Options=122074138
Template=%s - %f [%p/%t]
DecodePath=C:\WINSOCK\NX
CutSize=2000
TimeFormat=%m/%d %I:%M %p
RefreshRate=0
WrapSize=78
DecodeDir=X:\PMVIEW\BINARIES
Headers=FROM,SUBJECT,DATE,ORGANIZATION
NewsRCUpdate=950527 213529
FTP=C:\WINSOCK\WS_FTP\WS_FTP.EXE
WWW=C:\WINSOCK\NETSCAPE\NETSCAPE.EXE
Gopher=C:\WINSOCK\WSGOPHER\WSGOPHER.EXE
Sort=0
 
[Auth]
Username=
Password=
 
[Geometry]
Frame=17 34 849 704 1
Newsgroups=1 0 779 584 1
Articles=8 34 813 511 444 479 591 1
Article=14 67 839 439 1
Edit=1 37 871 473 1
Outbox=17 7 825 183 350 1
Copyself=17 7 825 183 350 1
 
[Article Font]
FaceName=Courier
Height=-17
Weight=400
Width=0
Escapement=0
Italic=0
Underline=0
CharSet=0
PitchAndFamily=49
 
[Listing Font]
FaceName=Helv
Height=-15
Weight=400
Width=0
Escapement=0
Italic=0
Underline=0
CharSet=0
PitchAndFamily=0
 
[StatusBar Font]
FaceName=Helv
Height=-12
Weight=400
Width=0
Escapement=0
Italic=0
Underline=0
CharSet=0
PitchAndFamily=34
 
[Printer Font]
FaceName=Helv
Height=-12
Weight=400
Width=0
Escapement=0
Italic=0
Underline=0
CharSet=0
PitchAndFamily=34
 
[Edit Font]
FaceName=Fixedsys
Height=-15
Weight=400
Width=0
Escapement=0
Italic=0
Underline=0
CharSet=0
PitchAndFamily=49
 
[Folders]
Count=1
Folder0=News Xpress, 6 33 830 440 495 540 652 1
 
[MailHeaders]
Count=2
Head0=Subject,
Head1=To,
 
[PostHeaders]
Count=2
Head0=Newsgroups,
Head1=Subject,
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The [CONFIG], Options line is calculated as follows:

Feature is active:                  Add to total
............................ ....................
Show grid lines 67108864 2^26
Update Subscribed Newsgroups 33554432 2^25
Hide Groups Without Articles 16777216 2^24
Suppress "Re:" 8388608 2^23
New Window for Each Group 4194304 2^22
New Window for Each Article 2097152 2^21
Menu Bar:View, Expand All Threads 1048576 2^20
Prompt for New Groups 524288 2^19
Skip Old Articles 262144 2^18
====
Retrieve New Groups Only (If any) 131072 2^17
.OR.Retrieve All Active Groups 65536 2^16
.OR. Do Not Retrieve Any Groups 0
====
Menu Bar: View, All Articles 32768 2^15
Confirm on Post and Send Mail 16384 2^14
Generate Message ID 8192 2^13
Menu Bar: View, Indent Threads 4096 2^12
Connect on Startup 2048 2^11
Word Wrap 1024 2^10
Display Headers Except: 512 2^9
Include Headers of Original 256 2^8
Prompt for Including Original 128 2^7
Execute Files After Decoded 64 2^6
Prompt for Decoding 32 2^5
Thread by References 16 2^4
Thread by Subject 8 2^3
<Unknown at this time> 4 2^2
Copy Self 2 2^1
CC: by Mail 1 2^0

The [CONFIG], Sort line is as follows:
Sort=# where # is by 0:Subject; 1:Author; 2:Lines; 3:Date

 

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Most recent revision: March 31, 1997
Copyright © 1997 , Brian H. Smither.
All Rights Reserved.
E-MAIL: Brian Smither