The K Desktop Environment

8.4. The KRN toolbars

8.4.1. The Group List toolbar

Connect to server

Open a connection to your remote server. The equivalent of the menu item File->Connect to server

Disconnect from server

Close the connection to your remote server. The equivalent of the menu item File->Disconnect from server

Get list of active groups

Download the list of active groups from the remote server. This can take quite some time. The equivalent of the menu item File->Get Active File

Find group

Opens the "find group" dialog. This is described in detail under the entry for the equivalent menu item, File->Find

(un)subscribe

Toggle the state of the selected group(s). If they were subscribed, they are now unsubscribed, and vice versa. Equivalent of the menu item Newsgroup->(Un)Subscribe

Check for unread articles

Check the remote server, to see if it has any new unread articles you haven't seen yet.

Post new article

Post a new article to the currently selected group. The equivalent of the menu item Newsgroup->Post new article

8.4.2. The reader window toolbar