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4.2.4 Group Functions in the Message Area List

When you have set up groups, the message area list will make navigation with many areas a lot easier.

4.2.4.1 Sorting Areas by Group

The most basic group feature of the area list is that it can display areas grou-sorted, i.E. first all areas of the first group, then all areas of the second group, and so on. To achieve this, use the SortAreas keyword as follows:

SortAreas G

Most probably, you will further want to sort the area inside the group. If, for example, you want to sort all netmail areas to the beginning of each group, and then sort the areas alphabetically by description, you would use

SortAreas GND

Once you have activated sorting areas by group, MsgEd TE will draw horizontal bars between the groups to visually separate them. If you do not like this feature, you can disable it using:

Switch GroupSeparators Off

4.2.4.2 Displaying only a certain group

You can press Ctrl-G in the arealist and get a list of all groups that have been defined. When you select any of those groups, the area list will then only display areas that are member of this group. Further more, all other MsgEd TE functions, like area scanning, personal mail scan, switching to the next/previous area in message reading mode, etc., will also only work on those groups. MsgEd TE will effectively behave as if only those groups had been defined. (An exception is when moving/copying/forwarding mail or replying to a different area: there you will still get a list of all areas).

You can then again use the Ctrl-G menu or press the short cut Alt-0 to return to the display of all defined areas. You can also use the shortuts Alt-1Alt-9 to quickly switch between the first nine groups.


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