About the Newsgroup (Group) Pane

    

The background color and font of the group pane can be customized with the Newsgroup - Properties command. See if you need help

In addition to the group names (or nicknames), you see two columns containing numbers:
·      Local: The number of unread local articles (live count) ·      Server: The number of articles available from the server have not been downloaded.
Hover the mouse over a newsgroup and a tool tip shows the full newsgroup name and another number: the Total local count.
(Tool Tips are formatted in Windows display properties)
Newsgroups are sorted alphabetically. You can give a group a nickname in Newsgroup Properties - General. Some users add a prefix to sort and group the newsgroup list. (A leading space is an unobtrusive way - the next grouping can have 2 spaces, etc). This method is used in the screenshot to position the top two groups at the top of the list.

Newsgroup Icons
        A subscribed group (bodies not stored)
       A subscribed group (article bodies stored)
    A red border indicates that this a "Sampled" newsgroup. Unless you convert or keep it, Gravity will delete the group when you exit.
    A red slash indicates that the headers will not be retrieved automatically for this group when you use the server command to "Retrieve All Headers"
This override is set for individual newsgroups in Newsgroup - Properties - General, "Do not automatically retrieve headers for this group"

Storing Bodies
Article body storage is set for individual newsgroups in Newsgroup - Properties - General - "Retrieve and store article bodies"