Randall,
> Let me rephrase...
>
> 1) Is it possible, as with NS 4.x, to have one newsgroup be set to "View
> | All" and a different newsgroup set to "View | Threads with unread"? It
> appears, at least in mozilla 7, that the menu setting "View | All" (or
> "View | Unread" ) applies to all newsgroups.
I've fixed that on the trunk.
> 2) If it IS possible to have the view option different for different
> newsgroups, is there a way (preference, whatever, ....) to set the
> default view option to be "View | Threads with unread" ?
Right now, the default for newsgroups is view all, in threaded mode.
The default for mail is view all, non threaded mode.
We could make those configurable with a pref. The first step in doing
that is log a bug using http://bugzilla.mozilla.org.
-Seth