what is the box on the left side of the screen for?

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some are black some orange or a green one with a white star or have check marks

[Muttley]

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[f1 fred]

thank you

how do you know this is there an index somewhere and i just didnt see the memo?

[Muttley]

The info is at the bottom of the thread titles page.

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Thanks muttley

sometimes i think my username should be Stu Pid