Jean Parrot -> August Abolins said..

 AA>> A reply to newsgroup is CTRL+R here.

 JP>     Here too, my question was for the Send action. I like hot keys and
 JP> this one is Alt+F then D.


Cool... It works.  I didn't see the "D" option in the F)ile menu,
but a previous message I had open just got sent.  KB shortcuts are great. 
Your hands never have to leave the keyboard.

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