Frost is a messaging/file retrieval application for freenet.  This document provides a basic guideline for using frost.  Please be aware that in order to run frost, you must be running freenet.  Now, let's get into using frost!


Files and messaging are associated with various "boards" in frost.  In order to retrieve any possible messages or files for a given board, one must update that board.  Frost does have an automatic update feature.  Be aware that the more boards you are updating, the longer it takes for frost to obtain a list of messages/files for those given boards.  Also because of the anonymity/security features built into freenet, when you update a board, you will most likely have to wait until a list of messages/files is retrieved for your given board.  So best to update the boards of interest to you and go do some other tasks and come back later to see your results.  


Updating a Board

Board Update

If you have deselected Automatic Board update in the configuration section, this page shows you how to manually update a board.  If you are using automatic board updating you can ignore this section.

First one clicks on a board.  The above picture shows the folder/board window with various boards that may come with your frost application.  When you select a board by left-clicking the board name with your mouse, it gets highlighted in blue.  In the example the freesites board is highlighted.  Once you have selected the board , in order to begin receiving messages/file lists you must update that board.  To do so, left-click the circular arrow icon that is highlighted in yellow and is located just beneath the downloads tab.  If you wish to know what any icon represents, just hover your mouse pointer over that icon and a short text description should appear.  

If you click on a folder, then it gets highlighted in blue.  Then clicking the highlighted circular icon updates all boards associated with that particular folder.  

You can also update a board by selecting the board name and then right-clicking with your mouse.  This will bring up a menu:

Right Click Window

You can choose from among various options in that window.  Also you can select a folder and right-click on it.  The same window as above opens.  If you choose Refresh board/folder it will update all boards associated with that particular folder.  

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