On 09 Jul 2003, Tech Zero <nowhere@dragonfur.ca> wrote :

> The voice of "Hiram Walker" drifted in on the cyber-winds, 
> from the sea of virtual chaos...
> 
>> What is the meaning of the check mark beside the name of a queue on 
>> the drop down folder menu? 
> 
> It means there's something waiting to be downloaded in the Queue 
> file. But you could have just "opened it up" and found that out for
> yourself...  }:8P

Or something that's been downloaded and marked as read, but hasn't been 
deleted/purged yet. No check mark = folder empty.

-- 
Martin S.