Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-08 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Paul, Friday, September 5, 2003, 4:04:39 PM, you wrote: PR An alternative might be to send them to a junk folder instead, Ouch. Now we're junk :-( grin -- Leif (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Using The Bat! 2.00 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 on a

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-08 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Urban, Friday, September 5, 2003, 6:15:56 PM, you wrote: U IMHO, that is a wee bit ill-mannered of the moderators. There U should be no reason for us lowly mortals having to even consider U this risk, instead they should send 2 separate messages (and most U often they do). moderators

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-08 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi Leif, on Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:57:04 -0600GMT (08.09.03, 17:57 +0200GMT here), you wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : LG moderators whispering LG whisper, whisper, ok, so Marck, whisper, grab his legs, whisper, LG Allie, take both trouts, whisper, whisper, I'll lure him Urban around LG the

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-08 Thread Paul Richardson
Leif Gregory wrote: Ouch. Now we're junk :-( grin Grin noted, but I really didn't intend any offence. I just think sometimes the cure is worse than the disease :-) -- Paul Richardson Using The Bat! v1.62r on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-06 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
Hi Mark, @5-Sep-2003, 20:34 -0700 (04:34 UK time) Mark Wieder [MW] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: PR ...sometimes the mod's make an actual contribution to the PR discussion in the same message... MW Ouch. Ouch. MW Yo mods - I feel your pain... moderator [sniffs] and shuffles, now with a

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-06 Thread Anne
Saturday, September 6, 2003, 4:34:45 AM, Mark wrote: MW Ouch. Ouch. MW Yo mods - I feel your pain... Good grief..!!! They'll be carrying bells soon and calling Unclean Unclean as they trawl these lists! Poor Mods - what it must be to feel s unwanted/unloved! ;-) -- Cheers, Anne

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread MAU
Hello Urban, Care to show us an example? No, I really can't. Those who know me have probably guessed that I was kinda joking. I have no such filter. It is true that I have thought quite a bit about it because I do not want to waste even a few seconds on messages that say nothing relevant in the

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Tim
I don't know you well enough to know the filter doesn't exist. And I was really interested in seeing such a filter. I agree completely with your sentiments about all the junk that precedes the content of many replies. I don't know how high my preview window is (I just counted and it's 19 lines),

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread MAU
Hello Tim, I don't know you well enough to know the filter doesn't exist. And I was really interested in seeing such a filter. It is true I have thought about it but I found no way of doing it. Maybe it can be done with Regexps but I assume it would be quite complicated and I am quite a

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Paul Richardson
Tim wrote: I agree completely with your sentiments about all the junk that precedes the content of many replies. email. I'm very interested is seeing if it attracts a moderators' top-posting warning. At least the mods consistently use the same format when complaining about top posting,

Re[2]: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Dave Kennedy
Friday, September 5, 2003, 4:37:37 AM, MAU wrote: M No, I really can't. Those who know me have probably guessed M that I was kinda joking. I have no such filter. Too bad. :( It would be handy, huh? M It is true that I have thought quite a bit about it because I M do not want to waste even a few

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread MAU
Hello Dave, It would be handy, huh? It certainly would for me. How about applying Bayesian logic to this? Can filters call an external program or a plug-in? Yes, on the Actions tab of filter you can select Run external program. About Bayesian logic, I don't really know but I wouldn't think

Re[2]: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Dave Kennedy
Friday, September 5, 2003, 10:04:49 AM, MAU wrote: How about applying Bayesian logic to this? Can filters call an external program or a plug-in? M Yes, on the Actions tab of filter you can select Run external M program. About Bayesian logic, I don't really know but I M wouldn't think so. What

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Stuart Hemming
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 M What we could perhaps try is to invent a Relevant Text Delimiter, Actually, that would work; all you would need to do is search for the RTD (Relevant Text Delimiter) /anywhere/ in message and send everything else to the trash. Why? 'cos only those

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread MAU
Hello Tim, I agree completely with your sentiments about all the junk that precedes the content of many replies. mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] is a perfect example. Sorry Andreas, nothing personal :-) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.62i

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello MAU, On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 21:19:09 +0200 GMT (05/09/2003, 02:19 +0700 GMT), MAU wrote: While that sounds interesting, I wonder how a filter would determine what is reolevant to you. No, no, no. You are wrong. _I_ determine what is relevant for the filter. :) If it's not automatic, you

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello MAU, On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:37:37 +0200 GMT (05/09/2003, 15:37 +0700 GMT), MAU wrote: So, as I have found no way to make such a filter yet, I have a visual/manual work-around. Oh. Scratch my last message. ;-) -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Why do

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Urban
Friday, September 5, 2003, Paul Richardson wrote: At least the mods consistently use the same format when complaining about top posting, off-topic posting, etc., etc. That makes it easy to eliminate such mails I'm tired and/or (take your pick)in a lazy mood. Would you mind terribly posting

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Paul Richardson
Urban wrote: Would you mind terribly posting how you do that. PleasepleasepleasePLEASE I've had a great deal of help from this list; no problem to repay just a little. These mod postings usually begin with: Note: This moderator's interjection is a note to all readers I set up a filter

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Paul, On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 23:04:39 +0100 GMT (06/09/2003, 05:04 +0700 GMT), Paul Richardson wrote: Note: This moderator's interjection is a note to all readers I set up a filter based on this. That is, in Accounts/Sorting office I make a filter which looks for this text in location text

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Urban
Saturday, September 6, 2003, Paul Richardson wrote: These mod postings usually begin with: Note: This moderator's interjection I'll snip it there so it doesn't end up in your junk folder. Thanks. Makes me feeling kinda dumb not thinking of that. One caveat, though: sometimes the mod's make

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-05 Thread Mark Wieder
Paul- Friday, September 5, 2003, 3:04:39 PM, you wrote: PR ...sometimes the mod's make an actual contribution to PR the discussion in the same message... Ouch. Ouch. Yo mods - I feel your pain... -- -Mark Wieder Using The Bat! v1.63 Beta/7 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2

My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-04 Thread MAU
Hello all, I am experimenting a new filter for mailing lists like this one that will skip a message (mark it automatically as read) if Relevant Text does not start within the first 20 lines of the message body. It is very easy to set up and it seems to work very well so far. -- Best regards,

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-04 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello MAU, On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:56:31 +0200 GMT (04/09/2003, 21:56 +0700 GMT), MAU wrote: I am experimenting a new filter for mailing lists like this one that will skip a message (mark it automatically as read) if Relevant Text does not start within the first 20 lines of the message body. It

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-04 Thread MAU
Hello Thomas, While that sounds interesting, I wonder how a filter would determine what is reolevant to you. No, no, no. You are wrong. _I_ determine what is relevant for the filter. :) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.62i

Re: My new 20 lines filter

2003-09-04 Thread Urban
Thursday, September 4, 2003, MAU wrote: I am experimenting a new filter for mailing lists like this one that will skip a message (mark it automatically as read) if Relevant Text does not start within the first 20 lines of the message body. It is very easy to set up and it seems to work very