Daniel wrote:
> Larry S. wrote:
>> Geoff Welsh wrote:
>>> Daniel wrote:
>
> <Snip>
>
>>>> In advising the OP to download their Yahoo messages and then do the
>>>> filtering in SeaMonkey, have you tried it??
>>>>
>>>> I, sort of, recall reading somewhere here-abouts, that filters are not
>>>> working, for some reason, and, by-the-by, last night I set up two new
>>>> filters on my Usenet account but, tonight, they are not doing anything.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can't think of how filters could even work in News accounts only Mail.
>>> e.g, you can't "delete" posts or mark them "Junk" like you can with
>>> messages so a filter couldn't do that either.
>>>
>>> Can you give some examples?
>>>
>>> GW
>> Hmmm . . . I use filters on News groups, and they work just fine. Note
>> that my setting is View>Threads>Threads With Unread, so for postings
>> that I find to be abusive, my filter (based on the sender) is set to
>> "Mark As Read" and they don't show up. And yes, Delete is another choice
>> and it works when tested, although I don't actually use it.
>>
>> True, some Mail settings like Junk aren't available for News groups.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Larry S.
>
> Geoff, in News Groups you can set filters to e.g. Mark as Read, Copy
> Message to, Ignore Thread (there are about 10-12 possible filters). And
> you can apply the filters to individual groups on a server or to ever
> group on the server.
>
> Larry, have the worked in the last week or so?? I'm sure I've read
> somewhere that they are not working, maybe since the release of SM 2.21,
> so your old filters may still work (I don't know either way for sure),
> but on my new filters they are not working!
>
The OP is not talking about down loading messages in Newsgroups. It is
regular email that he is dealing with. I have no filters on my Yahoo
email account and download everything usiung POP3 and let SM do the
filtering.
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