Daniel wrote:
> On 30/08/2016 10:58 PM, WaltS48 wrote:
>> On 08/30/2016 08:28 AM, Arnie Goetchius wrote:
>>> Daniel wrote:
>>>> On 29/08/2016 11:43 PM, David H. Durgee wrote:
>
> <Snip>
>
>>>>> Does the spammer always use particular unique phrases that
>>>>> nobody else is likely to ever use? It should be possible to
>>>>> create a filter that searches the body for particular phrases
>>>>> and activate if two or more phrases peculiar to this annoyance
>>>>> are found. Depending upon how likely you deem it that the
>>>>> filter could activate in error you might want to simply mark
>>>>> the post as read as opposed to deleting it or perhaps move it
>>>>> to a suspect folder for later consideration.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>> As we're dealing with UseNet, I don't thing the " move it to a
>>>> suspect folder for later consideration." is an option. "mark the
>>>> post as read" or deleting (which effectively does the same thing)
>>>> would be my choose.
>>>>
>>> I use "Delete" and it is my understanding that it effectively
>>> deletes any messages from the newsgroup download, in my case the
>>> download from "eternal september". Please, someone, correct me if
>>> that is not correct.
>>
>> I believe the headers still download and then get deleted from the
>> newsgroup in your SeaMonkey.
>>
>> What does your filter log indicate?
>
> For what it's worth, I suspect that if you click "delete" on a News
> Group subject, it just marks it as read.
>
If it marks as read, the message still shows up on the list as "read".
When the filter deletes it, the message does not even appear on the list.
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