On Thursday, August 12, 2004 it appears that Dierk Haasis wrote the following in regards to "2.13 beta 4: New filtering system does partial filterind":
>> Yeah, really. I don't get it. Have many others resorted to >> re-writing all their filters? >> It's ridiculous for RIT Labs to expect that -- beta or no beta. DH> No. Neither did they "expect" us (at least I hope) nor is it too DH> far-fetched for beta testing. Now, *this* beta cycle is specifically DH> to test out the new filter system. If anybody expects a complete and DH> perfect system, I'd find that a bit delusional. Hello Dierk. I'm too old to be delusional about a piece of software -- politics, honesty, wars, yes -- but not software. I can't speak for everyone but I, for one, did not expect a complete & perfect system. If so, it would not be a beta, right? I've been around for a couple of TB! years, thru a # of beta cycles -- some better than others. That's not the issue for me otherwise I wouldn't bother d/l betas. I don't care if I'm the first on my block with the latest version. What bothers me here is that the filter conversion seems to be working sometimes under certain conditions for some but not for others & there hasn't been much consolidation of information for what works & what doesn't which leaves me with the feeling that it's a true mish mash & no one has been able to get their arms around it. It's like a patchwork quilt, not much rhyme or reason. I could certainly be wrong & it's genuinely possible I just can't see the forest for the trees &, if that's the case, I hope you'll educate me in that regard. I realize there are a lot of variables & exponential combinations but I followed the directions, i.e. |-------------------------| Begin |-------------------------| New filtering system is one of the major goals of current beta cycle. It is not fully implemented yet, but everybody risky enough can toggle it on in account settings. It should automatically convert current filters to new system. Known issues: 1. Before starting program kill all .srb files (new filtering options) which can be created by earlier versions. It should be enough to get converted most of your filters 2. There is a problem with KNOWN filter - it converts invalidly now 3. Only basic action work now, but situation will change 4. It can work wrong on IMAP (yet) |--------------------------| End |--------------------------| and even so, I can find no pattern nor have I read anything about a pattern nor is anyone keeping track of the problems to my knowledge to see if patterns develop.... so.... this is a useless exercise from my pov as I cannot use the new filtering system nor can I really help debug it in any meaningful way & still maintain some semblance of a daily work flow. The only pattern I've developed is that once I switch out of the debug mode, *everything* works fine. -- Jan Rifkinson Ridgefield CT USA TB! v2.13 "Lucky" Beta/4 W2K v5.0 Service Pack 4 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 2.13 'Lucky' Beta/4 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
