Hello MFPA, >> I don't actually read everything I get from mailing lists or >> newsgroups. I even 'Ignore' complete threads or branches so that any >> future messages will not bother me. > > How do you achieve that and what does it do?
OK, last night I said: ,----- [ ] | I use two different ways, one with and 'Ignore' filter and the other one | with an 'Ignore' Watch Folder. But neither of them is perfect. I'll give | you more details tomorrow, it's past 2 AM and I'd like to get some sleep | now. `----- and here I am. What the 'Ignore' filter does is very simple, it just looks for certain keywords in the Subject, like for example IMAP (which I don't use and have nothing to say about), and if there is a match the message is marked as read and assigned to my Ignored colour group. This filter used to have a second condition looking for a list of MsgIDs in the References header. The list of MIDs was built and updated with the aid of a PowerPro keyboard macro (which was not reliable) and, as I am not too fond of using external 'windows tools or enhancements', I finally uninstalled PowerPro and never used it again. The 'Ignore' Watch Folder is the alternative to the second part of the filter and I use this mainly for newsgroups. As you probably know, watch folders are a special type of virtual folders that allow you to select a message in the message list and 'Watch replies in..' an already created watch folder. What this does is create and internal (and hidden) list of MIDs associated to the selected watch folder, so that any new message received that includes one of those MIDs in the References header will be displayed in the watch folder. So, when I want to ignore a thread (or branch) I right click on the first message and select Specials/Watch replies in../Ignore and every time I I get new messages that belong to this thread, they will be displayed in the Ignore watch folder. What I do then before going to the specific folder for a newsgroup or mailing list to browse/read new messages is to select my Ignore folder and Ctrl+M to mark all messages as read. And that is basically all. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v4.1.9 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.1.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
