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From: zoara on 3 Aug 2010 10:07
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> On 30/07/2010 12:06, Woody wrote:
>> On 30/07/2010 10:45, Alexander Clauss wrote:
>>> Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can currently make any thread that matches (including subthread)
> > > > a
>>>> different colour, but can't seem to make the same thread disappear.
> > > > I
>>>> (obviously incorrectly) assumed if I could colour them with a
> > > > filter, I
>>>> could just turn the 'read' switch on and the wouldn't come in.
> > > > Doesn't
>>>> seem to work that way
>>>
>>> It does work this way if NewsTap is configured to hide the read
> > > articles.
>>> But note that while you haven't left the thread, it will be still
>>> visible,
>>> even if all articles are now marked as read. As soon as you go to
> > > another
>>> thread, the previous one should be hidden (assuming read articles
>>> should be
>>> hidden, of course)
>>
>> Still doesn't seem to be filtering on subject. Do I need to put the
>> 'Re:' in or a * in before.
>>
>> First I think I got it wrong as I had blank whereas it appears I need
> > a
>> asterix if I am not interested in that field. My colour filter works
> > on
>> usernames, but I was trying to kill a specific thread, and set the
>> filters up, then checked, and new unread messages turned up.
>>
>
> What would be really good is a simple 'auto-filter' so you could just
> click on a message and say 'autokill the rest of this thread'.
> In fact, in the way of describing things in the apple world, you could
> say it would be magical!
>

I'd love that too...

I can't quite work out a pattern why sometimes "filter subthread" works
when filtering by poster, and sometimes it doesn't. Once I do, I'll put
in a bug report, but right now I'm not sure if it's just because I'm
doing something stupid...

-z-


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