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From: Mike Webb on 20 Dec 2009 16:17
On 2009-12-20 20:34:47 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> said
>
> Correct - rules only affect newly-downloaded messages. This is a design
> decision by Panic.
>
> You'll find MT-NewsWatcher a way better news reader in this regard, BTW.

thanks for the tip i downloaded it and found it a bit complicated at
first, ill try for a bit longer see if i get used to it!!

From: Jolly Roger on 20 Dec 2009 16:21
In article <2009122021174150073-webbm(a)gmxcom>,
Mike Webb <webbm(a)gmx.com> wrote:

> On 2009-12-20 20:34:47 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> said
> >
> > Correct - rules only affect newly-downloaded messages. This is a design
> > decision by Panic.
> >
> > You'll find MT-NewsWatcher a way better news reader in this regard, BTW.
>
> thanks for the tip i downloaded it and found it a bit complicated at
> first, ill try for a bit longer see if i get used to it!!

It does take a little getting used to, yes. Once you have it set up and
have become familiar with the way it works, however, you'll find it is
one or the most feature-rich news clients available. Its filtering
abilities (rules) in particular are arguably the best of them all.

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From: Wayne C. Morris on 20 Dec 2009 16:34
In article <jollyroger-07E74F.14344720122009(a)news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> In article <2009122019205150073-webbm(a)gmxcom>,
> Mike Webb <webbm(a)gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > On 2009-12-20 19:13:43 +0000, Mike Webb <webbm(a)gmx.com> said:
> >
> > > On 2009-12-20 12:22:52 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> said:
> > >>
> > >> You could use rules to colorize any messages whose "references" header
> > >> contains your address.
> > >
> > > Yeah i tried to do this but i cant get them to work!! do you use the
> > > rules? i tried using "Contains" "equal to" but none of them are
> > > changing colours!!!
> >
> > Think iv got it now, it will hi-light all the messages that iv sent
> > post creation of the rule!!
>
> Correct - rules only affect newly-downloaded messages. This is a design
> decision by Panic.

True, but you can make it apply the rules to older messages by selecting all the
messages in the group and using the Message - Apply Rules menu command.


> You'll find MT-NewsWatcher a way better news reader in this regard, BTW.

MT-NW is much better than Unison in almost *every* regard, except for
downloading binaries.
From: Mike Webb on 20 Dec 2009 18:00
On 2009-12-20 21:34:38 +0000, "Wayne C. Morris"
<wayne.morris(a)this.is.invalid> said

>> Correct - rules only affect newly-downloaded messages. This is a design
>> decision by Panic.
>
> True, but you can make it apply the rules to older messages by
> selecting all the
> messages in the group and using the Message - Apply Rules menu command

Thank you!! Didn't think of trying that, very helpful!

>> You'll find MT-NewsWatcher a way better news reader in this regard, BTW.
>
> MT-NW is much better than Unison in almost *every* regard, except for
> downloading binaries.

How "bad" is it at downloading binaries does it not support it or what?...
I use unison for binaries quite a lot, i would say the same if not more
than the newsgroups.

From: Jolly Roger on 20 Dec 2009 21:45
In article <2009122023005816807-webbm(a)gmxcom>,
Mike Webb <webbm(a)gmx.com> wrote:

> On 2009-12-20 21:34:38 +0000, "Wayne C. Morris"
> <wayne.morris(a)this.is.invalid> said
>
> >> Correct - rules only affect newly-downloaded messages. This is a design
> >> decision by Panic.
> >
> > True, but you can make it apply the rules to older messages by
> > selecting all the
> > messages in the group and using the Message - Apply Rules menu command
>
> Thank you!! Didn't think of trying that, very helpful!
>
> >> You'll find MT-NewsWatcher a way better news reader in this regard, BTW.
> >
> > MT-NW is much better than Unison in almost *every* regard, except for
> > downloading binaries.
>
> How "bad" is it at downloading binaries does it not support it or what?...
> I use unison for binaries quite a lot, i would say the same if not more
> than the newsgroups.

It supports it and it works well. It's just not quite as user friendly,
I imagine. MTNW is free, so if you are interested, you can try it
yourself.

--
Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me.
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM
filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting
messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google
Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts.

JR
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