Re: tin newbie filter question

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> Hi,
> I was looking for a console-based newsreader and chose tin. Currently
> I'm trying to highlight threads with articles from me. The only way I
> can think of (please correct me if I'm wrong) is scoring. I added the
> following rule to my ~./tin/filter
> 
> group=*
> case=1
> score=hot
> from=.*(Christoph Wegscheider)
> 
> This works fine and the wanted threads are scored with 100 if one of my
> article in it is unread, and marked with ':' if ALL articles within the
> thread are read. But if there are unread articles in the thread (from
> other persons) the thread is not highlighted in any way (no score, no :
> mark). My questions:
> 
> * Can I achieve to highlight threads with articles from me in another way
> than scoring?

no

> * Is it possible to score read articles?

yes, see kill_level in the tin-manpage (kill_level => 1 is what you
are looking for).

> * Can I set the : mark even if there are unread articles within the thread?

no, unread articles always hav a higher priority than read articles,
but if you would socring based on Message-ID instead of From the
whole thread would be marked with '*', not only your won articles but
also replys to it....

> * Is there some documentation of tin beside the man pages on the web

the source-tarball has several additional documentation files, e.g.
doc/filtering which describes how one can score own articles (based
on Message-ID and References). it's worth reading it.

> (howtos, guides, tutorials, ... - not the if you wanna quit press q stuff ;)

Dirk once started to write a german tin-FAQ, but he never finished it
and it is a bit outdated, but may still cover some frequently asked
questions. and there is the section 5 tin manpage which describes the
format of the different config-files (e.g. the filter file).

urs
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