Re: add_posted_to_filter=ON fails occasionally

On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 06:56:50PM +0200, Rado S wrote:
> > > 	tin 1.9.2
> > > 	add_posted_to_filter=ON
> > > 	default_filter_select_header=0
> > > I noticed that some of my posts cause followups within
> > > default_filter_days (actually within 2-3 days of 30) to
> > > highlight, while with others sometimes it fails. What else can
> > > have an effect on this so it works for all of my posts?
> > 
> > add_posted_to_filter only add postings which start a thread to the
> > filter file if tin doesn't know the message-id of the posting in
> > advance.
> 
> I'm sorry, I still don't get it.
> 
> a) "start": I removed all 'References:' lines and changed subject to
> "Something (was: something else)", followups by others carry only
> "Something", does this qualify as "start"?

without looking at the code: yes

> b) So when I just followup, re-followups won't be highlighted?

yes (they might be highlighted if tin knows thier message-id)

> Strange, I had the feeling they were, too, just not always.

> c) "know MID in advance": my News-Host generates MID and returns
> them back to tin, so it never knows about them, why it still works?

???

if your newsserver responses with a message-id in the 340er response to post
tin is able to parse that and rember that id, if your server does not
respond with an ID in the initial POST response tin doesn't know the id.
in the case tin knows about the id all postings should be added to your
filter file, in the case where tin does not know about the id only thread
starters are added (to avoid gazillions of false positives). 

urs

p.s.: I never used that feature and I didn't check the code
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