Re: Killfile

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 08:08:39PM +0200, Niklaus Kuehnis wrote:
> Another question regarding filtering: Can I filter for newsgroups I  
> haven't subscribed to?

if the are present on the server (and thus are mentioned in the xref-line).

> E.g. filter out messages crossposted to 
> comp.os.linux.advocacy while reading alt.os.linux.ubuntu? The following 
> doesn't seem to work:
>
> group=*comp.os.linux.advocacy*
> case=0
> score=kill

it can't if you never enter comp.os.linux.advocacy then the rule will never
be used. group is not matched against the newsgroup line, it's used to give
a scope hwre the rule will be used. and as tin only filters when entring a
group the "scope" group=*comp.os.linux.advocacy* will never match if you
never enter comp.os.linux.advocacy.

group=alt.os.linux.ubuntu
case=0
score=kill
xref=*comp.os.linux.advocacy*

should work (if your server carries comp.os.linux.advocacy and has Xref:full
in it's overview).

urs
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