Re: Filter question

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 10:46:08PM -0600, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've used Tin without many filters, but I'm now trying to learn how they
> work since I'm reading a couple of groups with a lot of noise. I was
> wondering when I make a filter on from and msgid if other messages that
> hits one of the criteria will be filtered?

yes they will

> Let's say I have a filter
> like this:
> 
> From:[email protected]
> Msgid=*.4ax
> Score=kill
> 
> Will all messages with *.4ax in the msgid be filtered, or only the ones
> that have both [email protected] and *.4ax in msgid?

yes. If you don't like this you have to use the score carefully (the magic
word kill equals -100; the message actually is killed when it has a score
less than -50; so if you use i.e.:

From:[email protected]
Msgid=*.4ax
Score=-33

then a message with just a single hit (either from or msgid) gets a score
of -33 (which is more than -50, so the message is left alone), but if it
matches both it get-66 wich is less than -50 and thus the message will be
killed.

urs
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