Re: Watching my threads

Urs Janssen:

> > > > [...] Is  it  possible  in  tin  to  somehow
> > > > 'watch'  the  threads  I  have   contributed
> > > > to? [...] I  want  it  to get selected if it
> > > > has any new messages...
> > >
> > > add_posted_to_filter
> > > If ON add posted articles which start a new thread to
> > > filter for highlighting follow-ups. Default is ON.
> >
> > Thanks.  But I don't think it will subscribe  to
> > a  thread  that  I  post a follow-up to, only to
> > threads I create...
>
> that depends on the server, _if_ your posting con-
> tains  a  Message-ID  while  sending to the server
> thenm tin will add a filter based  on  the  ID  to
> your  filter  file  and that should catch all fol-
> lowups to your posting in the thread (no matter if
> it was the initial posting or not).  If your post-
> ing does not contain a Message-ID  (which  is  the
> normal case when the server does not pupose on the
> the client or tin is not build  to  generate  it's
> own IDs) add_posted_to_filter will only add a fil-
> ter rule for threads started by you (subject based
> filter).

As  I  understand, if Message-IDs are not generated,
filter rules are added based on  the  subject.   Why
not add the same rules when posting follow-ups, and,
maybe, have it controlled by another option?

> > Also, is there a  command  to  navigate  to  the
> > next/previous 'hot' thread?
>
> I'd  use  'X' to hide all non hot articles and use
> the normal navigation (keep in mind that this will
> hide _all_ articles with are not hot, no matter if
> any other articles in the same thread are  hot  or
> not  (and  '*' or ';' do only work on unread arti-
> cles, so you can't use them)  and  'X'  to  toggle
> back to normal when I'm done reading the hot arti-
> cles.
>
> HTH,

Yes, many thanks!

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