Re: Newsreader filter suggestion using regex (regular expression)
 

George wrote:
> In case anyone cares (I do) about the readability and usability of this
> NG, I have a suggestion.
>
> I am a long time lurker whose girlfriend has a TJ. But the bill/goat
> goat/bill posts are absurd and prevent me from showing her the very
> group that is relevant to her.
>
> I have a mac and use MT-NewsWatcher which allows me to filter and kill
> posts based on a regex. You can research this easily, regex is an old
> pattern matching utility UNIX guys use.
>
> After a while of tinkering I have come up with a way to filter any
> combination of bill and goat in the subject line, without filtering out
> anything useful.
>
> Add these lines to your filters:
> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*bill.*goat.*$"
> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*goat.*bill.*$"
>
> Of course you can use other methods, but this is my favorite. I'm sure
> other readers use different filters and wildcards, but I have come to
> appreciate regex.
>
> Thanks for your time. This may be old news, but I couldn't find anything
> in a search of the NG.
>

Thank you george. I'm using Thunderbird, so I'll have to figure it out,
but there's so much of those two morons and their pissing match that I
can't handle it anymore. The sad part is that I think both of them can
make valuable contributions to the NG, but neither of them have the
discipline to stop. Very immature on both sides, and the whole NG pays
the price.

Re: Newsreader filter suggestion using regex (regular expression)
 

George wrote:
> In case anyone cares (I do) about the readability and usability of this
> NG, I have a suggestion.
>
> I am a long time lurker whose girlfriend has a TJ. But the bill/goat
> goat/bill posts are absurd and prevent me from showing her the very
> group that is relevant to her.
>
> I have a mac and use MT-NewsWatcher which allows me to filter and kill
> posts based on a regex. You can research this easily, regex is an old
> pattern matching utility UNIX guys use.
>
> After a while of tinkering I have come up with a way to filter any
> combination of bill and goat in the subject line, without filtering out
> anything useful.
>
> Add these lines to your filters:
> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*bill.*goat.*$"
> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*goat.*bill.*$"
>
> Of course you can use other methods, but this is my favorite. I'm sure
> other readers use different filters and wildcards, but I have come to
> appreciate regex.
>
> Thanks for your time. This may be old news, but I couldn't find anything
> in a search of the NG.
>

Thank you george. I'm using Thunderbird, so I'll have to figure it out,
but there's so much of those two morons and their pissing match that I
can't handle it anymore. The sad part is that I think both of them can
make valuable contributions to the NG, but neither of them have the
discipline to stop. Very immature on both sides, and the whole NG pays
the price.

Re: Newsreader filter suggestion using regex (regular expression)
 

George wrote:
> In case anyone cares (I do) about the readability and usability of this
> NG, I have a suggestion.
>
> I am a long time lurker whose girlfriend has a TJ. But the bill/goat
> goat/bill posts are absurd and prevent me from showing her the very
> group that is relevant to her.
>
> I have a mac and use MT-NewsWatcher which allows me to filter and kill
> posts based on a regex. You can research this easily, regex is an old
> pattern matching utility UNIX guys use.
>
> After a while of tinkering I have come up with a way to filter any
> combination of bill and goat in the subject line, without filtering out
> anything useful.
>
> Add these lines to your filters:
> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*bill.*goat.*$"
> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*goat.*bill.*$"
>
> Of course you can use other methods, but this is my favorite. I'm sure
> other readers use different filters and wildcards, but I have come to
> appreciate regex.
>
> Thanks for your time. This may be old news, but I couldn't find anything
> in a search of the NG.
>

Thank you george. I'm using Thunderbird, so I'll have to figure it out,
but there's so much of those two morons and their pissing match that I
can't handle it anymore. The sad part is that I think both of them can
make valuable contributions to the NG, but neither of them have the
discipline to stop. Very immature on both sides, and the whole NG pays
the price.

Re: Newsreader filter suggestion using regex (regular expression)
 

Peter Stolz wrote:
> George wrote:
>> In case anyone cares (I do) about the readability and usability of
>> this NG, I have a suggestion.
>>
>> I am a long time lurker whose girlfriend has a TJ. But the bill/goat
>> goat/bill posts are absurd and prevent me from showing her the very
>> group that is relevant to her.
>>
>> I have a mac and use MT-NewsWatcher which allows me to filter and kill
>> posts based on a regex. You can research this easily, regex is an old
>> pattern matching utility UNIX guys use.
>>
>> After a while of tinkering I have come up with a way to filter any
>> combination of bill and goat in the subject line, without filtering
>> out anything useful.
>>
>> Add these lines to your filters:
>> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*bill.*goat.*$"
>> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*goat.*bill.*$"
>>
>> Of course you can use other methods, but this is my favorite. I'm sure
>> other readers use different filters and wildcards, but I have come to
>> appreciate regex.
>>
>> Thanks for your time. This may be old news, but I couldn't find
>> anything in a search of the NG.
>>
>
> Thank you george. I'm using Thunderbird, so I'll have to figure it out,
> but there's so much of those two morons and their pissing match that I
> can't handle it anymore. The sad part is that I think both of them can
> make valuable contributions to the NG, but neither of them have the
> discipline to stop. Very immature on both sides, and the whole NG pays
> the price.
With Thunderbird you can just right click on the "From:
whomever@wherever.com" and choose "Create Filter from Message". Just
pick what you want to happen to messages from that source (like delete
:-). If the entire thread annoys you cut and paste the thread title into
a "New Filter" and choose whatever. That right click on "From:" works
wonders for me :-) It keeps the background noise to a minimum.

--
FRH

Re: Newsreader filter suggestion using regex (regular expression)
 

Peter Stolz wrote:
> George wrote:
>> In case anyone cares (I do) about the readability and usability of
>> this NG, I have a suggestion.
>>
>> I am a long time lurker whose girlfriend has a TJ. But the bill/goat
>> goat/bill posts are absurd and prevent me from showing her the very
>> group that is relevant to her.
>>
>> I have a mac and use MT-NewsWatcher which allows me to filter and kill
>> posts based on a regex. You can research this easily, regex is an old
>> pattern matching utility UNIX guys use.
>>
>> After a while of tinkering I have come up with a way to filter any
>> combination of bill and goat in the subject line, without filtering
>> out anything useful.
>>
>> Add these lines to your filters:
>> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*bill.*goat.*$"
>> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*goat.*bill.*$"
>>
>> Of course you can use other methods, but this is my favorite. I'm sure
>> other readers use different filters and wildcards, but I have come to
>> appreciate regex.
>>
>> Thanks for your time. This may be old news, but I couldn't find
>> anything in a search of the NG.
>>
>
> Thank you george. I'm using Thunderbird, so I'll have to figure it out,
> but there's so much of those two morons and their pissing match that I
> can't handle it anymore. The sad part is that I think both of them can
> make valuable contributions to the NG, but neither of them have the
> discipline to stop. Very immature on both sides, and the whole NG pays
> the price.
With Thunderbird you can just right click on the "From:
whomever@wherever.com" and choose "Create Filter from Message". Just
pick what you want to happen to messages from that source (like delete
:-). If the entire thread annoys you cut and paste the thread title into
a "New Filter" and choose whatever. That right click on "From:" works
wonders for me :-) It keeps the background noise to a minimum.

--
FRH

Re: Newsreader filter suggestion using regex (regular expression)
 

Peter Stolz wrote:
> George wrote:
>> In case anyone cares (I do) about the readability and usability of
>> this NG, I have a suggestion.
>>
>> I am a long time lurker whose girlfriend has a TJ. But the bill/goat
>> goat/bill posts are absurd and prevent me from showing her the very
>> group that is relevant to her.
>>
>> I have a mac and use MT-NewsWatcher which allows me to filter and kill
>> posts based on a regex. You can research this easily, regex is an old
>> pattern matching utility UNIX guys use.
>>
>> After a while of tinkering I have come up with a way to filter any
>> combination of bill and goat in the subject line, without filtering
>> out anything useful.
>>
>> Add these lines to your filters:
>> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*bill.*goat.*$"
>> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*goat.*bill.*$"
>>
>> Of course you can use other methods, but this is my favorite. I'm sure
>> other readers use different filters and wildcards, but I have come to
>> appreciate regex.
>>
>> Thanks for your time. This may be old news, but I couldn't find
>> anything in a search of the NG.
>>
>
> Thank you george. I'm using Thunderbird, so I'll have to figure it out,
> but there's so much of those two morons and their pissing match that I
> can't handle it anymore. The sad part is that I think both of them can
> make valuable contributions to the NG, but neither of them have the
> discipline to stop. Very immature on both sides, and the whole NG pays
> the price.
With Thunderbird you can just right click on the "From:
whomever@wherever.com" and choose "Create Filter from Message". Just
pick what you want to happen to messages from that source (like delete
:-). If the entire thread annoys you cut and paste the thread title into
a "New Filter" and choose whatever. That right click on "From:" works
wonders for me :-) It keeps the background noise to a minimum.

--
FRH

Re: Newsreader filter suggestion using regex (regular expression)
 

Peter Stolz wrote:
> George wrote:
>> In case anyone cares (I do) about the readability and usability of
>> this NG, I have a suggestion.
>>
>> I am a long time lurker whose girlfriend has a TJ. But the bill/goat
>> goat/bill posts are absurd and prevent me from showing her the very
>> group that is relevant to her.
>>
>> I have a mac and use MT-NewsWatcher which allows me to filter and kill
>> posts based on a regex. You can research this easily, regex is an old
>> pattern matching utility UNIX guys use.
>>
>> After a while of tinkering I have come up with a way to filter any
>> combination of bill and goat in the subject line, without filtering
>> out anything useful.
>>
>> Add these lines to your filters:
>> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*bill.*goat.*$"
>> kill if 'subject' matches the regular expression "^.*goat.*bill.*$"
>>
>> Of course you can use other methods, but this is my favorite. I'm sure
>> other readers use different filters and wildcards, but I have come to
>> appreciate regex.
>>
>> Thanks for your time. This may be old news, but I couldn't find
>> anything in a search of the NG.
>>
>
> Thank you george. I'm using Thunderbird, so I'll have to figure it out,
> but there's so much of those two morons and their pissing match that I
> can't handle it anymore. The sad part is that I think both of them can
> make valuable contributions to the NG, but neither of them have the
> discipline to stop. Very immature on both sides, and the whole NG pays
> the price.
With Thunderbird you can just right click on the "From:
whomever@wherever.com" and choose "Create Filter from Message". Just
pick what you want to happen to messages from that source (like delete
:-). If the entire thread annoys you cut and paste the thread title into
a "New Filter" and choose whatever. That right click on "From:" works
wonders for me :-) It keeps the background noise to a minimum.

--
FRH

Re: Newsreader filter suggestion using regex (regular expression)
 

Frank_v7.0 wrote:
>...
>>>
>>
>> Thank you george. I'm using Thunderbird, so I'll have to figure it
>> out, but there's so much of those two morons and their pissing match
>> that I can't handle it anymore. The sad part is that I think both of
>> them can make valuable contributions to the NG, but neither of them
>> have the discipline to stop. Very immature on both sides, and the
>> whole NG pays the price.
> With Thunderbird you can just right click on the "From:
> whomever@wherever.com" and choose "Create Filter from Message". Just
> pick what you want to happen to messages from that source (like delete
> :-). If the entire thread annoys you cut and paste the thread title into
> a "New Filter" and choose whatever. That right click on "From:" works
> wonders for me :-) It keeps the background noise to a minimum.
>

More Thunderbird tricks:
Close Thunderbird before doing these...

Path to profile. May have to set view hidden folders to see it.
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxx.default\News

You can edit/create filters directly by browsing to your profile/news
folder and opening rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys.dat in wordpad.
Copy an existing filter from `name` to `condition` and paste at the end,
seasoning to taste.

To make all the existing posts that are filtered go away, delete
rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys.msf.
It will rebuild when you open TB and all the filtered posts will be gone.
ymmv. use at your own risk. performance not guaranteed. offer not valid
in all states. etc. etc.

Re: Newsreader filter suggestion using regex (regular expression)
 

Frank_v7.0 wrote:
>...
>>>
>>
>> Thank you george. I'm using Thunderbird, so I'll have to figure it
>> out, but there's so much of those two morons and their pissing match
>> that I can't handle it anymore. The sad part is that I think both of
>> them can make valuable contributions to the NG, but neither of them
>> have the discipline to stop. Very immature on both sides, and the
>> whole NG pays the price.
> With Thunderbird you can just right click on the "From:
> whomever@wherever.com" and choose "Create Filter from Message". Just
> pick what you want to happen to messages from that source (like delete
> :-). If the entire thread annoys you cut and paste the thread title into
> a "New Filter" and choose whatever. That right click on "From:" works
> wonders for me :-) It keeps the background noise to a minimum.
>

More Thunderbird tricks:
Close Thunderbird before doing these...

Path to profile. May have to set view hidden folders to see it.
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxx.default\News

You can edit/create filters directly by browsing to your profile/news
folder and opening rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys.dat in wordpad.
Copy an existing filter from `name` to `condition` and paste at the end,
seasoning to taste.

To make all the existing posts that are filtered go away, delete
rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys.msf.
It will rebuild when you open TB and all the filtered posts will be gone.
ymmv. use at your own risk. performance not guaranteed. offer not valid
in all states. etc. etc.

Re: Newsreader filter suggestion using regex (regular expression)
 

Frank_v7.0 wrote:
>...
>>>
>>
>> Thank you george. I'm using Thunderbird, so I'll have to figure it
>> out, but there's so much of those two morons and their pissing match
>> that I can't handle it anymore. The sad part is that I think both of
>> them can make valuable contributions to the NG, but neither of them
>> have the discipline to stop. Very immature on both sides, and the
>> whole NG pays the price.
> With Thunderbird you can just right click on the "From:
> whomever@wherever.com" and choose "Create Filter from Message". Just
> pick what you want to happen to messages from that source (like delete
> :-). If the entire thread annoys you cut and paste the thread title into
> a "New Filter" and choose whatever. That right click on "From:" works
> wonders for me :-) It keeps the background noise to a minimum.
>

More Thunderbird tricks:
Close Thunderbird before doing these...

Path to profile. May have to set view hidden folders to see it.
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxx.default\News

You can edit/create filters directly by browsing to your profile/news
folder and opening rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys.dat in wordpad.
Copy an existing filter from `name` to `condition` and paste at the end,
seasoning to taste.

To make all the existing posts that are filtered go away, delete
rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys.msf.
It will rebuild when you open TB and all the filtered posts will be gone.
ymmv. use at your own risk. performance not guaranteed. offer not valid
in all states. etc. etc.