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Re: filtering Tramp
de Helen 05/22/2006 12:38
FTR wrote:
> Tr. wrote:
>> FTR wrote:
>>> How can I filter the Tramp troll? I use Thunderbird , latest
>>> version, and don't see many possibilities.
>>>
>>
>> Took me a while to find. On a PC:
>> C:Documents and Settings--name--Application
>> DataThunderbirdProfiles--random
>> number--.defaultNewsnews.provider find
>> alt.comp.freeware.dat
>>
>> Close Thunderbird.
>>
>> Open the .dat file (I use jujuedit)
>>
>> Add this:
>> version="8"
>> logging="no"
>> name="Tramp"
>> enabled="yes"
>> type="4"
>> action="Mark read"
>> action="Delete"
>> action="Ignore thread"
>> condition="OR (from,is,Tramp)"
>>
>> Repeat the block for as many others as needed from this ng.
>> Save the file.
>> It will not filter against what you have already got but it will stop
>> the rest. If you want to see none, unsubscribe, clear the folder
>> where the .dat file is (keeping the .dat) of the ng .msf file then
>> redownload. Worksforme :)
>>
> I'll try your tip, thanks. But I thought that only the sender can
> demete a message in a ng - ??
You aren't 'deleting' it, all you're doing is closing your door (window)
so to speak and not seeing it. I do that all the time in another ng
with three or four of the obnixous vulgar posters. I use OE and
'block sender' thus never see their slop unless someone else
includes their junk in their own post.
Helen