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  • XanaNews - Filters

    From D@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 2 16:29:44 2024
    XanaNews > Help > Contents > Working with XanaNews > Filters
    Filters
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    XanaNews > Tools > Options > Default Settings > Filters
    Xananews holds a single list of filters, but it allows you to
    apply each one globally, per account or per newsgroup

    XanaNews > File > Move Messagebase...
    Your message base is currently stored in the default location
    This is usually the best place for it but you may want to move
    it if this disk drive is getting full
    New Location for Messagebase
    Default Location
    Custom Location
    C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Woozle\XanaNews ...

    *note: there is no sign of any "filter list" in the default message
    base folder, and there is no option to create or edit a filter list;
    web searches aren't much help either . . . it would appear that the
    "XanaNews" newsreader does not work as advertised, because there is
    no "list of filters" anywhere to be found, and no way to create one

    classic newsreaders 40tude dialog, mesnews, gravity, are way better
    especially dialog, because it uses hamster scoring with an editable
    plain text file in C:\Program Files (x86)\40tude Dialog\filters.dat

    no other news reader is that user-friendly, not mesnews, or gravity

    40tude Dialog v2.0.15.1 (2005-2-7): https://www.barghahn-online.de/4td_faq/download.php https://www.barghahn-online.de/4td_faq/download/4d2b38.exe

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 2 18:31:57 2024
    D wrote:

    *note: there is no sign of any "filter list" in the default
    message base folder, and there is no option to create or edit
    a filter list; web searches aren't much help either . . . it
    would appear that the "XanaNews" newsreader does not work as
    advertised, because there is no "list of filters" anywhere to
    be found, and no way to create one

    To create a filter in XanaNews: Options -> Filters -> Click 'Add'
    button at the bottom and then select the parameters for the
    filter and create the filter that you want.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Aug 2 20:23:19 2024
    On Fri, 2 Aug 2024 18:31:57 +0100, "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote: >D wrote:
    *note: there is no sign of any "filter list" in the default
    message base folder, and there is no option to create or edit
    a filter list; web searches aren't much help either . . . it
    would appear that the "XanaNews" newsreader does not work as
    advertised, because there is no "list of filters" anywhere to
    be found, and no way to create one

    To create a filter in XanaNews: Options -> Filters -> Click 'Add'
    button at the bottom and then select the parameters for the
    filter and create the filter that you want.

    sure enough! i've been testing xananews mostly in windows 7, but
    didn't check this filter feature in windows 11 until moments ago
    and there it is, the "add" button ... for some reason it doesn't
    appear under windows 7; on windows 11, i didn't see any new file
    after successfully adding "google.com" under message-id with not
    to download; but i'll definitely test this on windows 11 more in
    the next few days . . . but thank you for the helpful correction

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