RO> Sure, create an incoming filter that marks messages as read. As RO> condition you use the message-id of the first message in the thread RO> and you check for that message-id in the kludges. How do I reference a message other than the one I'm filtering?
RO> This works only on lists like this where the majority uses a mua that RO> supports threading by references. Understood. If I can do as you suggest, then I could also create a colour group for these messages so that they appear greyed out. -- Stuart Using The Bat! v1.63 Beta/7 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ... and anything below is beyond my control - sorry ... ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html