On 20/03/2008, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 03/19/2008 12:54 PM, James Knott wrote: > > NoOp wrote: > >> On 03/17/2008 09:46 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: > >> > >>> On 2008/03/17 9:09 AM, Jim Allan wrote: > >>> > >>>> Larry Gusaas wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Can't search for "Delivered-To:" in Thunderbird newsgroup reader. I > >>>>> get these messages through Gmane. I AM NO going to switch reader to > >>>>> accommodate the rididulous policy to this list nor am I, considering > >>>>> the high volume on this list going to switch back to emails. > >>>>> > >>>> You can be uncooperative and not do this if you wish. > >>>> > >>> Thunderbird is the most recommended email program to people asking for > >>> email programs. Why should I change. Why can't OO.o fix the problem of > >>> unsubscribed posters. They are the uncooperative ones. > >>> > >> > >> FWIW: The next major release of SeaMonkey (SeaMonkey 2) and presumably > >> Thunderbird, as they both will use the same MailNews core, will have > the > >> ability to filter on headers: > >> > > > > I thought they already could. I've been using header filtering in > > Seamonkey for some time. I use it to change the message header colour. > > > > > > > How are you doing that? SM 1.1.x currently cannot filter on specific > headers in the newsreader - only in the email headers. The problem is > that many contributors to the list use the gmane nntp newsreader instead > of subscribing to the email list. This eliminates downloading tons of > emails from this list as well as others you are subscribed to. The > problem currently is that SM and TB cannot filter by defined headers - > required to determine if the poster is unsubscribed or not. Example, > header: Delivered-To, NNTP-Posting-Host etc. If you can do that with > yours I'd sure like to know how you are doing it.
I think Mr. Knott may be confused between the *mail* reader and the *news* reader components of Seamonkey. If Seamonkey is like Thunderbird then the mail reader can already filter on the headers but the news reader cannot. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
