Re: Filtering AFN mk3 [Xnews]



On Wed 03 Aug 2005 19:05:35, Maxx Pollare wrote:
<news:Xns96A77B048B647AlphaTwo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Reality folded in on itself, and somewhere the following words
> from "Mike Dee" apeared in history:
>
>> Making a clear departure from previous methods, this version is
>> more flexible. Controlled X-posting is now allowed. We can take
>> this to NSR now Maxx, if you like :)
>
> Coolies... [Redirecting to RFN]
>
>> Slrn and Hamster users may be able to make use of these Xnews
>> filters, others may be out of luck. As always, copy script
>> below, in Xnews "Ctrl + E" to bring up the score editor, paste
>> and save.
>>
>>%%%%%
>> [^alt\.free\.newsservers$]
>>
>> Score: -9999
>> Xref: :.*:
>> ~Xref:
>> alt\.(usen(.*)comparison|(.*)wservers)|news.s(.*)readers
>
> Try:
> Score: -9999
> Xref: (.*:)+
> ~Xref: alt\.usen.*(comparison|wservers)|news.+readers
>
> Or even better:
> Score: -9999
> Xref: (.*:)+
> ~Xref: comparison|\.newswservers|\.readers
>
> Since "compar" only catches
> "alt.binaries.news-server-comparison" &
> "alt.usenet.news-server-comparison", "\.newswservers" only grabs
> "alt.internet.newservers", and "\.readers" only finds
> "news.software.readers"... So it should be acurate enough.
>
>> Score: -9999
>> Newsgroups: ,
>> ~Newsgroups:
>> alt\.(usen(.*)comparison|(.*)wservers)|news.s(.*)readers
>
> That's cool, and same deal as above...
>
> And duplicating what the Xref header is already doing may not be
> nesssary. If your server can't do XHDRs, or already has
> affected & cross-posted then you should leave this part out.
>
>> Score:: -9999
>> Message-ID: @(ann?on|diz|mail\.cyp|mixm|paran|pun)
>> Path: nym\.a|fe0
>> Subject: \bcarol\b|\bde\b|\bfred\b|rec\.|\brobb\b
>
> Dito for that "path" header...
> And your still "encasing" unnnessary things...
>
> Typing in the quickscore box you can see what it "catches",
> allowing you to refine the entry before adding it to your score
> file, as you should know. So the rewite would be:
>
> [^alt\.free\.newsservers$]
> Score: =-9999
> Xref: (.*:)+
> ~Xref: comparison|\.newswservers|\.readers
>
> Score:: -9999
> Message-ID: @(ann?on|diz|mail\.cyp|mixm|paran|pun)
> Subject: carol|\bde\b|fred|rec\.|robb
> %If your newserver supports XHDRs...
> % Path: nym\.a|fe0
> % Newsgroups: ,
>
> And a quick Hamster conversion...
>
> ["newsservers"]
> =-1000 subject "carol" {\bde\b} "fred" "rec." "robb"
> =-1300 message-id {@ann?on} "@diz" "@mail.cyp" "@mixm"
> "@paran" "@pun" =-1700 xpost %>1
> -@xref:{comparison|\.newswservers|\.readers} ?-5000 path
> "nym.a" "fe0"
>


Maxx, I don't much understand the technical details of the filter
statements you are discussing with Mike.

I'd like to use what Mike Dee has posted or to use a rewritten
version from you.

Could you post a suggested block of filter statements in the way Mike
has done so dummies like me can just cut & paste it into their Xnews
score file.
.



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