Can new TB (3 and up) filter on source of news postings
Lou
AFAIK TB 2 will not do that.
Chris Ilias
> Can I filter out all posts coming from Google groups?
> AFAIK TB 2 will not do that.
Yes. Starting from Thunderbird 3, you can filter news posts based on any
header.
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Chris Ilias <http://ilias.ca>
Mailing list/Newsgroup moderator
Lou
> On 10-12-28 12:46 AM, Lou wrote:
>> Can I filter out all posts coming from Google groups?
>> AFAIK TB 2 will not do that.
>
> Yes. Starting from Thunderbird 3, you can filter news posts based on any
> header.
>
Since I am now ready to try TB 3 can I (how) have TB2 and TB3 on the
same machine?
TIA
Lou
David E. Ross
When you go to create a new filter or add to an existing filter, there
are three inputs to define the filter. The first two are pull-down
selection lists.
When you select the first (left-most) selection list, you will see
Customize at the bottom. Select it. You are then given a dialog window
to input any message header type (e.g., User-Agent, Injection-Info). Of
course, you will have to be viewing the source of an offending message
to see on which header you will be filtering and what content (the third
input) to use.
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David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>
On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages
posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent
because of spam from that source.
Lou
> On 12/28/10 4:20 AM, Lou wrote:
>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>> On 10-12-28 12:46 AM, Lou wrote:
>>>> Can I filter out all posts coming from Google groups?
>>>> AFAIK TB 2 will not do that.
>>> Yes. Starting from Thunderbird 3, you can filter news posts based on any
>>> header.
>>>
>> Thank you very much.
>> Since I am now ready to try TB 3 can I (how) have TB2 and TB3 on the
>> same machine?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Lou
>
> When you go to create a new filter or add to an existing filter, there
> are three inputs to define the filter. The first two are pull-down
> selection lists.
>
> When you select the first (left-most) selection list, you will see
> Customize at the bottom. Select it. You are then given a dialog window
> to input any message header type (e.g., User-Agent, Injection-Info). Of
> course, you will have to be viewing the source of an offending message
> to see on which header you will be filtering and what content (the third
> input) to use.
>
started nicely. TB3 have same feature?
Chris Ilias
> Since I am now ready to try TB 3 can I (how) have TB2 and TB3 on the
> same machine?
You can, but going back and forth with the same profile is not
recommended. Are you using IMAP for email or POP? If you are using IMAP,
create a new profile [1], then install each version of Thunderbird in a
separate location.
If you're using POP, it gets a lot more complicated.
[1]<http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Using+Multiple+Profiles>
David E. Ross
I just tested Tbird 3.1.7. The answer is sometimes "yes", but more
often "no".
Lou
> On 10-12-28 7:20 AM, Lou wrote:
>> Since I am now ready to try TB 3 can I (how) have TB2 and TB3 on the
>> same machine?
>
> You can, but going back and forth with the same profile is not
> recommended. Are you using IMAP for email or POP? If you are using IMAP,
> create a new profile [1], then install each version of Thunderbird in a
> separate location.
>
> If you're using POP, it gets a lot more complicated.
>
> [1]<http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Using+Multiple+Profiles>
>
Also have gmail.
Two accounts on each.
All mail is read by browser.
Use TB for news.
Lou
Nelson Bolyard
> On 10-12-28 12:46 AM, Lou wrote:
>> Can I filter out all posts coming from Google groups?
>> AFAIK TB 2 will not do that.
>
> Yes. Starting from Thunderbird 3, you can filter news posts based on any
> header.
Provided you have infinite patience.