turning off pine filters

[Jim Chivas]

Greetings:

Is there a way to turn off specific pine filters without removing the
details. I would like to keep the details of the filter in case I want to
turn them back on at a later date. This is also useful for testing
different filters.

I don't want to have to retype the filters again.

EX: Some email programs allow you to enable or disable via a select
option for each defined filter.

Thanks

Jim

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[Chiefy]

05 Mar 2002 17:32 UTC, Jim Chivas typed:

> Is there a way to turn off specific pine filters without removing the
> details. I would like to keep the details of the filter in case I want to
> turn them back on at a later date.

You could try altering 'Filter Action' to 'Just Set Message Status'
M-S-R-F

Regards.

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Speed.

[Nancy McGough]

On 5 Mar 2002 Jim Chivas (chi...@sfu.ca) wrote:
> Is there a way to turn off specific pine filters without removing the

The way I do this is to put the filters in a file and then
eXclude the file. To do this, type

M Main
S Setup
R Rules
F Filters
O Other

and then you'll see these two commands

I IncludeFile
X eXcludeFile

Type I to give a name to the file to be included. Then use $ to
shuffle the filter you want to turn off into the file. Then use X
to exclude the file.

HTH,
Nancy
compartmentalization fan
(unlike Steve Ballmer of MS who said "That's the way good software
gets designed. So if you pull out a piece it won't run." See:
<http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200203/msg00038.html>
)

REFERENCE:
The message I'm replying to -- and this entire thread & group --
may be available at

<http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=a62vel$lsd$1...@morgoth.sfu.ca>

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[Chiefy]

06 Mar 2002 13:40 UTC, Nancy McGough typed:

> M Main
> S Setup
> R Rules
> F Filters
> O Other
>
> and then you'll see these two commands
>
> I IncludeFile
> X eXcludeFile
>
> Type I to give a name to the file to be included. Then use $ to
> shuffle the filter you want to turn off into the file. Then use X
> to exclude the file.

Excellent!!!

I should have known there would be a 'right' way to do this.

Regards.

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Speed. (who really _must_ read some of the manuals :-)