On 9 Jun 2008 19:31:05 GMT, Derek Turner wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:58:10 +0100, Andy Champ wrote:
>
>
>>>
>> Umm. If you can tell me how to set Thunderbird to filter like that I'd
>> be really pleased.
>>
>> I seem to be winning though, 64 new posts tonight of which only 15 made
>> it through my filters and only 2 of those were spam.
>>
>> Andy
>
> You can't. Thunderbird was never designed to be a newsreader any more
> than Outlook Express was usenet was an afterthought in both. The two
most
> user-friendly and easy-to-use alternatives are Forte Agent (Windows) and
> Pan (linux originally but now ****ted to Windows). Pan is brilliant as
you
> can just right-click to 'ignore thread' or 'ignore user' and in its
> preferences you can set to ignore posts that are cross-posted to more
> than n groups. These settings work on a per-group basis so you can be
> selective as to which you are most strict with. Unless a 'regular'
> replies to one of these trolls and spams, I don't see them.
Pan is bastard ****ing useful, in my opinion.
--
Martin
