"Glen" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Does anyone know how to add a filter to block all cross posted messages. I
> have tried to figure it out, but I can't seem to get it to work.
>
> TIA
> Glen
>
>
I've listed two filters below to do that
#
rec.woodworking drop Xref:*;*;*
#
rec.woodworking drop Newsgroups:*,*
#
I suggest trying both.
The first (using Xref ) should work on any news server but will not count
cross-posts to newsgroups not provided by your news server.
ie the odd cross post might slip through.
The second will block all cross posts but won't work on some news servers.
(Nfilter will use the "XHDR" command to fetch the "Newsgroups" header,
unfortunately some news servers do not support this command).
To set up Outlook Express to use Newsproxy / Nfilter
Select Tools-> Accounts from the menu
Click the news tab, select your news account and click properties.
(I suggest clicking export to save the current settings to a file at
this point)
Click the server tab and copy the server name.
In Newsproxy Select Edit-> configuration, click on Network tab
and paste the server name you copied from Outlook Express
into "server name or IP number"
The server name in Outlook Express should be replaced with 127.0.0.1
to connect via the proxy.
"mel" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
Sorry just spotted an error should be rec.woodworking drop Xref:*:*:*
not ;
(corrected bellow)
> "Glen" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > Does anyone know how to add a filter to block all cross posted messages. I
> > have tried to figure it out, but I can't seem to get it to work.
> >
> > TIA
> > Glen
> >
> >
>
I've listed two filters below to do that
#
rec.woodworking drop Xref:*:*:*
#
rec.woodworking drop Newsgroups:*,*
#
I suggest trying both.
The first (using Xref ) should work on any news server but will not count
cross-posts to newsgroups not provided by your news server.
ie the odd cross post might slip through.
The second will block all cross posts but won't work on some news servers.
(Nfilter will use the "XHDR" command to fetch the "Newsgroups" header,
unfortunately some news servers do not support this command).
To set up Outlook Express to use Newsproxy / Nfilter
Select Tools-> Accounts from the menu
Click the news tab, select your news account and click properties.
(I suggest clicking export to save the current settings to a file at
this point)
Click the server tab and copy the server name.
In Newsproxy Select Edit-> configuration, click on Network tab
and paste the server name you copied from Outlook Express
into "server name or IP number"
The server name in Outlook Express should be replaced with 127.0.0.1
to connect via the proxy.
Regards
mel
"Mel" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"mel" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>
>
>Sorry just spotted an error should be rec.woodworking drop Xref:*:*:*
>not ;
>(corrected bellow)
Thanks, just added use of netproxy and your filter to my
countermeasures to help go back to enjoying the wreck.
Wes
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