Re: [Pan-users] Feature request

[Duncan]

On Thu 10 Apr 2003 08:11, EZ Mouse posted as excerpted below:
> I was trying to use a minimum line count filter to have the
> alt.binaries.multimedia.* groups only show large binaries.  Unfortunately,
> large binaries tend to get posted in small chunks which pan combines and
> displays as one article.  What I would like is a way to filter based on the
> combined line count of a multi-part post and not the individual chunk size.

What I settled on is a filter with two clauses..

Filter:
Less than X lines (where 100<X<500, 120 is what I am using for my mostly still 
pix groups, erroring on the side of caution but letting more small-pix spam 
thru).
AND
Not an incomplete attachment.

Rule:
Delete.

Now.. this DOES leave a few mistakes, where the subject line has PAN fooled 
into thinking it's an incomplete muti-part when it isn't, but these aren't 
TOO common, and a decent number of them can be filtered out with ordinary 
spam filtering techniques.

I suppose there may be a few of the opposite mistake as well, where PAN may 
not detect it as a part of a multi-part when it is, in some groups.  If that 
seems to be the case, you could try marking as read or ignored or some such 
instead of delete, so the overview is still there in case you need it to 
complete a multipart. but you won't normally see it.

An alternative would be two rules, one deleting with the incomplete attachment 
clause as well as the less than X lines clause, another simply marking as 
read or ignored with only the less than X lines clause.

-- 
Duncan
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