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Filters
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XanaNews > Tools > Options > Default Settings > Filters

Xananews holds a single list of filters, but it allows you to
apply each one globally, per account or per newsgroup

XanaNews > File > Move Messagebase...

Your message base is currently stored in the default location
This is usually the best place for it but you may want to move
it if this disk drive is getting full
New Location for Messagebase
Default Location
Custom Location
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Woozle\XanaNews ...

*note: there is no sign of any "filter list" in the default message
base folder, and there is no option to create or edit a filter list;
web searches aren't much help either . . . it would appear that the
"XanaNews" newsreader does not work as advertised, because there is
no "list of filters" anywhere to be found, and no way to create one

classic newsreaders 40tude dialog, mesnews, gravity, are way better
especially dialog, because it uses hamster scoring with an editable
plain text file in C:\Program Files (x86)\40tude Dialog\filters.dat

no other news reader is that user-friendly, not mesnews, or gravity

40tude Dialog v2.0.15.1 (2005-2-7): https://www.barghahn-online.de/4td_faq/download.php https://www.barghahn-online.de/4td_faq/download/4d2b38.exe

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D wrote:

*note: there is no sign of any "filter list" in the default
message base folder, and there is no option to create or edit
a filter list; web searches aren't much help either . . . it
would appear that the "XanaNews" newsreader does not work as
advertised, because there is no "list of filters" anywhere to
be found, and no way to create one

To create a filter in XanaNews: Options -> Filters -> Click 'Add'
button at the bottom and then select the parameters for the
filter and create the filter that you want.

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On Fri, 2 Aug 2024 18:31:57 +0100, "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote: >D wrote:

*note: there is no sign of any "filter list" in the default
message base folder, and there is no option to create or edit
a filter list; web searches aren't much help either . . . it
would appear that the "XanaNews" newsreader does not work as
advertised, because there is no "list of filters" anywhere to
be found, and no way to create one

To create a filter in XanaNews: Options -> Filters -> Click 'Add'
button at the bottom and then select the parameters for the
filter and create the filter that you want.

sure enough! i've been testing xananews mostly in windows 7, but
didn't check this filter feature in windows 11 until moments ago
and there it is, the "add" button ... for some reason it doesn't
appear under windows 7; on windows 11, i didn't see any new file
after successfully adding "google.com" under message-id with not
to download; but i'll definitely test this on windows 11 more in
the next few days . . . but thank you for the helpful correction

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