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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / April 2008Filtering cross posted messages in usenet
I'm using Hogwasher on a G5 iMac Power PC. I want to filter messages that are cross posted to more than 3 newsgroups. Will the following do it? ":[^:]+:[^:]+:[^:]+:" Many thanks. Peter  SignatureIt was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of medical thought. P G Wodehouse 1881 -1975 > I'm using Hogwasher on a G5 iMac Power PC. I want to filter messages that > are cross posted to more than 3 newsgroups. Will the following do it? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Peter Try: "[^ ]+[^ ]+[^ ]+" see also... http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/Internet/NEWS/filteredit.html#groupdialog SignatureROT-13 to send an e-mail: 1abercyl@urgarg.ay > > I'm using Hogwasher on a G5 iMac Power PC. I want to filter messages that > > are cross posted to more than 3 newsgroups. Will the following do it? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Try: "[^ ]+[^ ]+[^ ]+" I think you need to add spaces to that expression: "[^ ]+ [^ ]+ [^ ]+ " SignatureJim Gibson Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > I'm using Hogwasher on a G5 iMac Power PC. I want to filter messages > > > that [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > "[^ ]+ [^ ]+ [^ ]+ " There seem to be many ways of doing this. I asked the same questions about a year and a half ago and this one worked for me: Kill if XRef header matches the regular expression .*:.*:.* Add another :.* to kill articles posted to 4 or more groups, etc. SignatureRon Walcik Killeen, Texas This email address is not checked. If you want to contact me directly, send to: firstname at lastname dot net. >>> I'm using Hogwasher on a G5 iMac Power PC. I want to filter messages that >>> are cross posted to more than 3 newsgroups. Will the following do it? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > "[^ ]+ [^ ]+ [^ ]+ " So drop the ":" and a space after "+" ? Peter SignatureIt was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of medical thought. P G Wodehouse 1881 -1975 > >>> I'm using Hogwasher on a G5 iMac Power PC. I want to filter messages > >>> that [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > So drop the ":" and a space after "+" ? > Peter Your original regular expression worked for me...just tried. In my reply the spaces were lost. The last post is correct...yes, a space after the "+" SignatureROT-13 to send an e-mail: 1abercyl@urgarg.ay > I'm using Hogwasher on a G5 iMac Power PC. I want to filter messages that > are cross posted to more than 3 newsgroups. Will the following do it? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Peter Here's another one: http://www.ravenna.com/~forbes/index.cgi/mt-nw/ SignatureROT-13 to send an e-mail: 1abercyl@urgarg.ay > I'm using Hogwasher on a G5 iMac Power PC. I want to filter messages that > are cross posted to more than 3 newsgroups. Will the following do it? > > ":[^:]+:[^:]+:[^:]+:" Drop the first colon and it should work [^:]+:[^:]+:[^:]+: Signaturedee > I'm using Hogwasher on a G5 iMac Power PC. I want to filter messages that > are cross posted to more than 3 newsgroups. Will the following do it? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Peter You can also block everything from Google. That gets rid of 99.8% of spam and trolling for me. SignatureBlock Google's spam and enjoy Usenet again. Reply with Google and I won't hear from you. |
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