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Date:	Wed, 11 Feb 2004 20:20:21 PST8
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Mozilla email filters OUCH!

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Peter Skye wrote:
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> Ray Davison wrote:
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>>>there's supposed to be a filter edit window available
>>>from the Edit menu but there isn't one here.
>>
>>By now you might have found the filter edit function.
>
>
> Yeah . . . the stupid docs are wrong. It's under Tools.

That's what I told you, or didn't you get the message.
>
> Umm, Ray, there's a problem here. All the filters get _alphabetized_.
> That's pretty dumb; suppose you want them applied in a different
> sequence? For example, suppose I have a JunkMail folder and a Spam
> folder *and* I have a Family folder and a SCOUG folder. Then junk &
> spam will still end up in my Family folder, and any message to the SCOUG
> list that mentions junk or spam might never get into the SCOUG folder.

So, they move. Reorder them. I didn't mean to imply that you wouldn't
have to do ANY work. Just that the effort would be minor and well worth it.
>
> The filters are all kept in the rules.dat file (take a look).
>
>
>>I don't recall what happens if you try NS
>>on files that have been used by Moz.
>
>
> They should work just fine. Mozilla simply adds a few extra header
> lines for its own tracking.

There is another index? file.

Ray

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