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   NFN Smith to All   
   Re: Filter Problem   
   12 Aug 25 08:07:12   
   
   From: worldoff9908@gmail.com   
      
   Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> Do Filters not filter on the server portion ... or do I have to have   
   >>> the username before the '@' in the Filter name as well as the server   
   >>> name??   
   >>   
   >> Filters default to "Match all of the following" although the only   
   >> times I have ever kept that setting is when there was only one line in   
   >> the filter.  You *do* have "Match any of the following" set?   
   >   
   > Bingo. I had the Filters screen set to the Default "Match all of the   
   > following" which, initially, worked ..... but, now that one of the three   
   > conditions has been changed, the filter cannot work.   
   >   
   > I've adjusted it to "Match any of the following".   
   >   
   > Let's see if that fixes things. ;-P (maybe not tonight, as I've already   
   > downloaded the message numbers, but let's see!!)   
      
   I've found that to be the most common problem with filters that have   
   more than one condition.  The default setting is to match all, and it's   
   easy to miss the need to change to matching any, and as a result, rules   
   that are too strict and don't identify what you're looking for.   
      
   Smith   
      
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