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   MicroPlanet Gravity > Help [F1] > Index > Rules > The Parts of the Rule   
   System:   
   >Parts of the Rule System   
   >What Parts of Gravity Make up the Rule System? How are they all related?   
   >The following table summarizes all of the parts of Gravity that are   
   >related to rules and indicates when they should be used. You might not   
   >see some of the Standard Rules in the Rule List until you the rule once.   
   >Rules Dialog   
   >Tools - Rules   
   >Opens the Main Rules dialog to create, edit, enable and disable, or import   
   >and export rules. Use the Newsgroups tab to specify to which groups the rule   
   >should apply. Use the Conditions tab to specify the conditions that an   
   >article must satisfy. Use the Actions tab to specify the actions to be taken   
   >if the article matches the rule.   
   >Apply a Rule Manually   
   >If you enable a rule, its conditions are applied to incoming headers. If you   
   >want to apply rules to a group or selected articles on command, use the   
   >Apply a Rule Manually command.  You can also manually apply a rule to   
   >multiple groups at once.   
   >Rule Bar   
   >Use the Rule Bar to apply rules manually.  Select the rule you want, then   
   >click the Run button.   
   >Important Words Rule   
   >Important Words are phrases you want Gravity to call to your attention. The   
   >rule evaluates article subjects for words or phrases that are in the   
   >Important Word List (see next) and flags the article as Important   
   >If enabled, this happens automatically when retrieving headers. The default   
   >action for the Important Words rule is to mark the article as Important, but   
   >it can be edited by the advanced user.   
   >Important Words List   
   >Tools - Important Words - Enter your important words in the Important Words   
   >List. These are the words used by the Important Words Rule. You can make   
   >other rules that flag articles important, or even mark articles manually,   
   >but this list is used by the Important Word Rule.   
   >Watch Thread Command, Rule and List   
   >Use the Watch Thread Command (W) to automatically retrieve all articles in a   
   >thread.  When you are reading an article and choose Watch Thread, Gravity   
   >looks at each article within the thread and adds its references (ancestor   
   >message-ids) to the Watch List (see below). It then applies the Watch Rule   
   >to each article.  Gravity fetches the articles (or tags them for retrieval   
   >if off-line) and automatically retrieves any article in the future that   
   >belongs to the thread.It also flags the article as watched   
   >The Watch Thread Rule is a Standard Rule and will appear after first use.   
   >Like other rules, it can be edited (advanced users).   
   >Watch List   
   >The Watch List (View - Other Windows) is a list of threads Gravity is   
   >currently watching. The Watch Rule tests articles to see if one of its   
   >ancestors is in the Watch List, and if so, applies the specified rule   
   >actions to the article ("Retrieve Body" and "Add to Watch list" are the   
   >default actions).   
   >There are two list settings. One setting controls how many days can elapse   
   >between the time an article in the thread was last seen and when the thread   
   >is removed from the Watch List.  The other setting controls whether articles   
   >with identical subjects but not related Message-IDs are treated as belonging   
   >to the same thread.   
   >You do not have to remove Watched threads from this window. It is easier to   
   >re-use the watch thread command (W) in the main window and Gravity will   
   >remove the thread from the list automatically.   
   >Ignore Thread Command, Rule and List   
   >Use the Ignore Thread Command (I) to automatically ignore all articles in a   
   >thread.  When you choose Ignore Thread, Gravity looks at each article within   
   >the thread and adds all of its references (ancestor message-ids) to the   
   >Ignore List (see below).   
   >It then applies the Ignore Rule to each of the articles in the thread.   
   >Gravity marks the articles as read and removes them from the display and   
   >automatically marks any article in the future that belongs to the thread   
   >marked as Read and Ignored.   
   >The Ignore Thread Rule is a Standard Rule and will appear after first use.   
   >Like other rules, it can be edited.   
   >Ignore List   
   >The Ignore List (View - Other Windows) is the list of threads Gravity is   
   >currently ignoring. The Ignore Rule tests articles to see if one of its   
   >ancestors is in the Ignore List, and if so, applies the specified actions   
   >to the article ("Mark as Read" and "Add to Ignore list" are the default   
   >actions).   
   >There are two list settings. One setting controls how many days can elapse   
   >between the time an article in the thread was last seen and when the thread   
   >is removed from the Ignore List.  The other setting controls whether   
   >articles with identical subjects, but not related message-ids, are treated   
   >as belonging to the same thread.   
   >You do not have to remove ignored threads from this window. It is easier to   
   >re-use the ignore thread command (I) in the main window and Gravity will   
   >remove the thread from the list automatcially.   
   >Rule Statistics Dialog   
   >View - Other Windows - The Rule Statistics dialog monitors which rules are   
   >running and how much processing time they are taking up. It shows the total   
   >number of headers examined in this session, the number of times the actions   
   >were fired, and the total percentage of rule time spent in the rule.   
   >Example Rules   
   >Gravity includes a few example rules, including the "Ignore the spam!" rule,   
   >and the "User-specified word in subject" rule.  Use these rules as models   
   >for your own rules, or delete or modify them, as you like.   
      
   MicroPlanet Gravity > Help [F1] > Index > Rules > When are Rules Evaluated?:   
   >When are Rules Evaluated?   
   >When Gravity evaluates a rule varies depending on its conditions and actions.   
   >First, you must enable a rule (use the Rules dialog to do so).  When you   
   >receive an article header, Gravity tries to evaluate the rule.   
   >If the rule or related action applies to the article's body, Gravity defers   
   >the evaluation until it sees the body.   
   >In general, Gravity evaluates enabled rules when you download each article's   
   >header.  Then, when you download the article's body, which may be in a   
   >different user session, Gravity performs any deferred rule condition   
   >evaluations or actions. If you have set the global storage mode to the Save   
   >article headers only option, then Gravity may not evaluate the rule until   
   >you explicitly download the article's body.   
   > * Do not "Enable" a rule if you do not want it applied to incoming articles   
   >   (you intend to run the rule manually)   
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