From: noreply@mixmin.net   
      
   most newsreaders provide some means of scoring or filtering articles   
   in newsgroups by analyzing message header fields, e.g. from, subject,   
   message-id, references, injection-info, xpost, path, etc., and where   
   text strings are found matching that newsreader's user-defined rules,   
   scoring and actions are applied; 40tude dialog's help "scoring rules":   
      
   40tude Dialog > Help[F1] > Index > Scoring Rules > Scoring/Actions Syntax   
   >Scoring and actions is one of Dialog's most powerful features. The syntax   
   >and actually most of the code is from Jurgen Haible's excellent local mail-   
   >and newsserver Hamster.   
   >What is Scoring?   
   >Scoring is the process of assigning a number between -9999 and +9999 to a   
   >message by applying scoring rules to the message. A scoring rule usually   
   >analyzes one header field of the message and if it this header field matches   
   >a certain text, a score value is assigned. For example, you can create a   
   >scoring rule that assign the highest score value +9999 to all messages that   
   >have your email address in the From header field, so that your messages   
   >always receive a score of +9999.   
   >The score value is shown in the header list in green for positive scores   
   >and in red for negative scores:   
   >Note that the list of headers can be sorted by score (with or without   
   >threading), so scoring can be used to visually organize and separate   
   >important from unimportant messages.   
   >...   
   >Usenet articles are scored twice in Dialog. When you get headers in a   
   >group the scoring rules are applied to the available, limited number of   
   >headers, however when you retrieve the complete body of the message, the   
   >message is scored again and this time all headers can be scored.   
   >The scoring and action rules are stored together in one file, the score   
   >file, which you can access by selecting Settings, Scoring and actions   
   >from Dialog's main menu.   
   [end quoted excerpt]   
      
   e.g., to demote cross-posted articles & darken subject header display:   
      
     [*]   
     =-1111 Xpost %>1   
     !setcolor(navy;maroon) Xpost %>1   
     =-2222 Xpost %>2   
     !setcolor(olive;gray) Xpost %>2   
     =-3333 Xpost %>3   
     !setcolor(gray;olive) Xpost %>3   
      
   also, to demote "noisy" news servers in specific newsgroups:   
      
     [alt.privacy]   
     =-4444 Message-ID server01 server02 server03 . . .   
     =-4455 References server01 server02 server03 . . .   
     =-4466 Header {^(Injection-Info:)} server04 server05 server06 . . .   
     =-4477 Header {^(NNTP-Posting-Host:)} server07 server08 server09 . . .   
     =-4488 Header {^(Path:)} server10 server11 server12 . . .   
      
   ignore flags can be set to help reduce "noise" in specific newsgroups   
   or heirarchies being plagued by troll farm "regulars", spammers, etc.:   
      
     [alt.privacy.*]   
     !ignore,markread Message-ID server01 server02 server03 . . .   
      
   additional scoring rules may be desirable in some cases (e.g. scoring   
   from, subject, or other header fields), but simply ignoring articles/   
   threads by pressing the "i" key probably works better for most users   
   and will keep the "filters.dat" file compact and simple; it's easy to   
   test expressions using 40tude Dialog > Settings > Scoring and actions   
      
   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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