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   # mnemonic "eternal september", never ending   
   =-2000 Header {^X\-Complaints\-To: .*blocknews}   
   # mnemonic "mental block", mind, mercury, second heaven   
   =-3011 Header {^Injection\-Info: .*newsxs}   
   # mnemonic "s by s", step, side, same as, thoth, gemini   
   =-3142 Header {^X\-Complaints\-To: .*easynews}   
   # mnemonic "3.142...", approx. of pi   
   =-4000 Header {^Injection\-Info: solani}   
   # mnemonic "4th", sol, sun, fourth heaven   
   =-4300 Header {^X\-Complaints\-To: .*TheWorld}   
   # mnemonic "4/3", 4/3 pi r3, sphere, planet   
   =-5000 Header {^Injection\-Info: .*blueworld}   
   # mnemonic "blue", 5th primary color, roygbvm/uv   
   =-5005 Header {^Injection\-Info: .*usenet.ovh}   
   # mnemonic "rho", roubaix, robaais, fifth heaven   
   =-5555 Header {^Injection\-Info: reader[\d].panix}   
   # mnemonic "fear", panic, anxious, nervous, self, mars   
   =-6000 Header {^Injection\-Info: .*abavia}   
   # mnemonic "matre", mamme, mulierem, virago, virgo   
   =-6666 Header {^X\-Complaints\-To: .*newsdemon}   
   # mnemonic "666", demonic, diabolos, number of man   
   =-6667 Header {^Path: .*news.dfncis.de}   
   # mnemonic "third part", mutable, siva   
   =-7000 Header {^Injection\-Info: i2pn2}   
   # mnemonic "7th house", libra, fulcrum, rocksolid   
   =-8000 Header {^X\-Complaints\-To: .*astraweb}   
   # mnemonic "8th", aster, starry night, eighth heaven   
   =-8080 Header {^X\-Complaints\-To: .*usenet\-news}   
   # mnemonic "8080", port, ddllc, va, nl, s. farm   
   =-9000 Header {^X\-Usenet\-Provider: .*giganews}   
   # mnemonic "10^9", 1,000,000,000   
   =-9009 Header {^X\-Complaints\-To: .*usenetexpress}   
   # mnemonic "ex", out, beyond, afar, hermit, neptune   
   =-9876 Header {^Injection\-Info: .*chmurka}   
   # mnemonic "cloud", vapor, shade, gloom, worry   
   =-9999 Header {^Injection\-Info: .*googlegroups}   
   # mnemonic "goo", spam, thick, viscous, the blob   
      
   cross-posted articles are increasingly darkened in the header list   
   "subject (name)" column, and likewise demoted in the "score/status"   
   column...rescoring cross-posted articles after downloading message   
   bodies does not remove these assigned foreground/background colors   
   unless otherwise specified in (non-overview header) scoring syntax;   
   because "xpost" is an overview header, there's no need to download   
   cross-posted article bodies, leaving this to the user's discretion;   
   some cross-posted articles might be interesting, but most are spam   
   and troll farm babble...best to ignore these "regulars" altogether;   
   (respond only to other articles when the reply may benefit readers)   
      
   it is recommended to never cross-post, not even when responding to   
   a cross-posted article, but post any replies only to the newsgroup   
   where you found that article; if any other cross-posted newsgroups   
   might benefit from that reply, post those separately, one group at   
   a time; if forwarding to newsgroup(s) not listed in the cross-post,   
   use "fw:" instead of "re:" in the "subject" header when convenient;   
      
   overview header scoring rules can also be useful where "message-id"   
   plaintext strings match the corresponding newsserver's domain name;   
   similar rules can be assigned to the "references" header, to match   
   articles posted as replies to articles which contain that server's   
   domain name in either its "message-id" and/or "references" headers;   
   an easy way to test this by adding the following two rules to your   
   overview headers scoring syntax, then download headers in any busy   
   newsgroups from a server with at least one or more years retention:   
      
   =-9999 Message-ID: "googlegroups"   
   =-9998 References: "googlegroups"   
      
   because so many newsgroups were flooded by google servers over the   
   years, it's probable that no matter what unmoderated newsgroup you   
   may be testing, many hundreds or possibly thousands of red "-9999"   
   and "-9998" scores will appear in the score column, depending upon   
   the server's longevity and also retention of googlegroups articles;   
   in the years leading up to their demise, google's militarized spam   
   flood intensified dramatically; many newsgroups received more than   
   eighty percent (80%) grossly off-topic spam floods before gg's end   
   in february of 2024, so automatically demoting these bazillions of   
   archived remnants to the bottom of the scoring heap helps to clean   
   up any newsgroup fast, again, without any need to download article   
   bodies; just above the header list in the expandable panel, if you   
   filter by score "<" less than "-9997", then select all and save to   
   to an arbitrary file name, a message will appear "0 articles saved   
   (because) 'x' articles have no bodies and were ignored"; typically   
   the ratio of "google" in message-id/references is about six to one;   
      
   most newsservers  carry about   
   thirty-five thousand or more unmoderated newsgroups, most of which   
   are inactive, but hundreds of newsgroups are active or very active;   
   always attracting sincere contributors and insincere troublemakers,   
   hence the burgeoning newsgroup thread where discussions can remain   
   on-topic branch off into tangents, and unrelated, off-topic jabber;   
   discriminating users set "ignore" flags [i] on unwanted follow-ups   
   which propagates to subsequent replies without ignoring the entire   
   thread; this works best with default or selected group options set   
   to purge messages only after a specified number days; "keep" flags   
   [k] on ignored articles serve to prevent follow-ups from intrusion   
   indefinitely; similarly, "watch" flags [w] propagate to follow-ups   
   but also retrieve message bodies unless these default settings are   
   disabled in general settings > misc > setting watch flag retrieves   
   body; also, watch/ignore works on subthreads may also be unchecked;   
   set foreground color on "references" header to identify follow-ups:   
      
   !setcolor(maroon;white) References: "<"   
   # mnemonic "reply", follow-up, forward   
      
   for the sake of simplicity, scoring on more specific, ephemeral or   
   volatile overview header entries, especially "from", and "subject",   
   has been avoided (with one exception, "from" your usenet identity);   
   experienced users may employ more sophisticated scoring strategies   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)