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NotNow wrote:
Just wait a frekin' minute! wrote: Gene Kearns wrote: On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:58:13 -0500, Vic Smith penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: |On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:33:43 -0400, Gene Kearns wrote: | | |You can't filter on the body in Agent.... | |Never quite understood why anybody would filter. |I tried it once in the ASA group when it was over run by flonkers, and |with Agent it slows down update of the headers in the group. |And no matter what reader, or if it happens server-side, |the parsing will slow things down. |My headers are sorted subject/time, and it's very easy to delete |entire subjects or posters with the mouse. |Never more than a few clicks, and just maybe I want to read something |because of a poster/subject combination. |I never felt I had to read anything I don't want to read. |Why let a filter censor what I can read? |Do I have free will? |Or not? |Just seems childish to me. |But maybe others find it useful because of their readers/tools. | |--Vic A filter is useful for (at least) the following reasons: 1) You can filter out folks that NEVER post on topic, 2) You can filter out threads and sub-threads that you KNOW aren't going anywhere you want to: Bill Sucks, Politics Something, Insult Whatever 3) Those prefaced with OT- are not of interest..... You mean, no beer, no guitars, no race reports?? Come on, the occassional kitchen remodel and lawnmower report has to be of some interest? ![]() Rowdy Mouse Racing, Carver was carnage this weekend... And what about those septic tank pumping episodes, as well as tracking a FedEx package? Don't forget the $700 office chair/bed. |
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