On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:04:47 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:



I think maybe 50-75 lines should do it. Harry's cut and paste was one of
his shorter ones, but it still contains over 150 lines.

This response is about 31 lines, including the reference and short quote.

50-70 lines should be enough for normal discussions and will certainly
eliminate most of the energy wasting cut and pastes.

I have a 1000 line limit set in Agent. Eliminates binaries.
Anything else that looks useless, like most of Harrys cut and pastes,
I just delete them unread. Once you've used Agent for a while,
weeding out garbages posts is effortless.
Filters will never replace common sense.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:04:47 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:



I think maybe 50-75 lines should do it. Harry's cut and paste was one
of
his shorter ones, but it still contains over 150 lines.

This response is about 31 lines, including the reference and short quote.

50-70 lines should be enough for normal discussions and will certainly
eliminate most of the energy wasting cut and pastes.

I have a 1000 line limit set in Agent. Eliminates binaries.
Anything else that looks useless, like most of Harrys cut and pastes,
I just delete them unread. Once you've used Agent for a while,
weeding out garbages posts is effortless.
Filters will never replace common sense.

--Vic

My news server (GigaNews) doesn't let binaries appear in text only
newsgroups like rec.boats so a filter is for that is not necessary.
Therefore, I can fine tune a filter to long winded, political cut and
pastes.

BTW .... I have no problem if Harry wants to reference an article dear to
his heart with a link.
That gives me the choice.

Eisboch

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:27:40 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:



My news server (GigaNews) doesn't let binaries appear in text only
newsgroups like rec.boats so a filter is for that is not necessary.
Therefore, I can fine tune a filter to long winded, political cut and
pastes.

I use giganews and Agent often retrieves headers of binaries right
here in this group. It's usually obvious spam.
I delete the headers. I just looked at my setup and actually the
lines were set at 500, but it's useless anyway since it only applies
to when auto retrieval of bodies is ticked, which it isn't.

BTW .... I have no problem if Harry wants to reference an article dear to
his heart with a link.
That gives me the choice.

Yep.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:27:40 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


My news server (GigaNews) doesn't let binaries appear in text only
newsgroups like rec.boats so a filter is for that is not necessary.
Therefore, I can fine tune a filter to long winded, political cut and
pastes.

I use giganews and Agent often retrieves headers of binaries right
here in this group. It's usually obvious spam.
I delete the headers. I just looked at my setup and actually the
lines were set at 500, but it's useless anyway since it only applies
to when auto retrieval of bodies is ticked, which it isn't.

BTW .... I have no problem if Harry wants to reference an article dear to
his heart with a link.
That gives me the choice.

Yep.

--Vic


Yep
Jim