welcome to rec.ponds!

"George" wrote in message
news:bBSee.61153$c24.47196@attbi_s72...
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Why can't we all agree to put "PONDS:" in our
subject line when posting and then simply filter out any messege that
doesn't include "PONDS:"? I think we should include this in the FAQ, and
ask everyone to do this. It might not filter out all of it, but it
certainly should help get rid of a lot of it. And it might take a while
to catch on, but if we all agree to it, and remind people to do it when
posting, it might alleviate some of the crap. What say all???
Only problem I see is it creates a little community that never notices
newbies who wouldn't know better. As can be seen by some of the newbie posts
we see, not everyone reads the newsgroup FAQ, even if they can find it. Plus
it wouldn't work..trolls figure these things out anyway, they have nothing
better to do. I just filter the sources when they show up. Speaking of which
brings up a question. I use OE (chastise me not flamers, I am too lazy to
bother getting anything else). The view is set to hide read or ignored, yet
when I first open the reader is shows some at the top of the list. I swap
the view around and they go away but they shouldn't be there to begin with.
Anyone know why this happens?
JD
http://www2.itexas.net/jdstone/

.. I use OE (chastise me not flamers, I am too lazy to
bother getting anything else). The view is set to hide read or ignored, yet
when I first open the reader is shows some at the top of the list. I swap
the view around and they go away but they shouldn't be there to begin with.
Anyone know why this happens?
JD
http://www2.itexas.net/jdstone/


If you want to try Agent Forte 2.0 , I'll provide you with a reg. key.
Not sure how much better it works the OE but it'll be my way of
helping ponders seep through the garbage.

Larry

If you want to try Agent Forte 2.0 , I'll provide you with a reg. key.
Not sure how much better it works the OE but it'll be my way of
helping ponders seep through the garbage.
Larry

I'm using Agent too and I wasn't seeing much of this garage others were
mentioning. Then I visited Google, OMG! Agent & my killfile really work
well. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

J.D. Stone wrote:


"George" wrote in message
news:bBSee.61153$c24.47196@attbi_s72...
in part..

Why can't we all agree to put "PONDS:" in our
subject line when posting

Only problem I see is it creates a little community that never notices
newbies who wouldn't know better.

And it's redundant in a pond group.


Speaking of which brings up a question. I use OE (chastise me not flamers,
I am too lazy to bother getting anything else).

I'm pretty sure the laziness is the reason we should be chastising you :-)

The view is set to hide
read or ignored, yet when I first open the reader is shows some at the top
of the list. I swap the view around and they go away but they shouldn't be
there to begin with. Anyone know why this happens?

No. I've never been able to understand OE (and despite being a Linux geek,
I actually quite like OE). I really think you'd have an easier time
learning another news program than getting OE to behave.
--
derek

"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
...
in part..
Speaking of which brings up a question. I use OE (chastise me not
flamers,
I am too lazy to bother getting anything else).

I'm pretty sure the laziness is the reason we should be chastising you :-)

Yeah, probably should!

The view is set to hide
read or ignored, yet when I first open the reader is shows some at the
top
of the list. I swap the view around and they go away but they shouldn't
be
there to begin with. Anyone know why this happens?

No. I've never been able to understand OE (and despite being a Linux
geek,
I actually quite like OE). I really think you'd have an easier time
learning another news program than getting OE to behave.

I'll take that under advisement; thanks, Derek.

JD