"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:17:24 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>> And, it won't block all the angry messages written *to* the offending
>> sender, unless the software offers that option. Often, those messages are
>> far more numerous than the one from the sender, so you're still seeing
>> the
>> same subject line, and loads of messages anyway.
>
> Some newsreaders can block a sender and any replies that come
> after that in that sub-thread. Useful for things like the
> Peter-Ofelia thread, and a couple of the people who like to have
> a useless battle of non-cooking wits between one other
> participant.
>
> -sw


:-)


For mail messages, OE can filter based on words contained in the message
body, but only for mail, not news messages. That would be handy assuming
nobody had edited out the offending party's name. I keep meaning to hunt
around for something better, but the way OE displays watched and unwatched
threads is damned near perfect, as far as I'm concerned. And, I want a
program that handles both email and newsgroups, and can monitor multiple
email addresses without having to set up different user profiles. So, here I
am.