On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:43:06 -0500, Dave W wrote:

> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:25:48 -0500, Becca wrote:
>>
>>> sf wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:53:05 -0500, Becca >
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> For some reason, I am not seeing Om's messages. I wonder what is
>>>>> causing that?
>>>>>
>>>> Have you looked for her or her domain in your kill file?
>>>
>>> Om is not in my killfile. This makes me wonder, what other messages I
>>> may not be seeing. Before she left the group I could see her, and now I
>>> can't. It is just one of life's little puzzles.
>>>
>>> Becca
>>
>> i see you're using thunderbird. i'm not sure how filtering works there,
>> but using 40tude dialog, i inadvertently filtered 'maxine in ri' when i
>> killed 'max.' maybe it's something like that.
>>
>> just a thought.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> Picked up on this thread late, but do you by any chance have gmail
> filtered? I can't see Om (and others, Wayne for one) cause I killed
> gmail in an attempt to avoid spammers selling "fake" name brand purses,
> watches, and widgets. Some of theses folks had munged their addy at one
> time, but now they're gone again. :-(
>
> Regards,
> Dave W.

i'm not familiar with newswatcher, but most filters have a way you can
'pass' favored names from a filter on gmail or other sources, by putting
them at the top and assigning them an action that doesn't 'kill' them, and
when that condition is satisfied, filtering stops and the rest of the
filters have no effect. when my list of names to be passed got to fifty or
so, i gave up that idea.

that having been said, gmail is not so spam-infested as it used to be.
maybe they're policing their users a little bit, unlikely as that may seem.
kill-filing all of gmail seems to be a little too much of a shotgun
approach to me. after a while, filtering on subject keywords (or
individuals you find objectionable) will take care of most of the problems.

your mileage, etc.

your pal,
blake