On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:40:04 -0700, Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:04:45 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>>> haven't been many, but when I see them I always think it may be time
>>> to upgrade my news reader to something that can filter based on
>>> content as well as the subject headers.
>>
>> that kind of filter is hard to come by without getting into some pretty
>> tall weeds - you won't find a simple button solution it in any newsreader
>> that i know of.
>>
>> plus, there's a lot more overhead in that the filter is scanning entire
>> posts instead of just headers. let us know if you find out anything.
>
> Although it should be noted that some newsreaders can filter on more
> headers than others. Mine will filter on 17 other headers besides the
> subject header.

sure. but that's still less burdensome than scanning the full text of each
post as well.

your pal,
blake