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by **Streetwolf** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 2:44 pm

I set up a filter modeled after the DEFAULT one.

The difference is that I only allow posts that are over 3K.

I want to be able to see .nfo posts (files). These are almost always under 3K so not matter how I set up a nfo file filter they get filtered out as Too Small.

Is there a way of including them while keeping my filters as they are?

by **Pyrohydra** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 3:19 pm

I don't think so. If you filter small files, you filter all small files. You could click on the drop-down list in the filter bar and select the existing "NFO" filter, though- you'd have to alternate between the two filters.

by **Streetwolf** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 3:33 pm

I had a feeling it couldn't be done.

Thanks for the reply.

by **Kegger_CDN** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 5:48 pm

I've suggested this - have some sort of switch so that when large files such as BOO.RAR, BOO.R01, BOO.R02 etc... pass the filter, then all BOO.X files pass. So BOO.NFO even if 1KB will show up.

Not sure if they are going to put that in 5.0 or not, and am too lazy to go look up the features list.

For now, I look at everything so I don't miss anything.

regards

by **itimpi** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 6:11 pm

If you start using some of the Accept Subject or Accept File filters, do these not override the size settings?

by **Streetwolf** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 6:22 pm

I tried the accept file filters and could not get .nfo files to show up.

They were being flaged as Too Small.

Unless I'm doing something wrong.

by **Pyrohydra** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 6:38 pm

Kegger- I didn't see it in the feature list- the only thing close would be if the Rar/Par support would also read SFV files, and if the SFV included a checksum for the NFO, and if that overrided the filters. I think I'm stretching that a little far, though. http://www.newsbin.com/nb5/nb5featurelist.htm

Itimpi- The "stackable" filters hide a post that matches any of the reject filters- size, subject line, poster, filename, and "newness" all have to be true to show the post. One example, a 6k jpg was filtered even when I had JPG as the accept filter, because it was still too small.

by **Kegger_CDN** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 7:47 pm

Yeah, I figured as much. Oh well no biggie since I can scroll through posts pretty fast and clue in on the bigger ones and then look for the .nfo files if I like the post.

It still would be nice. And easy to do I think. Subject matches, grab all of that subject as it knows how to do now, and ignore the filters for that group of posts.

regards

by **Pyrohydra** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 8:19 pm

Yeah, it would be nice. Maybe have a dynamic filter that pulls the first 15 or so characters from the filenames in the download list, and puts them into the Accept filter. Selecting the "Find Matches" filter would show posts matching the names, regardless of size.

Pre-4.1, I would select the files I wanted, then read through the downloaded files and download list, and search for a keyword from every set, to check for missing files. Now I Ignore Filters, sort by name and look for the checked squares. It still doesn't take long.

by **Pyrohydra** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 8:22 pm

Pyrohydra wrote:if that overrided the filters

I thought that word looked a little weird, but was sure the double-R was right. I think the word is "overrode". That doesn't look right either. How about "ignored"? At least I can spell that.

by **Kegger_CDN** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 12:48 am

Funny, I thought that as I posted, and said what the heck it sounds right.

regards

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