kilikini wrote:
> > Is there a way to stop the whole cross-posting thread dead in its
> > tracks in one operation? It's pretty tiresome to block the first
> > sender by going to Message > Block Sender, then have to block all
the
> > cross-posters who respond to the first message. I haven't figured
> > out whether Tools>Message Rule> fills the bill and if, so, how.
> >
> > Dora
>
> Dora the Tools>Message Rule thing sort of works if you block specific
words
> from the subject title. For instance I have Christian, Dr. Chung,
stuff
> like that blocked (marked as read) so that I don't see those posts
anymore.
> Wish there was a way to have it see messages in the TO field, but
that's not
> an option.
>
> kili

Might be different on a Mac, but I use OE for newsgroups on my Mac (OS
9.2) and I have been able to block cross-posted garbage by using a
rule. The configuration is "Do Not Display" "any message" where the
"newsgroup is not rec.food.cooking". And by putting it exactly that
way, if there is anything else in the "newsgroup" field....even an
extra period, it will not display it. So if there are multiple ng
names, it doesn't display it.
That works for me. Try it on OE for Windows. See how it does.