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Old September 15th 18, 09:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Ralph Fox
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Default On OE6 - How do I suppress a certain newsgroup thread ?

On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 08:52:53 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:

Hello All,

I'm using Outlook Express 6 for my newsgroup browsing, and have arrived at a
point where I would like to be able to suppress (hide/delete) a certain
thread, meaning a certain post and all future replies to it.

OE 6 is able to block senders, but that does not extend to responses to such
messages.

I can also put a "you don't want to read this" marker on messages (which
does extend to replies made to it) but alas, those are *very* visible
(actually having the opposite effect :-) ).

Does anyone have an idea how to do it ?



Use "Message Ignore Thread".

You can hide ignored threads so they are not visible at all

INITIAL SET-UP

Create a view which hides ignored messages...

1. Go to "View Current View Define Views"
2. Click "New"
3. In box 1, "Select the Conditions", put a check-mark next to
"Where the message is watched or ignored"
4. In box 2 "View Description"
3.1 Click on the underlined "watched or ignored" and select "Ignore"
3.2 Click on the underlined "Show/Hide" and select "Hide"
5. In box 3 "Name of the view", enter the name "Hide Ignored Messages"
6. Click OK.

THEN, TO HIDE IGNORED THREADS

Change your view to your new "Hide Ignored Messages"...

7. Go to "View Current View Define Views"
8. Select "Hide Ignored Messages"
9. Click "Apply View..."
10. Take your choice of
( ) The currently selected folder
( ) All of my folders
11. Click "OK"


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Kind regards
Ralph
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