Re: Q: Score files and ancestors

Re: Q: Score files and ancestors

[lbudney]

Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
> lbudney@pobox.com writes:
>>>>
>>> This is exactly what "followup" does, <info://gnus/Score+File+Format>:
>>
>> Thanks--missed that. What if I want to kill grandparents, as well?
[note: s/grandparents/grandchildren/]
>
> Isn't that what "followup" does?  It scores down all children,
> gandchildren etc.

I can't tell from the docs; they suggest that "followup" applies only
to followup articles. Does that mean articles with a matching article
in the "in-reply-to" header?

Anyway, it looks like you can nail children using "followup", and you
can kinda sorta nail all descendents using "thread" (which keys on the
"references" header), but I don't see a straightforward way to nail
certain articles, their children, and their grandchildren.

Thanks for the replies so far; I'm still looking for more suggestions
if anyone has some.

Regards,
Len.

Re: Q: Score files and ancestors

[lbudney]

Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
>>
>> I can't tell from the docs; they suggest that "followup" applies only
>> to followup articles. Does that mean articles with a matching article
>> in the "in-reply-to" header?
>
> I'm too lazy to read the source right now -- but I think it means all
> articles with the Message-ID of the matched article in the References
> header.

The docs seem to suggest that "thread" does that, implying that
"followup" does something else. I too am too lazy to read the source
tonight.


--Len.