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DEFAULT PROPERTIES
DEFAULT PROPERTIES


Marking read

When retrieving new message headers.
Check do not mark any existing messages read.


When retrieving marked messages as read.
Check do not mark any existing messages read.


What to purge

You have 3 choices here,

minimal for low disk usage
low for minimal disk space usage
medium for moderate disk space usage
high for high disk space usage

Start with high, and work your way down until you find a comfort level you and your hard drive can live with.


Check always get complete list of messages.



When to purge

Check when retrieving new headers.

When to compact databases
Uncheck both boxes, you should so this on your own, as needed.




Retrieving

Only thing that should be checked here is:
Prompt for action.


Language

English


Posting

Check the box for "file replies in same folder as original"

The rest should stay where it is.

Note, if you ever want to automate Agent, this is where you would begin, look at the fields boxes, you can make many changes here, but save these for a later lesson!


Sending files

Check Usenet messages and use uuencode, and attachment,
check include filename in subject
check send text as preface section
uncheck send attachment as a digest
check send large messages as multiple parts
set the line length to 90,000 (14285 lines)

Now check E mail messages, do the exact same as above for this section.


Receiving files

Check save attachments automatically
if filename exists, save with a different name
if a decoding error occurs, save and leave in message

check after saving an attachment, remove it from message
uncheck use the message subject for name of first attachment

check detect uuencoded files automatically
check join multi part files automatically

uncheck when launching an attachment, save it as a file first
check double clicking an attachment launches
check burst digest into separate messages

Filename conversion, retain original if possible.

File directory

Use a separate directory just for this, I use
D:\temp01


Filters



Ah....filters!  Agent has an incredibly powerful way to handle all types of filters for better reading of your groups.

The short and simple way to do this is as follows, keep in mind that once the initial settings are in place, it is a simple 3 step path to blocking out unwanted messages!

First, set it up:


Default Properties
Filters tab


Use this dialog box to define your default group settings.  This tab controls the default settings which appear in the Add Usenet Filter dialog box.

Disable filtering for all groups
Uncheck this one




Kill Action

Select the default Kill action for your filters.
Choose skip from the drop down menu.


Watch Action

Select the default Watch action for your filters.
Choose watch thread.


Scope

Select Global if you want the filter to apply to all groups, or select Group: <newsgroup> if you want the filter to apply only to the current group.
Choose global for this one.


Keep

Check this box if you want Agent to automatically insert a Keep icon  next to all messages retrieved for filters with watch actions.
Uncheck this one.

Search For

Select whether you want Agent to search on the subject or author information, when evaluating filter criteria.
Subject is fine for this one.


Kill Priority/Watch Priority

Enter default priorities for kill and watch filters.  This can be any value between 0 (lowest) and 1000 (highest).
1000 for kill filters
600 for watch filters.

Expire this filter in

Check this box if you want the filter to be automatically deleted after the number of days specified.
Leave this unchecked.







Now, to use a filter or to add one do this.


1) Highlight the offending or wanted article.

2) Right mouse click it, choose Usenet filters, add kill filter.

3) All settings should be setup for you, check the box that says Apply to groups immediately, and click OK.

4) If you want to change the filter, or if the authors e mail name is too close to someone else, use the paste subject menu, and use that.  Edit out as mush as you can from it, but not too much to make it ineffective.

Example:

Author:Max
Max is too common for me, so I would go to paste subject.

Header subject reads:

RE: No shit packard bell sucks part 1/1500000

I would change that to read:
packard bell

This way I will ignore any posts that contain packard bell in the header, less drivel to read.

If your concerned with losing important stuff, then in Default properties choose expire filter in 5 days, this way you at least get a temporary reprieve.

Watch filters work the same basic way, I don't use them too much because I don't like defaults for file retrieval, and I would rather use the find function to locate special files or folks.  Plus the watch filter does not let you know it found anything!




