Re: Score whole threads?

Jens Bang (jbang@image.dk)
Mon, 04 Nov 1996 10:00:08 +0100

In article <PMseygB7CVXe092yn@scott.net>, walt@scott.net (walt moffett) wrote:
>>I have tried to make a scorefile for one of my newsgroups, but it didn't
>>work quite as I wanted.
>>
>>What I want is to have my _threads_ sorted by the message with the highest
>>score. The reason is, that I want the answers to my questions to get a high
>>score, so I will notice them. How do I do this?
>>
>
>Try this. First made sure \home\yarn\config is set like so:
>
># default sort criterion for article selection list
># (one of arrival, subject, score,arrival or score,subject)
>sort-by=score,subject
>
>And set this so that you can see the scores until you're happy
>
># default display format of article selection list
># 0 = Subject, From
># 1 = Subject, From, Score
># 2 = Subject, From, Lines
># 3 = Subject
>message-list-format=1
>
>Then in the newsgroup score file:
>
>999 Subject: re: Subject line of my post
>
>To see just the follow ups first and assuming you have no scores higher
>than 998. To see your post and the follow ups omit the re:

And it works too! :-) Thanks, that what I wanted. I only have one
_little_ thing: I would be happy as a pig in mud, if Yarn could see that
the meassages are in the same thread, and write a dot (.) in stead of
repeating the subject line. But now I'm _really_ nitpicking. I got what I
wanted. Thanks.

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