Re: Scoring - and how to do it?

From: Bob Paddock (bpaddock@csonline.net)
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 20:58:38 -0400

In article <TOn73oQ0mg9A092yn@scn.org>, you wrote:
> I'm by no means a newbie but this scoring stuff has me confused
>big-time. The docs really don't help... Is there any separate doc file
>specifically for those folks who just don't get it?

This is what my base SCORE file in my \YARN directory looks
like, since once upon a time I had the same problem you are
having now. Keep in mind this file in the \YARN directory
isn't used by yarn, you have to use Shift-E to set thing up right.

I use Shift-E to open the score file then copy from this
file, leaving out the comments.

#killthreshold 1
# A rule in a score file has the format
#
# <points> <where> <string>
#
# where
#
# <points>
# is the number of points added or subtracted if the rule matches the
# article. It is a positive or negative number. An article's score
# is the total points of all matching rules in the global score file
# and the newsgroup score file.
#
# <where>
# names an article header to search, such as "From:", "Subject:" or
# "Message-ID:". You can name any header that might appear in an
# article header. You can also specify two special options. The
# "Header" option searches the entire article header. The "Body"
# option searches the article body. Searching the "From:", "Subject:"
# and "Message-ID:" fields is significantly faster than the other
# search options.
#
# <string>
# is the string to search for. All searches are case-insensitive. If
# the optional keyword "pattern" appears between <points> and <where>,
# the string is interpreted as a regular expression.
#
# A score file entry in the form
#
# killthreshold <n>
#
# sets the kill threshold to <n> points. The default kill threshold is 0.
# Articles having scores less that this threshold are marked as already
# read, and you normally will not see them.
#
# Blank lines and lines beginning with the # character are ignored.
#
# Here is an example score file that the author uses for the
# alt.usenet.offline-reader newsgroup.
#
# # I have little interest in Forte Agent.
# -1 Subject: Agent
# -1 Subject: Forte
# -1 pattern Subject: \bFA\b
#
# # But I am interested in Yarn and SOUP.
# 10 Subject: Yarn
# 5 Subject: SOUP
#
# Press [Shift-E] at the newsgroup selection level to edit the global score
# file. This starts your configured editor program on the global score
# file. Press [Shift-E] while inside a newsgroup to edit the score file
# specific to the newsgroup.
#
500 Subject: Paddock
500 Body: Paddock
400 Subject: Neurophone
400 Body: Neurophone
400 Body: Flanagan
400 Subject: Grok
400 Body: Grok
100 Body: implant
100 Body: inplant
50 Subject: Scalar
50 Body: Scalar
10 Subject: Brown
10 Body: Brown
6 Subject: U.C.C.
6 Body: U.C.C.
1 Subject: UCC
1 Body: UCC

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