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Roelof,

Thanks, deleting the account.srb files seems to have fixed it.  I avoided the commom filters and just added them to the main account.

Yes the common filter was the 1st filter I created so maybe there is a bug there.  I have it working now.

Thanks again.

Andrew
09 July 2008 23:59:19, Andrew Penhorwood.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24279/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24279/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:59:19 +0300 The Bat! - Filters Common Fitler Issues New user - Common Filters in forum The Bat! - Filters.
Andrew,

Some of the garbling of the filter is caused by the forum software, therefore I deleted my message.

Were the filters that you posted the first filters you created?
If so then you could try to delete the filter files and try again without installing TB again.

Close TB
Delete the account.srb files in your mail directory and in the directories matching your accounts.
Start TB and try to create your filters again.

If I interpreted your filters correctly, you were using the condition 'header field: To' contains 'opendb@googlegroups.com'
My suggestion would be to use the condition
'recipient' contains 'opendb@googlegroups.com'
And take care that you don't copy any spaces along with the address, that would mean that your filter would be looking for those spaces too.
And use the incoming filters of the account that actually receives the messages.
Until you've got proper filters functioning I'd advise against using common filters at all. (For myself I still don't use them even thopugh I've got more than 100 filters running)


09 July 2008 23:30:53, Roelof Otten.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24278/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24278/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:30:53 +0300 The Bat! - Filters Common Fitler Issues New user - Common Filters in forum The Bat! - Filters.
Roelof,

Not sure what happened but your last message is not showing up in the forum.  But I did get the email.  Strange.

I have a normal install of "The Bat".  Not sure what you are saying about the \D\A stuff as the example looks the same to me.  Maybe I am missing something.

I guess I could reinstall.  Can I do that without effecting all of the email I have inside of the bat?  I inported my email from my old Eudora program.


09 July 2008 19:55:48, Andrew Penhorwood.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24277/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24277/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:55:48 +0300 The Bat! - Filters Common Fitler Issues New user - Common Filters in forum The Bat! - Filters.
I am using The Bat 4.0.24.  I am using common filters and I made sure that the "share with .." options are set correctly.

Nothing is filtered no matter what I do.  This can't be this hard to configure.

I tried individual account filters and common filters.  I tried "incoming mail" and "read messages" filters nothing works.
09 July 2008 18:02:01, Andrew Penhorwood.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24274/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24274/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:02:01 +0300 The Bat! - Filters Common Fitler Issues New user - Common Filters in forum The Bat! - Filters.
What version of the bat are you using?


Do you realize that filters are account related? So filters created in account A won't be triggered by messages in accout B? Common filters can be triggered by all accounts, but you've got to select those accounts in the 'Share with...' tab of the common filter.

09 July 2008 14:16:15, Roelof Otten.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24273/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24273/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:16:15 +0300 The Bat! - Filters Common Fitler Issues New user - Common Filters in forum The Bat! - Filters.
OK.  I tried it by using the re-filter menu item.  Still nothing happens.  I created another filter.

$$$$ TB! Message Filter $$$$
beginFilter
UID: [2FD5AB4C.01C8E17F.4F617B93.5143FBE6]
Name: ePurl\20Issues
Filter: {\D\A\20`2`0`ePurl\D\A0`2`0`Issue\D\A}
MoveMessage folder \5C\5C\5CCommon\5CIssues\20-\20ePurl
IsManual
IsActive
Ignore
endFilter

I have messages with subject lines like this:
ePurl Issue: xxxx

But nothing filters!

I tried this filter with "Subject contains ePurl and Subject contains Issue" but still the messages are not filtered.

This is a windows XP 64bit machine with all the lastest patches.
09 July 2008 08:00:57, Andrew Penhorwood.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24272/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24272/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:57 +0300 The Bat! - Filters Common Fitler Issues New user - Common Filters in forum The Bat! - Filters.
Well, the 'test filter' option doesn't work as you thought it does.
It doesn't check all selected messages, but only the message that's in focus. And when that message triggers a filter, it doesn't perform the action defined by that filter, but it tells you what action it would have performed.

Select the inbox and pick re-filter from the menu:
Folder -> Re-filter...
09 July 2008 02:07:48, Roelof Otten.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24270/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24270/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:07:48 +0300 The Bat! - Filters Common Fitler Issues New user - Common Filters in forum The Bat! - Filters.
I selected all of the messages in the in box and tried "test filter".

I read all of the documentation that I could find but the docs are lacking.  They mainly just tell you what you already know from looking at the interface.  Nothing is explained.
09 July 2008 01:48:41, Andrew Penhorwood.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24269/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24269/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:48:41 +0300 The Bat! - Filters Common Fitler Issues New user - Common Filters in forum The Bat! - Filters.
How do you test it?
09 July 2008 00:45:48, Roelof Otten.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24267/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24267/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:45:48 +0300 The Bat! - Filters Common Fitler Issues New user - Common Filters in forum The Bat! - Filters.
I am trying to get filters to work.  I have read the limited documentation and here is my filter.

$$$$ TB! Message Filter $$$$
beginFilter
UID: [F80C2C78.01C8E11E.2A9A6B26.0177F1C0]
Name: OpenBD
Filter: {\D\A\20`7`To`0`opendb@googlegroups.com\D\A}
Tag: OpenDB
MoveMessage folder \5C\5C\5CCommon\5Copenbd
IsActive
Ignore
endFilter

But when I test this filter nothing happens.
08 July 2008 20:37:20, Andrew Penhorwood.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24266/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum5/topic6361/message24266/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:37:20 +0300 The Bat! - Filters