Subba Rao wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> Now that I have my local Leafnode News working, I tried to setup some
> filters. This is what my filters file looks like:
>
> ^Newsgroups:.*[, ]alt.flame$
> ^Newsgroups:.*[, ]alt.flame,
> ^Newsgroups:.*[, ].*erotic.*
>
> I added the last line to avoid download or attempting to download
> anything from newsgroups with the text "*erotic*".
>
> For testing, I subscribed to one of the groups and it started to
> download news items from that group. I thought the filter is supposed
> to block that.
>
> How can I configure Leafnode not download any groups with some text such
> as *erotic* or *binaries* etc?
>
> Also, how can I delete these files that were downloaded by Leafnode? I
> have unsubscribed from that group. Does that mean Leafnode will clean
> up and delete those files OR do I have to login as root and delete them
> manually?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
Further to what I have just written, do you need those filters? You said
originally that you only wanted a few groups. On that case, you subscribe
only to the groups that you want. With your newsreader, subscribe to those
groups. For each group, you will see a default placeholder. Make sure
that it is marked as read. Those groups will be the only ones downloaded.

Doug.

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