Filtering Messages

You can use the Quick Filter to filter the messages in the Message List by Subject or Author.



To apply a Quick Filter, simply set your options and type your search string in the filter field and press Enter...



Newsman remembers the last 20 Quick Filters (stored for each Workgroup) and you can reuse them by right-clicking on the Quick Filter search string field...




Newsman gives you the ability to create extremely powerful and sophisticated filters. To access the Filter Builder, click the "Filter" icon...



This will launch the filter selection window...



To create or edit a filter, click on either the "New" or "Edit" buttons. This will launch the Filter Builder...


Each filterable item is joined by an implicit "AND".

Newsman supports three styles of filtering for Subject and Author data:

Google-style

• “cat”: cat
• “cat” and “hat”: cat+” hat” (this prevents “that” from matching)
• “cat in the hat”: “cat in the hat” (using quotes tells NMP to search for the entire phrase)
• “cat” or “darned”: cat darned
• “cat” but not “darned”: cat-darned

In summary, use a “+” between words or phrases to find messages with both. Use “-“ between words or phrases to find messages with one but not the other. Use “ “ (a single space) between words to find messages containing any word or phrase. Wrap phrases in quotes to search for the phrase, or use quotes to add spaces to words.

Regular Expressions
Newsman supports Perl 5 compatible regular expressions. You can create negative regular expressions by adding a "!" as the first character of the expression.

Literal Expression
Finds messages containing the exact word or phrase entered.


To quickly access your filters, you can right-click on the filter description box in the Filters toolbar: