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    From Tristan Miller@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 12 18:10:22 2022
    Greetings.

    I read or post to threads in a lot of different groups. Most news
    clients allow you to "watch" a thread so that it will be conspicuously
    marked when you visit the group containing it. But you still need to
    remember to visit each of those groups individually to check your
    watched threads for new posts.

    Are there any news clients where I can read *all* my watched threads,
    across all groups, in a single virtual folder?

    Regards,
    Tristan

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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to issdr on Mon Apr 18 13:00:38 2022
    On 4/18/22 12:43 PM, issdr wrote:
    your client can do that. make a search for watched threads on your
    server, than save it as a search folder.

    What are the particulars of the filter?

    I wasn't aware of Thunderbird (the OP's UA) being able to do this, so I
    went and looked, and I don't see a way to filter based on a status of
    watched.

    Please elaborate on what you're suggesting.



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  • From issdr@21:1/5 to Tristan Miller on Mon Apr 18 20:43:14 2022
    Tristan Miller wrote:

    I read or post to threads in a lot of different groups. Most news
    clients allow you to "watch" a thread so that it will be conspicuously
    marked when you visit the group containing it. But you still need to remember to visit each of those groups individually to check your
    watched threads for new posts.

    Are there any news clients where I can read *all* my watched threads,
    across all groups, in a single virtual folder?

    your client can do that. make a search for watched threads on your
    server, than save it as a search folder.

    hth

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  • From issdr@21:1/5 to Grant Taylor on Mon Apr 18 22:01:19 2022
    Grant Taylor wrote:

    On 4/18/22 12:43 PM, issdr wrote:
    your client can do that. make a search for watched threads on your
    server, than save it as a search folder.

    What are the particulars of the filter?

    I wasn't aware of Thunderbird (the OP's UA) being able to do this, so
    I went and looked, and I don't see a way to filter based on a status
    of watched.

    actually you need a plugin i installed some time ago to do that. you may
    use it, not the op, as it wasn't updated, sorry.

    https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/quickfilter-watched-threads/

    this adds a "watched thread" item to the list of fields you can filter.

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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to issdr on Mon Apr 18 19:01:48 2022
    On 4/18/22 2:01 PM, issdr wrote:
    actually you need a plugin i installed some time ago to do that. you
    may use it, not the op, as it wasn't updated, sorry.

    https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/quickfilter-watched-threads/

    Thank you. I'll have to check that out.

    this adds a "watched thread" item to the list of fields you can filter.

    Interesting.



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  • From Tristan Miller@21:1/5 to issdr on Thu Apr 21 14:25:55 2022
    Greetings.

    On 18/04/2022 22.01, issdr wrote:
    actually you need a plugin i installed some time ago to do that. you may
    use it, not the op, as it wasn't updated, sorry.

    https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/quickfilter-watched-threads/

    this adds a "watched thread" item to the list of fields you can filter.


    Ah, too bad about that. You're right that the add-on doesn't work with
    recent versions of Thunderbird.

    Regards,
    Tristan

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    Free Software developer, ferret herder, logologist
    https://logological.org/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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  • From issdr@21:1/5 to Tristan Miller on Thu Apr 21 20:47:28 2022
    Tristan Miller wrote:

    Ah, too bad about that. You're right that the add-on doesn't work
    with recent versions of Thunderbird.

    why don't you file a feature request? (@ Mozzila's)

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  • From Tristan Miller@21:1/5 to issdr on Wed May 4 20:29:14 2022
    Greetings.

    On 21/04/2022 20.47, issdr wrote:
    Tristan Miller wrote:

    Ah, too bad about that. You're right that the add-on doesn't work
    with recent versions of Thunderbird.

    why don't you file a feature request? (@ Mozzila's)


    It's already been done, in a manner of speaking. The add-on doesn't
    work with newer versions of Thunderbird because the new WebExtension API exposes no method for filtering messages. A feature request for this functionality has been filed on the Mozilla Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1590025

    Regards,
    Tristan

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    Free Software developer, ferret herder, logologist
    https://logological.org/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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  • From issdr@21:1/5 to Tristan Miller on Wed May 4 21:57:52 2022
    Tristan Miller wrote:

    The add-on doesn't work with newer versions of Thunderbird because the
    new WebExtension API exposes no method for filtering messages. A
    feature request for this functionality has been filed on the Mozilla Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1590025

    thanks for sharing Tristan

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