Filter for small files

[SteveC]

I finally upgraded from NewsPro. I always liked NewsPro, but Usenet Explorer is better.

I'm trying to create a watch/auto filter that downloads small parts with the string .nfo in them. This part is typically one part of a large collection.

My composite filter for this has the following two parts
Subject contains .nfo
Lines ...-300

But the lines seem to be ignored because sometimes very large parts with the string .nfo are selected for download.

I've also tried
Size(KB) ...-10
but this didn't work either.

How can I make this work?

thanks,
Steve

[alex]

did you use & (and) to combine the filters?

like

filter1 subject contains .nfo
filter2 lines < 300
filter3 filter1&filter2

then you use filter3 (also filters can be listed in any order)

[SteveC]

Yes, I used & to combine the filters.

It is failing to work properly on this collection in alt.binaries.movies:

<<<<< http://illuminatenxxx.nfo-news.info/xxx/ >>>>> < Just > - "Just"

It tries to download this whole collection.

[alex]

yes, it appears how it works now it decides watch/auto on per part basis but it marks the whole partial for download, so to resolve it you just add another condition "messages" are "single", then it will work as expected.

the partial size is variable depending on the number of available parts, i put a note here i'll check if something can be done to deal with estimated size instead (but if it is only the last part we cannot even estimate it).

[SteveC]

Thanks Alex, that idea will detour the problem nicely!