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Re: Message Filter List Import

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On 7/1/2026 8:41 AM, John C. wrote:

> Contrary to popular belief, filter rules are NOT stored in the
> msgFilterRules.dat file. Instead, they are stored in the .dat files for
> each newsgroup that you're subscribed to in that newsfeed. For example,
> the filter rules for this newsgroup are in:
> 
> "C:\Users\(Windows user account
> name)\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\(Thunderbird profile
> name)\News\(usenet account server name)\alt.comp.software.thunderbird.dat"
Though the second part of your post is right, the first part is wrong.

When you get an account with a usenet provider, you then add groups to 
participate in.  This creates the 2 levels of possible filters.  You can 
create filters for individual groups like you do, and those rules will 
be in the .dat files with the appropriately named group.

msgFilterRules.dat will contain the rules you create across the entirety 
of ALL the groups you subscribe to.  Any rule defined in here will be 
run on any and all the groups you subscribe to first.  Next, the 
individual group filters run.

You can also do both, as I do.  There are some people or topics you 
never want to see, so I  make those rules under the service provider.  I 
also have individual group filters for varying reasons and those help to 
make things more readable.  One, for example, is to either mark as read 
or delete something if it is crossposted in a certain group.  I only 
want to see it once and this helps with the Birds inability to mark as 
read the same post in multiple groups.

carry on....


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