How to apply multiple initial filters?

[Sauron99]

I want to apply a filter with these example criteria:
- Ban lines < 20
- Ban frog|tree|test
- Only display new articles since last open

I have been able to add only one initial filter of ban < 20 lines but am unable to combine with other filters.

How would I do this?

[Gary Gnews]

You could add multiple kill filters, or you could combine them into a single expression something like:

(*filter*&*one)|(*filter*&*two*)|(*filter*&*three*)

[Sauron99]

You could add multiple kill filters, or you could combine them into a single expression something like:

(*filter*&*one)|(*filter*&*two*)|(*filter*&*three*)

I would rather not use kill filters because I want different filters on different folders.

I tried to combine filters in the initial filter area of newsgroup properties but the pulldown box will only allow you to select one filter, not add your own.

How would you go about creating the initial filter for my example above?

[alex]

as it stands now you need to create a combined filter in the filter editor (you can set its name as the expression itself) and then to select it as initial filter or else. you can set different initial/kill/watch filters for different newsgroups or folders.

[Sauron99]

as it stands now you need to create a combined filter in the filter editor (you can set its name as the expression itself) and then to select it as initial filter or else. you can set different initial/kill/watch filters for different newsgroups or folders.

I was still confused how to do this but after reading your post it helped me to figure it out.

Just in case others are having a hard time with it I will explain what I did to create a multiple initial filter.

1. Use filter editor
2. create a filter called "NEW" with criteria of "Messages" "New"
3. create a filter called "LinesGT20" with criteria of "Lines" "20-"
4. create a filter called "NewGT20" with criteria of "Composite" "NEW&LinesGT20"

This allowed me to create a "composite" filter of new messages that are greater than 20 lines.

I Hope this helps others.