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    From Jeff Earle@1:229/700 to All on Thursday, March 18, 2021 05:51:26
    Question about the Twit Filter:
    Can wildcards be used in the filter or does Mystic have to match exactly to ignore the tossing of the messages?
    Seems that it misses alot if say you have a filter for goof but the
    actual name of the poster is goofball or goof ball or any other variant.

    If it is only exact match, maybe a future improvement?

    Thanks

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Mystics Realms (1:229/700)
  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to Jeff Earle on Friday, March 19, 2021 10:16:49
    Question about the Twit Filter:

    Twit filters in their current state are for filtering a specific user's messages.

    I haven't had any plans to support wildcards as I don't personally see the benefit. If I were to Twit "Jeff*" it would unfairly hide a lot of messages from current and future Jeffs that may not be the person I wanted to twit.

    Another thing I would want to take into consideration for supporting wildcards here is that the twit filters in general slow down message searches, so the more complex I make that function the slower searching through messages will become.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/12 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Sector 7 | Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)
  • From Jeff Earle@1:229/700 to g00r00 on Friday, March 19, 2021 11:04:29
    Twit filters in their current state are for filtering a specific user's messages.

    I haven't had any plans to support wildcards as I don't personally see
    the benefit. If I were to Twit "Jeff*" it would unfairly hide a lot of messages from current and future Jeffs that may not be the person I
    wanted to twit.

    Another thing I would want to take into consideration for supporting wildcards here is that the twit filters in general slow down message searches, so the more complex I make that function the slower searching through messages will become.

    Yes I understand that, it would become cumbersome. However, it would be a
    great benefit to have wildcards for instances like this (which I might add
    this twit has many variants) The SHPAMMER ish jew paedophile BAR where the common part of the field is SPHAMMER I could enter *SPAMMER* and catch them all.
    This example is real and took me a couple of tries to get all variations in
    the TWIT list. If this twit comes back with a new variant, it will have to be added as a new twit filter.

    If you did implement wildcards it would have to be stressed
    greatly that the results may not be what the sysop intended if they chose to use the wildcards. I would think we as sysops could manage it.
    Just my 2 cents.

    Thanks for the reply.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Mystics Realms (1:229/700)
  • From luc mccarragher@1:249/206 to All on Tuesday, August 03, 2021 23:33:31
    Hi

    Twit filter in Mutil.ini Not Work Connectly
    in NYC.GENERAL have lot of Racist/etc ... Consern
    and i add some Words and name of poster not Work !

    thx

    ... If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/07/30 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: SpaceSST BBS (1:249/206)
  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to luc mccarragher on Wednesday, August 04, 2021 11:44:37
    Twit filter in Mutil.ini Not Work Connectly
    in NYC.GENERAL have lot of Racist/etc ... Consern
    and i add some Words and name of poster not Work !

    You would need to show me an example of your configuration but the twit filter in MUTIL is for filting messages from persons/addresses not words.

    ... Classic: A book which people praise but don't read. - Mark Twain

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/07/31 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Sector 7 * Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)