On 12/20/2012 12:10 PM, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 20/12/2012 14:34, S Viemeister wrote:
To set up filters -
Click 'message'
Scroll down to 'create filter from message'

To kill (and never see again) an entire thread - press 'k'

To mark an entire thread as read (but not kill it) press 't'

oh ta, trying to go with logical sequence first I thought filter was
for stuff to stay on the list. How about author?

Yes - you can filter out by author, date, subject, etc.

You can also filter on things you _want_ to see, such as posts by
certain people, or threads in which you have participated.

Now that my niece doesn't no longer lives in Beijing, I've blocked any
posts with Chinese addresses.
Anything with the words 'cheap watches' gets binned, too.