I am using Tbird 31.3.0 and love the ability to turn multiple emails into spam
all at once.  I would also like to be able to send multiple subjects the same
way.  If it is possible, I would LOVE this capapbility.

You do not have Win 8.1 listed but that is what I am using.

Thanks, Bobbie

accepted - I might just roll this into the normal "by subject" filter.

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Here is a quick prototype - just select the "By Subject" filter after moving
(or right-clicking and selecting "QuickFilters: create filter from message")
multiple emails.

# Naming is a bit or a problem yet (I am just using subject results of the
first mail) when the "Add Rule Specific keyword" option is enabled
# This currently doesn't guard against duplicates, so you could end up with
multiple identical rules if you are moving a thread or repeated Spam

Generally the "keywords from subject" extraction process could be improved. At
the moment I am just scanning for {expression} and [expression] and if I cannot
find this I use the whole subject line. If you are using the filter for Spam it
might be difficult to improve this as they often use mis-spelled versions of
words (or insert random spaces), so copying the whole subject line is probably
the best you can get anyway.

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This version sets the condition operator to "any" instead of "all" (when there
is more than one subject condition) as "all" will not work as intended.

It still will not work for me.  I added "any" instead of "all" and it made no
difference. Bobbie

You might have(In reply to comment #4)
> It still will not work for me.  I added "any" instead of "all" and it made no
> difference. Bobbie
> 

you might have to re-create the whole filter instead of changing any to all.
Can you provide a screenshot of the filter edit dialog?

also, the subject filter will take the *complete subject line* and tests the
incoming emails for *containing* it (completely). Which means if you select one
email with the subject "yesterday's discussion" then only mails which contain
that whole string spelled like that will be affected by the filter:

examples for matched subject lines:

Re: yesterday's discussion
Yesterday's Discussion was great
Fwd: yesterday's discussion - no probem

the following subject lines are not matched:

the discussion we had yesterday
let's have a discussion
yesterdays discussion
Today's and Yesterday's

Are you sure this is what you expect?

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what I see when I run the filter

I have attached a jpg showing what happens.  Bobbie

(In reply to comment #6)
> Created an attachment (id=7979) [details] [details]
> what I see when I run the filter
> 
> I have attached a jpg showing what happens.  Bobbie
> 

Suorry I cannot read this. It is too small. Can you upload in 100% size but as
png file instead please?

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SAME ATTACHMENT AS BEFORE BUT IN PNG FORMAT

I have changed the jpg to a png. Bobbie

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> Created an attachment (id=7980) [details] [details]
> SAME ATTACHMENT AS BEFORE BUT IN PNG FORMAT
> 
> I have changed the jpg to a png. Bobbie
> 

thanks, I can see it a little better now. 

So the rules look okay - I assume your message list on the top part is in your
inbox and the filter does not move them when you run it manually? 

It should really work in this case (if the subjects match). I also assume you
were using the latest version (prerelease 44) I posted when you created the
filter. I will do some more test runs on my test machine, but the general
mechanism works for me.

Maybe try "Delete Message" instead of "Move Message" - "Trash". Another thing
you might try using Run Now from the Filter list with the [Filter Log] option
enabled.

Yes, the message list is my inbox and the filter does not move/celete them when
I run it manually by selecting all the messages, clicking on quick filters,
then on the next screen, I set it to "any", not "all".  Then I set it to my
email - trash.  I just tried it as delete rather than move and it works.  Thank
yoiu so very much.  This is a wonderful addition as far as I am concerned.

Bobbie

(In reply to comment #10)
> Yes, the message list is my inbox and the filter does not move/celete them when
> I run it manually by selecting all the messages, clicking on quick filters,
> then on the next screen, I set it to "any", not "all".  Then I set it to my
> email - trash.  I just tried it as delete rather than move and it works.  Thank
> yoiu so very much.  This is a wonderful addition as far as I am concerned.
> 
> Bobbie
> 
Great. by the way when you "run manually" a filter from the *filters list*, you
actually select the filter you want to run (it runs on all Messages in the
folder)

Released with version 2.8

I added a check against duplicates as well - it only checks new filter
conditions added, so in the "Merge" case you might still have some duplicates;
which I probably will fix in one of the next releases.

The duplication check works fine when you create a completely new filter.