Re: Difference in scoring between slrnpull and slrn with shared score file

On 2025-05-14, Kacper Docin <altvalidator@pm.me> wrote:

I’ve got a shared score file for both slrnpull and slrn. I expect
that nothing below 0 points should be downloaded, and I run slrnpull
with the --kill-score 0 flag.
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However, some messages still seem to "slip through" this filter,
and only get scored when I open them in slrn. For example, I might
see that there are 5 unread messages in a group, but after entering
the group (pressing enter), the counter resets. I’m assuming that
slrn is loading the score rules at that point.
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My conclusion is that slrnpull has some kind of simplified scoring
mechanism, but I’d like to know exactly what the difference is between
the two in terms of scoring.
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Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
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My slrn and slrnpull versions are both 1.0.3.
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 You can enter a newsgroup using the ESC-1-K
key command in SLRN to see what messages are
not being caught by the slrnpull program.

It can be a error in the syntax for the filter.