Watch topic not finding anything...

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Watch topic not finding anything...

Postby astrax » Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:54 am

Not getting any hits. What am I doing wrong here? I'm at my wits end...

I set up a watch topic, let's call it "WATCH". Automatic download.
Inside, the settings are blank (size etc.) except for topic (GOG) and filter profile. Which is a custom filter, "WATCHFILTER", I have set up for this specific watch topic.

The "WATCHFILTER" is set to look for certain posters (at least that's what I'm trying to do) and I have tried any imaginable combination, but do not get anything. Not in a test search, not automatically.

Accept if > Poster contains > samplename@sample_com (PosterXYZ) (underscores instead of dots, since I get an error for too many URL's)
Accept if > Poster contains > samplename@sample_com
Accept if > Poster contains > sample
Accept if > Poster contains > PosterXYZ


So, when I look at a group in that GOG targeted by the watch (from which I initially copied the poster address), I see that exact poster and posts, but the search doesn't does not.

I don't get it. Any help is appreciated! Thanks.
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Re: Watch topic not finding anything...

Postby Quade » Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:30 pm

What version is this? 6.82 or the new Beta?

If you apply this filter profile to the loaded GOG, does it only show the targeted poster?
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Re: Watch topic not finding anything...

Postby astrax » Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:25 pm

It's the 6.82 build 5142

Not, it doesn't show anything.

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I just deleted two other entries in the filter, which were set to Accept if > Subject contains > ... and now I get the results for the Accept if > Poster contains > .... :roll:
How do these settings correlate or do they "stack", so that all the search terms must apply to have any results?
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Re: Watch topic not finding anything...

Postby Quade » Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:34 pm

The subject filters stack. All have to be true for it to pass through. It's like a large AND statement for the subjects. The posters are checked individually. So if any poster passed, the subject is then checked.
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Re: Watch topic not finding anything...

Postby astrax » Sat Sep 05, 2020 3:32 am

Oh, ok. Now that makes sense and explains it! In which sequence are the search terms (poster, subject, filename) applied?
Auto-download does not seem to work though at the moment.
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