Automating With Rules

Rules allow Unison to take automatic action on your behalf when certain conditions occur.

To open the Rule Editor:

  1. Choose Unison > Preferences...
  2. Click Rules

Creating rules

To create a new rule:

  1. Click the + button near the lower-left of the Rule Editor:
  2. In the rule editing sheet that appears, set the following options as desired:

Deleting rules

To delete a rule:

  1. In the Rule Editor, click the rule you wish to delete
  2. Click the - button near the lower-left of the Rule Editor:

Editing rules

To edit a rule:

  1. In the Rule Editor, click the rule you wish to edit
  2. Click the pencil button near the lower-left of the Rule Editor

Duplicating rules

To duplicate a rule:

  1. In the Rule Editor, click the rule you wish to duplicate
  2. Click the duplicate button near the lower-left of the Rule Editor

Applying rules

Rules are applied each time a newsgroup is opened. You can also force rules to be applied by selecting a message (or range of messages) and choosing Message > Apply Rules.

Ignoring a particular message sender

Choose Message > Ignore Sender... to automatically add a rule to kill all posts from the sender of the currently selected message.