did not see the test group till after I replied. on the other hand norton's 
antispam component is not impressing me so far.

"s|b"  wrote in message news:dff1rgFvgfU1@mid.individual.net...

On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 19:07:54 -0800, edward wrote:

> perhaps but it's my email

It's called "a posting" and you're posting your message to a newsgroup.

> and if I wish to test different filters that's my
> choice.

There are several *.test newsgroups out there where you can test. If
your filter works in a *.test newsgroup it'll work in other newsgroups
as well.

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s|b 

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