How-To Use Scores In Rules

Rule Conditions
You can use the score value as a rule condition to trigger rule actions. For example, you might want to kill low scored articles by marking them read, or add high scored articles to the Watch list.
The score value is added to rule conditions in the Rules Editor - Conditions Tab.

·      The value can be negative.

·      The condition can be combined with any other rule condition(s) to create complex rules.

·      To create a rule condition that means "Less Than" a score, use the NOT operator like this
Not Score > 100
If you combine a "less than" condition with other conditions, use parentheses to group the phrase. In the following simple example, you don't really need the parentheses, but it does no harm. For more complex conditions, they may be required.
From contains "Newt" And    (    Not    Score > 100    )

Rule Actions
On the Actions Tab in the rules editor, you can use any rule condition(s) to add to or subtract from an article's score (subtracting means adding a negative score). You can also combine this action with other any other rule actions.
·      Be aware, when (or if) you use the "Re-score Current Group" Scoring command, the scores that are added or subtracted by RULES are not included in the re-score. You can run the rule(s) manually after re-scoring, if you are certain it will do what you want. If you want to avoid this behavior, enter most score entries with scoring rather than rules..
·      Also note, that if you manually run a rule more than once, the score will continue to increase or decrease each time you run the rule.