Re: {bb} ignoring messages

[Robert-Andre Croteau <sirac@videotron.ca>]

Dave Canedo wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm trying to get BigBrother to ignore the following message from an
> NT PDC ...
> 
> --------------------------cut-----------------------------------------
> red Fri May 28 10:52:45 1999 [cairo.pswtech.com]
> Sys: E 'Fri May 28 10:48:21 1999': Wins - " An attempt to connect to the
> remote WINS server with address 208.21.218.3 returned with  an error.
> Check  to see that the remote WINS server is running and available,  and
> that WINS is  running on that server.  "
> Sys: E 'Fri May 28 10:32:36 1999': Wins - " An attempt to connect to the
> remote WINS server with address 208.21.218.3 returned with  an error.
> Check  to see that the remote WINS server is running and available,  and
> that WINS is  running on that server.  "
> ---------------------------end cut------------------------------------
> 
> I've typed in the following in bbntcfg:
> 
> -----------------------cut--------------------------------------------
> Wins - " An attempt to connect to the remote WINS server with address
> 208.21.218.3 returned with  an error. Check  to see that the remote WINS
> server is running and available,  and that WINS is  running on that
> server.  "
> ---------------------------end cut------------------------------------
> 
> BUT am still getting red in the BBDISPLAY.

Leave out the [Wins -] at the beginning of the text. This is the actual
application name and is not part of the message if I'm not mistaken.

BTW, you don't have to put the whole message, just a substring
that is unique to the message.

bye
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