<div dir="ltr"><div>I would not change the sh/dx behaviour.</div><div>It's not just about users, but also other programs that are using it with the syntax 'sh/dx <callsign>' </div><div><br></div><div>andrea</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">--></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support <<a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>

  
    
  
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    <div>OK, let's see if I can straighten this
      out.<br>
      <br>
      1. sh/dx uses, <i>but is not</i>, Filter.pm<br>
      2. accept or reject/<system> is pure Filter.pm. Commands 
      expect [<i>callsign</i>] [<i>slot no</i>] <keyword>
      <value> pairs mixed with and logical expressions like
      brackets <i>and</i> <i>or </i>etc. <i>Callsign</i> and <i>slot
        no</i> are optional. Callsign includes the various options for
      *default names (e.g. node_default, in_user_default etc).<br>
       <br>
      sh/dx has a short cut so that, should the user do a 'sh/dx
      <callsign>', it does not throw an error (as it would using
      acc/spot) because the user has not written 'sh/dx <u><i>call</i>
      </u><callsign>'. <b><u>This is not a bug. </u></b>It is a
      convenience for users that expect to be able to do 'sh/dx
      <callsign>' and get some answers rather than a syntax error.<br>
      <br>
      I could simply take that convenience away and then the interfaces
      will be (more nearly) the same. It is always an issue to get that
      "right" (again) whenever I do some major surgery on sh/dx,
      especially when I spend several days trying to improve the extra
      parsing to allow the users to do more things with it. Should I do
      that, I sure I shall be able leave you to interface with the
      users...<br>
      <br>
      Sheesh<br>
      <br>
      Dirk G1TLH<br>
      <br>
      On 08/05/2025 11:33, Kin via Dxspider-support wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Until</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
            <span>now</span>, I <span>understood</span>
            <span>that</span> <span>they</span>
            <span>were</span> <span>trying</span>
            <span>to</span> <span>standardize</span>
            <span>the</span> use <span>of</span>
            <span>filters</span> in ACC <span>or</span> REJ and SH/DX.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
            <span>the</span> <span>above</span>
            <span>is</span> <span>correct</span>,
            <span>what</span> I <span>showed</span>
            <span>indicates</span> <span>an</span>
            error. <span>But</span> <span>if</span> <span>it</span> <span>doesn't</span> <span>follow</span>
            <span>the</span> <span>same</span>
            <span>method</span>, <span>well</span>...<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Kin
            EA3CV<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">De:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
                Dxspider-support
                <a href="mailto:dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank"><dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk></a> <b>En
                  nombre de </b>Mikel EA2CW via Dxspider-support<br>
                <b>Enviado el:</b> jueves, 8 de mayo de 2025 11:46<br>
                <b>Para:</b> The DXSpider Support list
                <a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank"><dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk></a><br>
                <b>CC:</b> Mikel EA2CW <a href="mailto:ea2cw@gautxori.com" target="_blank"><ea2cw@gautxori.com></a><br>
                <b>Asunto:</b> Re: [Dxspider-support] Possible filter
                failure build 633<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span>I am sorry,
              you're right, Andrea. I've already read it, but thought
              -erroneously- that you must put any rule number after the
              call to be changed (as in the given example) to be valid.<br>
              I did it to node_default and in_node_default but always
              followed by #.<br>
              Of course you can always use the "spoof" system, but that
              was not the point.<br>
              73, Mikel<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span>El 8 de mayo
                de 2025 5:17:25 UTC, IZ2LSC via Dxspider-support
                <a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank"><dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk></a> escribió:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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              <p>Please read the documentation<u></u><u></u></p>
              <p><u></u> <u></u></p>
              <p><u></u> <u></u></p>
              <p>11.99 reject/spots <call> [input] [0-9]
                <pattern> (8)<br>
                reject/spots <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern>
                Spot filter sysop version<u></u><u></u></p>
              <p>This version allows a sysop to set a filter for a
                callsign as well as thedefault for nodes and users eg:-<u></u><u></u></p>
              <p>  reject/spot db0sue-7 1 by_zone 14,15,16  reject/spot
                node_default all  set/hops node_default 10<br>
                  reject/spot user_default by G,M,2<u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span>/// sent
                    from my mobile device \\\<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Il gio 8 mag
                    2025, 02:05 Mikel EA2CW via Dxspider-support <<a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>>
                    ha scritto:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The way to
                    change a filter to another user as sysop should be
                    (as in the <br>
                    example)<br>
                    <br>
                    spoof zs8w rej/spot ...etc.<br>
                    <br>
                    Not "rej/spot zs8w". That should be the same than
                    "rej/spot call zs8w"<br>
                    <br>
                    73, Mikel<br>
                    <br>
                    <br>
                    El 7/5/25 a las 23:11, IZ2LSC via Dxspider-support
                    escribió:<br>
                    > I think this is OK.<br>
                    > As sysop you can set a filter for another user,
                    and with command rej/ <br>
                    > spot zs8w you are setting a filter for user
                    zs8w.<br>
                    > <br>
                    > Andrea<br>
                    > <br>
                    > --><br>
                    -- <br>
                    73 de Mikel Berrocal EA2CW-AE2CW<br>
                    Bilbao, Basque Country<br>
                    <a href="mailto:ea2cw@gautxori.com" target="_blank">ea2cw@gautxori.com</a><br>
                    <a href="https://www.ea2cw.eus" target="_blank">https://www.ea2cw.eus</a><br>
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