Many users find it useful to create message rules to stop large messages from being downloaded.
But for those who frequent binaries newsgroups, in which people routinely post large messages with attached pictures, sounds, movies, etc., it is also helpful to prevent small messages from being downloaded. This is because in such groups a small message is usually spam, while a large message usually contains a binary attachment. Since OE's news message rules allow you to filter only for messages more than a number of lines and not less than , it is not immediately apparent how to proceed. The answer is to use two rules instead of one. The first rule stops processing any more rules for any message larger than 100 lines.