A1.If you've "flagged" certain posters as Ignored via Message | Ignore
Conversation, WYSIWYG. If you "flagged" the poster via Blocked Senders, no
thread should be marked as Ignored.

A2. See:

Message Rules Tips
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Why doesn't my rule work?
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#rules
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DavidW wrote:
I have rules to flag newsgroup posts from certain people as Ignore, but I
don't want responses to those posts ignored, which is what's happening
now.
If an ignored poster starts a thread, every other post in the thread is
ignored. How can I stop this?

Also, what exactly does "Stop processing more rules" mean? I have it on,
on
advice, but I don't know why I need it.