Re: [sumo] Dale and the Sumo list Killfile entry

["Stephan Dulka" <dulka@alpha.ocn.ne.jp>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Ferguson" <abf@cs.ucc.ie>
To: <sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 3:59 AM
Subject: Re: [sumo] Dale and the Sumo list Killfile entry


> On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 08:09:54AM -0500, Whitney wrote:
> > I hope Dale gets this message because I have never heard of a killfile
> > entry. If it is something real, I want him to explain it to me so I
> > can start my own killfile. I hope that he was not using sarcasm.
> 
> There is indeed such a thing;  it's newsgroup-speak for what in mail
> programs would normally be called a (set of) filter rule(s).  In either
> case, one configures the program to (say, hypothetically) delete a whole
> thread, delete all postings from some Contentious Individual(TM),
> messages with TOO MUCH ALL-CAPS 'SHOUTING', etc.  Details vary
> considerably, however, depending on which mail program or newreader
> you're using.
> 
> Hope that's of some help.  Those hoping for cyber-assassination may, I
> suppose, be disappointed.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex.
> [EndPost by Alex Ferguson <abf@cs.ucc.ie>]


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