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- From: terry@aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com (Terry Bollinger)
- Subject: Auto-Deletes of Postings by Name/Phrase
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.153722.5966@asl.dl.nec.com>
- Sender: news@asl.dl.nec.com
- Nntp-Posting-Host: aslws01
- Organization: NEC America, Inc Irving TX
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:37:22 GMT
- Lines: 65
-
- Hi folks,
-
- Since there are a lot of different threads and authors on this group,
- I thought I'd mention that if you use "rn", you can do very broad
- auto-deletes that will ensure that you can keep the focus on what
- *you* want to talk about.
-
- You do it by explicitly editing (Ctrl-K) your kill file to broaden the
- scope of the kills. Some quick examples (ignore my indenting):
-
- /bollinger/aj
-
- ... kills all letters that even *mention* my last name, whether in any of
- the header lines, or in the text itself. This command is indifferent
- to case, so it will nail emails containing Bollinger, BOLLINGER, bollinger,
- whatever. You can use entries of this type to ensure that you will never
- even see a particular name or concept even mentioned again on your custom
- set of threads.
-
- If you wish to be a little more precise you can use:
-
- /^from: .*terry/aj
-
- ...which would nail only emails sent from my (or whoever's) email name.
- This is what you might want if you don't chafe too much at simply seeing
- someone mentioned, but do not wish to receive any of their postings.
-
- It doesn't have to be just the "from:" field; you can eliminate by using
- some other header field name. For example:
-
- /^newsgroups: .*bizarre/aj
-
- ...ensures that any posting cross-referenced to any group containing the
- name "bizarre" will be kept out of your thread subset.
-
- In fact, if you disdain ALL forms of cross-posting, you can restrict your
- subset to postings that do not have *any* cross-references by looking for
- the comma that separates more than one group:
-
- /^newsgroups: .*,/aj
-
- Finally, you may want a list of generic "don't let me see subjects with
- these words in them" entries. (If you are only basing your kills on
- subject lines, you only need "j" at the end instead of "aj".)
-
- /astrol/j
- /crackpot/j
- /joke/j
- /psychic/j
- /ufo/j
-
- Remember that these will kill *any* occurrence of the letter sequence you
- give, whether upper, lower, or mixed case. So be careful -- a very short
- string is liable to find words you did not intend to get. (You can ensure
- an exact word (vs. part of a word) by using "\b" before and after the word,
- as in "/\bufo\b/j" )
-
- Because this group is so large and diverse, you have a right to read as
- much or as little of it as you wish. Commands such as the above will,
- at least for "rn" users, help provide defacto subgrouping more along the
- lines of whatever your interests may be.
-
- Cheers,
- Terry Bollinger
-
-