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- From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
- Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
- Subject: Re: Killfiles
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 16:38:34 GMT
- Organization: AS&M Inc
- Lines: 31
- Message-ID: <JAAPJL.92Dec29113841@cmb00.larc.nasa.gov>
- References: <BzuLGp.CEz@polaris.async.vt.edu>
- Reply-To: J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@larc.nasa.gov>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: cmb00.larc.nasa.gov
- In-reply-to: jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu's message of 26 Dec 92 03:53:12 GMT
-
- In article <BzuLGp.CEz@polaris.async.vt.edu> jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (J. Furr) writes:
-
- I know that if I want to kill the subject of a post I'm reading so I don't
- see it again, I mash control-K. If I want to _edit_ my kill file, I mash
- shift-K. Since often-times I control-K a noisy thread only to see the
- thread worm its way back onto my thread list by a movement of a colon or
- comma, I'd appreciate being pointed toward any info that would tell me how
- to kill posts from specific authors and how to kill threads on, say,
- 'mnemonics' permanently dead. (hi, a.f.u.!)
-
- I use Alt-k to edit my group killfile. Then I use C-c C-k C-s to
- insert the Subject line I don't want to read. Then I edit the line
- to generalize it as appropriate with regexps. Then ...
-
- Oh, you don't use gnus? I hope somebody can guess what newsreader
- you use and help you. But maybe your newsreader does use regexps.
- There's an rn killfile FAQ that is posted to news.answers and a few
- other groups.
-
- To newusers: If you're asking how to do something in news,
-
- PLEASE INCLUDE THE NAME OF YOUR NEWSREADER IN YOUR POST.
-
- Many questions are newsreader-specific.
-
- BTW, I know Joel must have a thick skin by now and can stand this
- rather minor flame. :-)
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