mec4n@boole.acc.Virginia.EDU (Mary ellen J. Carrera) (12/19/89)
I have just tried using a kill file for the first time, and I have a question. Is it only the subject line that is searched for the pattern? If so, is there some way to make it search other parts of the article, such as the sender name? I find that in the news groups I read, there are certain individuals who seem to reply to MANY articles, often in a rude and inflammatory manner, which I would rather not have to wade through. They perpetuate or initiate flame wars which are unpleasant, and often irrelevant to the news group's main focus (including, unfortunately, actual threats against other users). I would like to avoid reading these, without having to 'n' my way through many articles. Is there any way to modify a kill file to search other than the subject? (I use 'rn' to read the news, btw). Thanks for any replies. p.s. Also, is there some appropriate way to protest threats sent across the net, or is it best just to ignore? What do you think?
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (12/19/89)
In article <1989Dec18.210607.7800@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> mec4n@boole.acc.Virginia.EDU (Mary ellen J. Carrera) writes: | I have just tried using a kill file for the first time, and I have a | question. Is it only the subject line that is searched for the pattern? | If so, is there some way to make it search other parts of the article, | such as the sender name? The trick is in the character after the pattern. For what you want to do, you want 'h' to scan for the author anywhere in the header. /Gwanne/hj would junk any article with Gwanne anywhere in the header, including the author field. You can also filter out an entrie site by /@morbid.closter.edu/hj looking for the Reply-to and/or Message-ID fields. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon