Smee said....

Sm> does. Another handy tool is a thread killer.
Sm> you set the thread to ignore rather than the sender if you still want to
Sm> converse with them in another thread
Sm> this is more civilised and more commonly used by myself.
Sm> Helps when there is a lot of crossposting.

I use a program called Newsproxy (http://nfilter.org). It acts as a
proxy server between the news client and the ISP's news server. It can
act on any header in the message to do whatever you wish to do with it.

For example, I don't filter on threads. Rather, I filter on the number
of x-posts. If they equal or exceed 3 NGs then they're dropped. Nfilter
doesn't download them. Eg;

* drop Xref:*:*:*
* drop From:*mtaylor@austar-obv*

The first one drops messages from all groups that are x-posted to 3 or
more newsgroups. By "dropping" it means that they're marked as
downloaded at the server end. So, I don't get to actually download them.

The second one stops me downloading my own messages. As exciting and
enlightening that they are, I don't really need to see them again...

I accidentally left Nfilter shutdown the other day, when I changed news
servers, and downloaded about 1,000 messages. aus.legal was swamped with
crossposts from these religious nutters, **** that I normally don't see.



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kiwipete said....

ki> lets talk bikes huh!

What? In this newsgroup? Are you knuts?



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Intact Kneeslider said....

IK> (the Brown Shirts were disbanded in the aftermath of the Night of the
IK> Long Knives

Was that the morning after? Sounds like it was a big night. I can attest
to that. Schnapps has that effect on me too. Especially when mixed with
Baileys in those really little glasses at 5 bux a pop...


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Richard Kirkwood said....

RK> Actually I don't read every message mainly I surf the subject headings,
RK> but cover at least say 40-50% of all messages. You say you use software
RK> to filter?. How? I am using outlook express, is there another method?

Yep. Don't use OE. Try a better news client.

See my other post regarding Newsproxy/Nfilter. It does the "filtering",
not the client.


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Knobdoodle said....

Kn> Welcome to Blackshirt-Nazi land!

Ah ****. That means then that I have to return my aus.moto shirt. It's
black, after all...

Smack, you accept refunds???


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Martin Taylor wrote:
> Ah ****. That means then that I have to return my aus.moto shirt. It's
> black, after all...
>
> Smack, you accept refunds???
>
>

I'm sure he accepts them.

Cheers,
Ash (dunno how you'll go getting one out of him though...)

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"kiwipete" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Martin Taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > kiwipete said....
> >
> > ki> lets talk bikes huh!
> >
> > What? In this newsgroup? Are you knuts?
>
> Well I DID spend 19 years in Queensland! ;-)
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> kiwipete
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How long did that take?

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kiwipete said....

>> What? In this newsgroup? Are you knuts?

ki> Well I DID spend 19 years in Queensland! ;-)

Is that why you are called "Kiwi" Pete?



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