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Article #159Re: Killfiles
From: Mark Brader
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 10:23
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 10:23
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> The relevant line in mine reads: > > /name of poster/h:j > > which kills all articles with his name anywhere in the header. If you > are really feeling unfriendly, change the "h" to "a" to kill all articles > which even mention him (although this will take a bit longer at startup). For those who *do* use the "a" modifier (and therefore didn't see the above article), it is sometimes useful to have the same entry without this modifier first. That is, do two or all three of: /name of poster/:j /name of poster/h:j /name of poster/a:j Due to the time taken to do the "a" searches, this can result in a noticeable time saving. I also recommend doing :=:j rather than :j, by way of confirmation that you're killing something that looks relevant, at least when using the "h" and "a" modifiers. -- Mark Brader | "I think it's safe to say that no person can hope to SoftQuad Inc., Toronto | achieve basic life competence without consulting my utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com | work on a regular basis." -- Cecil Adams This article is in the public domain.
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Newsgroups: news.admin.policy Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!wildcan!sq!msb From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) Subject: Re: Killfiles Message-ID: <1992Dec27.102316.878@sq.sq.com> Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada References: <BzuL9s.CCy@polaris.async.vt.edu> <Bzw598.JzF@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 10:23:16 GMT Lines: 28