Re: Another opinion on why .killfiling DOESN'T work.

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From: John S. J. Anderson
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 03:12

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> On 1/22/01 9:48 PM, in article 3A6CF187.7CC@worldnet.att.net, "Edward
> Glamkowski" <eglamkowski@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
> > You know, killfiling someone [i.e. Name deleted] just doesn't stop
> > you from seeing follow-ups to the killfiled person.

If you really dislike the person that much, you should look into
getting a newsreader that can killfile based on 'References:'
headers. Might not cut out everything, but it'll whack it down even
further than killing based on 'To:'.

> These groups (va.general and dc.general) have always had hearty
> debates, until someone _NEW_ enters and screws the whole thing up -
> until he's dealt with...

Not feeding the troll would be a good first step, methinks.

john.

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