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

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From: Lizabeth
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 03:25
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"John S. J. Anderson" <jacobs+usenet@genehack.org> wrote in message
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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.
>

Well put, John.  The best way to deal with people like Yacub, in my opinion,
is to ignore them - they eventually get bored and wander off.
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