Re: oh dear.... I see what you all mean..!
"Skeats" <neverthetwain@elephantandcastle.com> wrote in
news
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> "DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote
> in message
> news:Xns9DBD967DA2021thisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131...
>> "Skeats" <neverthetwain@elephantandcastle.com> wrote in
>> news:6a02o.336980$Hs4.35005@hurricane:
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>>>>> not worth reading.
>>>>
>>>> That wouldn't be a function of Vista or Windows 7, it's
>>>> up to your newsreader to killfile posters. Your headers
>>>> show you're using Windows Mail and I don't believe that
>>>> capability exists, maybe someone else could suggest
>>>> something?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
>>>> The Usenet Improvement Project:
>>>> http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you. I will check that link up.
>>>
>>> BTW I've just experimented with killfiling "Re: Alias"
>>> as one word in subject heading ( space included) in
>>> Windows Mail and it wiped out the rest of Alias
>>> followers'
>>
>> Note: Alias doesn't have any 'followers', regardless of
>> what someone might say. Maybe you meant followups(?).
>>
>>> followups. It looks like I've found myself a way of
>>> getting rid of some un-needed threads. It worked with
>>> "Re: ANN" as well - so that is one caps problems solved!
>>
>> So what happened to the 20'ish or so posts from the middle
>> of the thread where someone changed the Subject line ?
>
> What was it changed to? I cleared the whole set of
> messages on the 20th as most messages seemed to be followup
> rants.
The subject was changed to: peter foldes hangs out @
alt.dumbfucks.troll-inc
Subsequent messages would be prefixed with re:
> If not "followers" as such why bother with answering trolls
> anyway?
If you hadn't noticed, those replying to him are typically
attacking him, and not countering the info he posted, just
personally attacking him.
