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Bill Yanaire, ESQ

Flightless Bird
"XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9DBB410487D8Axs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...
> Tony <Tony@TheDeli.Sandwich> wrote:
>
>> Oh rubbish!! I've learned plenty about how useless Microshit and
>> Windows 7 are from this newsgroup.
>
> What an incredibly ignorant post, now fix your idiotic signature and
> bugger off, OK?
>
Oh yea, that will work. LOL!
 
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DanS

Flightless Bird

> Thank you. That may be true, but I would still like to know
> how to mark followups to Joe Troll. Nothing in References
> or Message-ID will point specifically to a particular
> poster.
>
> An example of what I would like to block is the thread
> immediately preceding this one ("Re: alias says..."). I
> have both Alias and Frank in my block list, but I'm still
> left with their responders.

I don't see any threads starting out "Re: alias says...."

I see one thread entitled "alias says.......".

The whole point is, Panzke aside, which seems to pepper this
group with post after post, how hard can it be to *not* read
troll posts ?

Do you have no self control ?

As you can see, you end up with a bunch of orphaned posts all
starting with Re:

If you didn't KF, there's be ONE thread entitled....

"alias says he can walk to the beach from Madrid, in 20
mins...Oh the distance is about 190 miles"

It's painfully obvious that is OT.
 
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Carroll Robbins

Flightless Bird
DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote on Tue, 20 Jul
2010 11:10:56 -0500 in
<Xns9DBB7BF151A1Athisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131>

>As you can see, you end up with a bunch of orphaned posts all
>starting with Re:

Not if you have a newsreader that can ignore the subthread started by the
troll.
--
Carroll B. Robbins, Jr.
 
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Dave \Crash\ Dummy

Flightless Bird
Carroll Robbins wrote:
> DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote on Tue, 20 Jul
> 2010 11:10:56 -0500 in
> <Xns9DBB7BF151A1Athisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131>
>
>> As you can see, you end up with a bunch of orphaned posts all
>> starting with Re:
>
> Not if you have a newsreader that can ignore the subthread started by the
> troll.

Such as?
--
Crash

"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."
~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~
 
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Geordie

Flightless Bird
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:09:06 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
<invalid@invalid.invalid> compiled the following:

>Carroll Robbins wrote:
<snip>
>> Not if you have a newsreader that can ignore the subthread started by the
>> troll.
>
>Such as?

Agent
--
One tentacle, one vote.
 
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XS11E

Flightless Bird
"Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Carroll Robbins wrote:
>> DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote on Tue,
>> 20 Jul 2010 11:10:56 -0500 in
>> <Xns9DBB7BF151A1Athisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131>
>>
>>> As you can see, you end up with a bunch of orphaned posts all
>>> starting with Re:
>>
>> Not if you have a newsreader that can ignore the subthread
>> started by the troll.
>
> Such as?

The headers show he's using Agent. Xnews will do so also.


--
XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project:
http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
 
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Tony

Flightless Bird
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XS11E wrote:

> Tony <Tony@TheDeli.Sandwich> wrote:
>
> > Oh rubbish!! I've learned plenty about how useless Microshit and
> > Windows 7 are from this newsgroup.
>
> What an incredibly ignorant post, now fix your idiotic signature and
> bugger off, OK?
>
> --
> XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
> The Usenet Improvement Project:
> http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know
proper manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first
day on the job for potty mouth,

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions
beyond the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday
 
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Canuck57

Flightless Bird
On 18/07/2010 12:44 PM, FiOS-Dave wrote:
> Is this Newsgroup dead???
> Dave

Getting close.

As predicted, Vista didn't last too long and Win 7...chip off the old
block of Vista.

Apple is doing good, profits are up some 86% or something. Now valued
more than MSFT from what I hear.

Many a MS pundits left here for the feal good and censored options at
Microsoft. This keeps them myopically happy.

Still no soluions for pathetic diska and network performance doesn't
help any.

--

Government has liberals, idealists and lawyers, but where is the common
sense?
 
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Gordon

Flightless Bird
On 21/07/10 02:17, Tony wrote:
<snip rubbish>

RFC for signatures says FOUR LINES ONLY.
Moron.
 
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Dave \Crash\ Dummy

Flightless Bird
XS11E wrote:
> "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Carroll Robbins wrote:
>>> DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote on Tue,
>>> 20 Jul 2010 11:10:56 -0500 in
>>> <Xns9DBB7BF151A1Athisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131>
>>>
>>>> As you can see, you end up with a bunch of orphaned posts all
>>>> starting with Re:
>>> Not if you have a newsreader that can ignore the subthread
>>> started by the troll.
>> Such as?
>
> The headers show he's using Agent.

That I gathered, but I thought making the response to an honest question
into a mystery was rude. Since this is the only group I use where trolls
are a problem, I would rather not have to pay for a newsreader.

> Xnews will do so also.

In which case I repeat my question. How do I do that with XNews?

"I downloaded XNews and looked over the docs, but I am still lost when it
comes to blocking followups to known trolls (feeding the troll):"

% kill if from known troll
Score: -9999
From: Joe Troll

% kill followup to known troll
Score: -9999
????

--
Crash

Life is short. Eat dessert first.
 
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Bill Yanaire, ESQ

Flightless Bird
"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:i26903$kt1$2@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 21/07/10 02:17, Tony wrote:
> <snip rubbish>
>
> RFC for signatures says FOUR LINES ONLY.
> Moron.
>

Time to polish your NET COP badge. Err <sigh> Umm.

IDIOT.
 
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XS11E

Flightless Bird
"Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> XS11E wrote:
>> "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Carroll Robbins wrote:
>>>> DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote on
>>>> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:10:56 -0500 in
>>>> <Xns9DBB7BF151A1Athisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131>
>>>>
>>>>> As you can see, you end up with a bunch of orphaned posts all
>>>>> starting with Re:
>>>> Not if you have a newsreader that can ignore the subthread
>>>> started by the troll. Such as?
>>
>> The headers show he's using Agent.
>
> That I gathered, but I thought making the response to an honest
> question into a mystery was rude. Since this is the only group I
> use where trolls are a problem, I would rather not have to pay for
> a newsreader.
>
>> Xnews will do so also.
>
> In which case I repeat my question. How do I do that with XNews?

You can kill the thread. First, open xnews.ini and copy and past this
line, I put it in right before the "Compose" section but I'm not sure
it matters:

[Popups]
ArticleList=acaAddToScore,acvRevealThread,acaReConsThread,-,acaMarkAllRead,acaMarkAllUnread

Make sure under "Special" you have "Enable Scoring" and "Hard Kill"
selected, close and restart Xnews.

Now, when you see a troll's thread, just right click, select "Add
to score file", from the popup check "Kill", set expiration to
whatever you want, push the "Subject" button and be sure "Matches"
is selected, click the "Rescore on Apply" box and click "Apply".
You should now see the entire thread marked -9999 and if you restart
Xnews, the entire thread will be gone.

Follow up is set to news.software.readers, OK?




--
XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project:
http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
 
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Tony

Flightless Bird
I could condense it into 4 long lines without word wrap and leave out
the commas.

Gordon wrote:

> On 21/07/10 02:17, Tony wrote:
> <snip rubbish>
>
> RFC for signatures says FOUR LINES ONLY.
> Moron.

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know
proper manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first
day on the job for potty mouth,

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions
beyond the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday
 
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Gordon

Flightless Bird
On 22/07/2010 03:52, Tony wrote:
> I could condense it into 4 long lines without word wrap and leave out
> the commas.

Just set it at FOUR lines. Most of your sig serves no useful purpose
anyway...
 
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