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Offbreed

I don't suppose there's a filter around that only kills that part of a
thread after it's been Butt-headed?
 
I don't suppose there's a filter around that only kills
that part of a thread after it's been Butt-headed?
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Current topic at news.software.readers (if I understood your Q).

J
 
Current topic at news.software.readers (if I understood your Q).
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Thanks. What's the thread name?

(To kill a branch of a thread after pcbutts has made his appearance.)
 
Offbreed said:
I don't suppose there's a filter around that only kills that part of a
thread after it's been Butt-headed?
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A tip I picked up from the groups some time ago was to subscribe to the
alt.usenet.kooks newsgroup, but then set up a news rule that says

Apply this rule after the message arrives, Where the message is on
alt.usenet.kooks newsgroup, Delete it.

What happens then is that anyone who crossposts in kooks (which is mainly
people whose posts have no interest for me - I think pcbutts must be one of
them because I never see his/her posts)
 
Thanks. What's the thread name?

(To kill a branch of a thread after pcbutts has made his
appearance.)
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Some tips in "Beginnings of a generalised scoring FAQ". There
were 2 or 3 other threads that led to it but I CRS, sorry.

Prob is that good posts may come from the same server. If you
don't mind plucking M-IDs from bozo's post, it's simple:

some kill score:
Message-ID: <blahblah@whatever\.com>
OR (whatever T-bird uses to "OR")
References: <blahblah@whatever\.com>

J
 
JIP said:
I think pcbutts must be one of
them because I never see his/her posts)
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I have a filter set for more than 3 xposts, and I usually find out about
a thread when someone "does us a favor" and removes the extra posts.

I'd dislike killing threads because some of them have stuff I'd like to
read. I don't need the branch of a thread that's been hijacked by Butthead.
 
Some tips in "Beginnings of a generalised scoring FAQ". There
were 2 or 3 other threads that led to it but I CRS, sorry.
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I doubted there would be a tool for branch killing as it would require
recording a bunch of reference file numbers, and that would really slow
things down.

Butts is in the kill file, but most of the responses to him are from
people I don't want to killfile.
 
Offbreed said:
I have a filter set for more than 3 xposts, and I usually find out about
a thread when someone "does us a favor" and removes the extra posts.

I'd dislike killing threads because some of them have stuff I'd like to
read. I don't need the branch of a thread that's been hijacked by Butthead.
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have you looked into nfilter? i think it's supposed to be able to kill
on any header, so you should be able to kill based on reference rather
than killing the whole thread...

you mentioned you felt that would slow things down too much, but i'm not
sure pcbutts actually appears in that many new threads so barring header
mishaps a single reference should get the entire branch, and old
references can be pruned from the list since threads eventually die
(some faster than others)...

not that i condone ignoring pcbutts... he's one of those rare trolls
where ignoring him actually allows him to do greater harm... sugien, for
all his {whatever it was he had}, was at least fairly benign...
 
kurt said:
have you looked into nfilter? i think it's supposed to be able to kill
on any header, so you should be able to kill based on reference rather
than killing the whole thread...
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I use NFilter and the T-Bird filter. I think NFilter would require
manually entering the message reference, then manually removing it.
Faster and easier to click on the Buttocks, down arrow, shift click, and
hit "M". A one click solution would be nice. A blanket solution would be
even better.
not that i condone ignoring pcbutts... he's one of those rare trolls
where ignoring him actually allows him to do greater harm...
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Yeah, people who know the subject should not ignore him. People like me,
with minimal expertise, should ignore him.

I don't think he qualifies as a "troll", though. Trolls seek to annoy or
to control, and I don't think most of them actually believe what they
are claiming (discovering what they actually do believe is the key to
their destruction). Buttocks has more in common with the Kooks and
Quacks that claim to have invented the telephone (or the internet <G>)
and actually believes his delusions of adequacy.
 
I doubted there would be a tool for branch killing as it
would require recording a bunch of reference file numbers,
and that would really slow things down.

Butts is in the kill file, but most of the responses to him
are from people I don't want to killfile.
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I don't know about T-bird.
Branch killing is in Xnews. The M-ID is added automatically but
it's NOT a one-click process. :(

J
 
I don't know about T-bird.
Branch killing is in Xnews. The M-ID is added automatically but
it's NOT a one-click process. :(
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I have that installed, but I've never gotten around to learning to use it.
 
You love me because you can't let a thread die. You constantly try to elicit
a response from me and others. That makes you a troll. This is the last
reply you will get from me. I want to see how long you will go on trolling
me. You have almost reached Leythos the stalker stage.

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pcbutts1 said:
You love me because you can't let a thread die. You constantly try to elicit
a response from me and others.
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lets test that theory, shall we? you stop posting (so that you don't
elicit a response from me) and we'll see how long i can go without
trying to elicit a response from you...
 
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