OT: filtering MV posts and replies

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Anyone been able to reliably filter out both MV posts and
any subsequent replies?

The References field in MV responses seems to always
include some number @4ax.com, but so do responses to other
threads, so that's no good.

I've just had a filter on his email addy, then plonk the
chronic knucklehead responders as they rear their ugly mug.

It's been working pretty good so far, but if you come up
with a more effective method, please, so tell.
--
Slacker

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Anyone been able to reliably filter out both MV posts and
any subsequent replies?

The References field in MV responses seems to always
include some number @4ax.com, but so do responses to other
threads, so that's no good.

I'm pretty sure the only client that lets you kill entire
threads is Xnews. In slrn, you may be able to do a
cumulative score on his message-id, newsreader, and isp info
that adds up to a kill, so that other @4ax.com users would
be scored, but not killed. Your news server would have to
filter on XREF, which is not common. If you use something
like Hamster, Newsplex, or nfilter, those will give you the
ability to score on all headers.

Slacker said:

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Anyone been able to reliably filter out both MV posts and
any subsequent replies?

The References field in MV responses seems to always
include some number @4ax.com, but so do responses to
other threads, so that's no good.

I've just had a filter on his email addy, then plonk
the chronic knucklehead responders as they rear their
ugly mug.

It's been working pretty good so far, but if you come up
with a more effective method, please, so tell.

/me wonders if he's been killfiled by half of AMB for
replying to Vandemann 😄.

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Anyone been able to reliably filter out both MV posts and
any subsequent replies?

The References field in MV responses seems to always
include some number @4ax.com, but so do responses to other
threads, so that's no good.

I just hit the 'Ignore thread' button every time he posts
(using Pan).

sittingduck said:

I'm pretty sure the only client that lets you kill entire
threads is Xnews.

Pan does too.

Stephen Baker said:

Fortunately, AOHell's newsreader comes with the option to
add filters with:
1. Subject contains...
2. Subject Matches ...
3. Author is ... (my personal favourite)
4. Domain is ...

AOL is pure [censored]. Any one of the several readers mentioned
here are about 100 times more advanced, and let you access
any server you want.

sittingduck said:

AOL is pure [censored]. Any one of the several readers mentioned
here are about 100 times more advanced, and let you access
any server you want.

Why does it wind you up so much about what ISP other
people use?

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Anyone been able to reliably filter out both MV posts and
any subsequent replies?

The References field in MV responses seems to always
include some number @4ax.com, but so do responses to other
threads, so that's no good.

Most of his posts are cross-posted to sci.environment and
other unrelated newsgroups, and most of the replies as well.
Have you tried using this?

That being said, I've tried it a bit and it hasn't worked
for me with slrn. I just filter on him and a few other rabid
responders (e.g. Jeff Strickland) by name. There really
aren't that many these days (compared to a few years ago,
when on-topic posts were rare on r.b.o for reasons other
than the current one).

--
-BB- To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail
address, at least)

BB said:

Most of his posts are cross-posted to sci.environment and
other unrelated newsgroups, and most of the replies as
well. Have you tried using this?

That being said, I've tried it a bit and it hasn't worked
for me with slrn.

This works great in Xnews, which according to the manual,
"happily steals the scoring system concept from slrn"

[^alt\.mountain\-bike$] Score:: -9999 XRef:
ca\.environment|sci\.environment

bomba said:

Why does it wind you up so much about what ISP other
people use?

Mainly because I was stupid enough to use AOL for a short
period of time. It left me bitter when I found out how
exceedingly lame and expensive it really was. I felt
suckered by their ad campains and the many many free cds
that show up in my mailbox even today. I abhor ignorance and
waste, especially in myself. Which is probably why AOL is a
pet peeve of mine.

sittingduck said:

BB said:

Most of his posts are cross-posted to sci.environment and
other unrelated newsgroups, and most of the replies as
well. Have you tried using this?

This works great in Xnews, which according to the manual,
"happily steals the scoring system concept from slrn"

[^alt\.mountain\-bike$] Score:: -9999 XRef:
ca\.environment|sci\.environment

Excellent. I'll try that. Thanks!

--
-BB- To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail
address, at least)

In "]news:[email hidden],
Monique Y. Mudama <[email hidden]> scribbled:

Quoted message said:

Anyone been able to reliably filter out both MV posts and
any subsequent replies?

The References field in MV responses seems to always
include some number @4ax.com, but so do responses to other
threads, so that's no good.

I just ignore his posts. At least that way I only have a
single thread to pass by rather than a dozen reply threads.
And even though some people reply to him, I can still find
their other posts interesting - so I avoid plonking every
single person who replies. Heck, if I did that, there'd only
be a handful of posts to read.

It's not that bad, really. There are several other people
whose threads I don't read either (this ng, and others...
especially on r.b.r!), for one reason or another. Same
difference.

The option to automatically kill the entire thread is cool.
But it seems that it's specific to a very few news readers.
I'd rather not switch, and ignoring an occasional thread
isn't any hassle.

Outlook Express has an "Ignore Conversation" feature, but it
still lists the thread unless you change the view to "Hide
Read or Ignored messages", which doesn't work for me. I'll
often go back to previously read posts for reference.

--

FlyingCoyote

--

BB said:

sittingduck said:

[^alt\.mountain\-bike$] Score:: -9999 XRef:
ca\.environment|sci\.environment

Excellent. I'll try that. Thanks!

Didn't work with slrn. :-(

--
-BB- To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail
address, at least)

Slacker said:

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Anyone been able to reliably filter out both MV posts and
any subsequent replies?

The References field in MV responses seems to always
include some number @4ax.com, but so do responses to
other threads, so that's no good.

I've just had a filter on his email addy, then plonk
the chronic knucklehead responders as they rear their
ugly mug.

It's been working pretty good so far, but if you come up
with a more effective method, please, so tell.

That would work 100% if we could only convince Bill Sorni to
stop responding. I've killed most of the habitual
responders, but can't resist reading Bill's Quixote-like
jousting with the old lunatic. I'm reminded of the saying:
Never mud wrestle with a pig, you both get dirty and the pig
enjoys it.

I'll live it up to the group to decide which side of the
equation Bill fits into.

Tom

On Tue, 25 May 2004 22:13:04 -0600, "Monique Y. Mudama" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

.Anyone been able to reliably filter out both MV posts and
any subsequent .replies?

There wouldn't be anything left, and certainly nothing
worth reading!

.The References field in MV responses seems to always
include some number [email hidden], but so do responses to other
threads, so that's no good.

===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits
to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the
previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road
construction.)

home.pacbell.netmjvandeOpen ↗

tcmedara said:

Slacker said:

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Anyone been able to reliably filter out both MV posts
and any subsequent replies?

The References field in MV responses seems to always
include some number @4ax.com, but so do responses to
other threads, so that's no good.

I've just had a filter on his email addy, then plonk
the chronic knucklehead responders as they rear their
ugly mug.

It's been working pretty good so far, but if you come up
with a more effective method, please, so tell.

That would work 100% if we could only convince Bill Sorni
to stop responding. I've killed most of the habitual
responders, but can't resist reading Bill's Quixote-like
jousting with the old lunatic. I'm reminded of the saying:
Never mud wrestle with a pig, you both get dirty and the
pig enjoys it.

I'll live it up to the group to decide which side of the
equation Bill fits into.

I really do try to "pick and choose" my M^V debaucheries
(word?), but will restrain myself further in the future.

Bill "oinks not ploinks" S.

BB said:

Didn't work with slrn. :-(

alcor.concordia.cafaqOpen ↗
score.html#7

Theres a faq on slrn scoring... maybe it didnt like
xnews' syntax?

On Thu, 27 May 2004 05:12:09 GMT, " S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote:

.tcmedara wrote: .> Slacker <[email hidden]> wrote:
.>> Monique Y. Mudama wrote: .>> .>>> Anyone been able to
reliably filter out both MV posts and any .>>> subsequent
replies? .>>> .>>> The References field in MV responses
seems to always include some .>>> number @4ax.com, but so do
responses to other threads, so that's no .>>> good. .>>> .>>

Quoted message said:

.>> I've just had a filter on his email addy, then plonk

the chronic .>> knucklehead responders as they rear their
ugly mug. .>> .>> It's been working pretty good so far, but
if you come up with a more .>> effective method, please, so
tell. .> .> That would work 100% if we could only convince
Bill Sorni to stop .> responding. I've killed most of the
habitual responders, but can't .> resist reading Bill's Quixote-
like jousting with the old lunatic. .> I'm reminded of the
saying: Never mud wrestle with a pig, you both .> get dirty
and the pig enjoys it. .> .> I'll live it up to the group to
decide which side of the equation .> Bill fits into. . .I
really do try to "pick and choose" my M^V debaucheries
(word?), but will .restrain myself further in the future.

Liar. You can't help yourself. Montainbikers have no self-
control whatsoever.

.Bill "oinks not ploinks" S. .

===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits
to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the
previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road
construction.)

home.pacbell.netmjvandeOpen ↗

"bomba" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

On Thu, 27 May 2004 05:12:09 +0000, S o r n i wrote:

into drugs and alcohol as well as passion. It also has a
secondary definition that means, basically, failing to
uphold one's duties. So, while

doctor, I am not sure if the definition is wide enough to
include posting when one knows one should not. On second
thought, language is ever evolving and this could be just
the new usage this old word needs to become relevant again.
Debauchery: posting when one knows better.

If that is the case, then this post itself is debauched!

debauched adjective

taking drugs, etc: his debauched lifestyle

debauchee noun [C] a debauched person: He gave a convincing
stage performance as the unpleasant young debauchee.

debauchery noun [U] a life of debauchery

debaucheries Debauchery \De*bauch"er*y\, n.; pl.
Debaucheries. 1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from
virtue, duty, or allegiance.

The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the
debauchery of the army. --Burke.

2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially,
excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality;
habitual lewdness.

Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat.