Filtering Posts

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John said:

How does one filter out the childish, insulting, ignorant, argumentative,
and idiotic posts on this newsgroup so that only the good information and
discussions comes thru.

I use outlook express.

Well, you could filter out any posts by Jan and Ilena. That would be a
start. ;-)

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Double click on the message so it creates a new window then in the title bar
of the new window click Message->Block Sender or create rule.
....or you could write a script which is more effective and more complex.
Anth

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How does one filter out the childish, insulting, ignorant,

argumentative,

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and idiotic posts on this newsgroup so that only the good information and
discussions comes thru.

I use outlook express.

TIA
John

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In article <[email hidden]>,

John said:

How does one filter out the childish, insulting, ignorant, argumentative,
and idiotic posts on this newsgroup so that only the good information and
discussions comes thru.

I use outlook express.

I don't know what Outlook Express allows you to do (Outlook Express?
That's like hanging a big sign on your computer that says "hack me".)

But if you can filter out every posting that starts with "Re:", that
should avoid most of the flamage. Of course, it'll also avoid most of
the articles, but you will see much of the spam. You didn't say
whether you wanted to avoid spam...

Beyond that, you could avoid reading anything written by Ilena or Jan,
since that's mostly flamage. If you want to avoid "ignorant," cut out
Dave Wickware, "DRCEEPHD," and Todd Gastaldo.

You'll have to form your own conclusions about other posters or
topics. My killfile is set to get rid of any posting with
"circumcision" in the subject line, for example.

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"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)

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Subject: Re: Filtering Posts
From: [email hidden] (David Wright)
Date: 5/9/2004 6:45 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: <[email hidden]>

In article <[email hidden]>,

John said:

How does one filter out the childish, insulting, ignorant, argumentative,
and idiotic posts on this newsgroup so that only the good information and
discussions comes thru.

I use outlook express.

I don't know what Outlook Express allows you to do (Outlook Express?
That's like hanging a big sign on your computer that says "hack me".)

But if you can filter out every posting that starts with "Re:", that
should avoid most of the flamage. Of course, it'll also avoid most of
the articles, but you will see much of the spam. You didn't say
whether you wanted to avoid spam...

Beyond that, you could avoid reading anything written by Ilena or Jan,
since that's mostly flamage. If you want to avoid "ignorant," cut out
Dave Wickware, "DRCEEPHD," and Todd Gastaldo.

You'll have to form your own conclusions about other posters or
topics. My killfile is set to get rid of any posting with
"circumcision" in the subject line, for example.

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When you start whining about personalities,don't be surprised that it

generates comments about your own.
David Wright

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Quoted message said:

How does one filter out the childish, insulting, ignorant,

argumentative,

Quoted message said:

and idiotic posts on this newsgroup so that only the good information and
discussions comes thru.

Set your filters to ignore Jan Drew.

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I use outlook express.

TIA
John

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Remove NOTSPAM to reply.
" 'Normal' is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving
through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to
the job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car, and the house
that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it."
Ellen Goodman
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http://www.greatriv.org/vs.htm
Not my site but I like it.

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Subject: Filtering Posts
From: "John" [email hidden]
Date: 5/9/04 8:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email hidden]>

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How does one filter out the childish, insulting, ignorant, argumentative,
and idiotic posts on this newsgroup so that only the good information and
discussions comes thru.

Most newsgroup readers have a preferences section where you can block messages
by author, by title, by subject, or by their domain name.

This is why most of the worst offenders change their names daily. You simply
have to ignore their posts entirely.

DrC PhD

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Subject: Filtering Posts
From: "John" [email hidden]
Date: 5/9/04 8:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

How does one filter out the childish, insulting, ignorant,

argumentative,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and idiotic posts on this newsgroup so that only the good information and
discussions comes thru.

Most newsgroup readers have a preferences section where you can block

messages

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by author, by title, by subject, or by their domain name.

This is why most of the worst offenders change their names daily. You

simply

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have to ignore their posts entirely.

Yes. We who do this are offering everyone an opportunity to exercise self
control. However, these people who cannot control themselves and respond,
blame the person who changes their email address, and not their lack of
self-control.

I find that tragic that they are in such denial.