On 8/19/2011 1:39 PM, Donald J. Tambeau wrote:
> A big thank you to all those who offered me advise on how to find my
> IP Address. Most were very helpful and straight to the point. Of
> course, we always get one or two individuals who are more interested
> in showing the world their superior knowledge than in helping a
> newbie. Fortunately, the ratio of helpful individuals greatly
> outnumbers the few conceited arrogant individuals and there lies the
> value of this list! One day perhaps, I will be able to give advise
> rather than ask for it. Thank you, Don VE3HOL
>
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_file
A kill file (also killfile, bozo bin or twit list) is a per-user file
used by some Usenet reading programs (originally Larry Wall's rn) to
discard summarily (without presenting for reading) articles matching
some unwanted patterns of subject, author, or other header lines.
Thus to add a person (or subject) to one's kill file is to arrange for
that person to be ignored by one's newsreader in the future. By
extension, it may be used for a decision to ignore the person or subject
in other media. Sometimes more than one kill file will be used. Some
newsreader programs also allow the user to specify a time period to keep
an author in the kill file.
Newer newsreader software like Gnus often provides a more advanced form
of filter known as a score file, which can use multiple rules to
determine which articles are shown. Web-based forums usually have a
similar feature called ignore list, which hides any posts sent by users
on the list.
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