| sk8r-365 2007-10-04, 1:14 pm |
| Horton heard a Who named Moe Trin saying:
> On Tue, 02 Oct 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.debian, in article
> < mqydnSiXEbufAZ_anZ2dnUVZ_rSinZ2d@bresnan
.com>, sk8r-365 wrote:
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> That's a bit on the low side. For _most_ of the 84 groups I try to scan
> daily, I allow up to 4 groups. OK, inexpensive killing of cross-posts:
84!? Holy smokes. I have time for 3 groups. I'm so busy I have to
be draconian about x-posting limits. BTW, on the matter of killing
posts and expense; way I had it getting articles was very
slowwwwwww.
> % When a newsreader contacts the newsserver, it requests a so-called Xover,
<snip good explanations>
>
> you said two groups are OK? Try
>
> Xref: :.*:.*:
>
> which should kill posts where the Xref: header contains three colons.
Now that's working and is F-A-S-T!
<snip>
> Imagine what that would look like if I were grumpy instead of my nice
> cheery disposition. (That also is an indication why I use the '=' in
> score values.)
You're a nicer guy than I !
Here's my faster score file (thanks to you), but I have to set each item
separately; for an unknown reason grouping isn't getting it:
%BOS
[*]
Score: =-9999
Xref: advocacy
[*]
Score: =-9999
Xref: windows
[*]
Score: =-9999
Xref: conspiracy
[*]
Score: =-9999
Xref: flame
[*]
Score: =-9999
Xref: kook
[*]
Score: =-9999
Xref: microsoft
[*]
Score: =-9999
Xref: politics
% limits x-posting max 2 groups
[*]
Score: =-9999
Xref: :.*:.*:
% kills all "test" posts not in a *test NG
[~*.test]
Score: =-9999
Subject: ^test$
% Interested in all slrn articles;
% need to test for redundancy with this
% and the next filter
[news.software.readers]
Score: 9999
Subject: slrn
% scoring for ONLY 'slrn' posts in listed NG
% and discard all others
[news.software.readers]
Score: -9999
~Subject:^slrn$
% limits message size in max bytes;
% if it can't be said in about 400 lines
% there's to much yapping, it's a binary
% or unneeded text is not being snipped
Score: =-9999
Bytes: 14700
% handles those get rich schemes with "$" in Subject
[*]
Score: =-9999
Subject:^\$\
%EOS
Thanks for your time!!
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sk8r-365
The only way to make Windows "secure":
1) go to http://goodbye-microsoft.com
2) replace existing operating system.
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