Alan Connor wrote:
> I checked out your alias, wondering if you ever posted using Linux
> or Unix, because if not, _that_ is what you need to concentrate on.
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_...ing=r&hl=en&ie=
ISO-8859-1&as_oq=&btnG=Google+Search&as_eq=&as_ugroup=&as_usubject=&
as_uauthors=Shawn&as_umsgid=&lr=&as_qdr=&as_drrb=b&as_mind=2&as_minm=2&
as_miny=2004&as_maxd=2&as_maxm=2&as_maxy=2005&safe=images
>
> Results 1 - 10 of 30,600 from Feb 2, 2004 Searched all groups to
> Feb 2, 2005 for author: Shawn. ( 0.23 seconds)
>
> This is what happens when you use a single, common, firstname for an
> alias: People try to see what you are about on the Usenet, and they
> can't find you among all the trolls trying to hide their tracks by
> using common first names for an alias.

Alan,

An interesting post. I wasn't aware of being able to search on the
author. I went ahead an looked up on my name and found some posts I
forgot about. Thanks for the tip. Here's another -
open the show options link, and select "show all messages by this
author".
For Shawn, I see this:   Results 1 - 10 of 5,990 for
author:zzz...@xxx.yyy . (0.25 seconds)

While the google front-end tries to hide the acutal email (I think) you
still see a more specific and lower number than just looking for
"Shawn"

>
> I've killfiled most of them. Now "Shawn" joins the list.

What does "killfiled" mean?

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On 2005-02-03, Greg Beeker <gbeeker@gmail.com> wrote: 
>
> What does "killfiled" mean?

It means that he won't sell this poor victim his brilliant innovative
world-saving enterprise-leading anti-spam solution. Be quick, lest he
might decide won't sell anything to you, either.


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