>In <XD6mxs9YenJN090yn@io.org>, on 05/16/96 at 05:40 PM,
> trebla@io.org (Albert Y.C. Lai) said:
>
>> all {
>> From @aol.com
>> }
>>
>
> Not to pick nits, but
>
>all {
>from aol
>}
>
> will accomplish the same thing .
Not really. For example, your code would kill messages from
baolson@ibm.net. Mr. Lai's code wouldn't do that to Mr. Olson.
>>Regrettedly Souper kill files are case sensitive (for example, my
>>example will not catch @AOL.COM) for a greater but more difficult
>>good.
>
> That's interesting--my Souper KILL is *not* case-sensitive. My
> souper.exe is 41864 bytes, dated 2-13-96. It would be one heck of
> a lot less effective for me if it was case-sensitive!
The OS/2 version is also case insensitive and uses regular expressions
(although this fact is not mentioned in the DOC file).
Can anyone tell me how to kill all messages in the offline reader
newsgroup that don't contain "yarn", "yrn" or "soup" in the header?
Thanks,
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Bill McCarthy
actuary@nando.net
Wendell, NC USA