>Hi All,
Hi, Penny.
>I've gotten some email requests on how to setup a kill file. I guess since
>I've admitted that I couldn't understand it and now have created one, that
>some may think I can explain it in simple terms. I don't know, but here
>goes.
>
>Below is a portion of my kill file and I'll put the definitions as I
>understand them, next to each command.
>From what you posted, I think you understand how kill files work in
Souper real well :)...
>First you need to use an editor and create a file called kill and place it
>in your home directory. For instance f:\home\kill is my setup. Once you
>have the file created, you will add the filters that you want to use to
>delete posts as described below.
Just one note here... I found out that, for Souper95 users, this file
should be named .kill. Just a minor point...
>all { <---The all command is for every
> from @anon.penet.fi post that is downloaded. The
> Subject Suck brackets enclose the filters
> Subject Sex that is used to delete posts.
> Subject Fuck You can filter the from, Subject
> Subject Shit and header fields as shown to
> Subject Make Money Now the left. In Newsgroups, the 6
> header Newsgroups: .*,.*,.*,.*,.*,.* asteriks will filter out any
>} posts that are
> crossposted to over 6
> groups. Be sure to leave
> a space before the bracket
> or the kill file won't work
> as well as the closing
> bracket on a new line.
> I don't know why, I just
> know it won't work.
> There aren't this many
> blank lines between each
> group. I've just separated
> them for discussion here.
> I just skip a line between
> the closing bracket and
> the next sub.
>
>alt.support.asthma { <----This next set of filters are based
> Subject Smoking on each individual newsgroup
> Subject Cigarettes Name the newsgroup, put in
>} the bracket and then the
> filters that you don't want
>bit.listserv.os2-l { to get and then the closing
> Subject Hyperaccess bracket. You will not get
>} anything that has these
> titles in the subject line.
>co.jobs { You can also put in user's
> Subject Developer here by adding the same
> Subject Engineer type line as above in anon.
> Subject Sales penet.fi.
> Subject Programmer
> Subject Administrator
>}
I think that you have really grasped the basic concept of kill files
in Souper. There is so much that one can do with this program :)
Here is a portion of my .kill file:
all {
Newsgroups [^,]+,[^,]+,[^,]+,[^,]+,[^,]+,.*
from obe@fast.net
from rfg@monkeys.com
subject OS/2
subject Exchange
subject sucks
subject Bill Gates
subject fuck
subject sex
header ^Lines: [5-9][0-9][0-9]+
header ^Lines: [1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]+
subject money
subject cash
subject IRC
subject banality
subject RFC
subject GNKSA
subject FreeAgent
subject Free Agent
}
The "header ^Lines:" entries kill posts that are over 500 lines. I
have found this to be useful, since I do not appreciate receiving
binary posts to non-binary groups. Also, I have found that this rule
tends to eliminate a lot of long-winded postings, too :)...
>I hope that this helps those of you who asked me. Use this and you should
>be able to make a kill file that works. Also, rereading the souper docs
>helps to understand the kill file too.
I am sure that you have helped a lot of people with your post. And,
reading the Souper docs does help, too.
Thanks for your post.
Debra Walker
Debra Walker debraw@wwa.com (preferred) dwalker433@aol.com
Chicago, IL debra.walker@aquila.com