"Rick & Cyndi" > wrote in
news:yn1sd.595$S33.53@trnddc03:

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Dog3 > wrote in
>> :
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>>> Such is life on Usenet. The kf and score files are very useful. OTOH,
>>> sometimes the devil surfaces in me, and I like to goad the trolls. I
>>> know I'm bad. I just can't help myself sometimes. I've tried to be
>>> good lately and have not stirred the pot too much. I think the
>>> biggest irritant for me is the crossposted threads unrelated to RFC.
>>> The good news is, I can kf all crossposted threads. The bad news is,
>>> the thread name changes and I have to do it all over again.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>
>> I only have 2 posters in my kf that will never expire. I kf all
>> crossposted threads. My score file eliminates nearly 100% of anonymous
>> remailers, political, religious, sports, money, porn, sales, adverts,
>> etc.
>> If a topic escapes my kf and score file, and I think it will be
>> around
>> for a while, I add it to my kf with an expiration date. I see very few
>> posts I don't want.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne in Phoenix
>>===========
>
> Hi Wayne!!
>
> Umm, what's a "score file", please?
>
> Cyndi

I use the Xnews newsreader. Xnews and some other newsreaders use "score
files" to perform specified functions on posts. Basically, each article
is assigned a score from -9999 to 9999. By default, an article has score
0 (no score, or neutral). Articles with score of -9999 or less are
killed.

Scoring is applied to content within a header; e.g., Subject, From,
Reference, Lines, etc.

For example, the following dialog in the score file will kill all subjects
containing either "Bin Laden" or "President"

Sco: -9999
Subject: Bin Laden|President

Other scoring numbers can be assigned which you can use for various
functions; e.g., following a specific topic instead of killing it.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.