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Dave W.
 
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In article <9iSwd.779138$8_6.303515@attbi_s04>,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2004-12-18, Dave W. > wrote:
>
> > You are supposed to be able to get rid of crossposts with something like:
> > Kill if Xref contains "[^ ]+,[^ ]+,[^ ]+"
> > Whatever that means. In any case, it doesn't work for me.

>
> Try Kill if Xref contains ":*.*:"
>
> Since crossposts require an extra colon between other newsgroups, this
> might work.
>

Thanks for the hint ... I'll give it a try.

> > I have, though, apparently wiped out a slew of garbage from rfc with:
> > Kill if Xref contains sci.med.cardiology
> >
> > All the Chung garbage is gone.

>
> Yep. That's because he always includes that one group. See if just the word
> cardiology works. It does on mine.
>

I tried cardiology and it appeared not to do the job. When I gave the
full group name the filter snagged them all. Don't know what to make of
that. I'll try it again later and see what happens.

Regards,
Dave W.

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