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Re: readline trick needed

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Date 2012-10-14 08:44 +1100
Subject Re: readline trick needed
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.2144.1350164702.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Joshua Landau
<joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> wrote:
> With two irritants (including 88888), is it not advisable that python-list
> gets an admin to block these accounts? Even if it does nothing more than
> slow them, that's something.

That's what killfiles are for. You have two options:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_file
http://bofh.ch/bofh/bsmh2.html

The first option is not perfect, as you'll still see replies that
quote such people's posts. The second has a few issues with local law
enforcement, but other than that, is a very effective means of
avoiding seeing their posts.

ChrisA

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readline trick needed Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-13 13:30 +0000
  Re: readline trick needed Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 09:44 -0400
  Re: readline trick needed Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 00:47 +1100
  Re: readline trick needed Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 09:58 -0400
  Re: readline trick needed Roel Schroeven <roel@roelschroeven.net> - 2012-10-13 23:14 +0200
  Re: readline trick needed Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 08:44 +1100
  Re: readline trick needed Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-13 23:13 +0100
  Re: readline trick needed Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 09:41 +1100
  Re: readline trick needed Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-13 23:52 +0100
  Re: readline trick needed Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-14 01:32 +0100
  [on topic] Re: readline trick needed Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-16 10:30 +0200
    Re: [on topic] Re: readline trick needed Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-16 11:27 +0000
      Re: [on topic] Re: readline trick needed Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 13:20 +0100
        Re: [on topic] Re: readline trick needed Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-16 12:52 +0000
      Re: [on topic] Re: readline trick needed Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 10:14 -0400
      [off topic], was Re: [on topic] Re: readline trick needed Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-16 16:36 +0200
      Re: [off topic], was Re: [on topic] Re: readline trick needed Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 11:14 -0400
  Re: [on topic] Re: readline trick needed Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2012-10-16 01:50 -0700
  Re: [on topic] Re: readline trick needed Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-16 12:20 +0200
  Re: [on topic] Re: readline trick needed Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2012-10-16 13:44 -0700

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