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Re: the global "ignore" filter . . .

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On 2026-04-30, D <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:
>
> the global "ignore" filter automatically
> ignores all articles in all newsgroups, except
> for articles with overview headers that have
> been filtered in other ways, generally, either
> whitelisted or blacklisted, promoted, watched,
> retained, or demoted, ignored, purged, moved,
> etc.
>
> ...
>
> thus, whitelisted text strings in overview
> headers are normalized, unignored, allowing
> those articles to appear normally in the news-
> reader, and a select few are promoted, saved,
> watched, researched, etc., but the vast majority
> of usenet articles are simply ignored, any
> replies to ignored articles are obscured in
> collapsed threads, then purged at the user's
> discretion...sayonara to the troll farm

Amazing what machinations people will go through
when, for example, the "next" key ('n' in slrn)
is rocket science for them....

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the global "ignore" filter . . . D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2026-04-30 21:14 +0100
  Re: the global "ignore" filter . . . oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-05-01 01:51 +0000
    Re: the global "ignore" filter . . . none <none@none.rip> - 2026-05-01 04:14 +0200
      Re: the global "ignore" filter . . . oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-05-01 12:29 +0000

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