Re: Endless wrangling

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Endless wrangling
Date	2021-01-12 19:02 +0000
Organization	NOYB
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sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
> On 1/12/2021 5:19 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> >    Yes, that might be very helpful, because until now I haven't figured
> > out how to killfile this 'sms' character!
> > 
> >    But seriously, when discussing filter rules, let's try not to mention
> > 'who' (which name/nym or/and (pseudo) e-mail address) we're trying to
> > filter.
> 
> Okay.
> 
> But I will point out that in Thunderbird (and other newsgroup readers), 
> using "contains" instead of "is" in a filter rule is usually a better 
> approach because often the nymshifting trolls will only slightly change 
> their nym so a single rule can cover multiple nyms.

  Yes, my newsreader uses (implied) 'contains' by default and you've to
add special characters to make it into an 'is'. Ain't regular
expressions grand! :-)

> Sometimes they'll stick a special character into their nym, but you can 
> also filter just on that special character.
> 
> It generally requires only a few rules to clean up a newsgroup. When I 
> was filtering using "is" I had a long list of rules since every time our 
> favorite troll would nymshift I added another rule.

  Yes, it now has only one entry (which contains multiple expressions
just to be on the safe side),

Thread

Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-07 13:19 -0800
  Re: Endless wrangling VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-01-07 16:47 -0600
    Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-07 15:42 -0800
      Re: Endless wrangling Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-07 15:56 -0800
        Re: Endless wrangling Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-07 16:14 -0800
          Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-07 22:43 -0800
        Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-07 22:42 -0800
          Re: Endless wrangling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-08 15:33 +0100
            Re: Endless wrangling Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-01-08 07:41 -0700
              Re: Endless wrangling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-08 16:38 +0100
                Re: Endless wrangling Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-01-08 11:58 -0700
            Re: Endless wrangling AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2021-01-08 09:53 -0700
              Re: Endless wrangling Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-01-08 12:04 -0700
                Re: Endless wrangling AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2021-01-08 14:23 -0700
                Re: Endless wrangling philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2021-01-10 13:37 -0600
                Re: Endless wrangling Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-01-10 13:48 -0700
                Re: Endless wrangling philo@novabbs.i2p (philo) - 2021-01-10 21:10 +0000
                Re: Endless wrangling Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-01-11 06:51 -0700
                Re: Endless wrangling philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2021-01-11 08:04 -0600
              Re: Endless wrangling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-08 22:40 +0100
                Re: Endless wrangling AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2021-01-08 16:00 -0700
              Re: Endless wrangling Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-01-08 22:38 +0000
                Re: Endless wrangling AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2021-01-08 16:21 -0700
            Re: Endless wrangling sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-08 09:22 -0800
              Re: Endless wrangling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-08 22:47 +0100
            Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-08 11:39 -0800
    Re: Endless wrangling Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-01-07 23:42 +0000
  Re: Endless wrangling Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-01-08 08:10 +0100
    Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-07 23:22 -0800
    Re: Endless wrangling "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-08 08:23 -0500
      Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-08 11:37 -0800
        Re: Endless wrangling KenW                                        <ken1943@invalid.net> - 2021-01-08 13:13 -0700
  Re: Endless wrangling Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-08 14:33 +0000
    Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-08 11:20 -0800
      Re: Endless wrangling Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-10 11:03 +0000
        Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-10 10:41 -0800
  Re: Endless wrangling sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-08 09:08 -0800
    Re: Endless wrangling sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-08 13:31 -0800
      Re: Endless wrangling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-08 22:54 +0100
        Re: Endless wrangling sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-08 14:04 -0800
          Re: Endless wrangling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-08 23:20 +0100
            Re: Endless wrangling Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-11 16:34 +0000
              Re: Endless wrangling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-11 23:25 +0100
        Re: Endless wrangling Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-08 15:47 -0800
          Re: Endless wrangling Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-09 01:31 +0000
          Re: Endless wrangling sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-09 08:57 -0800
            Re: Endless wrangling Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-09 21:15 +0000
            Re: Endless wrangling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-09 23:36 +0100
            Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-09 20:52 -0800
              Re: Endless wrangling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-10 12:36 +0100
          Re: Endless wrangling Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-01-10 09:36 +0100
            Re: Endless wrangling Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-25 06:39 -0800
      Re: Endless wrangling Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-09 01:22 +0000
  Re: Endless wrangling sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-08 12:48 -0800
    Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-08 20:37 -0800
      Re: Endless wrangling VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-01-08 23:55 -0600
      Re: Endless wrangling Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-09 06:44 +0000
      Re: Endless wrangling sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-09 08:45 -0800
        Re: Endless wrangling Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-09 21:20 +0000
  Re: Endless wrangling Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-09 01:29 +0000
    Re: Endless wrangling Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-09 03:34 +0000
    Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-08 21:37 -0800
      Re: Endless wrangling Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-09 06:46 +0000
  Re: Endless wrangling "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-01-11 21:51 +0100
    Re: Endless wrangling sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-11 14:05 -0800
      Re: Endless wrangling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-11 23:26 +0100
      Re: Endless wrangling Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-01-12 03:47 +0100
      Re: Endless wrangling Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-12 13:19 +0000
        Re: Endless wrangling sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-12 08:27 -0800
          Re: Endless wrangling Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-12 19:02 +0000
          Re: Endless wrangling The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-12 20:24 -0800

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