On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 22:26:45 +0100 Gareth Nelson <gar...@garethnelson.com> wrote:
> I'm sure we're all aware of the individual i'm thinking of when I say > their posts are both inappropriate and annoying. > > The individual in question should be referred privately to mental > health services, but they should also be prohibited from posting > further to this list. > > Thoughts? I personally believe that people who post that way shouldn't be allowed on the list, but whether he's banned or not isn't important. Here's your solution: :0: * ^From.*obnoxious_...@whatever.com * ^(To|Cc).*misc@openbsd.org /dev/null He'll never be able to annoy you again, except in quoted text from those who choose to respond to him. If they're responding in anger, they should also employ the solution I recommended. Pretty soon obnoxious_boy isn't a problem to anyone, because nobody's listening. And then, likely as not, he'll take his obnoxo-talk to a different list. I wrote about this subject at http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/init/killfile.htm SteveT Steve Litt June 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother? http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb
