On 13 October 2012 22:44, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Joshua Landau > <joshua.landau...@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.
The first's no good for protecting the newbies though. If *troll* flames * newbie*, then I want to be able to assure *newbie* that he's not done anything wrong or stupid. The second is a bit better, definitely, but what I'm wanting is to delegate these tasks to python-list's admins. I'm lazy, see.
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