[DNG] Killfile and move on
I got home after a tough day and was treated to a couple people repeatedly writing back and forth very insultingly about the bad netiquette of a third person, whose email I hadn't seen because I killfiled him years ago. For some reason, and you can't make this stuff up folks, one of them took the time to ask the name of an athlete, on DNG, right after accusing several (unnamed, but they know who they are) people of bad netiquette. Have mercy on others. If you feel the irresistable compulsion to correct someone about something offtopic, email them offlist. If you just can't stand anything they write, killfile them and move on. Seriously, life's too short. SteveT Steve Litt November 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting: Just the Facts http://www.troubleshooters.com/tjust ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Killfile and move on
Quoting Steve Litt (sl...@troubleshooters.com):
> Please keep in mind that replies to a troll aren't what most people are
> here to see. Keep in mind also that when trolls are ignored, they tend
> to go elsewhere.
Useful procmail recipe follows, for catching and processing posts from a
roster of trolls and any first-level response to them, except if said mail
has To: or Cc: addressed to you specifically:
# noise filter
MY_ADDR="my.own@email.addresses|separa...@by.bars"
TROLL_ADDR="this.is@a.troll|with@two.addresses|this.is@another.troll"
TROLL_NAMES="John Troll|Kathy McTroll"
:0
# for each email not directly addressed to me
*$ !^(To|Cc):.*\<($MY_ADDR)\>
{
:0
# if the mail is from a troll -> byte recycler
*$ ^From:.*\<($TROLL_ADDR)\>
/dev/null
:0 B
# if the mail is a direct reply to a troll -> same
*$ ^^(.*\<)?($TROLL_NAMES)\>
/dev/null
}
(To put matched mail somewhere else, substitute a different destination
in place of the above's bit bucket.)
Plaudits for this elegant solution should go to Tobia Conforto
, who provided it to the subscribers of OSI's
license-discuss mailing list on 3 September 2007.
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[DNG] Killfile and move on
Hi all, Here's an article I wrote several years ago: http://troubleshooters.com/linux/init/killfile.htm If a person appears obstinately to spout what you consider bullshit, why take the time to respond to him? Why multiply his bullshit with your reply and possible replies to your reply? Why see him at all? Killfile him. What if the person keeps switching email addresses? Well, killfile his new address. It's as easy for you to add a filter as it is for him to change email addresses. If a tree falls in the forest and no living thing exists for 20 miles, did the falling tree make a sound? If a troll spouts his bullshit but everyone had him filtered so they can't see his bullshit, was there ever any bullshit? Please keep in mind that replies to a troll aren't what most people are here to see. Keep in mind also that when trolls are ignored, they tend to go elsewhere. SteveT Steve Litt July 2017 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
