On 1/12/11 5:36 PM, John wrote: > John wrote: >> David E. Ross wrote: >>> On 1/12/11 3:57 PM, John wrote: >>>> David E. Ross wrote: >>>>> On 1/12/11 2:15 PM, John wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there any software out there that makes it easier to send news >>>>>> group >>>>>> trolls to a kill file? Seamonkey does have some blocking features but >>>>>> the rules offered seem to be very easy to get around by those who >>>>>> constantly change their name or even worse pose as someone you would >>>>>> normally *want* to hear from. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> John >>>>> >>>>> Does not SeaMonkey's mail-news component have the same filtering >>>>> capabilities as Thunderbird? With Thunderbird, I can create a filter on >>>>> any set of message headers, including headers indicating the >>>>> application >>>>> used to send the message and in what news service the message was sent. >>>> >>>> >>>> Yes but I want something more powerful and easier to use. You have >>>> noticed I am sure a certain poster who constantly changes their name >>>> and/or hides under the name of another poster. What I want to do is >>>> right click on the troll post and kill based on the sender's origin. >>>> Basically a 'whois' type of kill based on the the originating IP address >>>> that would defeat a troll's attempt to change their name or pose as >>>> someone else. >>>> >>>> A 'view' and 'message source' doesn't give sufficient information (as >>>> far as I can determine) to truly kill file the individual. Perhaps I am >>>> missing something and if so please inform me how to better use the >>>> information. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> John >>> >>> With your message selected in Thunderbird, I selected [View> Message >>> Source] from the menu bar. I saw the header field: >>> NNTP-Posting-Host: 72.95.161.200 >>> >>> 72.95.161.200 is the IP address for the unregistered domain >>> [namepool-72-95-161-200.pitbpa.east.verizon.net]. I'm guessing that you >>> have a broadband connection to the Internet through Verizon. Although >>> IP addresses for such connections might be dynamic, they really do not >>> change often. (I've been unsuccessully trying to change mine for a >>> week.) If you run IP Chicken at<http://www.ipchicken.com/>, I think >>> you will see 72.95.161.200 is your own external IP address. >>> >>> Thus, I could create a filter to block your messages by creating a >>> custom header for NNTP-Posting-Host and filtering on the value >>> 72.95.161.200. >>> >> >> That sounds great but in what category do you put the NNTP posting host? >> Seamonkey has a custom setting but when clicked on it just asks for a >> 'New Message Header'. What do I put in this box and what is added to the >> larger entry box below it? >> >> Thanks, >> John > > > I found the answer in the help section, I was looking under general help > and didn't find it. > > One question though, the example below is someone I would like to block > in a different newsgroup but the address looks odd: > > NNTP-Posting-Host: 9TEqRaUN62VUuRWTWfCotg.user.speranza.aioe.org > > Is this some sort of work around to what you suggested or just typical > of aioe? > > Thanks, > John
They're using a domain rather than an IP address. It's not a registered domain, so it must be internal to aioe.org. A domain like that is often used for a broadband connection. Since aioe.org is not an ISP, however, the domain is not for a broadband connection. It thus is likely a temporary domain, possibly for a single use. I would filter on "contains" (second term in the filter) and "aioe.org" (third term). -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
