XPost: comp.theory, comp.lang.c++   
   From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 13.11.2025 13:36, Kenny McCormack wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >> I humbly suggest, yet again, that these discussions be restricted   
   >> to comp.theory, and that users try to edit the "Newsgroups:" header   
   >> even when replying to a cross-posted article.   
   >   
   > Wouldn't it be better (and easier and more likely to work) to setup your   
   > killfile to kill any article (in C.L.C) that contains the string "olcott" ?   
      
   The problem is that pathological people seem to ignore and circumvent   
   that by changing name, email, and subject to get through; most similar   
   to what ads, prn, fraud, etc. do.   
      
   >   
   > I have not done this (yet); my killfile kills only articles *by* olcott.   
      
   Same here.   
      
   > I still have to manually kill any responses to his posts.  It would, of   
   > course, be nice if we could get people to stop responding to his junk, but   
   > that'd be like expecting the tides to turn.   
   >   
   > But I think it (killing any article that contains the string) is the right   
   > thing to do (*), and will do so when I get around to it.   
   >   
   > (*) I don't know (yet) if there is a more direct way to kill (in trn) any   
   > article from a given user and plus all followups - in a single go.   
   > Obviously, that would be the real/ideal solution to this problem.   
      
   Janis   
      
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