On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:55:21 -0500, Old Geek
<eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:16:48 -0400, eb <noone@nobody.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:11:08 -0500, Old Geek
>><eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 17:10:37 -0400, eb <noone@nobody.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Elder,
>>>>
>>>>I'm trying to write a kill filter in Agent in another group for a
>>>>jacka** that's changing his poster's name with every posting. I know
>>>>you can also filter by domain or other attributes but how do you
>>>>obtain his sent-from domain in Agent?
>>>>
>>>>Also any hints or suggestions on the filter itself would be MOST
>>>>welcome!!
>>>>
>>>>eb
>>>
>>>In Agent, click on view and checkmark 'show all header fields'.This
>>>will show you quite a bit of information, you'll see message id,
>>>user-agent, usenet host ect.
>>>Note you will need to download a header to see this.
>>>If you download several 'samples' you can look for somehting common in
>>>the message-id and use that to develop your filter. I prefer using
>>>message-id to usenet host for filters since it seems more accurate.
>>>
>>>See the attached screenshots.
>>>You can also post some sample headers and I'll see if I can help you
>>>out.
>>>
>>>EG.
>>
>>Thank you VERY much!!!
>>
>>I'll give it a try this week-end.
>>
>>eb
>
>You're welcome, glad to help out.
>
>EG.
WOO HOO!!!
It freakin' worked GREAT!!!
I'll just have to keep an eye out that I haven't "plonk'd" any legit
posters but it seems to have done the job.
I'll post the filter in the affected group(s) to assist others (pay it
forward...)
Thanks again for your help, Elder!!
eb
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