On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:51:40 -0400, eb <noone@nobody.com> wrote:
>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:
>>>
>>>>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
My pleasure, glad I was able to help you out eb.
An additional tip, to be sure you didn't get a legit poster select
mark read instead of delete under 'kill action' and test a few days.
EG.
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