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From: poole@ut-emx.UUCP (Steve Poole)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: kill files
Message-ID: <15882@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 89 21:10:36 GMT
References: <2300@hp-sdd.hp.com>
Reply-To: poole@emx.UUCP (Steve Poole)
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Organization: UT Center for Space Research, Austin TX
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In article <2300@hp-sdd.hp.com> martya@hpsdl39.UUCP (Marty Albini) writes:
>
>	I would like to spend less time sifting thru the flames and rubble
>while looking for the good stuff. I've tried using KILL files like this:
>
>THRU nnnn
>/^/j
>/stuff_I_wanna_read/m

Try this kill file:

THRU nnnn
/stuff_I_wanna_read/M

After the kill file finishes, give the c command.  The c command will
kill everything not marked with the M command.  After the c command
finishes, all of the articles that your kill file marked with M will
then return and be available for you to read.  And the c command will
be a lot faster than junking each file seperately.

I don't know why your kill file doesn't work.  I've had the same
problem with that form of kill file.

-- 
Steve Poole  
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