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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: System V Release 4.0 Developer Conferences
Message-ID: <2983@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 4 Oct 88 01:49:14 GMT
References: <167@hsi86.hsi.UUCP> <1988Sep22.173745.14647@utzoo.uucp> <8570@smoke.ARPA> <1988Sep26.213223.407@utzoo.uucp> <6638@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <424@marob.MASA.COM> <433@gonzo.UUCP>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
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In article <433@gonzo.UUCP> daveb@gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower) writes:
: In <6638@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> kramer@bionette.UUCP (Jack Kramer - CMBL) writes:
: >>I would like to continue reading this group but all the clutter takes
: >>up too much time.  Is there any way to filter out messages from
: >>particular persons such as Henry Spencer.
: 
: Though the pounding has started already, consider the possiblity he
: means a "positive" filter as opposed to a kill-file style negative
: filter.  That is, he *only* wants to read articles from Henry or Chris
: or Doug or dmr.  At least, that's what I thought he meant.  I've wanted
: one too...

Add something like the following line to your kill file:

/^/%(%f!=henry@utzoo|chris@mimsy?j)

If that doesn't work, it ought to.

Larry Wall
lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov