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From: kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: KILL file
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Date: 12 Mar 90 09:14:42 GMT
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There is a lot of bandwidth in the comp.os.minix newsgroup.  I have an
IBM compatible machine, so I am not interested in the postings for the
Atari ST or the 68xxx machines.  Therefore, I set up a KILL file like
this:

/Subject:.*inix ST/h:j
/Subject:.*ST 1\.5/h:j
/Subject:.*1\.5.*ST/h:j
/Subject:.*68/h:j

I found a few problems; namely that the rn program isn't case sensitive
when doing searches from the KILL file.  For example, the line

/Subject:.*1\.5.*ST/h:j

killed files with the following subject lines:

1.5.5 upgrade question
1.5.5 postings

This was not the desired action that I was looking for.

Is there any way to make the search case sensitive?  Thanks for your
help; it helps to make the comp.os.minix newsgroup usable.  I don't have
enough time to read all of the messages otherwise.

I hope that this may help others who have the same problem that I do
with this newsgroup.  (I'm not complaining.)  Sorry to add to the
bandwidth for those who are offended by this posting.

Ken Hendrickson N8DGN        kjh@usc.edu        ...!uunet!usc!pollux!kjh