notbob wrote:

> On 2008-04-24, notbob > wrote:
>>
>> OK, I've got GG blocked in several NG's. How do I do a blanket kill and
>> still allow certain ppl through. I use slrn.
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure I understand the ~ qualifier. Does that mean 'not'? So, a
>> score of:
>>
>> [newsgroup]
>> Sco -9999
>>
>> ~From: username
>> Message-ID: googlegroups
>>
>>
>>
>> .....would be interpreted as kill any post that is not from 'username'
>> AND is from googlegroups? This way I could let in some GG posters and
>> kill all other GG posts. Is my logic sound?

I would do this:

[newsgroup]
Sco: =0
From: art
From: bert
From: chuck

and put that rule above the GG kill rule in your score file.

The equality symbol before the score tells slrn that when this rule is
triggered do what it says *but then stop scoring this article"; i.e.,
apply no subsequent rules.

So you'd have

[whitelist rule]
[GG kill rule]

And anyone who tripped the first would not have their score lowered.

NOTE the two colons after the word "Score" in the whitelist rule. Two
colons there mean boolean OR. If you only had one colon there, the rule
would have the boolean AND; and in that case a From header would have to
have ALL of the listed criteria (art AND bert AND chuck).


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