On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:30:27 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 29/06/2013 1:27 PM, sf wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, I can only KF a poster if I open one of the
> >> miscreant's posts.
> >
> > Really? I don't have to. Select the message, right click and then
> > select "add kill filter".
> >
>
>
> I always appreciate a term that used to be used when I first got
> involved in usenet.... twit filter. Some of the abusers are jsut a
> flash in the pan, some immature little ass who will get a cheap thrill
> out of bombing a slew of groups with a mass of idiotic and offensive
> posts and then disappear. The denizens of most kill files are there
> because they are twits.

I can limit my kills or make them perpetual. For nym shifters et al
who are just an obvious flash in the pan, I limit the kill time after
their last post. That way, my KF stays relatively sleek.

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