On 2004-12-16, Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> I killfile individuals who NEVER make sane posts by their posting name.
> There are others who post to point out that someone is being a stinker, but
> otherwise make positive contributions to the group. I look at the thread
> they just started, and filter that entire thread. There are also a number
> of key words, as kilikini suggested, that will be automatically
> disregarded. Anything pertaining to politics, race, religion, 2 pound
> diets, you get the picture.

This is because you have a decent newsreader, namely Agent. It looks like
if Lucy wants the same flexibility, she's going to have to change
newsreaders. It appears OE is very limiited in its filtering power.

nb