• filtering is essential to detrollifying usenet

    From J@J@M to alt.free.newsservers on Fri Jul 31 17:42:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.free.newsservers


    because all new x-posts and generic article headers are automatically
    moved to the "junk" folder, and all kill-filed (blacklisted) overview
    headers are automatically moved to the "troll" folder, the newsreader
    will only display preapproved (whitelisted) articles in any newsgroup,
    so the "junk" folder should be browsed for new blacklist or whitelist
    entries, which over time with daily usage will have added hundreds of
    text strings automatically killfiling chronic chatbot (troll) aliases,
    culled subjects, rogue servers etc., but relatively few whitelistings,
    much depending on the newsgroups/hierarchies you may be subscribed to, newsserver retention, completeness, or sampling older usenet archives,
    thus temporarily disabling filters to retrieve a newsgroup's complete
    article count, then "apply scoring and actions on selected groups" as
    needed, which may have little to no effect on pre-1994 usenet content,
    but after about "y2k", filtering is essential to detrollifying usenet

    this example filter works great in 40tude dialog, using actual header
    strings, and any newsreader can be easily set to automatically ignore
    all unapproved articles with "from *" or similar x-over header syntax:

    [*]
    -1 From *
    !ignore From *
    #
    !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll001" "troll002" "troll..." >!setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll121" "troll122" "troll..." >!setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll241" "troll242" "troll..." >!setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll361" "troll362" "troll..." >!setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll481" "troll482" "troll..."
    #
    !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) Subject "cull001" "cull002" "cull..." >!setcolor(black;black),move(troll) Message-ID "rogue001" "rogue002" ...
    #
    =!unsetwatchignore From "user001" "user002" "user003" "user..."
    =+1 From "user001" "user002" "user003" "user004" "user..."
    #
    =!unsetwatchignore Subject "topic001" "topic002" "topic..."
    =+1 Subject "topic001" "topic002" "topic003" "topic..."
    #
    =!unsetwatchignore Message-ID "@server001" "@server002" ...
    =+1 Message-ID "@server001" "@server002" "@server003"...
    #
    !setcolor(navy;teal),move(junk) Xpost %>1
    #
    =+9999 From "self <name@server01>" "self <name@server02>" ... >=!unsetwatchignore,setcolor(red;yellow) From "self <name@server01>" ...
    #
    !setcolor(maroon;gray),move(junk) Score "-1"

    watching 40tude dialog's "status" window while retrieving new headers
    in selected groups, default log level 2 scrolls info and score/filter,
    for each newsgroup displays lo-hi server markers, and local hi marker,
    thus retrieving "up to" server hi subtract local hi number of headers,
    scoring shows complete message-ids, matching strings in header fields,
    with summary info, e.g. "added received headers to group/folder junk",
    "added received headers to group/folder news.software.nntp" etc., and
    total headers received/added for that session . . . fun to watch, and
    helps to clarify how usenet newsservers interact with your newsreader,
    while showing step-by-step how your score filter is affecting headers

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  • From Ch1ffr3punk@ch1ffr3punk@gmail.com to alt.free.newsservers on Fri Jul 31 15:58:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.free.newsservers

    D wrote:

    because all new x-posts and generic article headers are automatically
    moved to the "junk" folder, and all kill-filed (blacklisted) overview
    headers are automatically moved to the "troll" folder, the newsreader
    will only display preapproved (whitelisted) articles in any newsgroup,
    so the "junk" folder should be browsed for new blacklist or whitelist entries, which over time with daily usage will have added hundreds of
    text strings automatically killfiling chronic chatbot (troll) aliases,
    culled subjects, rogue servers etc., but relatively few whitelistings,
    much depending on the newsgroups/hierarchies you may be subscribed to, newsserver retention, completeness, or sampling older usenet archives,
    thus temporarily disabling filters to retrieve a newsgroup's complete
    article count, then "apply scoring and actions on selected groups" as
    needed, which may have little to no effect on pre-1994 usenet content,
    but after about "y2k", filtering is essential to detrollifying usenet

    this example filter works great in 40tude dialog, using actual header strings, and any newsreader can be easily set to automatically ignore
    all unapproved articles with "from *" or similar x-over header syntax:

    [*]
    -1 From *
    !ignore From *
    #
    !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll001" "troll002" "troll..." !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll121" "troll122" "troll..." !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll241" "troll242" "troll..." !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll361" "troll362" "troll..." !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll481" "troll482" "troll..."
    #
    !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) Subject "cull001" "cull002" "cull..." !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) Message-ID "rogue001" "rogue002" ...
    #
    =!unsetwatchignore From "user001" "user002" "user003" "user..."
    =+1 From "user001" "user002" "user003" "user004" "user..."
    #
    =!unsetwatchignore Subject "topic001" "topic002" "topic..."
    =+1 Subject "topic001" "topic002" "topic003" "topic..."
    #
    =!unsetwatchignore Message-ID "@server001" "@server002" ...
    =+1 Message-ID "@server001" "@server002" "@server003"...
    #
    !setcolor(navy;teal),move(junk) Xpost %>1
    #
    =+9999 From "self <name@server01>" "self <name@server02>" ... =!unsetwatchignore,setcolor(red;yellow) From "self <name@server01>" ...
    #
    !setcolor(maroon;gray),move(junk) Score "-1"

    watching 40tude dialog's "status" window while retrieving new headers
    in selected groups, default log level 2 scrolls info and score/filter,
    for each newsgroup displays lo-hi server markers, and local hi marker,
    thus retrieving "up to" server hi subtract local hi number of headers, scoring shows complete message-ids, matching strings in header fields,
    with summary info, e.g. "added received headers to group/folder junk",
    "added received headers to group/folder news.software.nntp" etc., and
    total headers received/added for that session . . . fun to watch, and
    helps to clarify how usenet newsservers interact with your newsreader,
    while showing step-by-step how your score filter is affecting headers


    Usent would be "detrolllified" if you would no longer participate in it.
    --
    https://oc2mx.net
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  • From Nomen Nescio@nobody@dizum.com to alt.free.newsservers on Fri Jul 31 19:22:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.free.newsservers

    In article <114ignm$2uav2$2@news.tcpreset.net>
    Ch1ffr3punk <ch1ffr3punk@gmail.com> wrote:

    D wrote:

    because all new x-posts and generic article headers are automatically
    moved to the "junk" folder, and all kill-filed (blacklisted) overview headers are automatically moved to the "troll" folder, the newsreader
    will only display preapproved (whitelisted) articles in any newsgroup,
    so the "junk" folder should be browsed for new blacklist or whitelist entries, which over time with daily usage will have added hundreds of
    text strings automatically killfiling chronic chatbot (troll) aliases, culled subjects, rogue servers etc., but relatively few whitelistings,
    much depending on the newsgroups/hierarchies you may be subscribed to, newsserver retention, completeness, or sampling older usenet archives,
    thus temporarily disabling filters to retrieve a newsgroup's complete article count, then "apply scoring and actions on selected groups" as needed, which may have little to no effect on pre-1994 usenet content,
    but after about "y2k", filtering is essential to detrollifying usenet

    this example filter works great in 40tude dialog, using actual header strings, and any newsreader can be easily set to automatically ignore
    all unapproved articles with "from *" or similar x-over header syntax:

    [*]
    -1 From *
    !ignore From *
    #
    !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll001" "troll002" "troll..." !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll121" "troll122" "troll..." !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll241" "troll242" "troll..." !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll361" "troll362" "troll..." !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) From "troll481" "troll482" "troll..." #
    !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) Subject "cull001" "cull002" "cull..." !setcolor(black;black),move(troll) Message-ID "rogue001" "rogue002" ...
    #
    =!unsetwatchignore From "user001" "user002" "user003" "user..."
    =+1 From "user001" "user002" "user003" "user004" "user..."
    #
    =!unsetwatchignore Subject "topic001" "topic002" "topic..."
    =+1 Subject "topic001" "topic002" "topic003" "topic..."
    #
    =!unsetwatchignore Message-ID "@server001" "@server002" ...
    =+1 Message-ID "@server001" "@server002" "@server003"...
    #
    !setcolor(navy;teal),move(junk) Xpost %>1
    #
    =+9999 From "self <name@server01>" "self <name@server02>" ... =!unsetwatchignore,setcolor(red;yellow) From "self <name@server01>" ...
    #
    !setcolor(maroon;gray),move(junk) Score "-1"

    watching 40tude dialog's "status" window while retrieving new headers
    in selected groups, default log level 2 scrolls info and score/filter,
    for each newsgroup displays lo-hi server markers, and local hi marker,
    thus retrieving "up to" server hi subtract local hi number of headers, scoring shows complete message-ids, matching strings in header fields,
    with summary info, e.g. "added received headers to group/folder junk", "added received headers to group/folder news.software.nntp" etc., and
    total headers received/added for that session . . . fun to watch, and
    helps to clarify how usenet newsservers interact with your newsreader, while showing step-by-step how your score filter is affecting headers


    Usent would be "detrolllified" if you would no longer participate in it.


    +1

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