• Anyone Here - Hey Daryl!

    From MIKE POWELL@CAPCITY to DARYL STOUT on Thu Feb 8 18:47:00 2018
    Re: Anyone here
    By: DARYL STOUT to ALL on Sun Oct 2
    5 2015 14:27:00

    Daryl,
    I got the impression from some posts you made a while back that you were somehow able to TWIT filter messages in the Dovenet echos so that you did not see messages from certain users in your BBS message bases. mro was the user in question, I think

    Were you able to set something up so that his posts do not show up, or were you only able to ignore his posts on your own? I have recently added a couple of usenet newsgroups and would like to be able to have posts from users who constantly stray off topic to not show up. That is why I am asking.

    Thanks!
    Mike

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  • From Daryl Stout@TBOLT to MIKE POWELL on Fri Feb 9 16:16:00 2018
    Mike,

    I got the impression from some posts you made a while back that you were MP>somehow able to TWIT filter messages in the Dovenet echos so that you did no MP>see messages from certain users in your BBS message bases. mro was the user MP>question, I think

    Correct.

    Were you able to set something up so that his posts do not show up, or were MP>only able to ignore his posts on your own? I have recently added a couple o MP>usenet newsgroups and would like to be able to have posts from users who MP>constantly stray off topic to not show up. That is why I am asking.

    With Synchronet, I put the handle of the "undesirable user" in the
    user name filter (c:\sbbs\text\user.can). For GT Power, there is a
    similar utility called Spotkill, that was produced by Rob Roesch of
    HOTWARE utilities (he's long gone, like most all of the rest of the GT
    Power Sysops).

    SPOTKILL allows GT Sysops to enter the name of a user in the from
    field, to field, or the topic of a subject, in the SPOTKILL.CNF file.
    Then, when it is run, it will AUTOMATICALLY DELETE that message from the
    GT Power message base. It is in the GT Power Utilities files area. Do
    not worry about the /REGISTER option...as I think you're the main GT
    Power BBS still left. While I could set up a deal to just have the
    GT Power Sysop echoes for my use with GT Power Netmail, it really
    doesn't seem to make sense to do so.

    I have a file over here in the Synchronet files area called
    TRASHCAN.ZIP -- it has data from my ip.can (blocked IP addresses),
    user.can (blocked user names), and password.can (blocked passwords)
    files.

    Daryl

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  • From MIKE POWELL@CAPCITY to DARYL STOUT on Sat Feb 10 17:00:00 2018
    With Synchronet, I put the handle of the "undesirable user" in the
    user name filter (c:\sbbs\text\user.can). For GT Power, there is a
    similar utility called Spotkill, that was produced by Rob Roesch of
    HOTWARE utilities (he's long gone, like most all of the rest of the GT
    Power Sysops).

    I have not been porting the newsgroups to the GT Power side, so I think I
    am OK there. I will try the user.can file and see what that does for me.

    Thanks!
    Mike

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  • From Daryl Stout@TBOLT to MIKE POWELL on Sun Feb 11 11:36:00 2018
    Mike,

    I have not been porting the newsgroups to the GT Power side, so I think I MP>am OK there. I will try the user.can file and see what that does for me.

    All those are for Synchronet...but you can use the data for the
    "trashcan files" for practically any BBS software.

    I remember in the docs for GT 19 where original author, Paul Meiners,
    noted about TRASHCAN.BBS -- "this file will test your creativity"
    <GRIN!>. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Ed Vance to MIKE POWELL on Fri Feb 16 13:31:00 2018
    02-08-18 18:47 MIKE POWELL wrote to DARYL STOUT about Anyone Here - Hey Daryl! Howdy! Mike (and Daryl),

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    Re: Anyone here
    By: DARYL STOUT to ALL on
    Sun Oct 2 5 2015 14:27:00

    Daryl,
    I got the impression from some posts you made a while back that you
    were somehow able to TWIT filter messages in the Dovenet echos so that
    you did not see messages from certain users in your BBS message bases.
    mro was the user in question, I think

    Were you able to set something up so that his posts do not show up, or were you only able to ignore his posts on your own? I have recently
    added a couple of usenet newsgroups and would like to be able to have posts from users who constantly stray off topic to not show up. That
    is why I am asking.

    SLMR has Pick Lists for TWIT filters.
    Read about it in SLMR.DOC on pages 21 and 22.

    Thanks!
    Mike

    You're Welcome, hope my idea helps You.



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  • From MIKE POWELL@CAPCITY to ED VANCE on Sat Feb 17 06:32:00 2018
    SLMR has Pick Lists for TWIT filters.
    Read about it in SLMR.DOC on pages 21 and 22.

    You're Welcome, hope my idea helps You.


    Well, it does! I was sort of hoping to filter them off of being posted to
    the BBS, but this is a start for my personal reading for sure! Thanks!!!

    Mike

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