From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 5 22:35:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30DFF1065688 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:35:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul+fbsd@it.ca) Received: from mail.it.ca (mail.it.ca [216.235.7.67]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4A338FC0A for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:35:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul+fbsd@it.ca) Received: from mail.it.ca (paul@mail [216.235.7.67]) by mail.it.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id n55M6eoZ036295; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:06:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul+fbsd@it.ca) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=a; d=it.ca; c=nofws; q=dns; h=received:x-authentication-warning:date:from:to:cc:subject: message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type: content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=bCvlzSDrEQOC60siikmdnzQzIdCaTp6wdEB4yr5dBepxKMm2Ghye9Lx1V2+Cl9tP/ WC6e1DOHtAn+YjSg/MUU1TjQDxrn+1Oy6gSLhF/xOn2o4t5s0LsBjZURxOuxNa3 Received: (from paul@localhost) by mail.it.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id n55M6eG6036293; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:06:40 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul+fbsd@it.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.it.ca: paul set sender to paul+fbsd@it.ca using -f Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:06:40 -0400 From: Paul Chvostek To: Ian Smith Message-ID: <20090605220640.GA30463@it.ca> References: <20090530160540.C5BCD106575F@hub.freebsd.org> <20090531142921.B65025@sola.nimnet.asn.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090531142921.B65025@sola.nimnet.asn.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.it.ca [216.235.7.67]); Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:06:41 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's wrong with this picture? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:35:13 -0000 Ian, On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 04:00:40PM +1000, Ian Smith wrote: > > Woj, 20 out of 36 messages, over 55% of all these messages, are by you. ... > You are equally as capable in this role as wannabe list wrecker, opining > on every second message including all the silly wildly off-topic ones. If you elect to filter this person's traffic, and are concerned that you'll continue to be inundated with replies, I'd like to suggest a small procmail script I wrote years ago. http://www.it.ca/~paul/s/procmail-filter-msgid It caches the message-id of the troll's posts and filters the message (redirect or bitbucket). It then caches the message-id of any message that includes a cached message-id in its headers (i.e. In-Reply-To, Refererences) and filters that too. The effect is to hide not just the troll's mail, but all the conversations he starts. I haven't actively used this thing since 2003, but procmail hasn't changed much in that time either. Hope it helps. Sometimes killing the trolls is just too much effort. -- Paul Chvostek it.canada http://www.it.ca/