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|    Alan Ianson to Daryl Stout    |
|    Re: Ward    |
|    11 Jan 22 23:03:04    |
      MSGID: 1:153/757.0 d21586c6       REPLY: 242.fidonet-fidogaze@1:2320/33 264393ce       TZUTC: -0800       CHARSET: LATIN-1       >> Mystic has a built in twit filter as do many readers like golded. You       >> can use it to simply skip messages from people you'd rather not read.              > Most BBS packages have one. Since 1992, I've run GT Power, Virtual Advanced       > (VADV32), and now Synchronet. They have a "trashcan file" where you can put       > things like obscenities (I've known individuals who would rather logon with       > vulgar names than their real name), and if they try to provide that name,       > they're told "it's in use, or not allowed" (more likely the latter if it's       > vulgar).              BBBS also has a twit filter. It is a non destructive filter. Each user can set       up a filter on names or subjects they'd rather not be bothered with. Then       those messages are just skipped when reading mail online or downloading a       packet for an offline reader.              It doesn't work for user 0 though, so I press enter/next a lot.              >> If no twit filter is available you can simply use the next key.              > Yep....the |
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