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Robert Barr wrote:

This filtering on gmail is the best the lameass people
with the lameass newsreaders can do. It's really pathetic how little we
understand about the technologies on which we depend.


Gee, that's odd. My 'lameass' newsreader filters anything I want, any
way I want. Just by using this:

http://improve-usenet.org/

Oddly enough, it's not pathetic at all. Just effective.

Gosh, Robert, did you *read* the material on that site? Try the gmail
link, which explains the difference between email and usenet. As far as
the rest of the convoluted approach to killing what I can kill in ten
seconds, it's reason enough for me to stand by my assertion that the lot
of you are using pathetic newsreaders.