In rec.crafts.metalworking,
Question for RCM Folks wrote:
This used to be such a great newsgroup. Returning after a few years, I
see mostly politics and nonsense. Other than blocking the original
posters (who change their email address often), anyone know how to
filter out the goofy stuff?

I almost never block on sender. Usually too unreliable.

The last statistics report is disgraceful....

Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Why wait, just invoke the 14th Amendment 696 2685144

Rule I: Kill anything with "14th Amendment" in the subject.

Maybe anything with "Amendment". I can see some metal content in
"2nd Amendment" stuff, but maybe not enough.

2. The Tea Party "Hidden" Tax that YOU and YOUR Family are a 260 671378

Rule II: Kill anything with "Tea Party" in the subject.

3. OT - Will the Red States refuse to take Obama's money? 170 499195

Rule III: Kill anything with a subject that starts "OT" or " OT".
Rule IV: Kill anything with "Red State" or "Blue State" in the subject.
Rule V: Kill anything with "Obama" in the subject.

4. Carson City IHOP shooter..another crazy ass conservative 146 341331

Rule VI: Kill anything with "IHOP" in the subject.

5. OT - Would 911 have happened if Al Gore had been Presiden 141 313530

Rule III: Kill anything with a subject that starts "OT" or " OT".
Rule IV: Kill anything with "president" in the subject.
Rule VII: Kill anything with "Al Gore" in the subject.

OT - Anyone planning to evacuate from Irene? 141 246132

Rule III: Kill anything with a subject that starts "OT" or " OT".

7. OT - Notice how Obama cut his vacation short for Irene wh 132 357760

Rule III: Kill anything with a subject that starts "OT" or " OT".
Rule V: Kill anything with "Obama" in the subject.

8. Super-racist obama creates new agency - Office of Diversi 118 360457

Rule V: Kill anything with "Obama" in the subject.

Carson City IHOP shooter was drugged up Mexican mental ca 118 320127

Rule VI: Kill anything with "IHOP" in the subject.

10. Gun crimes drop at Virginia bars and restaurants 117 348515

Rule VIII: Kill anything with "gun crime" in the subject.

11. LOL..Tea Party less popular than atheists AND Muslims AND 116 240021

Rule II: Kill anything with "Tea Party" in the subject.

12. OT - Will George Bush Campaign for the Republican Candida 98 248178

Rule IX: Kill anything with "George Bush" in the subject.

13. Special purpose low-power air conditioning - metal involv 96 120296

Metal content.

14. Airman quits job, says Obama's birth certificate is fake 93 294969

Rule V: Kill anything with "Obama" in the subject.
Rule X: Kill anything with "birth certificate" in the subject.

15. Carson City IHOP shooter..another crazy ass conservative 88 161276

Rule VI: Kill anything with "IHOP" in the subject.

There, ten rules to cover those and many other off-topic posts.

My own rules also include eight mo

Kill anything with "Sarah Palin" in the subject.
Kill anything with "Ron Paul" in the subject.
Kill anything with "Social Security" in the subject.
Kill anything with "Traffic Stop" in the subject.
Kill anything with "holocaust" in the subject.
Kill anything with "neocon" in the subject.
Kill anything with "Whitehouse" in the subject.
Kill anything with "75th Rangers" in the subject.

Elijah
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use trn, so does not expect his KILL file to be directly useful to most