Karl E. Jorgensen wrote in Article
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> On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 07:49:55AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Karl E. Jorgensen wrote in Article
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
>> gmane.linux.debian.user:
>> 
>> > Despite searching everywhere (I think...) I could not find a packaged
>> > version of "killfile" or anything related to that.
>> 
>> It's a nickname for the filter feature in your mail or news reader.
>> 
>> > Although I ended up writing my own (which kills threads based on
>> > Message-IDs), I'd rather be using something "supported"...
>> 
>> This is a function of your MUA, most decent mail readers and all news
>> readers worthy of being called such support highlight/kill by thread,
>> usually in a single keystroke.
> 
> I have to admit my ignorance then. I'm a keen mutt user, but I cannot
> find that feature (!)
> 
> I can delete threads OK, but I had to resort to procmail rules in order
> to direct any *future* replies in the thread to /dev/null.
> to .procmailrc rules.

As advanced as Mutt is, this is where Mutt really falls down.  I ultimately
ended up switching to kmail to get that feature.

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Paul Johnson
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