On Sun, Jun 05, 2016 at 12:04:47PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 22:26:45 +0100 > Gareth Nelson <gar...@garethnelson.com> wrote: > > > I'm sure we're all aware of the individual i'm thinking of when I say > > their posts are both inappropriate and annoying. > > > > The individual in question should be referred privately to mental > > health services, but they should also be prohibited from posting > > further to this list. > > > > Thoughts? > > I personally believe that people who post that way shouldn't be allowed > on the list, but whether he's banned or not isn't important. Here's your > solution: > > :0: > * ^From.*obnoxious_...@whatever.com > * ^(To|Cc).*misc@openbsd.org > /dev/null > > He'll never be able to annoy you again, except in quoted text from > those who choose to respond to him. If they're responding in anger, > they should also employ the solution I recommended. Pretty soon > obnoxious_boy isn't a problem to anyone, because nobody's listening. > And then, likely as not, he'll take his obnoxo-talk to a different list.
Or rejoining with new email/nickname ) I never realy understood problems with trolls or annoying people. They're amusing sometimes. When not - you can simply not read. It is very simple rule and it work even for me - very irritable and short-tempered person. > > I wrote about this subject at > http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/init/killfile.htm > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > June 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother? > http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb
