From: gibbsm@ll.mit.edu (MargAret D. Gibbs)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: ALL: KILL files Mini-FAQ
Summary: Frequently Asked Question re KILL files
Keywords: KILL files
Date: 16 Nov 92 14:19:57 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory



This is an experiment aimed towards people who don't read the long,
monthly FAQ (Frequently Asked Question list) for one reason or another,
even though it could help them solve their problems!  I am going to
post some of the topics covered in the FAQ separately, and not all on
one day.  Hopefully the shorter articles will encourage more people to
become familiar with these topics.

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Last-posted:
Changes since last posting:

3. KILL Files: - for rn and trn users

The easiest way to start a KILL file is, whenever you see an article that
you aren't interested in, to type

[Shift] K

The subject will then automatically go into a local KILL file. If the KILL file
doesn't already exist, one will be created. Then any time an article with
that subject comes up, it will automatically be deleted.

Here is a complete KILL file: WARNING!! This will delete all soaps!
You will want to make sure you DON'T include the abbreviations for the
soaps that you want to see articles about.

NOTE - the description in () should NOT be included in the KILL file. It
is only for your reference.


/: *30/:j       (Thirty Something)
/alt.flame/h:j  (in response to a rash of posts that came from alt.flame)
/: *AMC/:j      (All My Children)
/: *ATWT/:j     (As the World Turns)
/: *AW/:j       (Another World)
/: *B&B/:j      (Bold and Beautiful)
/: *BB/:j       (sometimes used for Bold and Beautiful)
/: *B & B/:j    (sometimes used for Bold and Beautiful)
/: *BH/:j       (Beverly Hills 90210)
/: *CAPITOL/:j  (sorry, don't know)
/: *DAL/:j      (Dallas)
/: *Dark/:j     (Dark Shadows)
/: *DOOL/:j     (Days of Our Lives)
/: *DAYS/:j     (sometimes used for Days of Our Lives)
/: *EE/:j       (East Enders)
/: *GEN/:j      (Generations)
/: *GH/:j       (General Hospital)
/: *GL/:j       (Guiding Light)
/: *HF/:j       (Home Front)
/: *KL/:j       (Knots Landing)
/: *LA/:j       (LA Law)
/: *LGO/:j      (Life Goes On)
/: *LOV/:j      (Loving)
/: *LUV/:j      (sometimes used for Loving)
/: *OLTL/:j     (One Life to Live)
/: *SB/:j       (Santa Barbara)
/: *SC/c:j      (Swan's Crossing)
/: *SOAP/:j     (Soap)
/: *Y&R/:j      (Young and Restless)
/: *Y & R/:j    (sometimes used for Young and Restless)

You can edit the KILL file by typing:

[Ctrl] k

while you are in the news.

If the file gets too big it will take too long to go through. You will
want to keep only the first word in the KILL file. For example, if an
article with  the Subject "GH - Tuesday's Update" appears and you are
not interested in General Hospital, type [Shift] K, and:

/: *GH - Tuesday's Update/:j

will be put in the KILL file. Then type [Ctrl] k, and edit the file to say:

/: *GH/:j

Then all the General Hospital articles will be deleted the next time you
read news.

To learn more about KILL files, send email to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu
with "send usenet/news.answers/killfile-faq" in the body of the message.

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to the newsgroup (I don't know everything and can't answer 
everything). THANKS.
-- 
Margaret D. Gibbs              "Practice random kindness and 
Assistant Staff	                 senseless acts of beauty"
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
gibbsm@ll.mit.edu