From: mins@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (timothy.j.mizerak)
Subject: Re: DOOL: TAN: Talking about Tans
Keywords: new idea?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:04:47 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.180146.19462@athena.cs.uga.edu> stanton@athena.cs.uga.edu (Catherine Stanton) writes:
>>
Linda said:
>>	Well, if everyone uses TAN correctly, you could set up a KILL file
>>to weed these out.
>>
>Okay I'm sorry but I feel so strongly about the TAN header thing I
>gotta post (Plus it means I can avoid watching the rest of today's
>show which is really pretty boring.)


Yeah, it was pretty boring.


>I have about SIX Tan variations set up in my kill file and even THAT
>doesn't get them all because someone somewhere is invariably gonna
>set up a NEW way of writing DOOL: TAN: (i.e. DOOL: TAN- DOOL: tan-,etc)


Well, first of all, I'd say there has to be something wrong on your end.
If you just put "TAN" and "tan" and "Tan" in your kill file, ie no ":"
or "-" etc., this *should* work.  And second of all, this is just the
way things are.  I get plenty of stuff "slipping through" from other 
groups.  Sometimes the header looks perfect [eg  AMC: ... ] and it still
comes through.  This is rare but it does happen.  And I get a lot of SB
and GL articles because I *don't* have "SB:" or "GL:" in my kill file.
I leave out the ":" because there are words with those letter combinations.
Sooooo, what I'm saying is, it just ain't gonna get any better.  It's like
you get what you pay for around here.  


>Also some of the most major "Peel/Core" stuff that goes on on here does
>NOT have a Tan attached anywhere in the header to even help those of us
>who aren't a part of any of it weed it out.  I can see Ruth's points about


When the "human error" factor exists, there *will* be mistakes.  I can't
see that there would be enough of this to cause any real problems.  So
you might have to "next" 5 articles a day.  Well, what can I tell you?
Bummer.  You just have to take the bad with the good.  Sorry.


>the Peel/Core stuff (Sorry for not attributing that up top).  I myself
>hardly have enough time to watch the show (when I'm in classes and such)
>and it sometimes DOES become a little tiresome to keep up through here
>when half of a post is inside jokes.  Of course, that's what SOD is for
>I suppose.


Cat, come inside, it's nice in here!  :)

You made a good point up there.  This isn't a magazine.  You don't pay
to read the articles here.  The people who post don't get paid.  Saying
you don't like the kind of talk around here would be like walking up to
a group of people and asking them to change their conversation because
you're not benefitting enough from it.  Sorry you can't "get into it" 
more--  we'd love to have ya!  :)

Tim

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