Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pacbell!well!fico2!everexn!kev From: kev@everexn.uucp (Karen Valentino) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: Kill files (SECOND REQUEST) Message-ID: <1989Sep20.172225.8296@everexn.uucp> Date: 20 Sep 89 17:22:25 GMT References: <3985@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> <14695@bfmny0.UU.NET> Organization: Everex Systems, Inc. Lines: 23 tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes: >Kill files are used by the 'rn' newsreader package. They have no >meaning to the rest of 'news' per se. Half true. nn ("no news is good news") also provides readers with the "kill file advantage." This brings up an important point; I think it's helpful to mention (by name) your reader if you are asking a questions about reading news, and your system if your question is based on something that is machine-dependent. That way, answers are much more likely to be useful to the person who asked the question, and there will be less confusion all around. Karen -- Karen Valentino > ..ucbvax!well!fico2!everexn!kev Everex Systems, Inc. < ..pyramid!pacbell!mslbrb!everexn!kev Sebastopol Branch > ..uunet!island!grenada!everexn!kev -- Karen Valentino > ucbvax!cogsci!well!fico2!everenx!kev Everex North, Sebastopol, CA < uunet!island!grenada!everexn!kev