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[Dan_Jacobson at ATT.COM]

>>>>> On 22 Jan 91 20:24:58 GMT, clc5q at shamash.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman) said:

Clark> I have seen some neat tricks with KILL files, but how do you find the
Clark> documentation for this stuff? The man pages for "rn" are pretty much
Clark> useless (on my system, anyway) for sophisticated kills.

Well, two wrongs make a right (you not at least posting this
originally to news.newusers.questions (actually it seems more advanced
than a "newuser" question) & me deluding you from rn with the
following GNUS [a different newsreader---use it inside GNU Emacs]
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File: gnus  Node: Example of a KILL File, Prev: Editing KILL Files, Up: KILL File, Next: Advanced Kills

Example of a KILL File
======================

  The following is an example of a local KILL file for newsgroup
`control'.  This is currently being used by the author.

     ;; Apply to the newsgroup `control' if the NNTP server is flab.
     (if (string-equal gnus-nntp-server "flab")
         (progn
           (gnus-kill "Subject" "ihave flab\\|sendme")
           (gnus-kill "Subject" "cancel\\|newgroup\\|rmgroup" "d")
           (gnus-expunge "X")))


File: gnus  Node: Advanced Kills, Prev: Example of a KILL File, Up: KILL File

Advanced Kill Processing
========================

  Internally, applying kills means to run the hook
`gnus-Apply-kill-hook'.  It is called after the Subject buffer is
prepared for a selected newsgroup.  The default hook is the function
`gnus-apply-kill-file' which loads a global KILL file and a local KILL
file in this order.  A different style of the kill processing can be
implemented by customizing this hook.

  For example, if you think a global KILL file is unnecessary, you can
use the following hook which applies only a local KILL file.  This
change can save the time for checking the existence of a global KILL
file.

     (setq gnus-Apply-kill-hook
           '(lambda ()
              ;; Apply a local KILL file.
              (load (gnus-newsgroup-kill-file gnus-newsgroup-name) t nil t)))

  On the contrary, the following example enables only a global KILL
file.

     (setq gnus-Apply-kill-hook
           '(lambda ()
              ;; Apply a global KILL file.
              (load (gnus-newsgroup-kill-file nil) t nil t)))

  Here is an advanced example that drastically reduces the time for
applying KILL files.  This hook does the kill processing directly
without loading the KILL files.

     (setq gnus-Apply-kill-hook
           '(lambda ()
              ;; Apply to the newsgroup `control'
              ;; if the NNTP server is flab.
              (and (string-equal gnus-nntp-server "flab")
                   (string-equal gnus-newsgroup-name "control")
                   (progn
                     (gnus-kill "Subject" "ihave flab\\|sendme")
                     (gnus-kill "Subject" "cancel\\|newgroup\\|rmgroup" "d")
                     (gnus-expunge "X")))))


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