[Gllug] iPodLinux

Dan Stevens (IAmAI) dan.stevens.iamai at gmail.com
Thu Jan 19 09:14:50 UTC 2006


> But, I reckon a perl script that bins to /dev/null would be harsh, IMHO.

I agree. I think it should be left to the reader to ingnore/delete the
post if they dislike it so much.

Anyway, we going off topic.

On 19/01/06, Ben Fitzgerald <ben_m_f at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 09:02:03AM +0000, Dan Stevens (IAmAI) wrote:
> > > PPS. Can't someone write a Perl script to deny top-posted messages
> > > to the list?
> >
> > Wouldn't that just block new threads?
>
> new threads don't have this in the headers:
>
>   In-Reply-To: <446f9a7b0601190102ocbcf98en at mail.gmail.com>
>
> unless someone typically authors "new" posts by replying to an existing
> post, deleting all the text and then starting a "new" thread. I could live
> with such posts being denied!!!
>
> But, I reckon a perl script that bins to /dev/null would be harsh, IMHO.
>
> ben.
>
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