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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words:

I have set up an OE message rule that anything crossposted to certain
newsgroups -- you all know the usual ones: demon.local, etc --
shouldn't appear on my screen. But it doesn't seem to work: any
ideas?

At the risk of offending you, and no offence to you intended, try using
a decent newsreader.

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Rusty
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