In article 216f3$424c1dee$3f5c95f8$26538@API-
DIGITAL.COM, says...
Someone got angry the other day on a different newsgroup and asked me if I
knew what a killfile was. Could that person have activated a kill file on
my computer somehow?

my computer is once more
doing the same thing and I cannot reset it this time. I know nothing about
kill files and neither does my server support group.


A "kill file" is a filter. It is usually a function of
the software that you use for email or newsgroups.

If you put someone in your killfile, then their emails
or newsgroup posts will be automatically deleted from
your computer, so that you don't have to see them.

I suspect that that person's point was, "If you don't
like what someone says, killfile them." Meaning, set
your newsreader to filter out that person's posts.
This can avoid lots of avoidance and time-wasting.

Unfortunately, some folks have bully/control fantasies,
and try to deal with online disagreements with, "You
dared to disagree with me, so I will bully you until
you stop posting here! Everyone hates you! Nyah,
nyah! So shaddup and go awaaayyyy!" Often the ones
doing this have been caught lying, or shooting off
their mouths in an ignorant/arrogant manner, and are
afraid of anyone who understands the topic-of-
conversation better than the bully.


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