Subj : Re: Ward
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Tue Jan 11 2022 11:03 pm

>> Mystic has a built in twit filter as do many readers like golded. You
>> can use it to simply skip messages from people you'd rather not read.

> Most BBS packages have one. Since 1992, I've run GT Power, Virtual Advanced
> (VADV32), and now Synchronet. They have a "trashcan file" where you can put
> things like obscenities (I've known individuals who would rather logon with
> vulgar names than their real name), and if they try to provide that name,
> they're told "it's in use, or not allowed" (more likely the latter if it's
> vulgar).

BBBS also has a twit filter. It is a non destructive filter. Each user can set
up a filter on names or subjects they'd rather not be bothered with. Then those messages are just skipped when reading mail online or downloading a packet for an offline reader.

It doesn't work for user 0 though, so I press enter/next a lot.

>> If no twit filter is available you can simply use the next key.

> Yep....the <ENTER> key gets used regularly.

Yes, the old standby!

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