>>>>> "Norm" == Norm Aleks <[log in to unmask]> writes:

    Norm> Yeah ... but FILTER_ALSO says that it's for postings.  Have you
    Norm> seen whether it stops command messages as well?  I didn't try it.

well, after the change the looping stopped but that could have been because
something else happened.

regarding not being served out --  i would think that these unknown command
entries would do the trick but the manual does say ``incorrect command''
not ``unknown command''.

20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 From [log in to unmask]: --
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 To   [log in to unmask]: Unknown command - "--".
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 From [log in to unmask]: [log in to unmask]
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 To   [log in to unmask]: Unknown command - "MAJO
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 From [log in to unmask]: altalib-l
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 To   [log in to unmask]: Unknown command - "ALTA
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 From [log in to unmask]: cla-list             U
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 To   [log in to unmask]: Unknown command - "CLA-
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 From [log in to unmask]: dawn-l               Di
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 To   [log in to unmask]: Unknown command - "DAWN
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 From [log in to unmask]: dawn-l-digest        Di
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 To   [log in to unmask]: Unknown command - "DAWN
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 From [log in to unmask]: electronic-sociology-l
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 To   [log in to unmask]: Unknown command - "ELEC
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 From [log in to unmask]: fs85
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 To   [log in to unmask]: Unknown command - "FS85
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 From [log in to unmask]: girard
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 To   [log in to unmask]: Unknown command - "GIRA
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 From [log in to unmask]: hkn-l
20 Feb 1997 00:24:14 To   [log in to unmask]: Unknown command - "HKN-

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