kill files

[heretic@zeus.tamu.edu (Evolve or Perish)]

Could someone please explain to me what exactly a kill file is and how to use
one? I get the impression that it is a utility that screens a newsgroup's
postings, so that certain subjects can be avoided.

I believe that such a utility would go a long way toward reducing some of my
background noise...

					Adrift on the Seas of Cheese,
								b r e t t 

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And even now that I'm not nearly so much of a wuss, I still get to feeling kind
of wussy sometimes... Residual wussiness, the kind of thing you can never really
leave behind...
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