a feature of a newsreader which can automatically delete posts from people whose posts you don't want to read, and about topics you're not interested in

a feature on some newsreaders that filters out post by the PLONKed user thus reucing the useless noise on thhe group

a file that tells a newsreader which posts you don't want to see, and that they should be automatically deleted

a listing of people or subjects you do not wish to see posts about

a list of what you don't ever want to consider even thinking about reading

an ignore list

a simple feature of the software which you use to read Usenet newsgroups

a utility provided in most standalone NNTP clients (or newsreaders, if you prefer that term) that allows the user to set rules that cause the client to hide or locally delete messages from particular posters in a group

A file that lets you filter Usenet postings to some extent, by excluding messages on certain topics or from certain people.

A feature available with many network newsreader programs; setting up a killfile enables you to filter out undesirable postings by subject or author.

This is a functionality of a newsreader to hide articles of a determined sender or with certain contents.

Found within newsreaders, a list of undesirable authors or threads to filter out.