Subj : Dupe checking
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Bo Simonsen
Date : Tue Apr 13 2004 08:30 pm

Hello Dale.

11 Apr 04 01:30, you wrote to me:

 DS>> duplicate checking.   One is based on MSGID.  The other is based
 DS>> on
 DS>>   the header info (TO, FROM, SUBJ and DATE).  If *either* of
 DS>> these two   things is a match, then Squish calls the message a
 DS>> dupe.

 BS>> Yes you may be right, I've not looked specifically in the code of
 BS>> that area.

 DS>   Nor have I -- that was quoting from the manual.

Okay! :)

 DS>   Because of the fact that the header checking can lead to false
 DS>   duplicate detection, I have long ago turned that off and only use
 DS>   MSGID checking.   Of course, there are a few BBSes out there that do
 DS>   not use MSGIDs.

Or fidonet mail systems like D'Bridge! :) Which is only used by two persons 
on Fidonet...

Bo

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