Subj : Possible Dupes
To : All
From : Fred Riccio
Date : Fri Nov 18 2016 01:04 pm
test test... Is this thing turned on?
There were lots of systems in the seen-bys of the rules posting, but no traffic
since I joined this echo a few weeks ago. I'd like to make an offer for you to
join in on the fun. See below.
* Forwarded from FIDO_SYSOP by Fred Riccio (1:132/174).
* Originally by: Fred Riccio (1:132/174), 18 Nov 16 12:22.
* Originally to: All (1:2320/100).
There has been lots of talk of dupes in this echo, and it tempted me to
continue working on a project I started quite a while ago. For lack of a
better term, I'll call it an external dupe catcher. It works off the raw
packet files, so it should be compatible with any message base/bbs/tosser.
It's a Win32 "console" app that I have successfully run under Win NT/2000 and
Win 10. I'm guessing it will run on anything in between. I will also compile a
*nix version, but you will have to figure out for yourself which libraries you
need to make it run (it has been done before with other utilities I have
written using this compiler). Same with OS/2.
Features:
- Checks Message header (To, From, Subject, Date written).
- Checks Message ID control line.
- Checks message text (from end of control lines through origin line).
- You control how sensitive it is... specify 1, 2 or 3 of the above
criteria required before a message is called a dupe.
- You control the size of the dupe database.
- You decide what to do when it finds duplicate messages. Report only,
rebuild packet and delete the original, or rebuild packet and rename
the original.
- No complicated installation or configuration files.
Because of the nature of this beast, you must be willing to do a little batch
file magic. Either get raw .pkt files from your feed (not *.MO? bundles) or
unpack them yourself and delete the bundles before your tosser runs. I can
share my .bat files if necessary.
Are you interested in testing this out? Send me NetMail to the address below
and I'll set up a private echo for the testers and send you a copy of the
program.
--- Msged/NT 6.0.1
* Origin: Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains (1:132/174)
