Subj : Re: Dupe checking
To : Bo Simonsen
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Sun Apr 11 2004 02:30 am
-=> On 04-10-04 22:35, Bo Simonsen <=-
-=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Dupe checking <=-
DS> duplicate checking. One is based on MSGID. The other is based on
DS> the header info (TO, FROM, SUBJ and DATE). If *either* of these
DS> two things is a match, then Squish calls the message a dupe.
BS> Yes you may be right, I've not looked specifically in the code of that
BS> area.
Nor have I -- that was quoting from the manual.
Because of the fact that the header checking can lead to false
duplicate detection, I have long ago turned that off and only use
MSGID checking. Of course, there are a few BBSes out there that do
not use MSGIDs.
dale (at) min (dot) net
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