• Possible Dupes

    From Fred Riccio@1:132/174 to All on Fri Nov 18 13:04:56 2016
    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).


    ========== Forwarded message ==========
    Hello All!

    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)
  • From Richard Miles@1:3634/24 to Fred Riccio on Fri Nov 18 19:34:30 2016
    On 11/18/16, Fred Riccio said the following...

    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


    Sent a netmail a little while ago. Certainly interested in testing.

    -=>Richard Miles<=-
    -=>Captain Obvious<=-
    -=>bbs.shadowscope.com<=-

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
    * Origin: Shadowscope BBS | bbs.shadowscope.com | Temple, GA (1:3634/24)