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)

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)