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echo: fidosoft.husky
to: Wilfred van Velzen
from: Niels Joncheere
date: 2023-05-22 10:42:00
subject: generate dupe file?

Hello Wilfred,

On Monday May 22 2023 at 10:26, you wrote to Tom De Puysseleyr:

 TDP>> I switched from a Windows system (using fmail) to a linux system
 TDP>> (using husky), and kept all my message bases. This might cause a
 TDP>> problem for dupe checking, since husky starts with an empty dupe
 TDP>> history file. Is there a way to generate this dupe history from
 TDP>> the existing messagebases?

 WV> Most dupes happen within a couple of hours, so I wouldn't worry about
 WV> it... ;-)

 WV> Sometimes a bunch of old dupes arrive, when somebody does a rescan
 WV> without taking precautions, but that is not your problem! ;-) And
 WV> maybe husky has a setting for disregarding old arriving mail?

Yes: the -tooOld option for a message area definition!

Best regards,
Niels

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