26 Jul 15 20:45, you wrote to ED KOON:

 >>> > I see the stats you put into your fidonews.  I was > talking about
 >>> stats > that accumulated counts by origin line, i.e. the BBS > where
 >>> the messages > started out -- for all echos combined.  If you can do >
 >>> that, it would be > a worthy addition.
 >>>
 >>> Just a little work, but yes, I can do that... I'll work on it this
 >>> weekend :)

 >> Ross Cassell used to includes mail stats in his eaststar conference.
 >> After inquiring he said the program does not work with his current
 >> tosser.

 JK> Yes, I remember his reports.  I have to try some of the existing linux
 JK> tools to see if one might be written already to do the job, but I
 JK> doubt that's likely. BBBS uses non-standard msg. areas, etc.

JAM areas are binary and i run grep over them to find and pull some stuff
out... granted i can't tell which message body goes with which header but if
one is just counting origin lines without concern for date ranges, it could
work...

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