On 31 Mar 2021, Gamgee said the following...
 
 Ga> What he's describing is what happens with automated BBS ads and/or echo 
 Ga> rules postings (just two examples).  Same body, different MSGID, and 
 Ga> they won't get distributed into the echos because the hub will drop it 
 Ga> as a dupe.  Those aren't malicious/spam messages, but they get dropped.

this, of course, nobody agrees on. i for one have removed just about every
area with a non stop barage of rules postings.. which everyone ignores except
the one stickler who wants to refer to them. usually the otherwise completely
dead area will spring back to life the second you post though, because the
one dude posting the rules non stop doesn't agree with you and he's the only
other person there..

tbh i hate automated posts in general. every ham radio area on every net i've
been on is completely ruined with the same non stop messages you get in your
local club's mailing lists. and when's the last time you met a ham that isn't
on their local club's mailing list?

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