Re: Re: sbbs as fidonet hub
  By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Wed Mar 31 2021 07:59 am

 >  DM> It sounds like you're suggesting that *both* the text and the
 >  DM> MSGID should be compared and equal in order to be considered a
 >  DM> duplicate - to which I would ask: why bother? if the MSGID is a
 >  DM> duplicate, it's a duplicate. No need to compare the message body
 >  DM> in that case. But 2 messages with different MSGIDs but the same
 >  DM> body text is either a network screw-up or someone purposely or
 >  DM> accidentally posting the same content repeatedly.
 >
 > What he's describing is what happens with automated BBS ads and/or echo
 > rules postings (just two examples).  Same body, different MSGID, and
 > they won't get distributed into the echos because the hub will drop it
 > as a dupe.  Those aren't malicious/spam messages, but they get dropped.

There's no way for software to tell the difference between accidental and intentional repeated message body text.

 >  DM> There's really
 >  DM> no way for software to tell the difference. But you can import
 >  DM> and forward those messages if you prefer to, you have that
 >  DM> option.
 >
 > They realistically can't be forwarded, because the next system in the
 > link (probably a hub) will drop it as a dupe.
 >
 > I *think* he's saying that if the MSGID's are different, the message
 > should not be considered a dupe, even if the body is identical to a
 > previous message.  I agree with that thinking.

Disable duplicate message checking and you will have that behavior.
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