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echo: fidosoft.husky
to: mark lewis
from: Dan Richter
date: 2019-07-15 13:19:32
subject: Re: HPT and dupe detection

On 15 Jul 2019, mark lewis said the following...
 
 ml>  DR> If the seen-bys are read and processed correctly, there wouldn't be
 ml>  DR> any dupes.
 ml> 
 ml> ummm... yes, there could be... but that depends on what is defined as a
 ml> dupe... is it duplicated MSGID? is it duplicate message body even with a
 ml> different MSGID ? is it a duplicate message body that has been
 ml> reformatted in transit (which sho uld never be done)??

In this case, it would be the same message and MSGID, but with different PATH
and SEEN-BY kludge lines.

 ml> mystic is known to have problems in a couple of areas... some versions
 ml> are known to reformat messages that should not be reformatted... that
 ml> reformatting will a bsolutely throw off tossers that hash the message
 ml> bodies in addition to tracking MSGID control lines and headers... we've

Now, I don't want to bash Mystic, as I run it here, and love it. There are
some quirks when trying to run it as a hub, that I've seen. That's part of
the reason I switched over to Husky projects. :)


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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (1:317/3)
SEEN-BY: 1/123 3/50 15/2 103/705 114/705 154/10 203/0 221/0 226/17 227/114
SEEN-BY: 229/101 354 426 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 261/38 280/464 5003 292/854
SEEN-BY: 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 633/267 280 640/1384
SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 2452/250
@PATH: 317/3 229/426 280/464 712/848 633/267

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