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echo: aust_c_here
to: david nugent
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1994-01-13 07:29:10
subject: tobruk - polyxarc

>> BTW, what product do you have that can tell if a netmail
 >> message is being argued over?  And also, you still haven't
 >> explained to me what's wrong with the algorithm I am using in
 >> Tobruk to determine if a netmail message is being argued
 >> over, which is to count the number of times your address
 >> appears in the message, and see if that is greater than the
 >> "expected" number.  The expected number is entered by the
 >> user, and will be either 1 or 2 probably.  I can't imagine a
 >> situation where this algorithm wouldn't work.  BFN.

 dn> Try it and see. I tried explaining this to you ages ago, but you seemed to
 dn> think it would work regardless, so I simply gave up. Experience is the
 dn> only sure cure for naivety.

But I *have* tried it.  All you can say is that my test data isn't
sufficient. You still haven't told me anything more than "I'm right,
you're wrong".  BFN.

Paul

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