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to: Paul Edwards
from: Alexander Watson Law
date: 1995-10-12 05:58:56
subject: Dupe Checking

KH> I was just wondering, I have been fiddling with Tobruk 0.31 
KH>  and started 
KH> thinking about Dupe checking, and I was wondering what the 
KH> best way of checking for Dupe's would be?..

 PE> Use MD5, as found in the latest version of OZPD, available 
 PE> for FREQ from 3:711/934, and pass the from, to, subject and 
 PE> date as part of the hash.  Store the 64 bit result in your 
 PE> dupe file.

I think including the time would be good, I've had a few messages arrive
here (two parters) which have identical MSGIDs but the time differs by 1
second...

...Alex.
(Pagan & Proud)

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* Origin: Elfwhere - the POINty eared POINt (3:640/450.2379)
SEEN-BY: 640/103 305 306 450 458 690/718 711/809 934
@PATH: 640/450 305 711/934

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