Subj : Re: HPT and dupe detection
To   : mark lewis
From : Dan Richter
Date : Mon Jul 15 2019 13:19:32

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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