Subj : Re: MUTIL
To   : G00R00
From : Nick Andre
Date : Mon Oct 25 2021 11:15 pm

On 25 Oct 21  14:25:39, G00R00 said the following to Paul Hayton:

G> I'll build a new pre-alpha if you'd like to test it.  One thing to note thou
G> is that this build requires you to reset the dupe database (delete
G> echodupes.dat)

FYI, in the "I have a recipe for boiling water" catagory, I published a new 
version of D'Bridge which checks for duplicate MSGID's. It does this not by 
logging everything in one huge database but a seperate database per-system of 
message received, with the ability to place a cap on the number of entries to 
maintain. D'Bridge uses a Base36 formula for naming these tiny files.

I admit its still an overtly sloppy concept no matter what; I don't understand
how MSGID came to be accepted as a "standard" for dupe-checking when CRC's of
the header, Seen-by and circular Path detection works best. To me MSGID is 
just lazy programming. The vast majority of dupes over the years has been
from Sysops inadvertently rescanning their message-bases; which could be
nuked by just checking for dates X amount in the past.

I know about the Reply kludge and how it appeals to the obsessive-compulsive 
types to have threaded replies... but still... Ahh well. You get what I mean.

Nick

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