Subj : Pathetic earthlings. To : Maurice Kinal From : mark lewis Date : Mon Apr 30 2018 14:29:24 On 2018 Apr 30 14:44:14, you wrote to me: ml>> what probably matters most is your raw PKT methodology not using ml>> any message bases MK> If I am not using message bases then how do these messages find themselves MK> in the correct echoarea? one can easily read and reply to messages in raw PKTs and have them appear in any areas they want simply by specifying the desired area in the AREA control line... for cross posted messages, generating multiple messages each with a different AREA line works perfectly... ml>> if you were tossing the messages into some sort of message base ml>> with dupe checking, you'd be OK MK> Whose dupes am I checking for? the dupes coming from the redundant feed connections you set up... that's why the SPOF problem is virtually eliminated... if one feed falls over, you have the others to feed you the messages you would have missed from the dead link... MK> If the inbound, then I'd suggest that it is too late for dupe checking MK> if dupes are getting past the system(s) upstream. nope... you're still thinking of the old methods... in this mesh connection format, you will see dupes on your system because you are specifically and on purpose pulling them in /because/ you are linked to multiple systems so as to reduce the possibility of your system being cut off because one link falls over... MK> None of them are finding their way past this system, not that there MK> have been any dupes in this short space of time since the EuroPoint MK> came online. my understanding has been that you're basically using raw PKTs... reading in them and extracting the message data when you reply to one... new messages are easy enough... anyway, i don't recall you ever stating what message base format you are using... you could be using mbox for all we (TINW) know... )\/(ark Always Mount a Scratch Monkey Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong... .... Never attribute to malice what's best explained by stupidity. --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .