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...   
      
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