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     By: August Abolins to mark lewis on Tue Mar 24 2020 21:37:00   
      
      
    ml>> i used to use a similar tool here for other reasons but quickly   
    ml>> dropped/disabled the sorting and pkt combining functions...   
      
    AA> I have hunted for it/them, but have not found anything.   
      
   i don't know what search terms you used...   
      
    AA> Do you remember a filename, key words or description?   
      
   i was thinking of the "Fido Year 2000 Tools Rel. 6 by Tobias Ernst" but after   
   a quick read of the docs inside, that's not the one but it is one that i used   
   to run...   
      
   [time passes]   
      
   packetsorter is one of the tools i was thinking of... it can generally be   
   found as psrt_XX where 'XX' is the version number... it also implements the   
   ^ASPLIT proposal which i never used as i disagreed with where it was   
   implemented in the processing chain but it was easy enough to work around...   
   in any case, packetsorter combines packets and cleans them up... when it   
   combines them, it can sort the messages so that they are grouped by area and   
   sorted by date...   
      
   this sorting by echo areas helps to speed up tossing since the tosser can then   
   open the one area, toss all the new messages, close the area, and move on to   
   the next area... that rather than opening an area, tossing one message,   
   closing the area, opening the next area, tossing a message, closing the area,   
   opening the first area again, tossing another message, etc., etc., etc.,   
   tossing them as they are stored in the original packet...   
      
   there was another tool that also combined packets but i just can't locate it   
   right now...   
      
      
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