To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DLLS
Message-ID: <19970331.143551.7055.8.fwec@juno.com>
References: <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970331103229 DOT 12246A-101000 AT ideafix DOT cps DOT unizar DOT es>
From: fwec AT juno DOT com (Mark T Logan)
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 14:37:39 EST


On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:33:31 +0200 (MET DST) Miguel Murillo
<mmurillo AT ideafix DOT cps DOT unizar DOT es> writes:
>  This message is in MIME format.  The first part should be readable
text,
>  while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware
tools.
>  Send mail to mime AT docserver DOT cac DOT washington DOT edu for more info.
>
>---761590493-1541992652-859797211=:12246
>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>
>
>
>> can djgpp create dlls?
>
>Good luck !!
>
>			Miguel
>
>---761590493-1541992652-859797211=:12246
>Content-Type: APPLICATION/ZIP; name="dll-940219.zip"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64
>Content-ID: <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970331103331 DOT 12246B AT ideafix DOT cps DOT unizar DOT es>
>Content-Description: 
>

[ pages and pages of meaningless characters snipped ]

Two lines of actual message were written, and the rest is trash.  Maybe
I'm just
clueless, but do many people actually read these messages with "MIME
aware
tools"???  If not, this is what I call a huge waste of bandwidth, (almost
as bad as
most of my messages ;-)  ), and also a pretty strong argument for
moderation.

Is there some type of program that could be used to filter out things
like this?  (Not
the whole message, just the trash).  Also, while I'm on the subject is
there a way 
we could keep a 32 bit checksum for every message that is posted, and if
anything
identical comes along, trash it?  Would these only work on DJ's mail
server, or could
they be implemented for the newsgroup too?  I suppose the NG would have
to vote
on something like this.

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||
||    "All that is gold does not glitter,
||       Not all those who wander are lost;
||     The old that is strong does not wither,
||       Deep roots are not reached by the frost;
||     From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
||       A light from the shadows shall spring;
||     Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
||       The crownless again shall be king;"
||                                                                  
-Gandalf the Grey