At 06:58 2002-12-02 -0500, Paul Chvostek did say:
It's really a very simple filter, though it's potentially high load if
you're not careful about what you're checking. The biggest problem I
see is that I can't seem to think of a way to expire old items from the
message-id cache.
Formail doesn't have a _date_ based cache, but it does have a size based
one. Adjust the size to approximate your troll volume, and you should be
good to go. Or write up a perl helper utility that utilizes a simple db.
I've never tried to read the formail messageid cache (since you want to
match it against an in-reply-to: or references: line), but it shouldn't be
too difficult.
(BTW, wouldn't this more appropriateley be termed a trollfest blocker, in
that the original message is a kook/troll, but all the subsequent _replies_
to it are in effect, replies to the troll? Kooks don't inherently reply to
their own posts.)
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