On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Bhairitu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The script has a lot of "failsafe" built into it. Essentially it builds > the count in three steps and the first is to get the headers of the new > messages available on the account. That can include messages out of > range and ones that may be spam. The next step does the count and > filters and writes the report as a file. The third step sends out the > report. The first step creates a data file and it can be examined > too. There is also a error log created if anything weird pops up. > Yahoo was found to be somewhat inconsistent in sending messages out. > Sometimes it was prompt and sometimes displayed a latency. If someone > deletes a post it most likely has already been sent out as email so will > be counted anyway. > > The script was meant to be nothing more than a tool to help people keep > track of their posts. Otherwise they were at the mercy of what was > sometimes found to be an inaccurate count the web site search gave. > Those of us who use email know that Yahoo burps sometimes and that can > cause occasional problems. > > I propose the author of the script, the runner of the script, those whose posting necessitated the post limits to begin with and the owner of this forum be sent off to a re-education camp run by the Rajas. The heavy posters and those who post pages of non-sequitors and gratuitous raps will most benefit from lectures by Bevin. Alex will benefit most from lectures from Emanuel Schiffgen in German. Correctly spelled German. As the little king in the Wizard of Id declared when a man was brought to him for loitering and the king sentence the man to 6 months with the highway department declared, "I believe the punishment should fit the crime". http://vimeo.com/4201441
