Jeremy Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> The messages I'm trying to limit are status messages generated by
> machines I'm monitoring...sometimes the machines decide to send out
> 3000 or so messages in several minutes.  Each has a unique Message-ID
> because they are individually generates.

The best solution here would be to fix the machines generating the
messages -- rate limit their auto-reports at the source, rather than
trying to filter them out at the receiving end.

> I'm going to look at the other duplicate eliminators on qmail.org, since 
> it seems they do some type of MD5sum on the message itself.

Of course, the headers of these messages will all be different
(Message-ID, Received:, Date:, etc).  You'll have to ensure the
duplicate eliminator you choose has an option to only analyze the body.

Charles
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