Ready for volunteers

[Bruce]

The Monster moth is when all that stuff was bouncing and we got auto
replies, and then people asking what was going on and further bouncing
things
Bruce





----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannen Durphey" <shannen at grolen.com>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>; <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 7:20 AM
Subject: Ready for volunteers


> Ok, I think we've got something to work with here.  First, I've trimmed
the
> gmecm archives and posted them on /incoming as
"proofread_these_archives.zip."
> Second, I've hacked the heck out of Jay's very nicely written and
commented file
> and made a couple of utilities to help in checking the "cut-uppedness".
These
> utilities should count the number of messages in an archive file.  There
are two
> versions.  Oldcount is intended to be used on the big html files
downloadable
> from the gmecm page.  Newcount is for the files that are in proofread.
>
> I'm hoping this works, and that it takes very little time.  The list of
> volunteers is big enough so that everyone can choose one or two archives,
invest
> anything from 10 minutes to 1/2 hour max of "babysitting time" into it,
and be
> done checking one of the most time consuming portions.
>
> Heres the way to do it.  Pick an archive from the proofread file, download
the
> matching archive from the gmecm page.  Run oldcount on the old file, get
the
> total number of messsages in it.  Run newcount on the new file, see if the
total
> number of messages match.  If they don't match, take a quick scan through
the
> two archives and look for missing parts.  Send me a note mentioning which
> archives don't match.  (I'm probably going to see 21 messages saying "no
match
> in archive number x" with the exception being archive number 8 which I
have done
> most of my testing on.)
>
> Even if the count matches, take a few minutes to scan through the new
archives.
> Maybe look through the old, too.  Don't be afraid to read a few threads.
That's
> how you notice there's stuff missing.  If you happen to see any html, or
> attachments, or those annoying lines added by the 'net mail services then
delete
> 'em or let me know which file they are in (and where), or both.  Or
neither, if
> you want.  I haven't looked at any archives later than number 8, and I
only
> looked through the earlier ones only briefly.  If you get an archive
that's
> really badly hacked up, please let me know.  After there's a "basic" set
of
> archive files we can sit around and discuss the other things, like a reply
that
> includes copies of fifteen previous messages or deleting one-liners that
don't
> contain any information (there go most of my messages.)
>
> The format for using the counters is:  newcounter [filename.ext] and
oldcounter
> [filename.ext] .  Be warned that these two programs run from a command
line in a
> dos box under minnows.  I dunno if they'll run in anything newer than
minnows
> 98, so no promises there.  I can send the source to anyone who wants it,
> provided they excuse my horrible coding and commenting (about 4 hrs sleep
since
> 9:00am on Tuesday ) and that they send a note to Jay telling him not to
release
> any more source code to a butcher like myself.
>
>
> For the curious, the biggest PITA has been with inconsistent formatting in
the
> archives.  The date, from, and subject lines all play musical chairs
between
> files and even within any one file.  And they may change again in files
after
> number 8.  I have taken a liberty (which I can un-take) and copied the
date the
> message was recieved by the server into the message date field of the new
file.
> When using an email browser it will be easier to sort the messages by date
if
> the year in the date field agrees with the year the message was sent. : )
> Thanks to Jay also for suggesting that option.
>
>   The program oldcount looks at the beginning line of each header (from
> owner-gmecm) to determine when a new message begins.  Newcount looks for
the
> "End---" at the end of each message to determine its count.  Both of these
> programs are zipped into the proofread file.
>
>
> Thanks in advance.  I'm crossing my fingers that all goes well.
>
> Shannen
>
> P.S.  I was unable to include archive number 12 as the diy server tells me
it's
> 33Mb large!  That doesn't sound right and I'm wondering anyone has a
"real" copy
> they could send to me?
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