Re: Removing duplicate messages?

[Andreas Schmidt <pi-c arcor de>]

On 2005.04.29 14:50, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> On 04/28/2005 11:24:10 PM, Pawel Salek wrote:
> > One could flag the duplicates for a good measure so that they could  
> > be easily identified with help of Mailbox /Hide Messages [undeleted  
> > unflagged]
>
> Perhaps "flag duplicates" would be a better option than "remove  
> duplicates".  I've always been a little uncomfortable about removing  
> them, even though they may be only marked as deleted, because two  
> instances of a message with the same message-id may not be identical.
How about checking for mails with the same ID first, than comparing  
size/date/etc. of mails with matching IDs? If the match on all other  
proerties as well, delete the mail, otherwise just flag it.

Best regards,

Andreas

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