On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 10:30:54 -0800, Brian wrote:
> How does one view the hash code of individual messages?
The following parts of the message all have their own
individual hash codes:
(i) The message-ID
(ii) Each of the MIDs in the References header
(iii) The subject (excluding the "Re: " at the beginning)
A. These hash codes are stored in the group's .IDX and/or .DAT files.
If you have a hex dump program and know where to look, you
can dump the .IDX and .DAT files in hex and find them.
The .IDX file contains
* The hash code of the message-ID
* The hash code of the subject
* The hash code of the right-most MID in the references header
The .DAT file contains
* The hash code of the other MIDs in the references header
B. Agent's formula for calculating the hash code was posted in
this message from Sherlog.
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent/VzjDcsZ-7b8/Yp9_H6T7du0J
I have a perl script which uses this formula to calculate the
hash code of a string. If I want to know the hash code of the
subject, I give the script the RHS of the subject (excluding
any "Re:" at the beginning).
> Also when I
> disable the setting mentioned above, how will the threads be sorted?
Different threads started with the same subject line will no longer
be mixed up together.
Threads where followups have a "References" header will still be
correctly threaded.
The best way to see is to try it.
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Kind regards
Ralph