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by mjpierce » Wed Sep 02, 2026 3:56 pm
I download headers every day. It's the only way I know how to figure out what "abcabcabc.7z or .rar" posts really are.
I think that what I want is to, as a "Header Filter" (in this order):
1) Reject bad posters.
2) Accept posts with subjects containing filename extensions that I know and want.
3) Reject everything else.
I know how to do each thing, but not together and in that order.
Is this possible?
Is this a bad idea?
Thanks no matter what.
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by Quade » Tue Sep 08, 2026 10:47 am
I've been thinking along those lines too. Just toss out anything that isn't a recognized file from headers. I'd probably need to offer some way to add to the extensions. I have a pretty extensive extensions detector but, you never get everything.
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