Jack Repenning wrote:
>
> As my BBDB grows (a mere 1300 entries yet - I filter out most list
> traffic), I'm beginning to run into this interesting situation: something
> comes in, probably on some list I don't filter out, from someone I've never
> heard of, and BBDB decides they're probably the same someone as some
> existing entry, even though their net address is different - so it asks
> whether to add this address to that other one.
...
> There are people on this list with ten times the number of entries I have;
> how do y'all deal with this?
I deal with it through a process of selective termination. When I encounter
two people with the same name, I decide which one is more useful, and have
the other killed.
This also has a small impact on that other nagging problem: too many people,
too little beachfront property.
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