[Dxspider-support] Self spotting - More

[Robert Chalmas]

Darren G0TSM wrote:

> Was there ever a conclusion to the self spotting saga?..
> I wonder if self spotters could have their spot stopped and be sent a 
> message..

That's exactly what I've been doing for over one year on my node
HB9IAC-8 and the trick to do so that was posted on this list on
May 7th, 2004 (it can be seen in the DXspider-support archive).

Both local and distant self-spots are stopped and local offenders
receive an appropriate warning message.

This requires adding a few lines in 2 files in the source code:
dx.pl (for local spots) and DXProt.pm (for distant spots).
I did that for DXSpider 1.51 build 57.245 (a bit old now)
but the same code should be applicable to other versions.

BUT it would be much better if Dirk would change one day his mind
about this problem and allow us to set a variable at program start
so that each sysop can choose if he (and his users) want this kind
of information or not...

Greetings from Geneva,                  Robert - HB9BZA

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