QIF importing duplicates

[Anthony W. Juckel]

I have a few issues with the QIF import process in the latest Debian 
package of GnuCash (1.6.1).  My issues are with the determination and 
designation of duplicate entries.  First of all, it seems more than 
unweildly to have to run through a longish list (> 10 entries) of 
transactions, and select a duplicate for each one.  I wish the system 
would automatically set the duplicate field, and would not force you to 
click every single transaction in the list.

Second, my institution does not supply a Payee value within the QIF 
download for checks which were written, or deposits that were handled. 
 Because of this, GnuCash will not even list checks within the list of 
possible duplicates, and it simply re-imports every check within the 
imported QIF file.  Especially here, I would think that if the check 
number and the amount coincide, there should be no question as to 
whether or not the imported transaction is a duplicate.

So, my questions are thus:  Is it possible to change the criteria that 
quicken uses to check for duplicate messages?  Also, is there any 
technical reason why you have to select every duplicate rather than just 
being given a list of all the transactions within the imported file, 
with a Matched or New flag next to each (a la Quicken)?

Anthony W. Juckel
Digital Green, LLC.