More on duplicate messages,

James Kosin jkosin at beta.intcomgrp.com
Wed Aug 16 13:25:29 UTC 2006


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Aaron Konstam wrote:
> I commented on duplicate messages, and was told that it was somehow my
> problem but in looking at it further I find the following contrary
> information:
> 1. It only happens on the fedora-list not on any other type of mail or
> other redhat list mail.
> 2. It does not happen on all messages but only messages coming from
> certain posters (e.g, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au>) I know I
> picked on Tim before and I am sorry.
> 3. The mail does not really appear at the same time. If you look at the
> headers everything works in sync (that is it seems to be the same
> message arriving at servers at the same time) until it arrives at:
> hormel.redhat.com. The next jump from there to ylpvm04.prodigy.net
> occurs at different times. That is, it seems that at that point the
> message duplicates itself and the two or even three messages continue
> their travels at different times.
Easily explained.

(1)  They probably used the reply to ALL option on their email
clients.  This happens at times.  I'm also not picking on anyone, as
some people may post to the list that may or may not be members.

Hope this may help explain the extra email.
- -James
>
>
> The result is I receive two identical messages time stamped the same
> since it is the time of the sending that is noted.
>
> Does anyone want to explain this? Note hormel.redhat.com does this only
> for messages coming from certain people. So far it is people from UK and
> Australia. It is probably all Tony Blair's fault :-)
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