bascule....don't worry about it, you just need to learn to
live with it. This list has had constant mini-epidemics of
multiplying messages for a long time. They've changed daemons
a couple of times to try and fix the problems (also very slow
message turn-a-round times), but to no avail. get comfortable
with the problems and learn to ignore them.
Alan
bascule wrote:
>
> hi alan,
>
> it's wierd, i definitely only sent it once, but since i subscribed to
> the expert list (not that i see myself as such but i thought i would
> read it to see if i saw anything useful) i've been getting some messages
> in both mailing lists with "re: [expert] [newbie] <message subject>",
>
> i've also noticed that quite a few messages that other people are
> posting are being repeated,
>
> possibly this is an artifact of a netscape bug/problem on my machine but
> somehow this doesn't ring true (like-what do i know?),
>
> as an example i am replying to your message while reading it in the
> 'expert' list, yet my original post was to the 'newbie' list,
>
> apologies if my netscape is playing up, but that wouldn't explain the
> replies in my inbox to threads i'm not a part of,
>
> i'm checking my composition thoroughly before sending, lets see which
> (if not both) list it arrives in and how many copies there are
>
> bascule
>
> p.s. i've decided to delete 'newbie from the subject, guessing that both
> list names in there might lead to a post to both groups anyway,
> your message subject line being "Re: [expert] [newbie] duplicate
> messages"
>
> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > bascule....this is the second time I've received this one from
> > you :-)
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > bascule wrote:
> > >
> > > am i the only one getting emails on my netscape 'inbox' folder as well
> > > as the one that i set up a filter for to redirect this mailing list to,
> > > i am getting duplicates in inbox of emails that are also in my
> > > 'mandrake' folder?
> > >
> > > these are messages in threads that i haven't posted to
> > >
> > > flupke! four from you so far!
> > >
> > > i don't really mind since it's only a few so far, but if this gets worse
> > > i could be wasting valuable online time (impoverished uk pay per minute
> > > user talking!)
> > >
> > > bascule
