> I do not subscribe to, or participate in any groups that allow moderators > this type of behavior (to change the content of what I send; either they let > it through as I sent it, or reject it outright), so I don't have this worry > you guys mention.
BUT ... you belong to this group, and even this group modifies your messages. It alters the subject line by adding [Gmail-Users] to it, and it adds half a dozen lines to the footer. True, no human moderator manually *wrote* them, and those things never (well, almost never) change, but they are added nonetheless. Yet Gmail ignores those changes and sees it as a duplicate and destroys the received copy. > However, there is at least one Yahoo group that I am a > member of that adds to much to the footer, that it always gets put through, > and not silently discarded. So there is apparently some trigger level of > changes that ensure you'll still see the messages. I subscribe to a ton of Yahoo groups. Most of them automatically add nearly two dozen lines to the footer, some add more, some add less ... and they ALL get trashed by Gmail as "duplicates". Gmail also trashes the ones where the moderator adds either tiny or large amounts of text to my emails. If there is a threshold, I haven't seen it yet. Something else may be going on with the Yahoo group you mentioned, because I do not see that behavior. I've developed workarounds. I subscribe twice to many email lists, using one address for sending emails and another for receiving them. It's a PITA. This truly annoying Gmail trait is the longest standing grudge I have with Gmail. I cannot understand why they can't just make it a user option, whether to trash duplicates or let me keep them. It should be MY choice, not dictated by their arrogance. They are not doing me any favors by trashing those messages. It does not "save me time and prevent clutter". Andy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
