Thread: postings appearing twice...
Why do i get two emails when people post to sql or admin lists? This Does not seems to happen always but quite often. does anyone else also experience the same? Regds Mallah ---------------------------------------- Rajesh Kumar Mallah, Project Manager (Development) Infocom Network Limited, New Delhi phone: +91(11)6152172 (221) (L) ,9811255597 (M) Visit http://www.trade-india.com , India's Leading B2B eMarketplace.
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 01:47, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote: > > > Why do i get two emails when people post to sql or admin lists? > > This Does not seems to happen always but quite often. does anyone else > also experience the same? > > There could be several reasons, like majordomo being set to give you a self copy of messages, or sending you one copy for each list on cross-posted mails. try sending the following to majordomo@postgresql.org set LISTNAME noselfcopy (turn off self copy) set LISTNAME unique (no duplicates from multiple lists) Robert Treat
> Why do i get two emails when people post to sql or admin lists? It could be as simple as someone doing a "reply to all" in their mail client, since the ADMIN list doesn't use the "Reply-To" header, then hitting the standard "reply to all" button in Outlook-alikes will copy the original poster. (My mail client is Evolution/Linux which mimics this behaviour). -- Tim Ellis Author, http://tedia2sql.tigris.org
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 10:22:17AM -0500, Robert Treat wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 01:47, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote: > > > > > > Why do i get two emails when people post to sql or admin lists? > > > > This Does not seems to happen always but quite often. does anyone else > > also experience the same? > > > > > > There could be several reasons, like majordomo being set to give you a > self copy of messages, or sending you one copy for each list on > cross-posted mails. Another possibility is the community practice of replying to all - both the list and senders. This happens a lot over on HACKERS (as a means of keeping discussions going quickly when the listserv is slow (long ago this was true), keeping people in discussions that either don't subscribe to that list, or in digest, etc.) Mostly, it's historical accident, I think. > try sending the following to majordomo@postgresql.org > > set LISTNAME noselfcopy (turn off self copy) > set LISTNAME unique (no duplicates from multiple lists) All good advice. Ross P.S. this was sent directly to one list: if you get dups, none of the above apply.