[TheForge] Re: double posting
GRAF
adveniam at att.net
Mon Oct 22 20:04:22 EDT 2007
I have taken to deleting posts so I can not go check post by post.
You are correct in that my perception may not be exactly the fact.
Wouldn't be the first time.
I have seen what you describe in the past but it would be the odd post
here and there.
perhaps I am just on a run.
Mike Graf
Mike Spencer wrote:
>> For the last day or so I have been getting two of every post to this
>> list.
>>
>
> If that's literally true, I have no explanation.
>
> But if you've had double replies to your own posts or ones that are
> themselves replies to you posts, the cause may be that your posts have
> the Reply-To: line like this:
>
> Reply-To: GHS at execpc.com, Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>
> which results in every reply to your message being sent:
>
> 1. directly to you *AND*
>
> 2. to TheForge list where it gets forwarded to you.
>
> A quick look at saved message shows that the posts of many members
> have only:
>
> Reply-To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>
> I also get double copies of replies to my posts because I have my
> mailer set to enter a Reply-To: header for reasons unrelated to
> TheForge. Maybe you could try disabling Reply-To: headers in your
> mailer and see what happens.
>
>
> - Mike
>
>
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