At 03:44 AM 8/30/2007, Georg Maubach wrote:
>we resend our question to this list because the mail system rejected
>at
>the first try saying we have asked this question before. We checked
>our
>files and found we did not. Maybe that the mail system had a similar
>mail in the records.
Actually, the first try was distributed properly. You'll see it, if
your settings for this list have it send you copies of your own
postings.
Those "rejected duplicate posting" messages happen from time to time,
referring to a posting you made that was distributed correctly.
It took me a while not to worry about them. They appear to result from
certain kinds of mail bounce, that send the bounce message, with the
original message text, back to the *list*, but appearing to come from
you. It's a good thing the LISTSERV software does recognize and reject
them; otherwise, at best your posting would be duplicated, and at worst
there'd be a cascade of new bounce messages posted to the list.
Fortunately, these don't happen very often. The LISTSERV software may
also report these duplicates to the list administrator, who'll
unsubscribe the offending account; the software may even do it
automatically.
The correct response is to make sure your original posting was
distributed (look for it on the list, or the acknowledgement from
"L-Soft list server at UGA (1.8d)" <
[hidden email]>);
and if it was, ignore and discard the 'duplicate' message.
Locked
