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the keyboard of geoff goodfellow geoff at iconia.com
Sat Feb 10 11:39:45 PST 2024


vis-a-vis:

On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 12:16 PM Jack Haverty <jack at 3kitty.org> wrote:

> PS - using "reply all" to list messages can cause confusion.  Your reply
> may be sent not only to the list, but also to other addresses such as
> the person who sent the message you reply to.   It's common to get the
> same message multiple times - e.g., once through the distribution list
> and once through a direct path.   One may succeed and the other fail, or
> you might get both...
>
an added caveat to the above is that some MTA's (or maybe even
UA's) have automatic "duplicate" detection and elimination.. in that
two copies of the same message are summarily received, but only
one copy is put/seen in your Inbox (as is the case with gmail... :D)

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