[Linux-aus] List down? - was Re: technology alphabet

[Simon Lyall]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Bret Busby wrote:
> I posted a reply to the above message, about 8 hours ago, and have not
> received a copy distributed by the list.

The list probably has "nodupes" enabled:

The "nodupes" option tries to make sure that subscribers only receive one 
copy of a given message. It can sometimes be useful: it prevents 
recipients from receiving two copies of a message when someone on the list 
uses "Reply to All" to reply to a list message, for example. (That's 
because if subscriber1 at example.com sends a message to list at example.com, 
then subscriber2 at example.com receives that message and clicks "Reply to 
All", the reply would be sent "To: subscriber1 at example.com; CC: 
list at example.com". That would normally cause subscriber1 at example.com to 
receive two copies: one directly from the mail program of 
subscriber2 at example.com, and one from the list server. The "nodupes" 
setting prevents the list server copy from being sent.)  [1]

> I realise that this is australia, and things happebn slowly in
> australia, but something seems to be wrong.

Yeah, there are some slow things in Australia but this doesn't appear to 
be one of them.


[1] - From http://www.support.tigertech.net/mailman-nodupes

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