From: Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...>
Date: 2006-06-16T08:04:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Why do my posts appear twice?

On 6/15/06, Greg Donald <gdonald@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/15/06, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If those other lists are not set up for "send me my own message" --
> > which ruby-talk *is* set up for by default -- you won't get duplicate
> > messages.
> >
> > And ruby-talk's default setting is the right one. Gmail's setting
> > (which is not changeable) is the wrong one.
>
>
> So then it's a poorly chosen default setting with ruby-talk itself.
>
> People don't come on the other lists and ask 'Why do I only receive
> one message when I post?" do they?

No, but I have seen non-gmail users on such lists ask "Did my email
make it to the list?" because they never got a copy themselves from
the list, and no one else on the list had responded to their email.

> But they do come on ruby-talk and ask "Why do I get duplicate messages
> when I post?"

Only if they're from gmail (I'm not saying that like it's a bad thing
-- I use gmail as well; you just need to understand its behavior). The
ruby-talk mailing list predates gmail.

Jacob Fugal