From: Jeremy Tregunna <jtregunna@...>
Date: 2006-06-16T08:16:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Why do my posts appear twice?


On 15-Jun-06, at 5:47 PM, Jacob Fugal wrote:

> On 6/15/06, Jeremy Tregunna <jtregunna@blurgle.ca> wrote:
>> On 15-Jun-06, at 2:32 PM, Austin Ziegler wrote:
>> > It's a Gmail glitch.
>>
>> I'd have to be a little weary about that statement. I see this exact
>> same behaviour using Mail on OSX 10.4 from my own mail server -- none
>> of my other lists or whatnot experience this same problem, only ruby-
>> talk. However, in my case, it's *all* messages to ruby-talk get sent
>> twice, not just my own.
>
> In your case, it's probably because you're double subscribed or
> something. Not at all the same problem. Regarding the OP's problem, I
> can indeed verify that it is a gmail "feature". When I post to
> ruby-talk using my gmail account, I also see the post duplicated. From
> the beginning I suspected this was a gmail thing, and believed it when
> others suggested that too. But for the sake of completeness, I
> investigated.

This behaviour only started a little while ago (couple months). I've  
been subscribed to this list without altering my subscription for  
over 2 years.

> Jacob Fugal

--
Jeremy Tregunna
jtregunna@blurgle.ca


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