[ROVERNET - UK] messages in triplicate

[JOHN]

Hi ic,
I had a few duplicate messages but it wasn't any
bother, nor was it persistant. There just seemed to be
a batch of them, then it cleared, ok now.
best wishes
John
--- Eric Russell <p6rovers at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ken,
> I have been approached before with a similar
> abnormality but as Paul pointed out, it was
> developed
> through the user's actions or email operations.
>  I reviewed my inbox in the time frame you provided.
> 
> I didn't receive duplicate messages.  I was
> wondering
> if any other member received triplicate messages
> during that period but no one has responded on that
> question except for Paul.
> 
> Unless someone/some people report(s) the same
> experience as yourself, I have nothing to go to the
> host system administrator with.  
> 
> Sorry that you had trouble, but I am confident that
> it
> was not a host server glitch.  That is, unless
> others
> have the same experience.
> 
> (I can just hear the sys admin voice now :-(
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Gundry, Kenneth" <KG at dolby.com> wrote:
> 
> > Eric,
> > 
> > Although you didn't explicitly say so, I take it
> > therefore that in that
> > period (16-19 February) you did not receive
> messages
> > in triplicate.
> > However, your last sentence implies that the
> problem
> > has been observed
> > before.
> > 
> > I think you are suggesting that one possibility is
> > that anyone with more
> > than one email address, intending only one to be
> > active for this forum,
> > may inadvertently have got two or more on the
> list,
> > and therefore
> > received two or more copies of each message.  That
> > makes sense, but
> > doesn't apply to me since I only have one address,
> > and the problem
> > corrected itself around noon (Pacific Time) on
> > Sunday, after which
> > messages arrived singly (and nobody would have
> been
> > around at that time
> > this end to be making changes).  Besides, if that
> > had been the case the
> > replicated messages would not have been identical;
> > they would have had
> > different addressees and perhaps different times. 
> > Ah, the addressees
> > point is irrelevant since incoming messages from
> the
> > forum don't show
> > the individual recipient's address.
> > 
> > The fact that the problem corrected itself without
> > intervention at this
> > end points to a mailing list server problem ...
> > doesn't it?
> > 
> > Ken G, 1925 Rover 16/50 (San Francisco)
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
> > [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] On
> Behalf
> > Of Eric Russell
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:56 PM
> > To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> > Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] messages in
> triplicate
> > 
> > Two questions:
> > 1.  Hands up all those receiving triplicate
> > messages. 
> > (I could then offer overwhelming advice to the
> hosts
> > - who aren't good
> > at answering emails.) 2.  Ken:  unsubscribe, wait
> an
> > hour and subscribe
> > again.
> > 
> > Request:
> > Anybody who has had this experience and found a
> > solution, please offer
> > some ideas.
> > 
> > Note: the logical operation, for me, is that a
> > message is sent to the
> > mailing list server in the UK.  The server
> examines
> > it to be sure it
> > fits the criteria. 
> > Then the server sends the message out to each
> > subscriber email address
> > on the list. Some people have been known to have 2
> > subscribed addresses.
> >  If there is a server malfunction and messages are
> > sent out from the
> > server in duplicate, then everyone would
> experience
> > the problem.
> > (I had this discussion, once, with one of the host
> > system administrators
> > in the UK.)
> > 
> > Eric
> > 
> > 
> > --- "Gundry, Kenneth" <KG at dolby.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > This is to the webmaster.
> > > 
> > > Over the period 16 to 19 February, I received 46
> > messages, each in 
> > > triplicate (and identical).  Our local computer
> > gurus think the 
> > > problem is your end, not ours, but are you aware
> > of a mechanism for 
> > > this?  A similar problem has occurred once or
> > twice before (weeks or 
> > > months ago) but only for isolated messages, and
> I
> > assumed then that 
> > > the sender had accidentally sent more than once
> > (all too easy with the
> > 
> > > silly alternative keystrokes of Microsoft
> > Outlook).
> > > 
> > > Ken G, 1925 Rover 16/50 running again (San
> > > Francisco)
> > > 
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