Re: duplicate messages?

On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 01:55:51PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 July 2005 12:30, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 11:46:05AM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> > > Seems unlikely unless folks like Tom Lane, Stephan Szabo, and Richard
> > > Huxton have unsubscribed and resubscribed lately... Funny thing is it
> > > isnt every messages, but maybe half of them. And its not to specific
> > > users, sometimes one of Toms emails will duplicate but sometimes not.
> > > Further more it only seems to be happening on pgsql-general emails and
> > > not on any of the other lists... I also notice this is only happening on
> > > one of my subscribed emails, not the other, which is a little weird...
> > > according to the headers though, this problem is happening further
> > > upstream.
> >
> > I'd think it would be a problem with your "last mile", because it seems
> > to be a localized problem. Maybe an SMTP server dropping connections at
> > the last moment, or a deliver program crashing after delivering (leading
> > to re-delivery), or something like that.
> >
> > You'd have to show us the headers though.
>
> I would think that too, however take a look at these message headers:
> the critical piece seems to be the handoff between postgresql.org and
> commandprompt, where the ESMTP changes into j6RGoF0u002162 and j6RGj9mu001662
> for what would otherwise be the same message.

Strange. I'd expect that this message had been crossposted to more than one
list, but it isn't.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]alvh.no-ip.org>)
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