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On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, David Kramer wrote:

> I don't have the original email you sent, but based on the message Scott
> sent, it looks like the issue is not that you sent two copies (many people
> do that.  I think the return address SHOULD be the list but lots of
> members disagree, including those making the decision).

This makes replying privately to the sender rather a pain in the *$$.
It's just a bad idea, and there are lots of good arguments against doing
it, and few (but admittedly some) good arguments for doing it. 

Plus the point was that there are two copies of the message IN THE SAME
MESSAGE.  So if you count what you're talking about, you get FOUR copies
of the message, not two.

It's very easy to configure procmail to filter out duplicate messages...
it's specifically mentioned in the man pages.  

-- 
Derek Martin
System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
martin at MissionCriticalLinux.com 

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