Double messages

[Aldo Foot]

On Jan 22, 2008 12:27 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:

> Mark Haney wrote:
> > Karl Larsen wrote:
> >> Michael Schwendt wrote:
> >>> On 22/01/2008, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> >
> >>>
> >>> I am getting two copies of all messages to the Fedora list. This is
> >>> the only list so effected.
> >>    I did some simple looking at the Thunderbird mail client and I
> >> have discovered how to do exactly what is being done to me. And it is
> >> dirt simple and all you need is the email address of the victom and
> >> the email address of the list. I have both for most people on this
> >> list. In theory I can do the same for all of you.
> >>
> >> Karl
> >>
> >>
> > <rant>
> >
> > Sure, it's easy.  Sure YOU can do it.  But I think you're missing the
> > issue here.  Anyone with brains can pull this off, but /is anyone
> > really doing this/?  I know you've been looking at the problem, but
> > try looking at the big picture.  Is anyone really doing this?  Or are
> > you blowing this completely out of proportion?
> >
> > Unless I see honest proof (logs, etc would be very informative) that
> > this is truly the case, I think this thread needs to simply go away.
> >
> > Please, feel free to do this to me if you wish.  I can (and probably
> > SHOULD after this) filter every single email you post to this list.
> > We don't mind helping you, but there are rules in this list.
> > Unwritten and  unspoken, sure, but they are still rules.  A lot of
> > people here are becoming quite unhappy with the fact that you don't
> > seem to be learning those rules very well, or at all, depending on who
> > you talk to.
> >
> > This is a community, and not everyone gets along with everyone else.
> > People rub each other the wrong way.  It's the nature of things.  But
> > when protocol is followed, a good portion of that can be ameliorated.
> >
> > Repeated threats like this isn't going to make you any friends and
> > even more, make it very unlikely that you'll get any help at all.
> >
> > I truly doubt someone on this list has the time (or the immaturity) to
> > setup something like you describe.  But maybe I'm wrong.  Without
> > evidence of this, I'm not buying.
> >
> > </rant>
> >
> > * Besides, here in the US yesterday was Martin Luther King day, and in
> > the words of a another King (uh, Rodney), "can't we all just get along?"
> >
> >
> >
>    It is obvious that we can not get along and it is not my fault. I
> discovered yesterday I was getting 2 copies of every message sent to
> this list. It is not nice. When I got it figured out it is someone on
> this list who is doing it to ME, I decided to find out, how hard is this
> to do? In short order I discovered you can cause this to happen if your
> using Thunderbird.
>
>    As for get along I am in favor of that. I only react when I have
> been fouled. And many of the so-called experts here get great pleasure
> from hurting me.
>
> Karl
>
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Gmail filters can also be configured to forward emails to another address.
There is a "Forward to" field in there. A wrongly configured filter could be
a problem.

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