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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Posting loop someplace?
Date: 23 May 1997 14:55:44 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <EAL9I4.G5@sphynx.fdn.fr>,
causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe Causse) writes:
> Brian Somers (brian@shift.utell.net) wrote:
>: In article <3383979B.2781E494@freebsd.org>,
>: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>: > Is it just me, or are other folks noticing that some postings often get
>: > repeated a 2-3 weeks after initial posting? Have we got some errant
>: > site feeding old articles back into the group again?
>
>: I havn't noticed. I suspect it's just you :)
>
> Hummmm.... beg your pardon ?
> I also receive duplicated news, from time to times.
> Usually it's just spam and they got cancelled before reaching my UUCP spool
> anyway!
Interesting. How can you tell you've got dups if they're cancelled
before they get to you ?
I can honestly say that my ISP and the ISP of the company I currently
work for don't deliver duplicates - certainly not outside of the
14 day "remember" line I have in my news config files (anything inside
of that, innd will throw away anyway).
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !