Re: Problems with duplicate messages

At 07:03 AM 11/30/05, Doty, Robert wrote:

>I am using Majordomo 1.94, and have a single list file and 
>configuration.  I have 1200 users subscribed to the list.  I periodically 
>sort the list by domain name to speed up mail delivery.  The problem I am 
>having is that some users complain of duplicate copies of each message, 
>sometimes 2,3 even 4 copies of the same message come through.  I have 
>confirmed that there is no potential for loops in the alias file.  The 
>users complaining are in the list file only once.  I checked my maillog 
>file and for each message that is send via smtp, their e-mail shows up 
>only once.  I am at a total loss!  I have read that smtp servers sometimes 
>have timeout issues and this causes duplicate messages but I would not 
>expect this to be the cause since it happens to the same users all the 
>time.  Does anyone out there have any ideas?



Have the users save their duplicate messages, then review the "received" 
headers to see how/why they got each copy.