Re: Two copies of email when cc-ed in mailing lists

On 271024, 11:06, John Hawkinson wrote:
> I just want to point out a few things:
> 
> . What is described as "two copies" is really two different messages that contain some different information.
> . Sometimes those differences are important to keep track of.
> . When a mailing list delays delivery of a message substantially (hours, days, moderation approval, &c.), knowing that information can be very useful.
> . Sometimes a mailing list will alter a message in ways that matter (dropping images or attachments, screwing up links, adding footers at the bottom).
> 
> Personally, and I think I am an outlier, I very much want to see the multiple copies.
> 
> Although for the recent and medium-term past, I've used email systems where my server does duplicate supression, and I absolutely detest it, and it causes me some real frustrations.
> 
> 
> It seems particularly weird that it's somewhat common for this suppression to be done server-side, because it's really a client-side question. Of course, as more and more users are using web-based email systems, the server and the client are conjoined and overlap in weird ways, which doubtless has someting do with it.
> 
> 
> But if you wnated to do duplicate suppression in the client (mutt) in an effective way, it would be worth some thought about how to design it well. Ideally it would be something where duplicates were hidden but still accessible if you wanted to dig deeper. Mutt is definitely not optimized to make this easier.
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> 

your considerations are very interesting, I think that whatever solution 
is adopted it is still appropriate to avoid deleting the duplicate, 
perhaps archive it in another folder but not delete it.

Stefano.

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