Double messages

[Karl Larsen]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>
>>> So let's rephrase: Do you get all messages twice or only the ones
>>> *you* send to the list yourself?
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> If it is only happening on replies to messages you have sent, someone 
> is simply hitting 'reply-all' which has been the canonical way to 
> respond to mail list messages from the beginning of time, since they 
> don't all set the reply-to: header to direct mail back to the list.  
> Some mailers will only include the reply-to: address in this case, but 
> I don't think that is universal.
>
    It is possible and someone is doing it so every time they get a 
fedora message they forward it to me. Period. I too know how to do this. 
Period.

Karl