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Thanks for the explanation, Bruce. There's always one who complicates the best efforts of IT workers :-). (I used to be one.) The other Bruce bjones@weber.ucsd.edu wrote: >>From haydizulfei@rocketmail.com Sat Oct 5 13:10:36 2013 >> >>Recently in one message I talked about the following problem: >> >>Out of 11 new messages I'vejust received, 3 identical messages >>belong to Mike, 3 similar ones to El izabeth Hadley Nikrenz, >>and the last three ones to three persons, one to each. This >>problem occurred just at the beginning of the appearance of >>the listserve disorders a while ago. > >Last year, as I was preparing to retire, I moved the xmca >mailing list from its original home on weber.ucsd.edu to the >campus mail server ucsd.edu > >When I did, I set the list up with the address xmca-l@ucsd.edu >Following standard procedure at UCSD, that is the official name >for the xmca mailing list. > >Then I set up an alias so that mail sent to xmca@ucsd.edu >(no -l) would also go to the list, just in case people were >confused by the switch. > >Then, given many people would still try sending mail to >xmca@weber.ucsd.edu, I configured weber so that mail sent >to xmca@weber.ucsd.edu would automatically get forwarded to >xmca-l@ucsd.edu > >Someone who shall remain nameless (let's call him the "Great >Hacker") responded to my query of a few days ago and copied >his message to all three addresses: xmca-l@ucsd.edu, xmca@ucsd.edu, >and xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > >People who responded to his message using the "Respond to All" >button or key, continued the tripling, and it began to cascade >through the list. > >This will play out as the thread whithers. > >In the future, people should *ONLY* send mail to one address, >preferrably to xmca-l@ucsd.edu -- Sent from Kaiten Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Status: O