>> While it indeed may be more sensible for the ISP to maintain >> a virus checking operation on all messages coming into and >> going out of their ISP, your ISP also, evidently, seems to >> work under the assumption that redundancy insures that the >> message will get through and sends out multiple copies of >> your posts. :-) I received several copies of the post below.
That wasn't my ISP. It was due to a fumble on my part (and Outlook). I tried to stop the message going, but it'd already gone. Then it got sent again. PEBCAK.... Mark