On Jan 5, 2010, at 06:59 , Mark Sapiro wrote: > Ryan Stasel wrote: >> >> I previously was running a series of lists on a Mac OS 10.4 Server, which I >> believe runs Mailman 2.1.3. And there were no real problems with duplicate >> messages. >> >> I have just now updated to 10.6.2, which runs Mailman 2.1.12rc1, and Dovecot >> (which I wouldn't think would impact anything). And yeah, already had to >> patch for the admindb error. >> > [...] >> >> Okay, then I have a list called "Everyone" that has the above lists as >> members. >> >> In 10.4, with Mailman 2.1.3, if someone emailed to "everyone" I only got one >> copy of that message. >> >> Now in 10.6.2, with Mailman 2.1.12rc1, if I email to everyone, I get >> multiples. If I'm only a member of 2 of the "child" lists, I get two copies. >> If I'm a member of 4 of those children, I get 4 copies. >> >> Again, nodups is on. I'm really quite lost as to why this is happening. > > > This is the normal behavior for umbrella lists and has been since > before 2.1.3.
Okay. > > > Possibilities include: > > 1) Apple had a patch in their 2.1.3 and removed it in their 2.1.11rc1 > (this is only a conjecture - I don't know this). Could be, but I'd have to doubt it. > > 2) something in the outgoing MTA to you path that used to deliver only > 1 of multiple messages with duplicate message-ids changed and is no > longer dropping dups. This looks like the case. It looks like Dovecot doesn't have any kind of duplicate suppression (at least, not that I can find (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10775374&tstart=0)). Odd... might be able to do something with sieve, but.. > > See the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/TIA9> for more on umbrella lists > and workarounds including how to use regular_include_lists to make a > 'better' umbrella list if you're not concerned about digest members of > the sub-lists or processing bounces of posts sent to the "everyone" > list. I'm giving this a shot. For testing at least, I've just checked "no mail" for the child lists, and added them to the regular_include_lists, and we'll see what happens. Thanks very much! -Ryan Stasel > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org