A1T@ECL.PSU.EDU (Andy Tefft) (08/28/88)
I don't know how common this is, but I'm sending to the list in the hopes that someone else has seen this phenomenon: approximately 20% of everything i receive from this list is an exact duplicate of something else i've received. I'm subscribed through listserv@ndsuvm1, and everything says it came from there. Sometimes I get the things on the same day but more often a half day apart or more. It's really odd... does everyone get two of somethings, do certain people always post twice, or what?? could it be from people posting to comp.sys.apple as well as sending to info-apple@brl.mil?? Andy
SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (08/29/88)
>approximately 20% of everything i receive from this list is an exact duplicate >of something else i've received. I'm subscribed through listserv@ndsuvm1, There are occassional timing problems between the INTERNET/BITNET gateways (observed at both CUNYVM and MITVMA at least) that cause duplication of mail (occurs in BOTH directions through the gateways). The problem is more or less random (more likely to affect longer messages). The gatemasters are aware of the problem, but getting it fixed is nontrivial. The gateway software used on BITNET has a number of shortcomings. Perhaps the next version (vaporware) will have a fix for the problem. Rumor also has it that major hardware upgrades are budgeted for MILNET. Whether installation of new equipment on the other side affects the problem remains to be seen. For the time being, the occasional duplicates remain an unavoidable "feature" of subscribing to Internet based lists on BITNET. Murph Sewall Sewall@UCONNVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {rutgers psuvax1 ucbvax & in Europe - mcvax} !UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] -+- My employer isn't responsible for my mistakes AND vice-versa! (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) ** I've been on vacation for two weeks; still catching up with the mail **
JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook) (09/01/88)
> I don't know how common this is, but I'm sending to the list in the hopes > that someone else has seen this phenomenon: > > approximately 20% of everything i receive from this list is an exact duplicate > of something else i've received. I'm subscribed through listserv@ndsuvm1, > and everything says it came from there. Sometimes I get the things > on the same day but more often a half day apart or more. It's really odd... > does everyone get two of somethings, do certain people always post twice, > or what?? could it be from people posting to comp.sys.apple as well as > sending to info-apple@brl.mil?? I experience the same problem. In fact, I received two copies of your message about 1 minute apart (usually it is more like your half day apart). Except for the timestamps from the LISTSERVs, the only difference between the two copies of your message was that the "From:" lines differed as follows: From: Andy Tefft <A1T%ecl.psu.edu@BRL.MIL> From: Andy Tefft <A1T@ECL.PSU.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Douglas Ashbrook (301) 496-5181 BITNET: JDA@NIHCU ARPA: jda%nihcu.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu National Institutes of Health, Computer Center, Bethesda, MD 20892