We are working on the dups. Looks like its a .ar server. Tagging a subject line with a topic tag ENABLES delivery of that post to people who are subscribed to that topic. This is different than the old system where tagging EXCLUDED a post from people who were filtering it out. More than one "enable" still results in only one delivery. E.g. you don't get two copies of "[PIC]:,[EE]: my bullshit topic" even if you are subscribed to both [PIC]: and [EE]:. Let me just direct this to everyone and not only you, Dwayne. Please note that putting two topic tags into a subject is completely unnecessary. Everyone subscribed to [EE]: will also be subscribed to [PIC]: In fact, sort of by definition, if its a [PIC]: topic, it is NOT an [EE]: topic and vice versa. [PIC]: is for stuff that is SPECIFIC to the PIC which means that it is NOT of general interest to the EE community. And if it is of general interest to the EE community, then how can it be specific to PICs? PICK ONE TOPIC. Sorry. I probably shouldn't shout. I'm not mad, I'm just hoping that the people who were going to ignore this message will notice the uppercase and read it. The topic tags are not case sensitive, so you can type [pic]: and it will work just as well. The "[" and "]" were included so that [OT]: could still be filtered out by people with email client sorting rules. The ":" is required by the list server as is the placement at the start of the subject line. And finally, all of this already is or should be at http://www.piclist.com Adding that to your signature line for PICList posts will allow others to answer their questions off list. --- James Newton (PICList Admin #3) mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com or .org -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Dwayne Reid Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 11:27 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: [OT]: multiple copies of messages Good day to all. I have noticing a large number of messages that appear to be repeats. Is anyone else noticing the same thing? I'll start looking at headers, but was wondering if there is any chance that the list server will have occasion to send out multiple copies of messages to those who are subscribed to multiple topics. In other words, does the list server send out one copy of messages directed to those who have [EE]: and another copy to those have [PIC]:? On another subject, is there any way to simplify the topic headings? True - its only 5 or 6 characters, but it is mixed case and ever so easy to mis-type. dwayne Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 16 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2000) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email.