> I received the 'identical' message 9 times...

> I just checked the headers, they all have the same message-id, which
> basically means you did not send it 9 times, but, if I look in to the
> headers, it seems that the mailman at MIT sent it 9 times (at least to me=
).
> I have 9 distinct 'Received from:' headers for the same message from the
> mit servers.
>
> So, not your fault ... ;-)

Interestingly, I received only one copy - using GMail.
Highly likely that they delete  such genuine duplicates - possibly to
reduce  bandwidth as much as providing  a service, as they have a
number of other "bandwidth reducing", most not as benign as this one.

eg - hide quoted material and very aggressively identify quoted
material for hiding.
- truncate long messages and ask if the rest is wanted.
- Download of thumbnails only for pictures over a certain size.
, ....
The first makes selective quoting of messages more difficult.
The second makes it easier to miss desired or important content.
The 3rd is just annoying.

When a "free" service limits features in an intrusive manner the
response may be 'well, after all, it IS free", but they alienate their
customer base as a consequence. Commercial choices as ever :-).



     Russell
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